Description: Further DetailsTitle: TV-a-Go-GoCondition: NewSubtitle: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American IdolEAN: 9781556525728ISBN: 9781556525728Publisher: Chicago Review PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 07/01/2005Language: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: USItem Height: 228mmItem Length: 152mmItem Weight: 503gAuthor: Jake AustenGenre: Films & TVTopic: Music Dance & Theatre, Society & CultureDescription: From Elvis and a hound dog wearing matching tuxedos and the comic adventures of artificially produced bands to elaborate music videos and contrived reality-show contests, television—as this critical look brilliantly shows—has done a superb job of presenting the energy of rock in a fabulously entertaining but patently "fake" manner. The dichotomy of "fake" and "real" music as it is portrayed on television is presented in detail through many generations of rock music: the Monkees shared the charts with the Beatles, Tupac and Slayer fans voted for corny American Idols, and shows like Shindig! and Soul Train somehow captured the unhinged energy of rock far more effectively than most long-haired guitar-smashing acts. Also shown is how TV has often delighted in breaking the rules while still mostly playing by them: Bo Diddley defied Ed Sullivan and sang rock and roll after he had been told not to, the Chipmunks' subversive antics prepared kids for punk rock, and things got out of hand when Saturday Night Live invited punk kids to attend a taping of the band Fear. Every aspect of the idiosyncratic history of rock and TV and their peculiar relationship is covered, including cartoon rock, music programming for African American audiences, punk on television, Michael Jackson's life on TV, and the tortured history of MTV and its progeny.Item Width: 19mmRelease Year: 2005 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: TV-a-Go-Go
Publication Name: TV-a-Go-Go
Title: TV-a-Go-Go
Subtitle: Rock on TV from American Bandstand to American Idol
EAN: 9781556525728
ISBN: 9781556525728
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 07/01/2005
Release Year: 2005
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Item Height: 228mm
Item Length: 152mm
Item Weight: 503g
Author: Jake Austen
Genre: Films & TV
Topic: Society & Culture
Item Width: 19mm
