Roy Orbison : the invention of an alternative rock masculinity / Peter Lehman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lehman, Peter.

Series:

Sound matters.

Sound matters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Rock music.

Orbison, Roy--Criticism and interpretation.

Orbison, Roy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (223 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Roy Orbison's music-whether heard in his own recordings or in cover versions of his songs-is a significant part of contemporary American culture despite the fact that he died almost a generation ago. Few of today's listeners know or remember how startlingly unique he seemed at the height of his career in the early 1960's. In this book, Peter Lehman looks at the long span of Orbison's career and probes into the uniqueness of his songs, singing, and performance style, arguing that singer/songwriters no less than filmmakers can be considered as auteurs.Unlike other pop stars, Orbison was a constant...

Contents:

Contents; Acknowledgments; 1. There Are Many Roy Orbisons; 2. Mystery Man: The Evolution of a Dark, Mysterious Persona; 3. "Radical Left Turns": The Voice and the Music; 4. In (and Out of ) Dreams; 5. "Crawling Back": The Masochist Aesthetic; 6. In David Lynch's Dreams: Roy Orbison at the Movies; 7. "The Finest White Pop Singer on the Planet": "Oh, Pretty Woman," 2 Live Crew, and Discourses of Race; 8. Beyond the End: Roy Orbison's Posthumous Career and Legacy; Appendix: Analysis of Songs and Recordings; Notes; Works Cited; Song Acknowledgments; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-196) and index.

ISBN:

9786612658280

9781282658288

128265828X

9781439903896

1439903891

OCLC:

646068259