NEW AND EXPANDED EDITION, NOW WITH 58 SONGS
Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed musicjournalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column
Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but alsochange the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hitsthrough intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.
Part oral history, part musical analysis, Anatomy of 55 More Songs rangesfrom Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" to Dionne Warwick's"Walk On By," The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and Black Sabbath's"Paranoid." Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's"Rocket Man;" Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she hadbeen unfairly labeled and treated as a female rocker into "Bad Reputation;"and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon, and many others revealthe emotions and technique behind their major works.
This new, expanded edition of the book features three new songs: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War, and "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. Through an absorbing chronological, song-by-song analysis of the mostmemorable post-war hits, Anatomy of 55 More Songs provides a sweeping lookat the evolution of pop music between 1964 and today. This book will changehow you listen to music and evaluate the artists who create it.
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Following his 2016 smash hit Anatomy of a Song, acclaimed musicjournalist Marc Myers collects fifty-five new oral histories of iconic songs from his popular Wall Street Journal column
Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more-iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but alsochange the direction of music. In Anatomy of 55 More Songs, based on his column for the Wall Street Journal, music journalist and historian Marc Myers tells the story behind fifty-five rock, pop, R&B, country, and soul-gospel hitsthrough intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.
Part oral history, part musical analysis, Anatomy of 55 More Songs rangesfrom Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Bad Moon Rising" to Dionne Warwick's"Walk On By," The Beach Boys' "Good Vibrations," and Black Sabbath's"Paranoid." Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's"Rocket Man;" Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she hadbeen unfairly labeled and treated as a female rocker into "Bad Reputation;"and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon, and many others revealthe emotions and technique behind their major works.
This new, expanded edition of the book features three new songs: "Go Your Own Way" by Fleetwood Mac, "Why Can't We Be Friends?" by War, and "Come On Eileen" by Dexys Midnight Runners. Through an absorbing chronological, song-by-song analysis of the mostmemorable post-war hits, Anatomy of 55 More Songs provides a sweeping lookat the evolution of pop music between 1964 and today. This book will changehow you listen to music and evaluate the artists who create it.
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