Brit wits
Subtitle: a history of British rock humor
By: by Iain Ellis
Publisher: Intellect
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Bristol, UK; Chicago
Language: eng
Number of pages: 207
ISBN-13: 9781841505657
Subjects: Rock musicians; Humor; Punk rock music; Rock music; Humor in music; History and criticism
Other titles: History of British rock humor
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : British, rock, humor. Manifestations across the nation ; Home is where the humor is ; Coordinates and determinants ; The ins and outs; title: Starting points. Music hall comedy ; George Formby; title: The Fifties. American dreaming ; Lonnie Donegan; title: The Sixties. Accent-uations ; The Beatles ; The Kinks ; Wacky whimsy ; Pink Floyd ; Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band ; Ch-ch-ch-ch-changes : David Bowie, part one; title: The Seventies. Glam bam! ; David Bowie, part two ; Roxy Music ; Goin' down th' pubs ; Ian Dury ; Never mind the bollocks, here's British punk ; Sex Pistols ; The Slits ; Punk poetry ; John Cooper Clarke ; The nutty sound ; Madness; title: The Eighties. New Romantics ; ABC ; New traditionalists ; The Smiths ; Billy Bragg ; Pop go the Scots ;  The Proclaimers ; Manc lads ; The Macc Lads ; Happy Mondays; title: The Nineties. Girl power! ; Spice Girls ; Cool Britannia ; Blur ; Pulp ; Techno-shock therapy ; The KLF; title: The Naughties. 2-steppin' out ; The Streets ; London's anti-divas ; Lily Allen ; Britpop's up again ; Arctic Monkeys ; Art brut ; Welsh wits; title: Closing points.