Experiencing David Bowie : a listener's companion / Ian Chapman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chapman, Ian, 1960- author.

Series:

Listener's companion.

Listener's Companion

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bowie, David--Criticism and interpretation.

Bowie, David.

Rock music--History and criticism.

Rock music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

<span><span>In </span><span style=""font-style:italic;"">Experiencing David Bowie: A Listener's Companion</span><span>, musicologist, writer, and musician Ian Chapman unravels the extraordinary marriage of sound and visual effect that lies at the heart of the work of one of the most complex and enduring performers in popular music. </span></span>

Contents:

Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1 Rock and Role; 2 The Actor Emerges; 3 Musical Beginnings; 4 Messages from Ground Control; 5 Irresistible Decadence; 6 Plastic Soul and the Birth of the European Canon; 7 The Sounds of Europe; 8 The Rise and Fall of David Bowie; 9 Rediscovering the Alien; 10 Twenty-First-Century Man; Epilogue; Notes; Selected Reading; Selected Listening; Index; About the Author

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-4422-3752-X

OCLC:

913784947