Rock, Counterculture and the Avant-Garde, 1966-1970
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-1-4766-6214-5 (ISBN)
The convergence of rock music, counterculture politics and avant-garde aesthetics in the late 1960s underscored the careers of the Beatles, Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention, and the Velvet Underground. This book examines these artists' relationship to the historical avant-garde (Artaud, Brecht, Dada) and the neo-avant-garde (Warhol, Pop Art, minimalism), considering their work in light of debates about modernism versus postmodernism. The author analyzes how the performers used dissonance and noise within the framework of popular music, the role of social commentary and exploration of controversial topics in songs, and how experiments with concert and studio performance proceeded in an era of intense cultural and political unrest. Albums discussed include Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, The White Album, Freak Out!, We're Only in It for the Money, The Velvet Underground and Nico and White Light/White Heat, as well as John Lennon's collaborations with Yoko Ono, the Zappa-produced Trout Mask Replica by Captain Beefheart and the Magic Band, and Nico's The Marble Index.
Writer and independent scholar Doyle Greene is the author of several books. He lives in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction: Pop Goes the Avant-Garde
Part One: All You Need Is Studio Time (or, the Ballad of John and Yoko): The Beatles
1. Rebranding the Beatles: Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band (1967)
2. Music Television: Magical Mystery Tour (1967)
3. The Dialectic of Lennon/McCartney: The Beatles (a.k.a. The White Album) (1968)
4. One Bad Apple: John Lennon, Yoko Ono and the Avant-Garde Turn
5. Breaking Up Is Hard to Do: Abbey Road (1969) and Let It Be (1970)
Part Two: No Commercial Potential: Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
6. Zappa in Context: Pal Recording Studio and The Steve Allen Show (1963)
7. Motherly Summer of Love: Freak Out! (1966)
8. Nothing Succeeds Like Excess: Absolutely Free (1967) and “Rock Theater”
9. The Conscience of a (Practical) Conservative: We’re Only in It for the Money (1968)
10. Project/Object: Zappa, Mass Culture and Postmodernism
Part Three: All Tomorrow’s Parties: The Velvet Underground
11. Andy Says: The Exploding Plastic Inevitable and The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
12. The Black Album: White Light/White Heat (1968)
13. Playing It Safe: The Velvet Underground (1969) and Loaded (1970)
Conclusion: The Avant-Garde Goes Pop
Discography
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 15.03.2016 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Discography |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Allgemeines / Lexika |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock | |
| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-4766-6214-2 / 1476662142 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-4766-6214-5 / 9781476662145 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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