Table of Contents
Introduction: ‘What’s Goin' On?’: Popular music culture 1. ‘Every 1’s a Winner’: The music industry and the record companies 2. ‘Pump up the Volume’: Music and technology 3. ‘I’m Just a Singer’: Making music, the rock musician and the success continuum 4. ‘So You Want To Be a Rock’n’Roll Star?’: Auteurs and stars 5. ‘Message Understood’: Musical texts 6. ‘The Real Thing’: Authenticity, covers and the canon 7. ‘It’s Still Rock’n’Roll To Me’: Genre 8. ‘Shop around’: Marketing and mediation 9. ‘U Got the Look’: From film and television to YouTube 10. ‘On the Cover of The Rolling Stone’: The music press. 11. ‘My Generation’: Consumption, identity and fandom 12. ‘Sound of Our Town’: Subcultures, sounds and scenes 13. ‘Revolution’: Social change, politics and conscience rock 14. ‘Pushin too Hard’: Moral panic, state regulation and censorship 15. ‘We Are the world’: Globalization and State music policy 16. ‘Time Will Pass You By’: Histories and popular memory. Conclusion: ‘Wrap it up’: Making music, making meaning Appendix 1: Chapter song titles Appendix 2: Musical analysis Appendix 3: Popular Music Timeline