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Pick up the pieces : excursions in Seventies music / John Corbett.

LIBRA ML3534 .C6654 2019
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Format:
Author/Creator:
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Genre:
  • Criticism, interpretation, etc.
  • Essays.
Physical Description:
495 pages ; 24 cm
Place of Publication:
Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2019.
Contents:
  • 1970. The Kinks, "Lola"
  • Edwin Starr, "War"
  • James Brown, "Get up (I feel like being a) sex machine"
  • Black Sabbath, Paranoid
  • Captain Beefheart & the Magic Band, Lick my decals off, baby
  • The Stooges, Fun house
  • The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Les stances à Sophie.
  • 1971. Joni Mitchell, Blue
  • Michael Hurley & Pals, Armchair Boogie
  • Harry Nilsson, Nilsson Schmilsson
  • Webster Lewis and the Post-Pop Space-Rock Be-Bop Gospel Tabernacle Chorus and Orchestra BABY!, Live at Club 7
  • Curtis Mayfield, "Move on up"
  • Genesis, Nursey cryme
  • Derek Bailey, Solo guitar
  • The Rolling Stones, Sticky fingers.
  • 1972. Lou Reed, Trasnformer
  • Alice Cooper, "School's out"
  • Yes, Close to the edge
  • The Edgar Winter Group, "Frankenstein:
  • Focus, "Hocus pocus"
  • The O'Jays, Back stabbers
  • Julius Hemphill, Dogon A.D.
  • Nick Drake, Pink moon
  • Carla Bley, Paul Haines, Escalator over the hill
  • Todd Rundgren, Something/Anything.
  • 1973. Sun Ra, Space is the place
  • Al Green, Call me
  • Marvin Gaye, Let's get it on
  • Stevie Wonder, "You are the sunshine of my life"
  • Gal Costa, Índia
  • Led Zeppelin, Houses of the holy
  • Sly and the Family Stone, Fresh.
  • 1974. Gram Parsons, Grievous angels
  • Average White Band, "Pick up the pieces"
  • William DeVaughan, "Be thankful for what you've got"
  • The Residents, Meet the Residents
  • Brian Eno, Taking Tiger Mountain (by strategy)
  • Dr. Alimantado, "Best dressed chicken in town"
  • Kraftwerk, Autobahn
  • Van Morrison, Veedon fleece
  • John Cale, Paris 1919
  • Robert Wyatt, Rock bottom
  • Neil Young, On the beach
  • Queen, Sheer heart attack
  • Sparks, Kimono my house.
  • 1975. Parliament, Mothership connection
  • Van McCoy, "The hustle"
  • Elton John, "Philadelphia freedom"
  • Kiss, Alive!
  • Electric Light Orchestra, Face the music
  • Bruce Springsteen, Born to run
  • Bob Dylan, Blood on the tracks
  • Patti Smith, Horses.
  • 1976. Boston, "Long time"
  • Aerosmith, Rocks
  • Bootsy Collins, Stretchin' out in Bootsy's Rubber Band
  • Fela and Afrika 70, Zombie.
  • 1977. Richard Hell and the Voidoids, Blank generation
  • Television, Marquee moon
  • Milford Graves, Bäbi
  • Fleetwood Mac, Rumours
  • Ted Nugent, Cat scratch fever
  • The Clash, The Clash
  • David Bowie, Low
  • Suicide, Suicide
  • Joe McPhee, Tenor
  • Heart, Little queen
  • Pink Floyd, Animals.
  • 1978. Van Halen, Van Halen
  • Elvis Costello, This year's model
  • James "Blood" Ulmer, Tales of Captain Black
  • Just what I needed : a Transatlantic art-pop comedy in five acts. Act I : Cheap Trick, Heaven tonight, The Cars, The Cars ; Act II : Wire, Chairs missing ; Act III : No New York, Talking Heads, More songs about buildings and food ; Act IV : XTC, Go 2 ; Act V : Devo, Q : Are we not men? A: We are Devo!, Pere Ubu, The modern dance, MX-80 Sound, Hard attack.
  • 1979. Forty-one 45s
  • The Fall, Dragnet ; Ramones, "Rock 'n' roll high school"
  • Ian Dury & the Blockheads, Do it yourself
  • The Police, Reggatta de blanc ; The Pretenders, Pretenders
  • Sugarhill Gang, "Rapper's delight"
  • The Pop Group, Y ; The Slits, Cut
  • The Raincoast, "Lola".
  • 1980. Grace Jones, Warm leatherette.
Notes:
Includes index.
ISBN:
  • 9780226604732
  • 022660473X
OCLC:
1050454054

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