Emotional rescue
Subtitle: essays on love, loss, and life-- with a soundtrack
By: Ben Greenman
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 235
ISBN-13: 9781503934986; 9781503934979
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: American essays; Popular culture; Popular music; History and criticism; Psychological aspects
Notes: Includes discographies and indexes (index by artist; index by song title).
Table of contents: title: Introduction. Why songs mean everything if you let them; title: Communication/Miscommunication; title: Friendship/Self-interest; title: Effort/Ease; title: Like/Love; title: Trust/Distrust; title: Pain/Pleasure; title: Distance/Nearness; title: Sadness/Happiness; title: Generosity/Selfishness; title: Fear/Bravery; title: One/None; title: Optimism/Pessimism; title: Stuff/Unstuff; title: Sense/Nonsense; title: Articulation/Inarticulation; title: Up/Down; title: Lies/Truth; title: Text/Voice; title: Secrets/Revelations; title: Questions/Answers; title: Attention/Inattention; title: Location/Dislocation; title: Originality/Imitation; title: Cliché/Inspiration; title: Loneliness/Company; title: Childhood/Adulthood; title: Novelty/Convention; title: Craziness/Sanity; title: Learning/Unlearning; title: Publicity/Privacy; title: Beginnings/Ends; title: Silence/Conversation.