Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life
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| Rating | : | 4.88 (788 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316259152 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 304 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-05-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Club, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Slate, and Salon. . He lives in Minnesota. Steven Hyden has written for Grantland, The A.V
Biggie vs. Taylor. Stones. Through Hendrix vs. Kanye vs. Clapton, Hyden explores burning out and fading away, while his take on Miley vs. Each chapter in YOUR FAVORITE BAND IS KILLING ME focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing. One of 's Best Books of 2016 So FarMusic critic Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalries and what they say about lifeBeatles vs. Funny and accessible, Hyden's writing combines cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and music history--and just may prompt you to give your least fav
Funny and insightful."Ken Szymanski, Volume One"Hyden masterfully weaves together disparate narratives to reveal the themes we embrace when we pick sides in pop music."Josh O'Kane, The Globe and Mail"For my money, the best current music writer out there is Steven Hyden. Jimi Hendrix (chapter 7) as he is on Taylor Swift vs. In this brilliant book, he pours a little kerosene on some of music's most heated feuds--some legendary, some forgotten, one involving Limp Bizkit. Hyden is a critic worth reading."Chris Klimek, Washington Post"This book is funny, informative and essential reading if you ever again intend to argue loudly with a friend about music."Seth Meyers"Steven Hyden didn't come to settle your rock arguments--just to make them louder. By combining music journalism and pop psychology with some of his own life lessons, Hyden has created a literary mix tape that will be music to pop-cult
Thoughtful analysis of music and culture that clearly connects to our real-life behavior Without going chapter by chapter, I think Steven Hyden did a good job of using musical and cultural comparisons as an entry point to discuss how we behave in so many other ways.For example, Oasis and Blur he uses to say that when he was growing up, you couldn't like both - if you liked Oasis, you must not like Blur. I think that's fair, especially when we're young and we're trying to create our "identity." This is equally applicable to real life - it seems like you can't "like" open carry gun laws and also "li. And The Son said What's Beef?. Hyden does a great job of using the notions we attach to our ideas of ourselves and how that relates to our music choices. Hyden doesn't really takes sides, with the exception of Oasis vs. Blur, but examines the sociologies associate with some of the trivialities of those arguments. A great exploration of the human condition.. Oak said I thought this book was great. Not so much about music rivalries as much. Steven Hyden is a little younger than me and has a lot of the same music tastes so, yeah, I'm in the target demographic for this book. That being said, I thought this book was great. Not so much about music rivalries as much as what music rivalries mean to fans, Your Favorite Band is Killing Me ends up explaining more about who we are because of what we love than about what we love.