Music Of The 1980s

Author : Thomas Harrison
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 0313366004
Total Pages : 202 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Music of the 1980s written by Thomas Harrison and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-06-16 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond coverage of mainstream 80s music, such as "hair band" hard rock, pop, new wave, and rap, this compilation of essential musical artists also covers genres like classical, jazz, outlaw country, and music theater. Popular music in the United States during the 1980s is well known for imports from abroad, such as A-ha, Def Leppard, Falco, and Men at Work, as well as homegrown American rock acts such as Guns 'N Roses, Huey Lewis and the News, Bon Jovi, and Poison. But there were many other types of genres of music that never received airplay on the radio or MTV that also experienced significant evolutions or growth in that decade. Music of the 1980s examines the key artists in specific genres of popular music: pop, hard rock/heavy metal, rock, and country. No other reference book for students has previously explored the surprisingly diverse categories of hard rock and heavy metal music with such detail and depth. Additionally, a chapter focuses on the prominent artists and composers of less-mainstream genres for specialized audiences, including music theater, jazz, and classical music.

Author : Lori Majewski
Publisher : Abrams
ISBN 13 : 1613126662
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Mad World written by Lori Majewski and published by Abrams. This book was released on 2014-04-15 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A “hugely entertaining” history of the 1980s New Wave music scene told through new interviews with its biggest artists (Rolling Stone). Mad World is a compelling oral history that celebrates the New Wave music phenomenon of the 1980s via new interviews with 35 of the most notable artists of the period. Each chapter begins with a discussion of their most popular song and leads to stories of their history and place in the scene, ultimately painting a vivid picture of this colorful, idiosyncratic time. Mixtape suggestions, fashion sidebars, and quotes from famous contemporary admirers help fill out the fun. Participants include members of Duran Duran, New Order, The Smiths, Tears for Fears, Adam Ant, Echo, and the Bunnymen, Devo, ABC, Spandau Ballet, A Flock of Seagulls, Thompson Twins, INXS, and more. “One addictive chapter after another.” —Rob Sheffield, author of Talking to Girls About Duran Duran “Tells the tale of some of the decade’s most unforgettable songs . . . in fascinating detail, letting the architects of these memorable records shine a light on how the sound of a generation came to be.” —The Hollywood Reporter “The new wave era is often dismissed for its one-hit wonders and silly haircuts, but [Mad World] examines the period with a great deal of love and reverence.” —Buzzfeed “A really informative and insightful read.” —People

Author : Theo Cateforis
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 047202759X
Total Pages : 294 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Are We Not New Wave? written by Theo Cateforis and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2011-06-22 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Are We Not New Wave? is destined to become the definitive study of new wave music.” —Mark Spicer, coeditor of Sounding Out Pop New wave emerged at the turn of the 1980s as a pop music movement cast in the image of punk rock’s sneering demeanor, yet rendered more accessible and sophisticated. Artists such as the Cars, Devo, the Talking Heads, and the Human League leapt into the Top 40 with a novel sound that broke with the staid rock clichés of the 1970s and pointed the way to a more modern pop style. In Are We Not New Wave? Theo Cateforis provides the first musical and cultural history of the new wave movement, charting its rise out of mid-1970s punk to its ubiquitous early 1980s MTV presence and downfall in the mid-1980s. The book also explores the meanings behind the music’s distinctive traits—its characteristic whiteness and nervousness; its playful irony, electronic melodies, and crossover experimentations. Cateforis traces new wave’s modern sensibilities back to the space-age consumer culture of the late 1950s/early 1960s. Three decades after its rise and fall, new wave’s influence looms large over the contemporary pop scene, recycled and celebrated not only in reunion tours, VH1 nostalgia specials, and “80s night” dance clubs but in the music of artists as diverse as Rihanna, Lady Gaga, Miley Cyrus, and the Killers.

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1540049116
Total Pages : 746 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Songs of the 1980s written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2019-02-01 with total page 746 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Easy Piano Songbook). Easy piano arrangements of over 80 songs from the decade of excess where Generation X came of age. Includes: Another Brick in the Wall * Billie Jean * Caribbean Queen (No More Love on the Run) * Chariots of Fire * Don't Stop Believin' * Endless Love * Eye of the Tiger * Flashdance...What a Feeling * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * How Will I Know * I Love Rock 'N Roll * Jump * Karma Chameleon * Let's Hear It for the Boy * Like a Virgin * Missing You * Nothing's Gonna Stop Us Now * One More Night * Pour Some Sugar on Me * Right Here Waiting * Sweet Child O' Mine * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * Take on Me * Through the Years * Up Where We Belong * What's Love Got to Do with It * When Doves Cry * With or Without You * and more.

Author : George Cole
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 9780472032600
Total Pages : 570 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Last Miles written by George Cole and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2007-07-17 with total page 570 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Author : Hal Leonard Corp.
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN 13 : 1480347760
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.62/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Most Requested Songs of the '80s (Songbook) written by Hal Leonard Corp. and published by Hal Leonard Corporation. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: (Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). The 1980s were all about shoulders pads, parachute pants, and jams like the ones in this rad collection of nearly 60 hit songs arranged for piano and voice with guitar chord frames: Africa * Billie Jean * Can't Fight This Feeling * Come On Eileen * Down Under * Every Breath You Take * Every Rose Has Its Thorn * Faith * Footloose * Girls Just Want to Have Fun * Hello * Here I Go Again * I Love Rock 'N Roll * I Want to Know What Love Is * Jessie's Girl * Like a Virgin * Livin' on a Prayer * Open Arms * Right Here Waiting * Rosanna * Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) * Time After Time * Total Eclipse of the Heart * Uptown Girl * and more.

Author : Dave Kinzer
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781515287766
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The 80s Music Compendium written by Dave Kinzer and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The 80s Music Compendium is not only an entertaining book for 80s music lovers, but it is informative for music geeks everywhere." -Nina Blackwood: Original MTV VJ and SiriusXM Radio Host The 80s Music Compendium is the ultimate resource for every 80s music fan, deejay, cover band, and music educator. After listening to all 4,172 songs that made Billboard's Hot 100 chart during the 80s, the author has compiled 113 lists that include over 3600 songs. "If you like 80s music, The 80s Music Compendium is a must have." -www.liketotally80s.com 80s Music Fans will love the lists that organize their old favorite songs and help them discover lost 80s gems they may have missed. "This is the perfect companion for 80s fanatics! Love it!" -Clive Farrington, When in Rome Music Trivia Buffs will love the countless numbers of 80s music trivia, facts, and tidbits. For example, which artist had the most hits with a saxophone solo? The answer is on page 152. Deejays will love the ready-made playlists this book gives them- Want to make a playlist with songs with piano solos, country-pop crossover hits, 80s rap songs, or 70s remakes? The research is already done for you. Cover Bands will love the ease with which they can find songs with certain instruments- Need a popular song with a mandolin? What about that guy in your band who's always begging to show off his skills on the accordion, violin, or banjo? Find songs for those instruments quickly and easily! What about Music Teachers? There are lists of songs with countermelodies, syncopation, ostinatos, foreign languages, etc. Music from the 80s has never been organized like this!

Author : Michael J. Heagle
Publisher : Tape-Era Travesties
ISBN 13 : 9781797886817
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Synthesizers and Saxophones: Montage Pop and Musical Movies of the 1980s written by Michael J. Heagle and published by Tape-Era Travesties. This book was released on 2019-02-23 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fun and, like, totally incomplete guide to the place where '80's music and '80's movies collide. Join filmmaker and author Michael J. Heagle for the story behind great movie songs, hit soundtrack albums, and musical movies of the 1980's.Synthesizers and Saxophones tackles everything from movie musicals like Purple Rain and Streets of Fire, to cult movies with a musical bent like The Last Dragon and Howard the Duck. Rock band Queen and their work for such films as Flash Gordon and Highlander is explored, along with the complete 80s film output of everyone from Prince to Alex (Repo Man) Cox. Animated films, heavy metal horror films, punk movies, breakdancing movies, movies where the dancing is dirty, and a whole lot more gets the treatment here. With movie reviews, behind the scenes stories, and chart-busting hits galore, Synthesizers and Saxophones poses the question "did MTV ruin movies?" And just what are the greatest soundtrack songs of the VHS generation?About the Author: Michael J. Heagle has been making movies since 1980, back when you shot it on Super8, processed it at K-Mart, and projected it on a bed sheet. He has produced and directed a number of low-budget independent feature films, including Troma's Go To Hell (1999), a sci-fi spaghetti western (Planetfall, 2005), and the puppet comedy Transylvania Television.

Author : Alfred Publishing
Publisher : Greatest Hits
ISBN 13 : 9781470620011
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.14/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Greatest Hits the 1980s for Piano written by Alfred Publishing and published by Greatest Hits. This book was released on 2015-04 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of over 40 songs highlights the biggest hits from the '80s, by such artists as Bruce Springsteen, Journey, Madonna, The Motels, Toto, Cyndi Lauper, and more. Piano accompaniment, vocal melodies, lyrics, and guitar chord diagrams are included. Titles: Africa (Toto) * Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now) (Phil Collins) * Anything for You (Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine) * Arthur's Theme (Best That You Can Do) (from Arthur) (Christopher Cross) * Born in the U.S.A. (Bruce Springsteen) * Circle in the Sand (Belinda Carlisle) * Conga (Miami Sound Machine) * Dancing in the Dark (Bruce Springsteen) * Don't Stop Believin' (Journey) * Everybody Have Fun Tonight (Wang Chung) * Footloose (Kenny Loggins) * Get Closer (Linda Ronstadt) * Ghostbusters (Ray Parker, Jr.) * Gloria (Laura Branigan) * Glory Days (Bruce Springsteen) * Glory of Love (Theme from The Karate Kid) (Peter Cetera) * The Greatest Love of All (Whitney Houston) * Heart of Mine (Boz Scaggs) * Heart to Heart (Kenny Loggins) * Heaven Is a Place on Earth (Belinda Carlisle) * How Do You Keep the Music Playing? (from Best Friends) (Patti Austin and James Ingram) * I Live for Your Love (Natalie Cole) * I Love L.A. (Randy Newman) * I'm Alright (from Caddyshack) (Kenny Loggins) * Into the Night (Benny Mardones) * Jojo (Boz Scaggs) * Kokomo (The Beach Boys) * Only the Lonely (The Motels) * Open Arms (Journey) * Open Your Heart (Madonna) * Pink Cadillac (Bruce Springsteen) * Rhythm of the Night (DeBarge) * Rosanna (Toto) * Separate Lives (Phil Collins and Marilyn Martin) * Separate Ways (Worlds Apart) (Journey) * She Bop (Cyndi Lauper) * Solitaire (Laura Branigan) * Suddenly Last Summer (The Motels) * Who Will You Run To (Heart) * Who's Crying Now (Journey) * Words Get in the Way (Miami Sound Machine).

Author : Daniel Blythe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 510 pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Encyclopaedia of Classic 80s Pop written by Daniel Blythe and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 510 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable guide to the best - and the worst - pop music of the 1980s.