Rock Eras : Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954-1984
by Curits, JimFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1987-07-01
Publisher(s): Univ of Wisconsin Pr
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Summary
From 1954 to 1984, the media made rock n' roll an international language. In this era of rapidly changing technology, styles and culture changed dramatically, too. In the 1950s, wild-eyed Southern boys burst into national consciousness on 45 rpm records, and then 1960s British rockers made the transition from 45s to LPs. By the 1970s, rockers were competing with television, and soon MTV made obsolete the music-only formats that had first popularized rock n' roll. Paper is temporarily out of stock, Cloth (0-87972-368-8) is available at the paper price until further notice.
Table of Contents
| Preface | p. 1 |
| Some Principles | p. 7 |
| Section I | p. 14 |
| Bing, the Chairman, and the King | p. 15 |
| Section II | p. 37 |
| Why 1954-1964? | p. 38 |
| Media Interplay and Its Implications for Youth Culture | p. 42 |
| Socio-Ethnic Origins of the Performers and Entrepreneurs | p. 52 |
| The Beginnings of Secularization in Black Music | p. 59 |
| Cover Records | p. 65 |
| Electric Guitars, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly | p. 70 |
| The East Coast Rises Again | p. 83 |
| Detroit Rises for the First Time | p. 92 |
| California Rises for the First Time | p. 103 |
| Section III | p. 110 |
| What Happened in the Sixties? | p. 111 |
| On Beatlemania | p. 136 |
| Dylan's Words in Freedom | p. 148 |
| High Culture as Popular Culture | p. 178 |
| Sergeant Pepper | p. 191 |
| Anxious Beatles | p. 200 |
| Mid-Atlantic Stones | p. 207 |
| But What about Am Radio? | p. 220 |
| The Erotic Politicians of the Woodstock Nation | p. 227 |
| A Few Good Words for the Seventies | p. 241 |
| Tradition and Apple Pie | p. 250 |
| The Strands of Tapestry | p. 255 |
| Rock Starts to Compete with Television | p. 259 |
| A New Jersey Outlaw | p. 274 |
| High Culture as Popular Culture, II | p. 286 |
| How the Other Half Rocks | p. 294 |
| Section IV | p. 302 |
| Disco, a New Beginning | p. 303 |
| Punk: the Other Side of Disco | p. 315 |
| Michael Jackson and MTV | p. 324 |
| Coda | p. 339 |
| Index | p. 343 |
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