Full Description
ROCK AND ROLL: AN INTRODUCTION, 2ND EDITION takes advantage of online delivery of recorded music. For your study of a playlist of 115 rock-era songs discussed in the text. The extensive book companion website, includes timed listening guides, a multimedia-enhanced glossary, links to chapter playlists on both iTunes and Rhapsody for those songs not included on the CD set, and clearly organized recommendations for further listening.
Contents
Part 1: ROCK IS.
1. It''s Only Rock and Roll.
Part II: BEFORE ROCK: ROOTS, EVOLUTION AND REVOLUTION.
2. Before Rock, An Evolutionary Perspective.
3. Before Rock, A Revolutionary Perspective.
Part III: BECOMING ROCK: THE ROCK ERA, 1951-1964.
4. Rhythm and Blues, 1951-1959.
5. Rock and Roll.
6. On the Roads to Rock: from Girl Groups and Garage Bands to Folk and Surf Music.
Part IV: ROCK: THE ROCK ERA, 1974-1976.
7. Rock Matters.
8: Black pop in the 1960s: Motown and Soul.
9: Rock.
10. San Francisco and the Diversity of Rock.
11. Rock as Art.
12. The Singer/Songwriters: Rock, Melody, and Meaning.
13. Black Popular Music in the early 1970s.
14. Mainstream Rock in the 1970s.
Part V: BEYOND ROCK, THE ROCK ERA, 1977-.
15. Views from the Outside: Reggae, Funk, and Disco.
16. Punk and Its Aftermath.
17. Pop since 1980.
18. Renewing Rock: Mainstream Rock Since 1980.
19: Alternatives.
20. Rock in the 21st Century: Issues and Opportunities.
