The James Bond songs
Subtitle: pop anthems of late capitalism
By: Adrian Daub and Charles Kronengold
Contributors: Kronengold, Charles (Charles Stewart), author
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 242
ISBN-13: 9780190234522
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Motion picture music; James Bond films; History and criticism; Songs and music
Description: The James Bond songs have been a fixture of our musical landscape for over 50 years, a distinct genre we've sometimes admired, sometimes smirked at. This book delves into these songs, tracing a secret history of pop and of ourselves as listeners.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction. James Bond and the end(s) of the pop song; title: At Skyfall : the Bond song, repression and repetition; title: A golden girl knows : the ballads of James Bond; title: You only live twice : James Bond and (his) age; title: When you've got a job to do : the 70s; title: We're an all time high : James Bond, pop and the endless 1970s; title: Looking the part : James Bond's new wave years; title: Your life is a story I have already written : the gay panic years; title: Close my body now : Bond's traumas and the compulsion to repeat; title: Coda. James Bond will return in...