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Book Cover for: Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé, Bob Stanley

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!: The Story of Pop Music from Bill Haley to Beyoncé

Bob Stanley

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A monumental work of musical history, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! traces the story of pop music through songs, bands, musical scenes, and styles from Bill Haley and the Comets' "Rock around the Clock" (1954) to Beyoncé's first megahit, "Crazy in Love" (2003). Bob Stanley--himself a musician, music critic, and fan--teases out the connections and tensions that animated the pop charts for decades, and ranges across the birth of rock, soul, R&B, punk, hip hop, indie, house, techno, and more. Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is a vital guide to the rich soundtrack of the second half of the twentieth century and a book as much fun to argue with as to quote.

Book Details

  • Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
  • Publish Date: Sep 14th, 2015
  • Pages: 624
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 8.30in - 5.50in - 1.50in - 1.10lb
  • EAN: 9780393351682
  • Categories: • Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal• Popular Culture• Essays

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About the Author

Stanley, Bob: - Bob Stanley has worked as a music journalist, DJ, and record-label owner, and is the cofounder and keyboard player for the band Saint Etienne. He lives in London.

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We bring the very best in Music l Literature l Crime Writing l Salon l Education to Harrogate.

Musician & journalist Bob Stanley joins us at #RaworthsLitFest for the definitive story of the Birth Of Pop. Don't miss the acclaimed author of Yeah Yeah Yeah!, interviewed by radio personality @schmotime @YorkLitFest @VisitHarrogate @CrownHotelHGT https://t.co/C7Q3fPg3sO

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i still can't believe you picked that for your stupid code name • she/her • icon by @poika_ picrew • one day at a time deserved better 💜 • TJ POWAR fan account

i added THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO to my tbr 4 years ago, according to goodreads. i started it today. it's nearly 3 am, and i cannot stop reading. @artfromafriend's 5-star review appeared in the review section on gr, and YEAH YEAH YEAH listen to cw please. this book is fantastic.

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Praise for this book

Bob Stanley loves and finds surprising connections between a thousand kinds of pop. He makes me want to run to the nearest record store--and move in.--Stephin Merritt of the Magnetic Fields
Like War and Peace, but with a beat...[E]ndlessly readable.--James Reed "Boston Globe"
As good 'a story of pop music' as a fan could hope for.--Ryan Little "Washington Post"
[An] exuberant celebration of the silly and the sublime...[Stanley's] writing delights and surprises, and his description of the music makes you want to dance to it.--Sarah Larson "The New Yorker"
Breezy, opinionated and totally delicious.--David Kirby "Wall Street Journal"
Rich with musical history lived, worked, and felt...Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! is smart, funny, surprisingly deep for just how broad it is, but, most of all, for stars and songs great and small, it is full of love--Joshua Joy Kamensky "Los Angeles Review of Books"
Quixotic and kaleidoscopic, Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! serves up erudite irreverence on every page. Like its sprawling subject, it invites everyone in for a listen.--Chris Vognar "Dallas Morning News"
An ambitious undertaking... Stanley's bold positions connect pop's many dots in fresh and fascinating patterns.-- "Christian Science Monitor"
This book will be remembered and deserves to be.--Robert Christgau "Barnes & Noble Review"
A landmark celebration, rumination and encapsulation of just about everything worth knowing--and arguing--about the pop landscape... A book for the ages.--Matt Damsker "USA Today"
Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! ties together the disparate strands of pop's shape-shifting history to create a vivid living document of the music of our lives.--Greg Milner, author of Perfecting Sound Forever

What people are saying

Mentioner image for: Harrogate Festivals
Harrogate Festivals
@HarrogateFest
2 years

We bring the very best in Music l Literature l Crime Writing l Salon l Education to Harrogate.

Musician & journalist Bob Stanley joins us at #RaworthsLitFest for the definitive story of the Birth Of Pop. Don't miss the acclaimed author of Yeah Yeah Yeah!, interviewed by radio personality @schmotime @YorkLitFest @VisitHarrogate @CrownHotelHGT https://t.co/C7Q3fPg3sO

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Mentioner image for: barracuda
barracuda
@ruhwubby
3 years

i still can't believe you picked that for your stupid code name • she/her • icon by @poika_ picrew • one day at a time deserved better 💜 • TJ POWAR fan account

i added THE EPIC CRUSH OF GENIE LO to my tbr 4 years ago, according to goodreads. i started it today. it's nearly 3 am, and i cannot stop reading. @artfromafriend's 5-star review appeared in the review section on gr, and YEAH YEAH YEAH listen to cw please. this book is fantastic.

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