B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present
In this book, George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered 'B-sides'—overlooked, underappreciated and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.
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B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present
In this book, George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered 'B-sides'—overlooked, underappreciated and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.
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B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

B-Sides, Undercurrents and Overtones: Peripheries to Popular in Music, 1960 to the Present

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In this book, George Plasketes adapts the iconic 'A-side/B-side' dichotomy from the 45 r.p.m. for use as a unique conceptual, critical, historical and cultural framework for exploring and threading together a variety of popular music and media texts. The profiles and perspectives focus on the peripheries; on texts which might be considered 'B-sides'—overlooked, underappreciated and unsung cases, creators, patterns and productions that have unassumingly, but significantly, marked popular culture, music and media during the past 40 years. These B-sides represent undercurrents, but they resonate as overtones in the mainstream of music and culture, many as historical hinges. They constitute an important connect-the-dots cultural chronicle with a multi-layered context for interpreting the interrelations between creators and institutions, the music market place, the production of culture and important connections between the peripheral and the popular.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781409493860
Publisher: Ashgate Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 01/28/2013
Series: Ashgate Popular and Folk Music Series
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 17 MB
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About the Author

George Plasketes is Professor of Radio-Television-Film and Popular Culture in the Department of Communication & Journalism, Auburn University, USA.

Table of Contents

Contents: Preface: my back pages; The flip side: let it B; Get your 45s on: Terry Melcher, lost in the surf and sun of the 1960s sound waves; How the Midwest was won: the Chicago suburbs seven, a mid 1960s regional rotation; Covering outside the lines: Hans Fenger and the Langley Schools Music Project; Geffen records v. Neil Young: the battle of the brands; Music and movie musicality: Ry Cooder, the involved bystander; World music missionaries: cross cultural convergences; The vital visual voice of the videotape editor: seamlessly sculpting Graceland: the African Concert; Rock around the cop: Steve Bochco's Broadway blue print as television musical muse and martyr; Must sing TV: pop rock sitcom cameo obscuras; Umbilical musical chords: lineage, legacy and mom and pop pedigree; Die another day: Warren Zevon's desperado 'deteriorata'; Bibliography; Index.
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