Bruce Springsteen And Popular Music

Author : William I. Wolff
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2017-07-20
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317372271

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Bruce Springsteen and Popular Music by William I. Wolff Pdf

This interdisciplinary volume enters the scholarly conversation about Bruce Springsteen at the moment when he has reinforced his status of global superstar and achieved the status of social critic. Covering musical and cultural developments, chapters primarily consider work Springsteen has released since 9/11—that is, released during a period of continued global unrest, economic upheaval, and social change—under the headings Politics, Fear and Society; Gender and Sexual Identity; and Toward a Rhetoric of Springsteen. The collection engages Springsteen and popular music as his contemporary work is just beginning to be understood in terms of its impact on popular culture and music, applying new areas of inquiry to Springsteen and putting Springsteen fan writing within the same binding as academic writing to show how together they create a more nuanced understanding of an artist. Established and emerging Springsteen scholars approach work from disciplines including rhetoric and composition, historical musicology, labor studies, American history, literature, communications, sociology, theology, and government. Offering context, critique, and expansive understanding of Springsteen and his work, this book contributes to Springsteen scholarship and the study of popular music by showing Springsteen’s broadening academic appeal as well as his escalating legacy on new musicians, social consciousness, and contemporary culture.

Author : Timothy E. Scheurer
Publisher : Popular Press
Page : 286 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Music
ISBN : 0879724684

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American Popular Music: The age of rock by Timothy E. Scheurer Pdf

Beginning with the emergence of commercial American music in the nineteenth century, Volume 1 includes essays on the major performers, composers, media, and movements that shaped our musical culture before rock and roll. Articles explore the theoretical dimensions of popular music studies; the music of the nineteenth century; and the role of black Americans in the evolution of popular music. Also included--the music of Tin Pan Alley, ragtime, swing, the blues, the influences of W. S. Gilbert and Rodgers and Hammerstein, and changes in lyric writing styles from the nineteenth century to the rock era.

Author : Brian Hiatt
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2019-02
Category : Rock music
ISBN : 1787391213

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Bruce Springsteen by Brian Hiatt Pdf

Packed full of insightful stories from Springsteen's long career, Bruce Springsteen: The Stories Behind the Songs takes a detailed look at each and every one of Springsteen's album tracks, providing a unique look at this rock legend's method, as well as some of the many anecdotes and tales that are prolific in his long music history. Deeply researched, laced with insight from decades of fandom and original reporting, this book is an exhaustive and unique look at the writing, recording and significance of Springsteen's singular catalog of songs. Each album is discussed and then each song is examined in terms of lyrical meaning, placing in historical context where necessary or relevant. It's the first book to cover every officially released track, from hits to obscurities, from 1974's Greetings From Asbury Park, N.J. to 2014's High Hopes.

Author : Chris Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780195373714

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101 Albums that Changed Popular Music by Chris Smith Pdf

Chris Smith tells the fascinating stories behind the most groundbreaking, influential, and often controversial albums ever recorded.

Author : Marc Dolan
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06-04
Category : Music
ISBN : 9780393084214

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Bruce Springsteen and the Promise of Rock 'n' Roll by Marc Dolan Pdf

A vibrant biography of one of the greatest rock 'n' rollers, the America that made him, and the America he made. This smart, incisive biography traces Bruce Springsteen’s evolution from a young artist who wasn’t sure what he wanted to say to an acclaimed musician with a distinctive vision for a better society. Brilliantly analyzing and evoking Springsteen’s output, Marc Dolan unveils the pulsing heart of his music: its deep personal, political, and cultural resonances, which enabled Springsteen to reflect on his experiences as well as the world around him. The book is now updated with a new chapter on The Promise, Wrecking Ball, and the 2012 tour.

Author : Caroline Madden
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2020-01-29
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781476672854

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Springsteen as Soundtrack by Caroline Madden Pdf

A catalog nearly fifty years in the making, Bruce Springsteen's music remains popular and a frequent subject of study yet little critical attention has been given to its inclusion in film and television. This book examines a selection of films and TV shows from the 1980s to the present--including Mask, High Fidelity, The Sopranos and The Wrestler--that feature Springsteen's music on the soundtrack. Relating his thematic preoccupations with religion, the Vietnam War, the promise of the open road, economic disparity and blue-collar malaise, his songs color narrative and articulate the inner lives of characters. This book explores the many on-screen contexts of Springsteen's work from Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J. to Springsteen on Broadway.

Author : Dr Kenneth Womack,Mr Jerry Zolten,Mr Mark Bernhard
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2013-01-28
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409495253

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Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream by Dr Kenneth Womack,Mr Jerry Zolten,Mr Mark Bernhard Pdf

There is little question about the incredible power of Bruce Springsteen's work as a particularly transformative art, as a lyrical and musical fusion that never shies away from sifting through the rubble of human conflict. As Rolling Stone magazine's Parke Puterbaugh observes, Springsteen 'is a peerless songwriter and consummate artist whose every painstakingly crafted album serves as an impassioned and literate pulse taking of a generation's fortunes. He is the foremost live performer in the history of rock and roll, a self-described prisoner of the music he loves, for whom every show is played as if it might be his last.' In recent decades, Puterbaugh adds, 'Springsteen's music developed a conscience that didn't ignore the darkening of the runaway American Dream as the country greedily blundered its way through the 1980s' and into the sociocultural detritus of a new century paralysed by isolation and uncertainty. Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream reflects the significant critical interest in understanding Springsteen's resounding impact upon the ways in which we think and feel about politics, religion, gender, and the pursuit of the American Dream. By assembling a host of essays that engage in interdisciplinary commentary regarding one of Western culture's most enduring artistic and socially radicalizing phenomena, this book offers a cohesive, intellectual, and often entertaining introduction to the many ways in which Springsteen continues to impact our lives by challenging our minds through his lyrics and music.

Author : Jerry Zolten
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-23
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317171157

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Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream by Jerry Zolten Pdf

There is little question about the incredible power of Bruce Springsteen's work as a particularly transformative art, as a lyrical and musical fusion that never shies away from sifting through the rubble of human conflict. As Rolling Stone magazine's Parke Puterbaugh observes, Springsteen 'is a peerless songwriter and consummate artist whose every painstakingly crafted album serves as an impassioned and literate pulse taking of a generation's fortunes. He is the foremost live performer in the history of rock and roll, a self-described prisoner of the music he loves, for whom every show is played as if it might be his last.' In recent decades, Puterbaugh adds, 'Springsteen's music developed a conscience that didn't ignore the darkening of the runaway American Dream as the country greedily blundered its way through the 1980s' and into the sociocultural detritus of a new century paralysed by isolation and uncertainty. Bruce Springsteen, Cultural Studies, and the Runaway American Dream reflects the significant critical interest in understanding Springsteen's resounding impact upon the ways in which we think and feel about politics, religion, gender, and the pursuit of the American Dream. By assembling a host of essays that engage in interdisciplinary commentary regarding one of Western culture's most enduring artistic and socially radicalizing phenomena, this book offers a cohesive, intellectual, and often entertaining introduction to the many ways in which Springsteen continues to impact our lives by challenging our minds through his lyrics and music.

Author : Dr Ola Johansson,Professor Thomas L Bell
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 324 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-28
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781409488361

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Sound, Society and the Geography of Popular Music by Dr Ola Johansson,Professor Thomas L Bell Pdf

Popular music is a cultural form much rooted in space and place. This book interprets the meaning of music from a spatial perspective and, in doing so it furthers our understanding of broader social relations and trends, including identity, attachment to place, cultural economies, social activism and politics. The book's editors have brought together a team of scholars to discuss the latest innovative thinking on music and its geographies, illustrated with a fascinating range of case studies from the USA, Canada, the Caribbean, Australia and Great Britain.

Author : David A. Jasen
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013-10-15
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781135352714

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A Century of American Popular Music by David A. Jasen Pdf

First Published in 2002. A Century of American Popular Music is an annotated index to over 2,000 of the most popular, best remembered, historically important and otherwise influential and interesting popular music, from the landmark publication of Scott Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag to the latest rap hit. It provides information all in one place that is available no where else: song title, composer, lyricist, publisher, date of copyright and genre. The annotations include, where possible, a discussion of the history of the song, how it was written, who popularized it, notable recordings with their original issue numbers, as well as covers and other versions that helped keep the song in public attention. Also included are indices by composer, publisher and year of publication.

Author : Stephen Espie
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Popular music
ISBN : NYPL:33433047277284

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American Popular Music by Stephen Espie Pdf

Author : Thomas Robinson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2017-04-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781315465272

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Popular Music Theory and Analysis by Thomas Robinson Pdf

Popular Music Theory and Analysis: A Research and Information Guide uncovers the wealth of scholarly works dealing with the theory and analysis of popular music. This annotated bibliography is an exhaustive catalog of music-theoretical and musicological works that is searchable by subject, genre, and song title. It will support emerging scholarship and inquiry for future research on popular music.

Author : Ian Peddie
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-21
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781409464051

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Popular Music and Human Rights by Ian Peddie Pdf

Popular music has long understood that human rights, if attainable at all, involve a struggle without end. The right to imagine an individual will, the right to some form of self-determination and the right to self-legislation have long been at the forefront of popular music's approach to human rights. At a time of such uncertainty and confusion, with human rights currently being violated all over the world, a new and sustained examination of cultural responses to such issues is warranted. In this respect music, which is always produced in a social context, is an extremely useful medium; in its immediacy music has a potency of expression that reaches far and wide.

Author : Hank Moore
Publisher : Morgan James Publishing
Page : 215 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781631959660

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Pop Music Legends by Hank Moore Pdf

“Music affects every person. It is the soundtrack of our happiness, zest for achievement and relationships to others. Music brings great ideas and feelings. It soothes the soul. It creates and sustains memories.” – Hank Moore Pop Music Legends covers change and growth of the music recording industry. It is based on the Hank Moore’s involvement in music over the years, interviews with hundreds of music stars and his knowledge of pop culture. It is the only book that encompasses a full-scope music perspective and is designed to have high appeal mass appeal, historical, entertainment and is applicable to a broad audience.

Author : Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart
Publisher : VNR AG
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : History
ISBN : 1881303195

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American Heroes in a Media Age by Susan J. Drucker,Robert S. Cathcart Pdf

This volume explores the relationship of hero to celebrity and the changing role of the hero in American culture. It establishes that the nature of hero and its function in society is a communication phenomenon, which has been and is being altered by the rapid advance of electronic media.