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Faking It The Quest for Authenticity in Pop Music

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ISBN-10: 0393060780

ISBN-13: 9780393060782

Edition: 2007

Authors: Hugh Barker, Yuval Taylor

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Musicians strive to "keep it real"; listeners condemn "fakes";but does great music really need to be authentic? Did Elvis sing from the heart, or was he just acting? Were the Sex Pistols more real than disco? Why do so many musicians base their approach on being authentic, and why do music buffs fall for it every time? By investigating this obsession in the last century through the stories of John Lennon, Kurt Cobain, Jimmie Rodgers, Donna Summer, Leadbelly, Neil Young, Moby, and others, Faking It rethinks what makes popular music work. Along the way, the authors discuss the segregation of music in the South, investigate the predominance of self-absorption in modern pop, reassess the…    
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Book details

List price: $25.95
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/17/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 400
Size: 5.90" wide x 8.60" long x 1.40" tall
Weight: 1.232
Language: English

Hugh Barker, formerly a musician and songwriter, works in publishing in London.

Yuval Taylor, senior editor at Chicago Review Press, is the coauthor of "Faking It "and the editor of "I Was Born a Slave". He lives in Chicago, Illinois.

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