Rock 'til you drop : the decline from rebellion to nostalgia /
Rock until you drop
John Strausbaugh.
- 259 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-259).
Boom Boom Boom Boomer: Colostomy Rock, and What It Says about My Generation -- Steel Wheelchairs: The Historical Reenactment of the Once-Great Rolling Stones -- Up Against the Wall, Mother Hubbard: Rock and the Gestural Revolution -- Rock Pravda: How Rolling Stone Turned Thirty and Why You Didn't Care -- The Hall of Lame: Why There Shouldn't Be Rock Museums -- Punk: Not the Death of Rock, Just the Decline of Western Civ -- Post-Rock: Why Doughty Doesn't Think Any of This Is Important -- Rock in New York: The Sounds and the Stories. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. App.
"In the 1960s and early 70s rock and rebellion went arm in arm. This was the generation that angrily refused to grow up, to settle down. The Who captured the zeitgeist with precision: 'I hope I die before I get old.'" "Yet, thirty years later, many of the icons of rock and roll's angry childhood are not only still alive but continue to haul themselves up on stage, limping through old standards with performances that have lost all edge and meaning. As the grizzled old men of Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young undertake yet another tour, Cher makes her umpteenth comeback, and Yes grind out their old standards to punters at gambling resorts, John Strausbaugh reflects acidly on the declining charm of colostomy rock." "Strausbaugh interleaves acute reflections by commentators such as Ellen Willis, and legendary figures such as John Sinclair (manager of the notorious MC5) and Tuli Kupferberg of the Fugs, with his own take on the business of rock and roll. Intemperate and savvy, he rails at the timidity of Rolling Stone's hipster capitalism, the sterility of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and the appalling prospect of the Stones heading out on the road again after live appearances that were dubbed the 'Steel Wheelchairs' tour. He talks to the engaging Giorgio Gromelsky, manager of the Yardbirds, about the early days of rock and roll in London, and to Soul Coughing founder Mike Doughty about how a younger generation of musicians see the business today."--BOOK JACKET.