Author:
Friedlander, Paul.
Edition Statement:2nd ed.
Imprint:Boulder, CO : Westview Press, 2006.
Descriptionviii, 388 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
Note:I can see clearly now : twenty rock and roll lenses -- The roots of rock and roll : I went down to the crossroads -- Classic rockers : the first generation : just give me some of that rock and roll music -- Classic rockers : the second generation : there's good rockin' tonight -- Doo-wop : street corner serenade -- The early sixties : the calm before the storm -- The Beatles : because the world is round it turns me on -- The Rolling Stones : it's only rock and roll but I like it -- The Who : people try to put us down -- Bob Dylan : somethin' is happening, but you dont know what it is -- Folk-rock : so you want to be a rock and roll star -- Soul music : r-e-s-p-e-c-t -- Motown : Hitsville, U.S.A. -- The San Francisco sound : people in motion -- The guitar kings : and I gave her the gun -- The seventies : dazed and confused -- Punk rock : buzzsaw bravado and shock politics -- The eighties : the revolution will be televised -- Notes from the underground : the alternative rock and rap uprisings -- We should be together : festival frenzies, electronic dance music culture, heavy metal morphasis, and the deregulation of radio and file sharing.
Bibliography Note:Discography: p. 341-350.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-358 ) and index.
