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Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Introduction; Chapter 1: Life After Wordstock; Rock Goes Mainstream; Rock on the Airwaves; The Decline of Pirate Radio; WMMS; Capital Radio; WNEW; DJ Culture; John Peel; B. Mitchel Reed; Charlie Gillett; Larry Lujack; Chapter 2: The Makings of a Classic; Led Zeppelin; Queen; Traffic; Freddie Mercury; Bruce Springsteen; Representative Works; Fleetwood Mac; Sir Paul McCartney; Power Pop Pioneers: Big Star; Bob Seger; Steely Dan; Boston; Tom Petty; The Allman Brothers Band; Southern Rock; Lynyrd Skynyrd; ZZ Top; Chapter 3: Heavy Metal Thunder. |
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Jeff BeckRepresentative Works; Black Sabbath; Ozzy Osbourne; AC/DC; Alice Cooper; Aerosmith; Van Halen; Def Leppard; Guns N' Roses; Metallica; Chapter 4: The Sounds of So-Cal: Country Rock; Representative Works; The Flying Burrito Brothers; The Dillards; The Eagles; Check Out Any Time You Like: L.A. in the 1970s; Linda Ronstadt; Poco; Chapter 5: The Song-Poets: Singer-Songwriters; Representative Works; John Lennon; George Harrison; Paul Simon; Neil Young; Asylum Records; Joni Mitchell; Nick Drake; Carly Simon; James Taylor; Emmylou Harris; Laura Nyro; Isaac Hayes; Harry Chapin; Lou Reed. |
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Jackson BrowneWarren Zevon; Randy Newman; Steve Earle; Townes Van Zandt; Neil Diamond; Tom Waits; Joan Armatrading; Michael McDonald; Billy Bragg; Songwriting Goes Pop; Sir Elton John; Billy Joel; Barry Manilow; Chapter 6: Classical Influences: Art Rock and Progressive Rock; The Moody Blues; Yes; WBCN; Genesis; Peter Gabriel; Emerson, Lake and Palmer; Kraftwerk and Krautrock; Roxy Music; Kate Bush; Chapter 7: Fierce Fusion: Jazz-Rock; John McLaughlin; Chicago; Earth, Wind and Fire; Herbie Hancock; Chapter 8: Tear the Roof Off: Funk; Representative Works; Parliament-Funkadelic. |
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Sly and the Family StoneThe Ohio Players; Funkytown: Dayton in the 1970s; Kool and the Gang; Chapter 9: Sound and Spectacle: Glam Rock; David Bowie; West Berlin; The New York Dolls; Chapter 10: Down to Earth: Pub Rock; Dire Straits; Stiff Records; Billy Thorpe; Lobby Loyde; Chapter 11: Rude Boys: Reggae; Sir Coxsone Dodd; Toots and the Maytals; Studio One; Bob Marley; Representative Works; Rastafari; Lee ("Scratch") Perry; Peter Tosh; Jimmy Cliff; Desmond Dekker; Roots of Reggae: Ska; Dancehall Music; 2-Tone Records; Chapter 12: Dance Fever: Disco; Representative Works; Donna Summer. |
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Musicland StudiosThe Bee Gees; Frankie Crocker; Miami: Sounds of Sunshine; RAK Records; Casablanca Records; The Other Side of the Velvet Rope; Barry White; Europop; ABBA; Chapter 13: DIY: Punk and New Wave; Proto-punk in the Motor City; The MC5; Iggy and the Stooges; Rock Rebels Against Itself: Punk; Anarchy in the U.K.; The Sex Pistols; The London Punk Scene; The Clash; Representative Works; Ari Up and the Slits; The Jam; Joy Division/New Order; Tony Wilson; Factory Records; The Mekons; The Gang of Four; Kathy Acker; Television; CBGB-OMFUG; Patti Smith; Jim Carroll; Robert Mapplethorpe. |
| Summary |
Although rock music continued to dominate the music scene, the sounds of the 1970s and?80s differed greatly from the music of the preceding decades, reflecting newer social realities. The aggressive sounds of punk music began to appeal to youth, while disco reached across cultures and brought diverse crowds together in dance clubs. New Wave had a playful, chill feel, while the electronic guitar-laden sounds heavy metal were anything but. Readers examine the various styles of music that defined the 1970s and?80s, profiling the artists who captured the spirit of rapid social and cultural chang. |
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Requires Boundless App. |
| Chronological Term |
1971-1990 |
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Popular music -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism.
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Popular music -- 1981-1990 -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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Electronic books. |
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Boundless (Digital media service)
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| ISBN |
9781615309122 : $38.25 |
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1615309128 : $38.25 |
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