Shake it up
great American writing on rock and pop from Elvis to Jay Z
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Publication
2017 - Library of America, New York (State)
Language
English
Word Count
150,250 words, Guess
Page Count
601 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archiveshakeitupgreatam0000unse
- ISBN-101598535315
- ISBN-139781598535310
- Library of Congress Control Number2106959719
- OCLC Control Number959032031
and 2 more
- Better World Books9781598535310
- Open LibraryOL26924505M
Classifications
- DDC782.4216609
- LCCML3534 .S458 2017
- LCCML3534.S458 2017
Description
"Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar's Shake It Up invites the reader into the tumult and excitement of the rock revolution through fifty landmark pieces by a supergroup of writers on rock in all its variety, from heavy metal to disco, punk to hip-hop. Stanley Booth describes a recording session with Otis Redding; Ellen Willis traces the meteoric career of Janis Joplin; Ellen Sander recalls the chaotic world of Led Zeppelin on tour; Nick Tosches etches a portrait of the young Jerry Lee Lewis; Eve Babitz remembers Jim Morrison. Alongside are Lenny Kaye on acapella and Greg Tate on hip-hop, Vince Aletti on disco and Gerald Early on Motown; Robert Christgau on Prince, Nelson George on Marvin Gaye, Luc Sante on Bob Dylan, Hilton Als on Michael Jackson, Anthony DeCurtis on the Rolling Stones, Kelefa Sanneh on Jay Z. The story this anthology tells is a ongoing one: "it's too early," editors Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar note, "for canon formation in a field so marvelously volatile--a volatility that mirrors, still, that of pop music itself, which remains smokestack lightning. The writing here attempts to catch some in a bottle."--Provided by publisher.
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