Understanding Popular Music Culture (Paperback, 5 ed)

Introduction: ‘What’s Goin' On?’: Popular music culture  1. ‘Every 1’s a Winner’: The music industry and the record companies  2. ‘Pump up the Volume’: Music and technology  3. ‘I’m Just a Singer’: Making music, the rock musician and the success continuum  4. ‘So You Want To Be a Rock’n’Roll Star?’: Auteurs and stars  5. ‘Message Understood’: Musical texts  6. ‘The Real Thing’: Authenticity, covers and the canon  7. ‘It’s Still Rock’n’Roll To Me’: Genre  8. ‘Shop around’: Marketing and mediation  9. ‘U Got the Look’: From film and television to YouTube   10. ‘On the Cover of The Rolling Stone’: The music press.  11. ‘My Generation’: Consumption, identity and fandom  12. ‘Sound of Our Town’: Subcultures, sounds and scenes  13. ‘Revolution’: Social change, politics and conscience rock  14. ‘Pushin too Hard’: Moral panic, state regulation and censorship  15. ‘We Are the world’: Globalization and State music policy  16. ‘Time Will Pass You By’: Histories and popular memory.   Conclusion: ‘Wrap it up’: Making music, making meaning  Appendix 1: Chapter song titles  Appendix 2: Musical analysis  Appendix 3: Popular Music Timeline