Atomic Tunes : The Cold War in American and British Popular Music /

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"What is the soundtrack for a nuclear arms race? During the Cold War, over 500 songs were written about nuclear weapons, fear of the Soviet Union, civil defense, bomb shelters, uranium mining, the space race, espionage, the Berlin Wall, and glasnost. This music uncovers aspects of the world-cha...

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Autores principales: Smolko, Tim (Autor), Smolko, Joanna R. (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, [2021]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Popular music > Political aspects.
Popular music.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Rock
Popular music > Political aspects > Great Britain > History > 20th century.
Popular music > Political aspects > United States > History > 20th century.
Cold War > Music and the war.
Popular music > Great Britain > History and criticism.
Popular music > United States > History and criticism.
United States.
Great Britain.
History.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: Cold War history in music and lyrics
  • Folk : from Paul Robeson to Bob Dylan
  • Folk : women's voices
  • Country : the conservative stance
  • Novelty and comedy songs : the Cold War as a big joke
  • Early rock and other styles : rocking the bomb
  • Mainstream rock : Bowie, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, and Springsteen
  • Hard rock and heavy metal : the electric guitar as the bomb
  • Punk rock : three chords and the Apocalypse
  • Electronic and new wave : the Cold War in a synthesizer
  • Wind of change : the fall of the wall and the end of the Cold War.

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