Words and Music: A History of Pop in the Shape of a City
Paperback Published on: 19/07/2004
Price: £16.99
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Synopsis
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.
Publisher information
- Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
- ISBN: 9780747568643
- Number of pages: 360
- Dimensions: 193 x 129 x 24 mm
- Weight: 400g
- Languages: English
