For fifty years, pop music was created and
consumed like this: you heard a record on the radio, or
read about it in a music paper; you bought it on
Saturday; you lent it to, or taped it for, a friend; and
they reciprocated with another record. It was a secret
network. It was how you made friends, how you met girls,
and how you soundtracked your world. Bob Stanley's
Yeah Yeah Yeah tells the chronological story of the
modern pop era, from its beginnings in the fifties with
the dawn of the charts, vinyl, and the music press, to
pop's digital switchover in the year 2000, from Rock
Around the Clock to Crazy In Love. There was constant
change, constant development, a constant craving for
newness. It was more than just music - it could be your
whole life. Yeah Yeah Yeah covers the birth of rock,
soul, punk, disco, hip hop, indie, house and techno. It
also includes the rise and fall of the home stereo, Top
Of The Pops, Smash Hits, and "this week's highest new
entry". Yeah Yeah Yeah is the first book to look back at
the entire era: what we gained, what we lost, and the
foundations we laid for future generations. There
have been many books on pop but none have attempted to
bring the whole story to life, from Billy Fury and Roxy
Music to TLC and Britney via Led Zeppelin and Donna
Summer. Audacious and addictive, Yeah Yeah Yeah is
essential reading for all music lovers. It will remind
you why you fell in love with pop music in the first
place.
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