Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City
Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City is a book charting the history of popular music, by the music journalist and cultural commentator Paul Morley. Its style takes the form of a robotic Kylie Minogue traveling, with Morley, in a “cyber-car” towards a city of “sound and ideas”. The starting points for this history of popular music are Morley's favourite pieces at the time of writing: Kylie Minogue's electro-pop song “Can't Get You Out of My Head” and Alvin Lucier's experimental “I am sitting in a room”. From these musical compositions Morley reflects on the meanings of music in many forms: avant-garde and pop, iconic and obscure, mechanical and digital, commercial and creative, human and robotic.
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1990s, Rock music, Theory and history of art, 2000s, Institute of Music Initiatives, Criticism, 21st‑century history, Music
Satie Érik, Eminem, Cocker Jarvis, Coleman Ornette, Presley Elvis, Cage John, Elliot Missy, Eno Brian, Madonna, Reed Lou
London
2004
368 pages
9780747568643
Open stacks
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