LEXINGTON BOOKS
Rock Music Icons
Rock Music Icons
Musical and Cultural Impacts
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The music, image, performances, and cultural impact of some of the most enduring figures in popular music are explored in Rock Music Icons: Musical and Cultural Impacts. A rock music icon is readily recognizable-but intriguing and little-known stories lie behind the public's enchantment. Readers of Rock Music Icons will encounter new perspectives on notable recording artists ranging from Elvis Presley, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, and Bob Marley to Elton John, David Bowie, Bruce Springsteen, Metallica, and Kurt Cobain. One meets Pink Floyd upon the fall of the Berlin Wall, the drama of Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osborne, and Madonna, and the musical craft of Billy Joel. Rock Music Icons investigates authenticity, identity, and the power of the voices and images of these widely circulated and shared artists that have become the soundtrack of our lives. Rock Music Icons brings a reader an inside look into the creativity of some of the most prominent rock stars of our time.
Edited by Robert McParland, Contributions by Eric Abbey, Claudia Bucciferro, David R. Coon, Thomas R. Davis Jr., Richard D. Driver, Joshua S. Duchan, Candace Ursula Grissom, Anastasia Rose Hyden, Julianna Kirschner
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Format: HARDBACK
Pages: 252
Introduction: Recreating Elvis Presley Robert McParland Chapter 1. Made in Rockdown: Paul McCartney and McCartney III Richard D. Driver Chapter 2. Sometimes I Turn: Bob Dylan's Enduring Iconoclasm Keith Nainby and John Radosta Chapter 3. Elton John and the Mondegreen Girls Tanis MacDonald Chapter 4. Reflections on/of Billy Joel Joshua S. Duchan Chapter 5. The Lion of Jamaica: Robert Nesta Marley OM as Icon Eric Abbey Chapter 6. Roger Waters and The Wall-Live in Berlin 1990: The Global Broadcast of a Historical Concert Claudia Bucciferro Chapter 7. How the 1980s Output of Bruce Springsteen and Morrissey Captured the Working-Class Experience in America and the UK Anastasia Rose Hyden Chapter 8. Loving the Alien(ated) Self: Theatricality, Artifice, and the Outsider Mythos of David Bowie Douglas Rasmussen Chapter 9. What It Feels Like for a Boy: Masculinity in Madonna's Mid-career Music Videos David R. Coon Chapter 10. Killer Queen: Freddie Mercury's Communicative Longevity Julianna Kirschner Chapter 11. Ozzy Osborne: Master of Multiple Realities Candace Ursula Grissom Chapter 12. Divine Comedy: The Humor and Creativity of Kurt Cobain Cristian Stromblad Chapter 13. Obey Your Masters: Metallica's Journey to Icon Status Paul M. Miller and Thomas R. Davis, Jr. About the Contributors
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Author Bio
Robert McParland is professor of English and humanities at Felician University in New Jersey.