Music

For undergraduate courses in the History of Popular Music, the History of Rock and Roll, American Popular Music and American Popular Song.

Rockin' Out provides a comprehensive social history of popular music in the United States from the heyday of Tin Pan Alley to the current sounds of electronic dance music and teen pop, from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet. It offers an analysis and critique of the music itself and the conditions of its production and consumption. The text is organized chronologically and thematically around particular genres/styles of music and addresses such dimensions as race, class, gender, ethnicity, technology, copyright and the structure of the music industry as they affect the development of the music.

• NEW - Completely rewritten Chapter 11, “Alternative to What?: Packaging Pop in the Nineties.”

  • Gives students the latest information on emerging trends in music such as electronic dance music, women in rock, teen pop, Latin pop music, contemporary hip hop, as well as the future of music and the music industry in the digital age. Ex.___

• NEW - Text is more user-friendly—Includes more nuances to improve the text's story and easy-to-understand tables of artists and songs.

  • Gives the student a graphic sense of historical patterns and preserves the narrative for more important analytic points. Ex.___

• NEW - New song index.

  • Makes the text useful as a sourcebook. Ex.___

• Organized by chronology, style, and theme.

  • Allows the instructor to use the text for a whole course, or create individual units of interest. Ex.___

• Accessible, jargon-free writing style.

  • Draws students into the text. Ex.___

• An abundance of information is presented.

  • Orients beginning students to important historical facts. Ex.___

• Cross-cultural and multi-cultural discussion of seemingly opposite genres—e.g., blues and country, disco and punk.

  • Provides useful and seldom made comparisons among genres and styles.

• Three chapters are devoted to the pre-conditions for rock and roll—Including the musical influences, technological advances, and industry developments.

  • Provides important historical context.

• Race and gender issues—Discussed with extensive examples.

  • Explores important dividing lines. Ex.___

• The impact of technology on the music scene is covered.

  • Shows how technology shapes production and consumption of popular music.

• Music's political context and the power of consumer preferences is explored.

  • Shows music and fans as an important social force. Ex.___

• Completely rewritten Chapter 11, “Alternative to What?: Packaging Pop in the Nineties.”

  • Gives students the latest information on emerging trends in music such as electronic dance music, women in rock, teen pop, Latin pop music, contemporary hip hop, as well as the future of music and the music industry in the digital age. Ex.___

• Text is more user-friendly—Includes more nuances to improve the text's story and easy-to-understand tables of artists and songs.

  • Gives the student a graphic sense of historical patterns and preserves the narrative for more important analytic points. Ex.___

• New song index.

  • Makes the text useful as a sourcebook. Ex.___

Introduction: Definitions, Themes, and Issues.

Introduction to Rock Music (Music)
American Music (Music)

For one semester/quarter undergraduate courses in the History of Rock, History of Popular Music, American Popular Music, and American Popular Song.

 

Rockin' Out offers a comprehensive social history of popular music in the United States that takes the reader from the invention of the phonograph to the promise of the Internet, from the heyday of Tin Pan Alley to the present day sounds of singer-songwriters, pop country crossovers, rock, and contemporary hip hop. It offers an analysis and critique of the music itself as well as how it is produced and marketed, including such recent phenomena as the rise of television idols, the introduction of reggaeton, and the return of protest music. 

 

Accessibly written, this text is organized chronologically and thematically around particular genres/styles of music and addresses such dimensions as race, class, gender, ethnicity, technology, copyright and the structure of the music industry as they affect the development of the music.

• Rockin' Out: Popular Music in The U.S.A., 4/E
  Garofalo
  © 2008 | Prentice Hall | Paper; 608 pages | Instock
  ISBN-10: 0132343053 | ISBN-13: 9780132343053
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"ROCKIN' OUT: Popular Music in the USA is a vital addition to the history of America's most popular product. Reebee Garofalo takes the reader from pop to rock 'n' roll through punk and rap, always careful to assign credit to African-American inspiration and pioneers. Everyone is here—performers, producers, engineers, salesmen, hucksters, and geniuses. If you want to know who put rock and roll in rock 'n' roll, and how and why it happened, read this book." — Julian Bond

"Garofalo presents a fascinating account of American popular music—its evolution and exploitation by the music industry. While discussing the many forms that comprise this tradition, he explores the role of race, culture, class, technology, and profit in its production and mass marketing. The most comprehensive survey of post-World War II American popular music to date, ROCKIN' OUT is a book every popular music enthusiast must read." — -Portia K. Maultsby, Ethnomusicologist, Indiana University/Bloomington

"ROCKIN' OUT is right on! Compelling, comprehensive, and complete, this book represents the history of popular music in the USA in a way that we've never seen before. Garofalo knows the artists, the audience, and the industry, and he tells their stories in original and insightful- ways. But he also connects popular music to the social world that gives it determinate shape, explaining how commercial forces, mass migration, urban life, and consumer culture have shaped the origins and evolution of the music we love. From Sinatra to Springsteen, from Motown to Madonna, from Tin Pan Alley to Tupac Shakur, Garofalo deftly mixes understanding and empathy with keen critical analysis..." — George Lipsitz, Professor, Ethnic Studies, University of California/San Diego, Author of TIME PASSAGES