Words and music : a history of pop in the shape of a city

The definitive guide to the world of contemporary and electronic music by the media's top music pundit 'An exhilarating history of pop - a brilliant and joyous book' Guardian ' A passionate, irresistible encouragement to listen more, and to listen better' Sunday Times Has pop burnt itself out? Inspired by the video for Kylie Minogue's hit single 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', acclaimed rock journalist Paul Morley is driving with Kylie towards a virtual city built of sound and ideas in search of the answer. Their journey bridges the various paradoxes of twentieth-century culture, as they encounter a succession of celebrities and geniuses - including Madonna, Kraftwerk, Wittgenstein and the ghost of Elvis Presley - and explore the iconic and the obscure, the mechanical and the digital, the avant-garde and the very nature of pop itself. Cover Title Page Dedication Epigraph Contents Part One: The journey begins Part Two: The journey continues Part Three: The journey continues Part Four: The journey continues Part Five: The journey ends exactly where there is no ending, which is a fabulous coincidence but nothing less than any of us - that's you, me and the reader - deserves John Zorn's 'End Titles' A Note on the Author By the Same Author eCopyright