Rock Dreams: VA - Softcover

Cohn, Nik

Softcover

ISBN 10: 382282612X ISBN 13: 9783822826126

Publisher: Taschen GmbH, 2003

Synopsis

LIFE IS BUT A ROCK 'N' ROLL DREAMTHIRTY YEARS AGO, ARTIST GUY PEELLAERT TEAMED UP WITH AUTHOR NIK COHN TO CREATE THIS FANTASY TRIBUTE TO ROCK 'N' ROLL AND R&B. THROUGH SURREAL TEXTS AND IMAGES, COHN AND PEELAERT PAINT AN IMAGINARY WORLD WHERE THE GREAT GODS OF MID-CENTURY POPULAR MUSIC APPEAR IN THEIR OWN SETTINGS (THE DRIFTERS UNDER THE BOARDWALK, OTIS REDDING ON THE DOCK OF THE BAY, THE BEACH BOYS ON THE BEACH). HERE, ROCK MUSIC IS A ""SECRET SOCIETY, AN ENCLOSED TEEN FANTASY"" TREATED WITH THE SAME KIND OF PASSION AND OBSESSION FAMOUSLY GENERATED BY THE MOST FANATIC OF LOVESICK, PIMPLY ADOLESCENTS. ALL OF THE FOUNDING HEROES OF ROCK, SOUL, AND POP APPEAR IN PEELLAERT AND COHN'S COLORFUL HALLUCINATIONS, INCLUDING BUDDY HOLLY, ELVIS, RAY CHARLES, SINATRA, BOB DYLAN, JIMI HENDRIX, JAMES BROWN, THE ROLLING STONES, THE BEATLES, THE WHO, TINA TURNER, STEVIE WONDER, AND MANY MORE. TASCHEN's REVIVAL OF THIS UNIQUE BOOK COMES AT A TIME WHEN ROCK IS MAKING A STRONG COMEBACK AND YOUNG MUSICIANS ARE TAKING INSPIRATION FROM THE VERY STARS FEATURED IN ROCK DREAMS.

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Review:

"ONE CAN SEE IN VISUAL TERMS FROM THIS BOOK WHY ROCK HAS GONE ON AND ON FOR SO LONG: IT REPRESENTS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF EVERYONE'S UNREALIZED DREAMS." ""ONE CAN SEE IN VISUAL TERMS FROM THIS BOOK WHY ROCK HAS GONE ON AND ON FOR SO LONG: IT REPRESENTS AN OUTWARD EXPRESSION OF EVERYONE'S UNREALIZED DREAMS.""

Synopsis:

Through surreal images and texts, Peellaert and Cohn paint an imaginary world in which the great gods of mid-century popular music appear in their own settings.

About this edition

• Publisher: Taschen GmbH
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 382282612X
• ISBN 13: 9783822826126
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 192