Any Old Way You Choose It
Edition: Expanded edition
Publisher: Cooper Square Press
Published: June 2000
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 360
ISBN-13: 9780815410416
Subjects: Rock & pop; Music; Genres & Styles - Rock; Music/Songbooks; United States; Rock music; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; History & Criticism - General; Music / Rock; 1961-1970; 1971-1980; History and criticism; Popular music
Description: "Any Old Way You Choose it examines a wide array of artists - from Joni Mitchell to the New York Dolls, from Barbra Streisand to Frank Zappa - as well as the descent from Monterey to Altamont, sexism in rock, the commercial pitfalls of the pop game, and the ethics and aesthetics of the marketplace.".

"From prescient observations on Bob Dylan and the Eagles to trenchant discussions of Stevie Wonder and Tom Jones, this book amply illustrates the integrity, acumen, and sense of humor that make Christgau's most acerbic pronouncements impossible to dismiss. Newly expanded with essays on Wilson Pickett, Jefferson Airplane, and Captain Beefheart, Any Old Way You Choose It is an indelible testament of the enduring power of rock and roll."--BOOK JACKET.