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Twilight of the gods : a journey to the end of classic rock
- Title
- Twilight of the gods : a journey to the end of classic rock / Steven Hyden.
- Author
- Hyden, Steven, 1977-
- Publication
- New York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]
- ©2018
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Details
- Description
- 305 pages; 24 cm
- Summary
- By mixing personal memoir, criticism, and journalism, Hyden explores the ways that classic rock changed the culture -- how it established the album as music's answer to the novel, and rock concerts as the secular equivalent to church -- and asks whether any of these signposts can endure. He investigates the rise and fall of classic rock radio and determines whether the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is telling the right version of Rock history. He revisits favorite live bootlegs, rereads all the great tell-all rock biographies, and excavates deep down into the liner notes of rock's greatest masterpieces to explain what we can all learn from rock gods and their music.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- Note
- Includes index.
- Contents
- Side 1: "The hero is born and learns about the world ... ". Track 1: "The song is over" -- Track 2: "Welcome to the machine" -- Track 3: "Rock and roll"-- Track 4: "I know there's an answer" -- Side 2: "The hero meets the spirit guides who will point him toward greatness ... ". Track 5: "Bob Dylan's dream" -- Track 6: "Hello there" (Live at Budokan) -- Track 7: "My love will not let you down" -- Track 8: "Turn the page" -- Track 9: "Draw the line" -- Side 3: "The hero is corrupted ... ". Track 10: "Mr. Crowley" -- Track 11: "So bad" -- Track 12: "Dog eat dog" -- Track 13: "Keep on loving you" -- Track 14: "You can't always get what you want" -- Track 15: "Rock is dead" -- Side 4: "The hero discovers the meaning of life, transcending death, and finding god ... ". Track 16: "You enjoy myself" -- Track 17: "Junior dad" -- Track 18: "Pressing on" -- Track 19: "Death don't have no mercy."
- Call Number
- JME 19-57
- ISBN
- 9780062657121
- 0062657127
- OCLC
- 1034001062
- Author
- Hyden, Steven, 1977- author.
- Title
- Twilight of the gods : a journey to the end of classic rock / Steven Hyden.
- Publisher
- New York : Dey St., an imprint of William Morrow, [2018]
- Copyright Date
- ©2018
- Edition
- First edition.
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Research Call Number
- JME 19-57