Back to the Miracle Factory: Rock Etc. 1990's This is what rock criticism was invented to do, back in the 1960s, and he has been doing ever since. His insight into how it feels when we listen to certain performers or certain performances makes a connection between music and reading th
| TITLE | : | Back to the Miracle Factory: Rock Etc. 1990's |
| AUTHOR | : | |
| RATING | : | 4.63 (889 Votes) |
| ASIN | : | 0765303531 |
| FORMAT TYPE | : | Paperback |
| NUMBER of PAGES | : | 272 Pages |
| PUBLISH DATE | : | 2003-01-04 |
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Paul Williams has been writing about pop music for decades, never flagging in his enthusiasm or his emotional and intellectual openness to the newest music. He has been doing this ever since he founded the rock magazine, Crawdaddy, in 1966. His insight into how it feels when we listen to certain performers or certain performances makes a connection between music and reading that is rare and fascinating. Whether its Bob Dylan or Brian Wilson, Pearl Jam or Nirvana, Paul Williams can reveal something we didn't know we knew when we listened to the music. This is what rock criticism was invented to do, back in the 1960s, and he has been doing ever since. It's as much fun to read, as the music is to listen to.
Editorial : From Library Journal Williams may have published the first rock'n'roll magazine Crawdaddy! in the 1960s and may be regarded as the father of rock criticism, but he has never rested on his laurels or turned his ear from the latest music. In his most recent collection of essays (after The 20th Century's Greatest Hits), he discusses albums released in the 1990s by the likes of Arrested Development, Pearl Jam, and Liz Phair. As au courant as Williams is, however, his pieces on younger artists lack the enthusiasm, literary flair, and impressive theories that mark his essays on boxed sets or rereleases by older artists such as the Beach Boys or Smokey Robinson. Williams deconstructs the music of Nirvana and Pavement to the point where their magic disappears. Most notable in the collection is the book's final chapter, in which he contends that the Grateful Dead are as important as the Beatles o
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