Rock Music (The Library of Essays on Popular Music)

"This volume gathers together twenty articles from among the best scholarly writing on rock music published in academic journals over the past two decades. These diverse essays reflect the wide range of approaches that scholars in various disciplines have applied to the study of rock. These approaches range from those that address mainly the historical, sociological, cultural and technological factors that gave rise to this music, to those that focus primarily on analysis of the music itself. This collection of articles, some of which are now out of print or otherwise difficult to access, provides an overview of the current state of research in the field of rock music, and includes an introduction which contributes to the ongoing debate over the distinction (or lack thereof) between 'rock' and 'pop'"--Publisher's description. Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title 4 Copyright 5 Contents 6 Acknowledgements 8 Series Preface 10 Introduction: The Rock (Academic) Circus 12 PART I HISTORIES, AESTHETICS AND IDEOLOGIES 32 1 Bruce Baugh (1993), 'Prolegomena to Any Aesthetics of Rock Music', Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism, 51, pp. 23-29. 34 2 Mark Mazullo (1997), 'Fans and Critics: Greil Marcus's Mystery Train as Rock 'n' Roll History', Musical Quarterly, 81, pp. 145-69. 42 3 Ian Inglis (1996), 'Synergies and Reciprocities: The Dynamics of Musical and Professional Interaction between the Beatles and Bob Dylan', Popular Music and Society, 20, pp. 53-79. 68 4 John Covach (2006), 'The Hippie Aesthetic: Cultural Positioning and Musical Ambition in Early Progressive Rock', Proceedings of the International Conference 'Composition and Experimentation in British Rock 1966-1976', Philomusica On-line, Special Issue, [pp. 65-75]. 96 5 Nadya Zimmerman (2006), 'Consuming Nature: The Grateful Dead's Performance of an Anticommercial Counterculture', American Music, 24, pp. 194-216. 108 6 Kevin Holm-Hudson (2001), 'The Future is Now ... and Then: Sonic Historiography in Post-1960s Rock', Genre, 34, pp. 243-64. 132 7 David Hesmondhalgh (1999), 'Indie: The Institutional Politics and Aesthetics of a Popular Music Genre', Cultural Studies, 13, pp. 34-61. 154 8 Mary Ann Clawson (1999), 'When Women Play the Bass: Instrument Specialization and Gender Interpretation in Alternative Rock Music', Gender & Society, 13, pp. 193-210. 182 9 Deena Weinstein (2004), 'All Singers are Dicks', Popular Music and Society, 27, pp. 323-34. 200 10 Fred Maus (2006), 'Intimacy and Distance: On Stipe's Queerness', Journal of Popular Music Studies, 18, pp. 191-214. 212 PART II SOUNDS, STRUCTURES AND STYLES 236 11 David Temperley (2007), 'The Melodic-Harmonic "Divorce" in Rock', Popular Music, 26. pp. 323-42. 238 12 Nicole Biamonte (2010), 'Triadic Modal and Pentatonic Patterns in Rock Music', Music Theory Spectrum, 32, pp. 95-110. 258 13 Christopher Doll (2009), 'Transformation in Rock Harmony: An Explanatory Strategy', Gamut, 2, pp. 1-44 [243-74]. 274 14 Allan F. Moore (2005), 'The Persona-Environment Relation in Recorded Song', Music Theory Online, 11, [pp. 275-94]. 306 15 Mark Spicer (2004), '(Ac)cumulative Form in Pop-Rock Music', twentieth-century music, 1, pp. 29-64. 326 16 Steve Waksman (1996), 'Every Inch of My Love: Led Zeppelin and the Problem of Cock Rock', Journal of Popular Music Studies, 8, pp. 5-25 [331—47]. 362 17 John Brackett (2008), 'Examining Rhythmic and Metric Practices in Led Zeppelin's Musical Style', Popular Music, 27, pp. 53-76. 380 18 Albin J. Zak III (2004), 'Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix: Juxtaposition and Transformation "All Along the Watchtower"', Journal of the American Musicological Society, 57, pp. 599-644. 404 19 Walter Everett (2000), 'The Learned vs. the Vernacular in the Songs of Billy Joel', Contemporary Music Review, 18, pp. 105-29. 450 20 Jonathan Pieslak (2008), 'Sound, Text and Identity in Korn's "Hey Daddy"', Popular Music, 27, pp. 35-52. 476 Name Index 494 Prolegomena to any aesthetics of rock music / Bruce Baugh Fans and critics : Greil Marcus's Mystery train as rock 'n' roll history / Mark Mazullo Synergies and reciprocities : the dynamics of musical and professional interaction between the Beatles and Bob Dylan / Ian Inglis The hippie aesthetic : cultural positioning and musical ambition in early progressive rock / John Covach Consuming nature : the Grateful Dead's performance of an anticommercial counterculture / Nadya Zimmerman The future is now and then : sonic historiography in post-1960s rock / Kevin Holm-Hudson Indie : the institutional politics and aesthetics of a popular music genre / David Hesmondhalgh When women play the bass : instrument specialization and gender interpretation in alternative rock music / Mary Ann Clawson All singers are dicks / Deena Weinstein Intimacy and distance : on Stipe's queerness / Fred Maus The melodic-harmonic "divorce" in rock / David Temperley Triadic modal and pentatonic patterns in rock music / Nicole Biamonte Transformation in rock harmony : an explanatory strategy / Christopher Doll The persona-environment relation in recorded song / Allan F. Moore (Ac)cumulative form in pop-rock music / Mark Spicer Every inch of my love : Led Zeppelin and the problem of cock rock / Steve Waksman Examining rhythmic and metric practices in Led Zeppelin's musical style / John Brackett Bob Dylan and Jimi Hendrix : juxtaposition and transformation "All along the watchtower" / Albin J. Zak III The learned vs. the vernacular in the songs of Billy Joel / Walter Everett Sound, text and identity in Korn's "Hey daddy" / Jonathan Pieslak. "This volume gathers together twenty articles from among the best scholarly writing on rock music published in academic journals over the past two decades. These diverse essays reflect the wide range of approaches that scholars in various disciplines have applied to the study of rock. These approaches range from those that address mainly the historical, sociological, cultural and technological factors that gave rise to this music, to those that focus primarily on analysis of the music itself. This collection of articles, some of which are now out of print or otherwise difficult to access, provides an overview of the current state of research in the field of rock music, and includes an introduction which contributes to the ongoing debate over the distinction (or lack thereof) between 'rock' and 'pop'"--Note de l'éditeur "This volume gathers together twenty articles from among the best scholarly writing on rock music published in academic journals over the past two decades. These diverse essays reflect the wide range of approaches that scholars in various disciplines have applied to the study of rock, from those that address mainly the historical, sociological, cultural and technological factors that gave rise to this music, to those that focus primarily on analysis of the music itself. This collection of articles, some of which are now out of print or otherwise difficult to access, provides an overview of the current state of research in the field of rock music, and includes an introduction which contributes to the ongoing debate over the distinction (or lack thereof) between?rock? and?pop?."--Provided by publisher