Title: Yeah yeah yeah : the story of modern pop /
Authors: Stanley, Bob, 1964-
Year: 2013
Subjects: Popular music History and criticism; Rock music History and criticism; Rockmusik.; Popmusik
Abstract: For fifty years, pop music was created and consumed like this: you heard a record on the radio, or read about it in a music paper; you bought it on Saturday; you lent it to, or taped it for, a friend; and they reciprocated with another record. This book covers the birth of rock, soul, punk, disco, hip hop, indie, house and techno.
Contents: Part one. Feet up: the first British hit parade ; Flip, flop and fly: Bill Haley and jump blues ; A mess of blues: Elvis Presley ; Put your cat clothes on: Sun Records and rockabilly ; Teenage wildlife: rock 'n' roll ; Fifteen miles from Middlesbrough: skiffle ; Rock with the Cavemen: British rock 'n' roll ; Whispering bells: Doo wop ; 1960: it will stand ; Walk with me in paradise garden: Phil Spector and Joe Meek ; The trouble with boys: the Brill building and girl groups --^ Part two. Act naturally: the Beatles ; Needles and pins: the beat boom ; Who's driving your plane? the Rolling Stones ; This is my prayer: the birth of soul ; The rake's progress: Bob Dylan ; America strikes back: the Byrds and folk rock ; Up the ladder to the roof: Tamla Motown ; 1966: the London look ; Endless summer: the Beach Boys ; The golden road: San Francisco and psychedilia ; Pop gets sophisticated: soft rock ; Crying in the streets: deep soul ; I can't sing, I ain't pretty and my legs are thin: hard rock ; Bubblegum is the naked truth: the Monkees --^ Part three. 1970: Everything's gone grey ; An English pastoral: British folk rock ; Freddie's dead: electrified soul ; State of independence: Jamaica ; It came from the suburbs: Marc Bolan and David Bowie ; Deluxe and delightful: glam ; The sound of Philadelphia: soft soul ; Progressive rock (and simpler pleasures) ; Young love: Weenyboppers and boy bands ; See that girl: Abba ; Beyond the blue horizon: country and western ; Before and after the gold rush: Laurel Canyon ; 1975: storm warning --^ Part four. Courage, audacity and revolt: the Sex Pistols ; Cranked up really high: punk rock ; Pleasantly antagonistic: new wave ; Supernature: disco ; Islands in the stream: the Bee Gees ; Routine is the enemy of music: post -punk ; Back to the future: two tone and mod ; A shark in Jet's clothing: America after punk ; This is tomorrow: Kraftwerk and electropop ; Adventures on the wheels of steel: early rap ; Here comes that feeling: new pop ; American rock (Ooh yeah) ; Just a king in mirrors: Michael Jackson ; Highs in the mid-eighties: Prince and Madonna ; Some kind of monster: metal ; Poised over the pause button: the Smiths and the birth of indie ; 1985: What the fuck is going on? ; We were never being boring: Pet Shop Boys and New Order --^ Part five. Chicago and Detroit: house and techno ; Smiley culture: Acid House and Manchester ; 1991: time for the mu mu ; All eyes on me: hip hop ; Bassline changed my life: dance music ; This is how you disappear: Bristol, Shoegazing and a new psychedelia ; As a defence, I'm neutered and spayed: grunge ; Ever decreasing circles: blur, suede and Britpop ; A vision of love: R&B.