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Description for Brian Wilson
Hardcover. This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. Series: Icons of Pop Music. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 black and white photos. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 358.
Brian Wilson is a genius. Ever since British press agent Derek Taylor launched a publicity campaign with that theme to promote the landmark LP Pet Sounds in 1966, some variation of that claim has been obligatory when discussing the significance of the Beach Boys' founder and chief composer. Originally designed to liberate Wilson from his outmoded image as a purveyor of sun-and-surf teen pop so the symphonic sophistication of his music might be properly appreciated, the assertion has been repeated so often in the forty-plus years since as to render it virtually meaningless. Indeed, if anything, the label today seems ... Read more
Brian Wilson is a genius. Ever since British press agent Derek Taylor launched a publicity campaign with that theme to promote the landmark LP Pet Sounds in 1966, some variation of that claim has been obligatory when discussing the significance of the Beach Boys' founder and chief composer. Originally designed to liberate Wilson from his outmoded image as a purveyor of sun-and-surf teen pop so the symphonic sophistication of his music might be properly appreciated, the assertion has been repeated so often in the forty-plus years since as to render it virtually meaningless. Indeed, if anything, the label today seems ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Series
Icons of Pop Music
Number of Pages
192
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781908049919
SKU
V9781908049919
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Ref
99-11
About Kirk Curnutt
Kirk Curnutt is Professor of English at Troy University, Montgomery, Alabama. He is the author of a number of works of fiction and scholarly books, including the novels Breathing Out the Ghost (2008) and Dixie Noir (2009), as well as several studies of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and Gertrude Stein.
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