Rock Eras : Interpretations of Music and Society, 1954-1984

by Curits, Jim

• ISBN13: 9780879723699
• ISBN10: 0879723696
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 1987-07-01
• Publisher: Univ of Wisconsin Pr

Summary

From 1954 to 1984, the media made rock n' roll an international language. In this era of rapidly changing technology, styles and culture changed dramatically, too. In the 1950s, wild-eyed Southern boys burst into national consciousness on 45 rpm records, and then 1960s British rockers made the transition from 45s to LPs. By the 1970s, rockers were competing with television, and soon MTV made obsolete the music-only formats that had first popularized rock n' roll. Paper is temporarily out of stock, Cloth (0-87972-368-8) is available at the paper price until further notice.

Table of Contents

Preface	p. 1
Some Principles	p. 7
Section I	p. 14
Bing, the Chairman, and the King	p. 15
Section II	p. 37
Why 1954-1964?	p. 38
Media Interplay and Its Implications for Youth Culture	p. 42
Socio-Ethnic Origins of the Performers and Entrepreneurs	p. 52
The Beginnings of Secularization in Black Music	p. 59
Cover Records	p. 65
Electric Guitars, Chuck Berry, and Buddy Holly	p. 70
The East Coast Rises Again	p. 83
Detroit Rises for the First Time	p. 92
California Rises for the First Time	p. 103
Section III	p. 110
What Happened in the Sixties?	p. 111
On Beatlemania	p. 136
Dylan's Words in Freedom	p. 148
High Culture as Popular Culture	p. 178
Sergeant Pepper	p. 191
Anxious Beatles	p. 200
Mid-Atlantic Stones	p. 207
But What about Am Radio?	p. 220
The Erotic Politicians of the Woodstock Nation	p. 227
A Few Good Words for the Seventies	p. 241
Tradition and Apple Pie	p. 250
The Strands of Tapestry	p. 255
Rock Starts to Compete with Television	p. 259
A New Jersey Outlaw	p. 274
High Culture as Popular Culture, II	p. 286
How the Other Half Rocks	p. 294
Section IV	p. 302
Disco, a New Beginning	p. 303
Punk: the Other Side of Disco	p. 315
Michael Jackson and MTV	p. 324
Coda	p. 339
Index	p. 343
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