from Othemts

Someone in the marketing department goofed by letting a book with such and incendiary title out on the market because a) it's not really true that the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll (not exactly) and b) that's not what this book was about. I probably would not have picked this book up if I hadn'...

from quaintlittlehead

A reviewer in Paste magazine panned the fact that this book doesn't quite seem to get around to defending its title. Actually, it does, but it's so subtle you might easily miss it. The crucial distinction you have to catch is that Wald differentiates between "rock 'n' roll," the early 1950s effor...

from Othemts

Someone in the marketing department goofed by letting a book with such and incendiary title out on the market because a) it's not really true that the Beatles destroyed rock 'n' roll (not exactly) and b) that's not what this book was about. I probably would not have picked this book up if I hadn'...

from quaintlittlehead

A reviewer in Paste magazine panned the fact that this book doesn't quite seem to get around to defending its title. Actually, it does, but it's so subtle you might easily miss it. The crucial distinction you have to catch is that Wald differentiates between "rock 'n' roll," the early 1950s effor...

from nmele

Elijah Wald surveys the history of American popular music from about 1880 to about 1980. The title is provocative but the book is substantial and very, very interesting. Any time a book about music prompts me to listen to more than one artist's recordings, it rates highly with me. This one clarif...