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Jukebox Music — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 12:47:24 +0000

Glam rock for me. Frivoulous and fun, much needed in a recession

Comment on Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock ‘n’ Roll Reviews by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:26:57 +0000

Artists throught time, 30 Jan 2011

Paulo Nicolau (Lisboa, Portugal) -

This review is from: Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock 'n' Roll (Hardcover)

Amazing selection of photographs from music stars from the past, today, rock, pop, metal, etc...
If you love music and photography you should own one.

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Comment on Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock ‘n’ Roll Reviews by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 04:05:46 +0000

Mick Rock - the rock photographer, 29 Sep 2011

Mr. Andrew Forey "andyforey" (london) -

This review is from: Mick Rock Exposed: The Faces of Rock 'n' Roll (Hardcover)

I always remember his photographs - Musical express (before it beacme new) and his name made me smile. But recently i have seen books and exhibitions of his advertised , so while in sunny brighto i purchased his book - and yes he was and is very good .... getting access to those stars helps , but the pictures are grimey, close up and have lots of feeling and atmosphere .... so yes i liked ..

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Comment on Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 20 Nov 2011 00:01:26 +0000

a history of music and machines, 5 April 2009

DDH255 "davidhenderson8" -

This review is from: Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City (Paperback)

After reading this book for a couple of days, I still wasn't sure whether to love it or to hate it. To love the rich allusive exploration of music that explores the connections between genres with wit and enthusiasm; to hate the repetitive pretentiousness of the style, the endless comparisons. What this book is not is a history of pop- the 50s and 60s hardly get mentioned- it's as if the Beatles, the Stones, Motown and the Kinks never happened. Instead Morley focuses on the work of experimental composers- Reich, Glass, Schoenberg and traces how their experimental recording methods have influenced modern music.
Morley's unwitting narrator is Kylie Minogue driving through her recent video, but the book is not so much about Kylie as the recordings that may have influenced the construction of her music. Why then the dull sections on the Human League and Fad Gadget? Why long lists of recordings and artists at the end that are never mentioned in the narrative of the book?
Yet, just as I got so frustrated by one section that I wanted to get rid of the book, Morley would produce a piece of prose so insightful and dynamic that I longed to hear the music.
Morley claims that he has been at one point in his lifetime the greatest writer about the music scene, and in truth this is a book about him and the music he loves, its infuriating inconsistency at times obscuring the wisdom of his ideas.
I'd skip rereading the 23 page interview with Jarvis Cocker or the 15 page discussion of Kraftwerk that hardly touches on their music but would return to many of the other element of this highly original and imaginative work time and again.

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Comment on Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City by TJSIMMONDS "terje theodore"

TJSIMMONDS "terje theodore" — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 23:02:31 +0000

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Words and words, 15 Aug 2010

TJSIMMONDS "terje theodore" (brighton england) -

This review is from: Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City (Paperback)

Paul obviously has an encyclopedic knowledge of "pop" and other branches of music that serve his cause but to me the book felt a little rushed, a stream of conciousness which needed a bit more editing. Maybe this "Karourac"style was intentional showing his enthusiasm but it left me exhausted and trying to keep up. However the lists, links and
musical references are fantastic, and if like me, you share Paul's tastes the book is well worth making the effort to read.

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Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 22:25:44 +0000

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Subtitled 'A History of Pop in the Shape of a City'-, 21 July 2003

Jason Parkes "We're all Frankies'" (Worcester, UK) -

This review is from: Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City (Paperback)

Paul Morley follows up his wonderful auto/biography/exploration 'Nothing' (2000) with 'Words and Music'- which uses Kylie's Can't Get You Out of My Head as its starting point: Kylie's pop classic pointing back to a past when there was an idea of the future: Kraftwerk, Moroder, Human League, New Order. Morley takes us on a journey from and around Can't Get You Out of My Head- the destination here the lists to end all lists, in a book that flows with cultural reference points- from Morley himself (& other notable music critics, eg Lester Bangs, Nick Kent, Simon Reynolds) to Messiaen to Philip Glass to Amazon to Philip K Dick to Eno to Tangerine Dream to T Rex to Now That's What I Call Music! to The Art of Noise (and on and on and on it flows forwards & backwards & sideways and around...)Anyone who LOVED Paul Morley's now mythic period at the NME (I was mildly too young...)should love this book- in the list sense, it's far more Rick Moody (Demonology-The Black Veil- Ring of Brightest Angels...) than Nick Hornby. Which is a good thing. As with 'Nothing', Morley shifts through many styles- and there are lists galore- there is also some wonderful humour. A wonderful history of pop culture occurs and recurs throughout the book and the presence of The White Stripes in the 1963 section is almost as amusing as The Manic Street Preachers section (as Welsh as...), or the section on Metal Machine Music that concludes with the hilarious list'How to Be Annoying' (TYPE ONLY IN UPPERCASE-Begin all your sentences with 'Ooh,la la'-Leave tips in Bolivian Currency etc) which is the most amusing thing here. Demented humour rules with this list & the handy tip "Rouse your partner from sleep every morning with Lou Reed's Metal Machine Music"!

There's so much here- impossible to get into 1000 words- but it's safe to say you could pretty much forget about buying most of the music press and what's hip this month (moustaches, ironic 70s retro that sounds like Lynrd Skynrd or Nazareth) & get this instead. I'm a great lover of books with lists and bits- the words relating to the music here & would rate this up there with lovely books like JG Ballard's A User's Guide to the Millennium & the Bangs collection Psychotic Reactions&Carburretor Dung. Words & Music and the upcoming publication of more of Bangs writings shows that great music criticism- which may use music as its starting point & go off anywhere (Allen Ginsberg- Eminem- Britney Spears- Scott Walker- Claude Debussy- Eric Satie- Joy Division- Captain Beefheart- Crash- Amazon- I am sitting in a room- Can't Get You Out of My Head- and on and on and on...)- is alive and kicking. You just wouldn't know it if you read the majority of the music press (& can anyone tell me when, or rather why, Uncut has turned into Mojo?). The lists are great, proof that music has never been better and always been as great- wonderful to see nods to such wonderful records as Tilt, I Travel, I'm a Slave 4 U, Rock Bottom, Laughing Stock, John Cage, Faust, Eno/Eno/Eno/Eno/Brian Eno, James Joyce, Madonna, Pop Group, Overload, Neu!, Nick Drake, Magnetic Fields, Depeche Mode etc- because pop can be anything. and everything. and I suppose sometimes nothing. Yes, the lists and the footnotes are an utter joy. Where else can you read about Britney Spears one second and Slint the next? Or about Ballard's Crash then Can't Get You Out of My Head magnified, as if In Every Dream Home a Heartache...

Words And Music is a great book for those who can't get either out of their heads, for those who want more and think more of music than the Cowell-Fuller 50s exploitation department, or the futile retro of Oasis. Morley's argument about Radiohead is one I'm coming round to- much more interesting than the majority who wish Radiohead were like The Bends (again)- it points out how unweird Radiohead are and offers a few lists to show why. Rather than bemoaning Radiohead for not being a conservative sub-Zooropa band, they should be bemoaned for not being weird enough- they're not exactly Swans, are they? Words & Music is shockingly NOW, which is great, as the music scene has severe problems- mainly derived from its increasingly corporate behaviour (merge, drop, etc). & for anyone who has read or written about music on the net- here on Amazon maybe?- Page 122 will be a joy! A great book, one that I'll come back to again and again...(Thanks, Paul)...

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Comment on An Introduction to Polynesian Music by polynesian music

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Comment on A-Z of Classical Music by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Aug 2011 02:38:08 +0000

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The best introductary classical compilation available., 17 Aug 2001

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This review is from: A-Z of Classical Music (Audio CD)

Not being someone who usually enjoys compilations I approached this one with some caution. After hearing it however my view is that if you are new to classical music or have only a limited appreciation this set is an absolute must. Even those with a great deal of knowledge will find something new.

Instead of trying to collect 'the most famous bits' Naxos have provided an overview of a thousand years of music. Composers who a few years ago would have been considered obscure (Hidegard of Bingen, von Ditterdorf) or thought too 'avant garde' (Philip Glass) are included.

After hearing it you'll be certain to want to follow up many of the composers or their contemporaries.

The massive accompanying booklet is unpretentious and hugely helpful. The performances are of Naxos' usual exemplary standard, not outstanding but never tedious or too extreme in interpretation.

Overall, and at this price, about the best introductory compilation to classical music available.

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