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Talking Heads´ Fear of Music
Jonathan Lethem
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Description for Talking Heads´ Fear of Music
Paperback. A virtuoso performance by a writer at the peak of his powers, tackling one of his great obsessions: The Talking Heads. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 123 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158. Series: 33 1/3. 160 pages, ill. A virtuoso performance by a writer at the peak of his powers, tackling one of his great obsessions: The Talking Heads. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 182 x 123 x 10. Weight: 156.
Fear of Music, the third album by Talking Heads, was recorded and released in 1979. It is, like each of their first four albums, a masterpiece. Edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky, and fun - with Brian Eno's production, it's a record that bursts out of the downtown scene that birthed the band, and hints at the directions (positive and negative) they'd take in the near future. Here, Jonathan Lethem takes us back to the late 1970s in New York City and situates Talking Heads as one of the most remarkable and enigmatic American bands. Incorporating theory, fiction, and ... Read more
Fear of Music, the third album by Talking Heads, was recorded and released in 1979. It is, like each of their first four albums, a masterpiece. Edgy, paranoid, funky, addictive, rhythmic, repetitive, spooky, and fun - with Brian Eno's production, it's a record that bursts out of the downtown scene that birthed the band, and hints at the directions (positive and negative) they'd take in the near future. Here, Jonathan Lethem takes us back to the late 1970s in New York City and situates Talking Heads as one of the most remarkable and enigmatic American bands. Incorporating theory, fiction, and ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Series
33 1/3
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9781441121004
SKU
V9781441121004
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About Jonathan Lethem
Jonathan Lethem is one of the most acclaimed American novelists of his generation. His books include Motherless Brooklyn, The Fortress of Solitude, and Chronic City. His essays about James Brown and Bob Dylan have appeared in Rolling Stone. He is Roy Edward Disney Professor in Creative Writing at Pomona College, US.
Reviews for Talking Heads´ Fear of Music
His achievement in Fear of Music is to let his personal passion for the album inform his thoughts on it with a vital urgency, without ever allowing those feelings to run rampant and obscure the work at hand. ...[It is] a powerful piece of scholarship on a band that deserves, and whose work holds up to, ... Read more