Rockin' out : popular music in the USA / Reebee Garofalo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Garofalo, Reebee.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--United States--History and criticism.

Popular music.

United States.

Physical Description:

xii, 484 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston : Allyn and Bacon, 1996.

Summary:

Since its inception, popular music has been a source of pleasure for millions of people all over the world. This, of course, is reason enough for listening to it. But popular music is also a social and political indicator that mirrors and influences the society we all live in. This is the reason for studying it.

Contents:

Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues 1

Into the Twentieth Century: Popular Music and Mass Culture 2

Rock 'n' Roll: The Birth of a New Era 4

Marketing and the Politics of Race, Language, and Gender 9

No Hablamos Espanol: The Language Barrier 12

The Long, Hard Climb: Gender Discrimination 13

Regulating Popular Music 14

1 Mass Technology and Popular Taste: The Tin Pan Alley Era 17

Sound Recording: From Cylinder to Disc 18

Tin Pan Alley Constructs the Mainstream Tradition 24

Tin Pan Alley Incorporates African American Music 26

Tin Pan Alley Consolidates Its Power 29

Commercial Broadcasting: A Very Private Enterprise 32

The Growth of Network Radio 33

The Advertisers Versus the Programmers 35

Hollywood Bolsters Tin Pan Alley 37

2 Blues and Country Music: Mass Media and the Construction of Race 43

Blues and Country: More Equal than Separate 44

"Race" Music: The Popular Sounds of Black America 46

"Hillbilly": The Music of the White Working Class 51

The Dissemination of Blues and Country: More Separate than Equal 55

The Long Road Back for Records 59

3 "Good Rockin' Tonight": The Rise of Rhythm and Blues 65

The Publishers and the Broadcasters: ASCAP Versus BMI 66

Enter the Deejay: The Broadcasters Versus the AFM 68

From Big Bands to Solo Singers 71

The Major Labels Reclaim Country Music 73

The Independents Promote Rhythm and Blues 76

High Fidelity/Low Overhead 82

Television and the Suppression of FM Broadcasting 84

Independent Radio: Deejays in Your Face 86

4 Crossing Cultures: The Eruption of Rock 'n' Roll 93

Cultural Diversity: The Roots of Rock 'n' Roll 94

Structural Changes in the Music Industry 98

Sounds of the Cities 101

New Orleans: The Fertile Crescent of Rock 'n' Roll 101

Los Angeles: From Jump Blues to Chicano Rock 108

Chicago: The Blues Electrified 111

Cincinnati: The Crossroads of Blues and Country 115

R&B Sanctified: The Gospel Connection 116

Doo Wop: The Intersection of Gospel, Jazz, and Pop 121

Rockabilly: The Country Strain 131

5 The Empire Strikes Back: The Reaction to Rock 'n' Roll 149

The Established Powers Fight Back 152

Covering the Bases 154

Pop Diversions: From Kingston Town to the Kingston Trio 157

Schlock Rock: Enter the White Middle Class 160

Television's Greatest Hits 165

The Brill Building: The New Tin Pan Alley 167

The Official Attack on Rock 'n' Roll 169

Surf's Up! 175

6 Popular Music and Political Culture: The Sixties 183

The Civil Rights Movement and Popular Music 184

The "Girl Groups" and the Men behind Them 186

Motown: The Integration of Pop 191

Folk Music: The Voice of Civil Rights 196

The British Invasion Occupies the Pop Charts 200

Breaking the Sounds of Silence 209

Folk Rock: Adding Substance to Form 210

Black (Music) Is Beautiful 213

Against the Grain: The Counterculture 217

Blues on Acid: Psychedelic Rock 218

Commercializing the Counterculture: The Monterey Pop Festival 222

Riding the Storm 226

Woodstock and Altamont: Reaching the Heights, Taking the Fall 231

7 Music Versus Markets: The Fragmentation of Pop 239

The Music Industry: A Sound Investment 240

Merger Mania 241

Expanding the Infrastructure: Counterculture as Commodity 243

Creativity and Commerce: Rock as Art 248

Sweeter Soul Music 257

Singer/Songwriters, Soft Rock Solutions, and More 264

Women's Music: The Feminist Alternative 273

From Country Rock to Southern Boogie 277

Mad with Power: Heavy Metal 285

All That Glitters Does Not Sell Gold 294

8 Punk and Disco: The Poles of Pop 301

Punk Versus Disco 303

Punk: Rock as (White) Noise 305

Born in the USA 308

Anarchy in the U.K. 317

Flirtation with Fascism: The Underbelly of Punk 322

Rock Against Racism: The Progressive Rejoinder 325

Riding the New Wave 329

Disco: The Rhythm without the Blues 334

Proto-Disco: The Funk Connection 335

Up from the Disco Underground 339

Mainstream Disco: The Bee Gees Boogie Down 343

The Hard-Rock Reaction 347

9 Music Videos, Superstars, and Mega-Events: The Eighties 353

Early Music Television: They Want Their MTV 355

Superstars: The Road to Economic Recovery 365

Charity Rock and Mega-Events: Who Is the World? 375

Christmas in Ethiopia: The Advent of Charity Rock 376

Mega-Events: The Politics of Mass Culture 381

Technology and the New International Music Industry 390

10 Rap and Metal: Youth Culture and Censorship 395

The Continuing History of Heavy Metal 397

Heavy Metal: The New Wave 397

Metal Fragments 402

Hip Hop, Don't Stop 408

Old School Rap 409

Hip Hop: The Next Generation 412

Popular Music and the Politics of Censorship 423

The Parents Music Resource Center 424

The Issues: Sex, Drugs, and Rock 'n' Roll Revisited 427

11 Alternative to What? 443

Strange Bedfellows: Alternative and the Mainstream 446

Marketing Categories and Monster Contracts 453

Country and R&B: The Other Alternatives 457

Lollapalooza: Countercultural Sensibilities, Mainstream Clout 460.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-474) and index.

ISBN:

0205137032

OCLC:

187456106