Is it still good to ya? : fifty years of rock criticism, 1967-2017 / Robert Christgau.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christgau, Robert, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rock music--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Popular music--History and criticism.

Popular music.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

443 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Durham : Duke University Press, 2018.

Contents:

Ten-step program for growing better ears

Dionysus in theory and practice

B.E.: a dozen moments in the prehistory of rock and roll

Let's get busy in Hawaiian: a hundred years of ragged beats and cheap tunes

Rock lyrics are poetry (maybe)

"We have to deal with it": punk England report

Rock 'n' roller coaster: the music biz on a joyride

Not my fault, not my problem: classic rock a weekend in paradise: Woodstock '94

Afternoon of the roar: Lollapalooza '95

Staying alive: postclassic disco

Compiling a canon: Harry Smith's anthology of American folk music

Getting their hands dirty: Michael Azerrad's Our band could be your life a month on the town

U.S. and them: are American pop (and semi-pop) still exceptional? and by the way, does that make them better?

What I listen for in music

Pops as pop: Louis Armstrong

Not so misterioso: Thelonious Monk

First lady of song: Billie Holiday

Folksinger, wordslinger, start me a song: Woody Guthrie

Frank Sinatra: 1915-1998

Chuck Berry: 1926-2017

Unnaturals: the coasters with no strings attached

Black Elvis: Sam Cooke

Tough love: Etta James

The excitement! the terror!: Miles Davis's '70s

Sister, oh sister: Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle

Ramone

Road to ruin

Nevermore: Nirvana

A long short story: the go-betweens

Generation gaps: the Spice Girls

Ooh, that sound: the Backstreet Boys

Tear the sky off the mother: 'N Sync

The world is his boudoir: Prince

Queen of pop

Familiar and fabulous

Dylan back: world goes on

Not dead yet

How to survive on an apple pie diet: John Prine

The unflashiest: Willie Nelson

Music from a desert storm

Ghost dance

The Moldy Peaches slip you a roofie

Attack of the chickenshits: Steve Earle

Facing Mecca: Youssou N'dour

Burning bright

Quotations from Charmin M.I.A

Right, the record

Full immersion with suspect tendencies: Paul Simon's Graceland

Fela and his lessers

Vendant l'Afrique

Dakar in gear

A god after midnight: Youssou N'dour

Franco de mi amor

Years of history, thirty seconds of joy

Tribulations of St. Joseph: Ladysmith Black Mambazo

Music from a desert war

Growing by degrees: Kanye west

The slim shady essay: Eminem

Career opportunity: the Perceptionists

Good morning, little school girl: R. Kelly

Master and sacrament: Buddy Guy

The commoner queen: Mary J. Blige

A hot little weirdo: Shakira

What's not to like?: Norah Jones

No-hope radio: Radiohead

Rather exhilarating: Sonic Youth

Grant Mclennan: 1958-2006

Ray Charles: 1930-2004

James Brown: 1933-2006

Old master: Bob Dylan

Estudando Tom Zé

Gypsy is his autopilot: Gogol Bordello

Triumph of the id: Lil Wayne

Brag like that: Jay-z

Paisley's progress: Brad Paisley

Smart and smarter: Vampire Weekend

The many reasons to love Wussy

Hearing her pain: Fiona Apple

Firestarter: Miranda Lambert

Monster anthems: Lady Gaga

Dancing on her own: Robyn

Spread out, reach high: M.I.A.'s Kala

Illygirl stepping up

Spelled backwards it's "AIM"

The unassumingest: Lori Mckenna

Who knows it feels it: Bob Marley

Shape shifter: David Bowie: 1947-2016

The most gifted artist of the rock era: Prince: 1958-2016

Forever old: Leonard Cohen: 1933-2016

Sticking it in their ear: Bob Dylan

Don't worry about nothing: Ornette Coleman

Sensualistic, polytheistic: New York Dolls.

Notes:

Includes index.

Other Format:

Online version: Christgau, Robert. Is it still good to ya?

ISBN:

9781478000082

1478000082

9781478000228

1478000228

OCLC:

1025429502