I Shot a Man in Reno: A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease, and General Misadventure, as Related in Popular So
(Sprache: Englisch)
Drawing upon original and unique interviews with such artists as Mick Jagger, Richard Thompson, Ice-T, Neil Finn, and many others, "I Shot a Man in Reno" explores how popular music deals with death, and how it documents the changing reality of what death means as one grows older.
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Drawing upon original and unique interviews with such artists as Mick Jagger, Richard Thompson, Ice-T, Neil Finn, and many others, "I Shot a Man in Reno" explores how popular music deals with death, and how it documents the changing reality of what death means as one grows older.
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Introduction; Prologue; 1. "Death Ain't Nothin' New" - Death in pre-1900 popular music; 2. With God on Our Side? - Disease, Flood and Famine in song; 3. Just a Shot Away: Murder - The representation of murder in song; 4. Helter Skelter: Songs That Kill - Inspiring people to murder; 5. Fixin' To Die - Drugs, Alcohol and Suicide in song; 6. Billy, Don't Be a Hero - Teen death songs; 7. In Memoriam - Eulogies and personal laments; 8. Who Wants To Live Forever? - The most popular songs at funerals; 9. The Sound of Music - conveying death through music alone; 10. Sweetness Follows: What Happens Next? - Looking at the afterlife in popular song; Epilogue: The 50 Greatest Death Songs.
Autoren-Porträt von Graeme Thomson
Graeme Thomson is a regular contributor to The Word, the Observer, Time Out, the Herald and the Sunday Herald. He is the author of Complicated Shadows: The Life and Music of Elvis Costello (Canongate, 2004) and Willie Nelson: The Outlaw (Virgin Books, 2006). He lives in Edinburgh.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Graeme Thomson
- 2008, 253 Seiten, Maße: 16,2 x 21,4 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Verlag: Continuum
- ISBN-10: 0826428576
- ISBN-13: 9780826428578
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Englisch
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