Understanding popular music culture - Shuker, Roy (Abingdon, Oxon Routledge, 2016)
Introduction: 'What's going on?' : Popular music culture -- 'Every 1's a winner' : the music industry and the record companies -- 'Pump up the volume' : music and technology -- 'I'm just a singer' : making music, the rock musician and the success continuum -- 'So you want to be a rock'n'roll star?' : auteurs and stars -- 'Message understood' : musical texts -- 'The real thing' : authenticity, covers and the canon -- 'It's still rock'n'roll to me' : genre -- 'Shop around' : marketing and mediation -- 'U got the look' : from film and television to YouTube -- 'On the cover of the Rolling Stone' : the music press -- 'My generation' : consumption, identity and fandom -- 'Sound of our town' : subcultures, sounds and scenes -- 'Revolution' : social change, politics and conscience rock -- 'Pushin too hard' : moral panic, state regulation and censorship -- 'We are the world' : globalization and state music policy -- 'Time will pass you by' : histories and popular memory -- Conclusion: 'Wrap it up' : making music, making meaning.
Previous ed. published as: Understanding popular music.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-294) and index.
Keywords: Popular music -- History and criticism; Popular culture -- History -- 20th century