Clover Roadrunner

1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4780-2169-8
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 140 Seiten

Reihe: Singles

Cultural theorist and poet Joshua Clover examines Jonathan Richman and the Modern Lovers' 1972 song “Roadrunner,” charting its place in rock & roll history and American culture.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Clover, Joshua

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikwissenschaft Allgemein Sachbuch, Musikführer
• Geisteswissenschaften Musikwissenschaft Musikgattungen Rock & Pop, Blues, Soul

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Rock & Roll Radio, 1980 1
2. Faster Miles an Hour, 1972 7
3. The Highway Sound, 1955 29
4. The Main Streets and the Cinema Aisles, 1997 61
5. World Runner, 2007 81
6. In Love with the Modern World, 1972 105
Acknowledgments 121
Notes 123
Bibliography 125
Index 127

Über Autor(innen)

Joshua Clover is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Davis, and author of Riot. Strike. Riot: The New Era of Uprisings; 1989: Bob Dylan Didn't Have This to Sing About; and other books.