An edition of Electric Shock (2015)

Electric shock

from the gramophone to the iPhone : 125 years of pop music

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An edition of Electric Shock (2015)

Electric shock

from the gramophone to the iPhone : 125 years of pop music

Ambitious and groundbreaking, Electric Shock tells the story of popular music, from the birth of recording in the 1890s to the digital age, from the first pop superstars of the twentieth century to the omnipresence of music in our lives, in hit singles, ringtones and on Spotify. Over that time, popular music has transformed the world in which we live. Its rhythms have influenced how we walk down the street, how we face ourselves in the mirror, and how we handle the outside world in our daily conversations and encounters. It has influenced our morals and social mores; it has transformed our attitudes towards race and gender, religion and politics. From the beginning of recording, when a musical performance could be preserved for the first time, to the digital age, when all of recorded music is only a mouse-click away; from the straitlaced ballads of the Victorian era and the 'coon songs' that shocked America in the early twentieth century to gangsta rap, death metal and the multiple strands of modern dance music: Peter Doggett takes us on a rollercoaster ride through the history of music. Within a narrative full of anecdotes and characters, Electric Shock mixes musical critique with wider social and cultural history and shows how revolutionary changes in technology have turned popular music into the lifeblood of the modern world.

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Publisher
The Bodley Head
Language
English
Pages
712

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Electric Shock: From the Gramophone to the iPhone - 125 Years of Pop Music
2016, Penguin Random House
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Cover of: Electric shock
Electric shock: from the gramophone to the iPhone : 125 years of pop music
2015, The Bodley Head
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Table of Contents

Introduction
1. The voice of the dead
2. Ev'rybody's doin' it now
3. Take me to the land of jazz
4. Dance-o-mania
5. Wizard of the microphone
6. Blues in the night
7. Bugle-call rag
8. Millions like us
9. Let's get straight
10. Music for gracious living
11. Real rock drive
12. Bad motorcycle
13. Soul food
14. Music for moderns
15. Revolution in reverse.
16. Sorry, parents
17. Highlife
18. Freak out people
19. Flying through the air
20. The new prophets
21. The Devil's interval
22. Push-button rock
23. Union of bodies
24. Be disrespectful
25. Dance stance
26. Presenting the fantasy
27. That scream
28. Audio time warp
29. The murder of music?
30. Blurred lines.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
London
Copyright Date
2015

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
781.6/4/09
Library of Congress
ML3470 .D644 2015, ML3470 .D64 2015

The Physical Object

Pagination
712 pages
Number of pages
712

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL30114279M
Internet Archive
electricshockfro0000dogg
ISBN 10
184792218X
ISBN 13
9781847922182, 9781448130313
OCLC/WorldCat
919400091
Amazon ID (ASIN)

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