The Rock Cover Song: Culture, History, Politics
- Author: Greene, Doyle
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$33.00Contents
- Table of Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Preface
- Introduction: The Song Doesn’t Remain the Same
- • “Reading” through Listening
- • Covering Cover Songs
- Part One—Judging a Song by Its Cover
- 1. National Anthems: “The Star-Spangled Banner”• Jimi Hendrix (Woodstock, 1969)
- • Whitney Houston (Super Bowl XXV, 1991)
- 2. The “Anti-Cover”: Punk and the Avant-Garde
- • Sid Vicious: “My Way” (The Great Rock ’n’ Roll Swindle, 1980)
- • The Residents: The Third Reich and Roll (1976)
- • Hardcore and the Anti-Cover
- Part Two—Anatomy of a Cover: “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction”
- 3. “Satisfaction” and Rock: The Rolling Stones (Out of Our Heads, 1965)
- • The Anti-Beatles
- • “Satisfaction” as Manifesto
- • Under My Thumb: Altamont and Rock Totalitarianism
- 4. “Satisfaction” and Soul: Otis Redding (Otis Blue/Otis Redding Sings Soul, 1965)
- • Paint It Black: Race and Rock in the 1960s
- • Soul Brands: Motown and Stax
- • “Satisfaction” as Protest
- 5. “Satisfaction” and Punk: Devo (Q: Are We Not Men?
- A: We Are Devo!, 1978)
- • A Postmodern Protest Band (or, Anarchy in Akron)
- • “Satisfaction” as Deconstruction
- • Marketing Opposition
- 6. “Satisfaction” and Pop: Britney Spears (Oops! … I Did It Again, 2000)
- • The Lolita Next Door
- • Blonde Alienation
- • “Satisfaction” as Commodity
- Part Three—Signs of the Times: Cover Songs in Context
- 7. Music from the Waist Down: Covers, Gender and Sexuality
- • King Curtis: “Whole Lotta Love” (Single, 1970)
- • Van Halen: “You Really Got Me” (Van Halen, 1978)
- • The Flying Lizards: “Sex Machine” (Top Ten, 1984)
- • Kim Wilde: “You Keep Me Hangin’ On” (Another Step, 1986)
- 8. Black Musicians, White Songs: Race and Covers in the Late
- Counterculture
- • Rufus Harley: “Where Have All the Flowers Gone?” (Recorded
- in 1969; Released on Courage: The Atlantic Recordings, 2006)
- • The Isley Brothers: “Ohio/Machine Gun” (Givin’ It Back, 1971)
- • The Four Tops: “A Simple Game” (Single, 1972)
- 9. Dance with Laibach: Covers and the Critique of the Nation-State
- • The Laibach Project
- • NATO (1994)
- • The Dilemmas of Laibach
- 10. In with the Old: Covers and Generational Politics
- • The Midlife Crisis of Rock and Roll
- • Frank Sinatra: “Something” (Single, 1970)
- • “So Bad It’s Good”: Covers and Camp
- • Pat Boone: “Smoke on the Water” (In a Metal Mood: No More
- Mr. Nice Guy, 1997)
- • Johnny Cash: “Hurt” (American IV: The Man Comes Around,
- 2002)
- Conclusion: The Politics of Listening
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index