Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City - Couverture souple

Morley, Paul

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0747568642 ISBN 13 : 9780747568643

Editeur : Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2004

Synopsis

Has pop burnt itself out? Inspired by the video for Kylie Minogue's hit single 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', acclaimed rock journalist Paul Morley is driving with Kylie towards a virtual city built of sound and ideas in search of the answer. Their journey bridges the various paradoxes of twentieth-century culture, as they encounter a succession of celebrities and geniuses - including Madonna, Kraftwerk, Wittgenstein and the ghost of Elvis Presley - and explore the iconic and the obscure, the mechanical and the digital, the avant-garde and the very nature of pop itself.

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

Paul Morley wrote for the NME from 1977 to 1983 when it was at its most successful and notorious. He wrote for the first few issues of The Face and was a regular contributor to Blitz. He formed ZTT and was instrumental behind the success of Frankie Goes to Hollywood. He also formed The Art of Noise. He has written for many publications. He was one of the first presenters of The Late Show. He now writes for Arena and Esquire and contributes to numerous TV and radio programmes, including the successful Top Ten series on Channel 4. His last book, Nothing, was published to great acclaim by Faber in 2000

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Date d'édition: 2004
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0747568642
• ISBN 13: 9780747568643
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 368
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC; contact@bloomsbury.com; ; 50 Bedford Square; London; England; WC1B 3DP; Allemagne