33 Revolutions Per Minute

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ISBN 10: 0571241352 / ISBN 13: 9780571241354

Published by - -, 2012

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Synopsis: 33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from Billie Holiday singing 'Strange Fruit' to Green Day raging against the Iraq war. Dorian Lynskey explores the individuals, ideas and events behind each song, showing how protest music has soundtracked and informed social change since the 1930s. Through the work of such artists as Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Stevie Wonder, Fela Kuti, The Clash, Public Enemy and Gil Scott Heron, Lynskey examines how music has engaged with racial unrest, nuclear paranoia, apartheid, war, poverty and oppression, offering hope, stirring anger, inciting action and producing songs which continue to resonate years down the line.

Review: '[Dorian Lynskey] has painstakingly fashioned a social record of the past 100 years out of pop songs, paying tribute to the music that both reflects events and plays a part in changing them ... a fascinating journey.' --Sunday Times

'Majestic new history ... so panoramic is the sweep that it opens with Strange Fruit and closes with American Idiot ... The book is profoundly moving.' --Sunday Telegraph

'A thoughtful study of protest songs ... lucidly and authoritatively describing how they came to be written, the state of the artist's mind and career, and the political and musical context.' --Guardian

'33 Revolutions Per Minute is a scrupulously researched, elegantly written and highly absorbing account of the intersection of politics and music built around 33 key songs, and the events that yielded them.' --Independent

"This book is impressive in scope." --New Yorker

'An admirable piece of work ... There are songs of love, loss, longing, triumph, despair, exultation and rejection here.' --Irish Times

'[A] glorious, hilarious history of the protest song ... Extensive, thoughtful, beautifully written and often wryly funny ... Anyone with any interest in rock n roll or politics will find multitudes to enjoy here: would that all books about rock n roll were so intelligent, and all books about history such fun.' --New Humanist

'Superbly written and expertly researched, it's a fascinating insight into the makings of some of the most provocative songs ever produced.' --Shortlist

'A compelling, informed and enlightening read.' --The Big Issue

'A panoramic view of music, politics and social history that's wonderfully well-written, informative and often surprisingly funny, despite the book's ultimately serious intent.' --Uncut

'A vibrant and hugely informative narrative.' --Q

'Dorian Lynskey's excellent overview of protest songs ... He mixes interviews new and old with diligent research ... The book also doubles handily as a countercultural history of the West.' --Time Out

'Lynskey persuasively argues that the protest song is pop music in which 'the political content is not an obstacle to greatness, but the source of it.' --Independent

'Beginning with Billie Holiday's electrifying Strange Fruit, this hefty study of 33 protest songs [delivers] an engrossing account of how music can galvanize social movements.' --Benjamin Evans, The Telegraph Books of the Year

'This book, with its wry awareness of the fallibility of protest songs, stands out from the pack.' --Sunday Times

'Lynskey dedicates a chapter each to thirty-three protest songs, lucidly and authoritatively describing how they came to be written, the state of the artist's mind and career, and the political and musical context.' --Guardian

'Lynskey persuasively argues that the protest song is pop music in which 'the political content is not an obstacle to greatness, but the source of it.'' --Independent

'Lynskey dedicates a chapter each to thirty-three protest songs, lucidly and authoritatively describing how they came to be written, the state of the artist's mind and career, and the political and musical context.' --Guardian

Bibliographic Details

Title: 33 Revolutions Per Minute
Publisher: - -
Publication Date: 2012
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Very Good