Hang the DJ
Subtitle: an alternative book of music lists
By: edited by Angus Cargill
Publisher: Faber
Published: 2008
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 321
ISBN-13: 9780571241729
Subjects: Popular music; Miscellanea
Description: "From personal blogs to end-of-year critic polls; from the films of Quentin Tarantino to the books of Nick Hornby; music fans have always loved to compile and to indulge, to collect and to hoard. Mixing anecdote, humour, reference and quality anorak behaviour, Hang the DJ is a collection of lists about musical loves and hates, dreams and nightmares. Including contributions from bloggers, journalists, novelists, poets and musicians, it is the literary equivalent of a great pub jukebox - inspiring, provocative and irresistible"--Jacket.
Table of contents: title: Pure pop : from stuttered vocals to songs that should have hit the top spot; title: Heartbreakers : from Tom Waits to camping-trailer blues; title: From power ballads to the power of plaid; title: Songs of terror : from pixies to comas; title: Lo-fi : from English folk to pirate radio; title: Waxing lyrical : from short stories to liner notes; title: Soundtracks : from revolutions to all-day drinking sessions; title: Take two : fro dirty Dylan to bad influences; title: Come together : from confluence to disaster; title: Just plain nasty : from bitchy Beatles to murder ballads; title: Covers : from country soul to recast spells; title: Encore : from a mass singalong to alternative Christmas classics.