Rocking my life away : writing about music and other matters / Anthony DeCurtis.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

DeCurtis, Anthony.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (369 p.)

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 1998.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Rocking My Life Away represents nearly twenty years of writing by one of the premier critics of popular music in America today. In these pieces from Rolling Stone, the New York Times, and other publications, Anthony DeCurtis reveals his ongoing engagement with rock & roll as artistic forum, source of personal inspiration, and compelling site of cultural struggle. Including significant new work—liner notes commissioned for the Phil Spector box set and a spirited discussion with Peter Buck of R.E.M. about rock criticism, for example—DeCurtis also ventures with insight and power beyond the world of rock & roll. A joint profile of the political writers Neil Sheehan and Taylor Branch and provocative looks at the work of novelists Don DeLillo and T. Coraghessan Boyle round out this eclectic collection.

Contents:

The Classics. Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band / The Beatles. Plastic Ono Band / John Lennon. "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" / The Rolling Stones. Exile on Main Street / The Rolling Stones. Blood on the Tracks / Bob Dylan. Bob Dylan's Blue Highways: The Bootleg Series, Vols. 1-3

It's a Thursday Night in Athens, Georgia. The Athens Scene. R.E.M.'s Brave New World. Rock Criticism and the Rocker: A Conversation With Peter Buck

Lives and Deaths. Blues Legends. Eric Clapton: A Life at the Crossroads. Kurt Cobain: 1967-1994. No Mercy: Leonard Cohen's Tales from the Dark Side. Jerry Garcia: Don't Look Back. Robyn Hitchcock: A Wry Poet to the Devoted. John Lennon: The Man. John Mellencamp's Void in the Heartland. Father of Bluegrass Is Dead at 84: Bill Monroe. [actual symbol not reproducible] Free at Last. Artist of the Year: The Rolling Stones. Phil Spector: Back to Mono (1958-1969). Sting. 10,000 Maniacs Break Loose. U2: Zoo World Order. Wu-Tang Family Values

Recordings. The Bristol Sessions: Various Artists. Autobiography of Mistachuck: Chuck D. Woody Guthrie's Dust Bowl Ballads and Library of Congress Recordings.

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780822324195

0822324199

9780822397922

0822397927

OCLC:

891395427