Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis

Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication

THE ESSENTIAL PLAYLIST OF GREAT WRITING ABOUT THE MUSIC THAT ROCKED AMERICAÂ

Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar's Shake It Up invites the reader into the tumult and excitement of the rock revolution through fifty landmark pieces by a supergroup of writers on rock in all its variety, from heavy metal to disco, punk to hip-hop. Stanley Booth describes a recording session with Otis Redding; Ellen Willis traces the meteoric career of Janis Joplin; Ellen Sander recalls the chaotic world of Led Zeppelin on tour; Nick Tosches etches a portrait of the young Jerry Lee Lewis; Eve Babitz remembers Jim Morrison. Alongside are Lenny Kaye on acapella and Greg Tate on hip-hop, Vince Aletti on disco and Gerald Early on Motown; Robert Christgau on Prince, Nelson George on Marvin Gaye, Luc Sante on Bob Dylan, Hilton Als onÂ Michael Jackson, Anthony DeCurtis on the Rolling Stones, Kelefa Sanneh on Jay Z. The story this anthology tells is a ongoing one: â€œitâ€™s too early,â€ editors Jonathan Lethem and Kevin Dettmar note, â€œfor canon formation in a field so marvelously volatileâ€”a volatility that mirrors, still, that of pop music itself, which remains smokestack lightning. The writing here attempts to catch some in a bottle.â€Â

Also features:

NAT HENTOFF onÂ BOB DYLANÂ
AMIRI BARAKA onÂ R&BÂ
LESTER BANGS onÂ ELVIS PRESLEYÂ
ROBERT CHRISTGAU onÂ PRINCEÂ
DEBRA RAE COHEN onÂ DAVID BOWIEÂ
EVE BABITZ onÂ JIM MORRISONÂ
ROBERT PALMER onÂ SAM COOKEÂ
CHUCK KLOSTERMAN onÂ HEAVY METALÂ
JESSICA HOPPER onÂ EMOÂ
JOHN JEREMIAH SULLIVAN onÂ AXL ROSEÂ
ELIJAH WALD onÂ THE BEATLESÂ
GREIL MARCUS onÂ CHRISTIAN MARCLAYÂ

and much more.
Country USA
Manufacturer Library of America
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2017-05-23
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	Library of America
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2017-05-23
Format	Kindle eBook

Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop from Elvis to Jay Z: A Library of America Special Publication

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