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Words And Music:

A History Of Pop In The Shape Of A City
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University of Georgia Press, 2005 - Music - 360 pages
Has pop burnt itself out?

Paul Morley takes the reader on an epic drive through the history of music to find out. A succession of celebrities, geniuses and other protagonists led by Madonna, Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, Erik Satie, John Cage and Wittgenstein appear to give their points of view. Detours and sights along the way include Missy Elliot, Jarvis Cocker, Eminem, Human League, Radiohead, Lou Reed, Now! That's What I Call Music, Ornette Coleman and the ghost of Elvis Presley.

  

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Paul Morley is one of those rare music writers that do not take sides in the battle between "pop" and "serious" music. He likes what he likes - and writes dazzlingly about it. Not intended as a ...

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About the author (2005)

Paul Morley is a magazine and newspaper journalist, TV critic, TV presenter, TV producer and director, record producer, and formerly a musical artist with the group The Art of Noise. His books include Nothing, the acclaimed memoir, and Ask, a collection of his writings from the British pop music weekly NME (New Musical Express).

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