An edition of Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966-1970 (2016)

Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966-1970

how the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground defined an era

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An edition of Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966-1970 (2016)

Rock, counterculture and the avant-garde, 1966-1970

how the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground defined an era

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Examines the artists' relationship to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada) and neo-avant-garde (Warhol, Pop Art, minimalism), .

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Beatles, Velvet Underground (Musical group), Rock music, Avant-garde (Music), Avant-garde (Aesthetics), History and criticism, Criticism and interpretation, History, Zappa, frank, 1940-1993, Popular music, history and criticism, Avant-garde (music), Popular music

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Frank Zappa

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20th century, 1961-1970
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2016
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Table of Contents

All you need is studio time (or, The ballad of John and Yoko) : The Beatles. Rebranding the Beatles : Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
Music television : Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
The dialectic of Lennon/McCartney : The Beatles (a.k.a. The white album) (1968)
One bad apple : John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the avant-garde turn
Breaking up is hard to do : Abbey Road (1969) and Let it be (1970)
No commercial potential : Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention. Zappa in context : Pal Recording Studio and The Steve Allen show (1963)
Motherly Summer of Love : Freak out! (1966)
Nothing succeeds like excess : Absolutely free and "rock theater" (1967)
The conscience of a (practical) conservative : We're only in it for the money (1968)
Project/Object : Zappa, mass culture and postmodernism
All tomorrow's parties : The Velvet Underground. Andy says : The Exploding Plastic Inevitable and The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
The black album : White light/White heat (1968)
Playing it safe : The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970)
Conclusion. The avant-garde goes pop.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 212-216), discography (pages 187-189), and index.

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How the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Velvet Underground defined an era
Copyright Date
2016

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Dewey Decimal Class
781.6609/046
Library of Congress
ML3470 .G72 2016, ML3470.G72 2016

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viii, 223 pages
Number of pages
223

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OL27208770M
ISBN 10
1476662142
ISBN 13
9781476662145, 9781476624037
LCCN
2016001174
OCLC/WorldCat
923853755

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