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| Preface | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The 1950s | |
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| Earl Palmer and the Heartbeat of Rock 'n' Roll | |
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| R&B: A Danger to the Music Business? | |
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| "Miss Rhythm" Speaks Out: Ruth Brown on R&B and Covers | |
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| Elvis Presley and "The Craze" | |
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| "Elvis Defends Low-Down Style" | |
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| "Experts Propose Study of 'Craze'" | |
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| The Rock 'n' Roll Audience: "But Papa, It's My Music, I Like It" | |
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| Leiber & Stoller | |
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| The History of Chicano Rock | |
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| "Music Biz Goes Round and Round: It Comes Out Clarkola" | |
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| The 1960s | |
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| Phil Spector and the Wall of Sound | |
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| The Beatles, Press Conference, 1964 | |
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| "Beatlemania Frightens Child Expert" | |
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| George Martin: On the Beatles | |
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| "Understanding Dylan" | |
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| Motown: A Whiter Shade of Black | |
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| James Brown: Soul Brother No. 1 | |
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| "Goodbye Surfing Hello God!-The Religious Conversion of Brian Wilson" | |
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| Rock and the Counterculture | |
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| "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test" | |
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| The FM Revolution: "AM Radio-'Stinking Up the Airwaves'" | |
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| An Interview with Peter Townshend | |
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| "The Country Boom" | |
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| The 1970s | |
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| "Cock Rock: Men Always Seem to End Up on Top" | |
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| Singing-Songwriters: 1971 is Woman's World | |
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| The Art of the Hard Rock Lifestyle | |
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| "How to be a Rock Critic" | |
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| "Reggae: The Steady Rock of Black Jamaica" | |
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| "Roots and Rock: The Marley Enigma" | |
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| Dub and the Sound of Surprise | |
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| Reflections on Progressive Rock | |
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| Disco! Disco!: Four Critics Address the Musical Question | |
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| "Why Don't We Call It Punk?" | |
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| The Subculture of British Punk | |
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| "The Confessions of a Gay Rocker" | |
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| The 1980s | |
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| Punk Goes Hardcore | |
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| College Rock: "Left of the Dial" | |
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| "Roll Over Guitar Heroes; Synthesizers Are Here" | |
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| Post-Punk's "Radical Dance Fictions" | |
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| Molly Hatchet: Celebrity Rate a Record | |
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| The Parents Music Resource Center: Statement before Congress | |
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| Heavy Metal and The Highbrow/Lowbrow Divide | |
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| "The Real Thing-Bruce Springsteen" | |
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| Hip Hop Nation | |
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| "Madonna-Finally, a Real Feminist" | |
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| "Can Madonna Justify Madonna?" | |
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| The 1990s | |
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| Is As Nasty As They Wanna Be Obscene? | |
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| "Public Enemy's Bomb Squad" | |
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| "The Death of Sampling?" | |
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| "Kurt Cobain and the Politics of Damage" | |
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| "The Problem with Music" | |
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| "Feminism Amplified" | |
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| "Rock Aesthetics and Musics of the World" | |
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| "Electronic Eden": Techno Goes Mainstream | |
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| N� Metal and Woodstock '99 | |
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| Indie Pop Goes Twee | |
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| So You Wanna Fake Being an Indie Rock Expert? | |
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| The 2000s | |
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| Metallica vs. Napster | |
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| My Radiohead Adventure | |
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| "My Week on the Avril Lavigne E-Team" | |
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| '"1 + 1 + 1 = 1' The New Math of Mashups" | |
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| That '70s Cruise: Classic Rock Lives On | |
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| "Where Have all the Rock Stars Gone?" | |
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| Defining Emo | |
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| "David Byrne and Thom Yorke on the Real Value of Music" | |
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| "Get Your Ph.D. in Lady Gaga" | |
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| "Why no Yes in the Rock Hall?" | |
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| A Response to "Why no Yes in the Rock Hall" | |
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| Copyright Acknowledgments | |
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| Index | |