The History of Rock’n Roll in Ten Songs (Greil Marcus)

Musikkritiker Greil Marcus utforsker hva som “utgjør” selve rocken, ved å ta et dypstudium av ti nøye utvalgte låter, spredd gjennom æraer og sjangere. Humoristisk og leken rockejournalistikk, anbefales. 
Hardcover med smussomslag, utg. på Yale University Press, 2014. Selges for 40kr. Lest pent og ellers stått i hyllen. Hentes på Kjelsås (Oslo) eller sendes for kjøpers regning. Bankoverføring eller Vipps.



Her er liste over sangene som gjennomgås i bokas ti kapitler:

1. The Flamin’ Groovies’ mid-1970s retro-garage anthem “Shake Some Action”

2. “Transmission” by Joy Division

3. “In the Still of the Nite,” first recorded by doo-wop group the Five Satins

4. Etta James, “All I Could Do Was Cry”

5. Buddy Holly, “Crying, Waiting, Hoping”

6. Barrett Strong’s founding Motown single and later Beatles standard, “Money (That’s What I Want)”

7. “Money Changes Everything” by new wave group the Brains, popularized by Cyndi Lauper

8. The Drifters (with Ben E. King), “This Magic Moment”

9. The soundtrack of artist Christian Marclay’s video installation Guitar Drag

10. “To Know Him Is to Love Him,” originally by Phil Spector with the Teddy Bears

Mer om boka her: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/oct/19/history-rock-roll-ten-songs-greil-marcus-review