Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul /
Myers, Marc, 1956-
Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul / Anatomy of fifty-five more songs - First edition. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. - xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Walk On By / Dancing in the Street / Sunshine Superman / Good Vibrations / Up, Up and Away / Get Together / The Weight / Fire / Bad Moon Rising / Crystal Blue Persuasion / Ain't No Mountain High Enough / Paranoid / Truckin' / I'm Eighteen / Bang a Gong (Get It On) / Roundabout / Doctor My Eyes / Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress / Rocket Man / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone / I'll Be Around / Killing Me Softly with His Song / Smoke on the Water / Hello It's Me / She's Gone / Come and Get Your Love / Sundown / I'm Not in Love / Love Is the Drug / The Boys Are Back in Town / Fly Like an Eagle / Year of the Cat / Barracuda / Nobody Does It Better / Peg / My Best Friend's Girl / The Gambler / September / What a Fool Believes / Accidents Will Happen / The Devil Went Down to Georgia / Good Times / Highway to Hell / Cars / On the Radio / Bad Reputation / Rapture / Don't Stop Believin' / Steppin' Out / Burning Down the House / The Power of Love / Small Town / Take It So Hard / Being Boring / If It Makes You Happy / Dionne Warwick -- Martha and the Vandellas -- Donovan -- The Beach Boys -- The 5th Dimension -- The Youngbloods -- The Band -- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Tommy James and the Shondells -- Diana Ross -- Black Sabbath -- Grateful Dead -- Alice Cooper -- T. Rex -- Yes -- Jackson Browne -- The Hollies -- Elton John -- The Temptations -- The Spinners -- Roberta Flack -- Deep Purple -- Todd Rundgren -- Hall and Oates -- Redbone -- Gordon Lightfoot -- 10CC -- Roxy Music -- Thin Lizzy -- Steve Miller Band -- Al Stewart -- Heart -- Carly Simon -- Steely Dan -- The Cars -- Kenny Rogers -- Earth, Wind & Fire -- The Doobie Brothers -- Elvis Costello -- The Charlie Daniels Band -- Chic -- AC/DC -- Gary Numan -- Donna Summer -- Joan Jett -- Blondie -- Journey -- Joe Jackson -- Talking Heads -- Huey Lewis and the News -- John Mellencamp -- Keith Richards -- Pet Shop Boys -- Sheryl Crow.
"Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them. Part oral history, part musical analysis, Anatomy of 55 More Songs ranges from Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" to Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By," the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and Black Sabbath's "Paranoid." Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Rocket Man"; Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she had been unfairly labeled and treated as a female rocker into "Bad Reputation"; and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon, and many others reveal the emotions and technique behind their major works. Through an absorbing, chronological, song-by-song analysis of the most memorable post-war hits, Anatomy of 55 More Songs provides a sweeping look at the evolution of pop music between 1964 and today. This book will change how you listen to music and evaluate the artists who create it"--
9780802160201 0802160204
2022035475
Popular music--History and criticism.
Musicians--Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews.
Interviews.
ML3470 / .M945 2022
782.4216409
Anatomy of 55 more songs : the oral history of top hits that changed rock, pop and soul / Anatomy of fifty-five more songs - First edition. First Grove Atlantic hardcover edition. - xiii, 368 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Walk On By / Dancing in the Street / Sunshine Superman / Good Vibrations / Up, Up and Away / Get Together / The Weight / Fire / Bad Moon Rising / Crystal Blue Persuasion / Ain't No Mountain High Enough / Paranoid / Truckin' / I'm Eighteen / Bang a Gong (Get It On) / Roundabout / Doctor My Eyes / Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress / Rocket Man / Papa Was a Rollin' Stone / I'll Be Around / Killing Me Softly with His Song / Smoke on the Water / Hello It's Me / She's Gone / Come and Get Your Love / Sundown / I'm Not in Love / Love Is the Drug / The Boys Are Back in Town / Fly Like an Eagle / Year of the Cat / Barracuda / Nobody Does It Better / Peg / My Best Friend's Girl / The Gambler / September / What a Fool Believes / Accidents Will Happen / The Devil Went Down to Georgia / Good Times / Highway to Hell / Cars / On the Radio / Bad Reputation / Rapture / Don't Stop Believin' / Steppin' Out / Burning Down the House / The Power of Love / Small Town / Take It So Hard / Being Boring / If It Makes You Happy / Dionne Warwick -- Martha and the Vandellas -- Donovan -- The Beach Boys -- The 5th Dimension -- The Youngbloods -- The Band -- The Crazy World of Arthur Brown -- Creedence Clearwater Revival -- Tommy James and the Shondells -- Diana Ross -- Black Sabbath -- Grateful Dead -- Alice Cooper -- T. Rex -- Yes -- Jackson Browne -- The Hollies -- Elton John -- The Temptations -- The Spinners -- Roberta Flack -- Deep Purple -- Todd Rundgren -- Hall and Oates -- Redbone -- Gordon Lightfoot -- 10CC -- Roxy Music -- Thin Lizzy -- Steve Miller Band -- Al Stewart -- Heart -- Carly Simon -- Steely Dan -- The Cars -- Kenny Rogers -- Earth, Wind & Fire -- The Doobie Brothers -- Elvis Costello -- The Charlie Daniels Band -- Chic -- AC/DC -- Gary Numan -- Donna Summer -- Joan Jett -- Blondie -- Journey -- Joe Jackson -- Talking Heads -- Huey Lewis and the News -- John Mellencamp -- Keith Richards -- Pet Shop Boys -- Sheryl Crow.
"Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed music journalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column. Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also change the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them. Part oral history, part musical analysis, Anatomy of 55 More Songs ranges from Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" to Dionne Warwick's "Walk On By," the Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and Black Sabbath's "Paranoid." Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's "Rocket Man"; Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she had been unfairly labeled and treated as a female rocker into "Bad Reputation"; and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon, and many others reveal the emotions and technique behind their major works. Through an absorbing, chronological, song-by-song analysis of the most memorable post-war hits, Anatomy of 55 More Songs provides a sweeping look at the evolution of pop music between 1964 and today. This book will change how you listen to music and evaluate the artists who create it"--
9780802160201 0802160204
2022035475
Popular music--History and criticism.
Musicians--Interviews.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Interviews.
Interviews.
ML3470 / .M945 2022
782.4216409