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33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day – An Authoritative Portrait of Music and Activism

From one of the most prominent music critics writing today, a page-turning and wonderfully researched history of protest music in the twentieth century and beyond Nowhere does pop music collide more dramatically with the wider world than in the protest song, which forces its way into the news and prompts conversations from Washington to Westminster. Rather than being merely a worthy adjunct to the business of pop, protest music is woven into its DNA. When you listen to Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Public Enemy, or the Clash, you are not sitting down to a dusty seminar; you are hearing pop music at its most thrillingly alive.Â 33 Revolutions Per MinuteÂ is the story of protest music toldÂ inÂ 33 songs. An incisive history of a wide and shape-shifting genre, Dorian Lynskey's authoritative bookÂ takes us from the days of Billie Holliday crooning â€œStrange Fruitâ€ before shocked audiences to Vietnam-era crowds voicing their resentment at the sounds of Bob Dylan to the fracas over the Dixie Chicksâ€™ comments against George W. Bush during the Iraq War. For anyone who enjoyed Alex Rossâ€™sÂ The Rest is Noise, Bob Dylanâ€™sÂ Chronicles, or Simon Reynoldsâ€™Â Rip It Up and Start Again,Â 33 Revolutions Per MinuteÂ is an absorbing and moving portrait of a century when music was the peopleâ€™s truest voice.
Country USA
Brand Ecco
Manufacturer Ecco
Binding Paperback
ItemPartNumber Illustrated
ReleaseDate 2011-04-05
UnitCount 1
Format Illustrated
EANs 9780061670152

Country	USA
Brand	Ecco
Manufacturer	Ecco
Binding	Paperback
ItemPartNumber	Illustrated
ReleaseDate	2011-04-05
UnitCount	1
Format	Illustrated
EANs	9780061670152

33 Revolutions per Minute: A History of Protest Songs, from Billie Holiday to Green Day – An Authoritative Portrait of Music and Activism

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