Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
‘What’s Goin’ On’: Introduction: popular music culture
1 ‘Every 1’s a Winner’: The music industry and the record companies
2 ‘Pump Up the Volume’: Music and technology
3 ‘I’m Just a Singer’: Making music, the rock musician, and the success continuum
4 ‘So You Want To Be a Rock ‘N’ Roll Star?’: Auteurs and stars
5 ‘Message Understood’: Musical texts
6 ‘The Real Thing’: Authenticity, covers, and the canon
7 ‘It’s Still Rock and Roll To Me’: Genre
8 ‘Shop Around’: Marketing and mediation
9 ‘U Got the Look’: From film and television to YouTube
10 ‘The Cover of “Rolling Stone”’: The music press
11 ‘My Generation’: Identity, consumption, and fandom
12 ‘Sound of our Town’: Subcultures, sounds, and scenes
13 ‘Revolution’: Social change, conscience rock, and identity politics
14 ‘Pushin’ Too Hard’: Moral panic, state regulation, and censorship
15 ‘We Are the World’: Globalization and state music policy
16 ‘Time Will Pass You By’: Histories and popular memory
17 ‘Wrap It Up’: Making music and making meaning
Appendix 1: Chapter song titles
Appendix 2: Popular music timeline
Appendix 3: Musical analysis
Selected references
Index