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[Cornel Bonca] ✓ Paul Simon: An American Tune (Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture) Õ Download Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Paul Simon: An American Tune (Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture) "So Sloppy or So What" according to BlanchardD. Having previously reviewed Marc Eliot’s highly disappointing and mistake-ridden PAUL SIMON: A LIFE, I approached this book with cautious hopefulness, believing that, if nothing else, it had to be a better book than Eliot’s. However, while never approaching the runaway trainwreck of typos, omissions and outright errors that the Eliot book achieved, PAUL SIMON: AN AMERICAN TUNE has more than its own share of mistakes, which I catalog belo
| Title | : | Paul Simon: An American Tune (Tempo: A Rowman & Littlefield Music Series on Rock, Pop, and Culture) |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.88 (862 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 081088481X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 210 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-03-18 |
| Language | : | English |
In Paul Simon: An American Tune, Cornel Bonca considers Simon’s vast trove of songs in the biographical and cultural context in which he wrote them: from the pop cultural revolution of the 1960s which Simon himself helped to create, the singer-songwriter movement of the 1970s, the turn toward world music in the 1980s that gave the world the monumental Graceland, to the intimate personal turn his music took in the millennial era. Paul Simon: An American Tune is the first full-scale survey of the career of one of the most honored musicians and songwriters in American history. Starting out as a teeny-bopper rocker in the late 1950s, Paul Simon went on to form the most influential pop duo of the 1960s—Simon & Garfunkel—and after their break-up in 1970, launch one of the most successful, varied, and surprising solo careers of our time. Analyzing Simon’s albums one by one, often song by song, Bonca provides a deep and artful exploration of the work of one of today’s major songwriters.Offering a lucid and vivid portrait of an astonishi
When the duo parted ways in 1970, Simon began an exploration of world music, most successfully on Graceland and The Rhythm of the Saints. (Notes: Quarterly Journal of the Music Library Association) . Serious music scholars will appreciate the author’s poetic readings of many songs and his thorough understanding of the cultural milieu in which Simon has worked Therefore, Paul Simon: An American Tune is recommended for well-stocked general libraries and for universities whose general studies curricula include classes in popular music or 1960s to 1980s American culture. How did a Jewish kid from Queens end up on top of the musical pyramid? That’s the question Bonca seeks to answer in his insightful portrait of Paul Simon, who, at 72, remains at the top of his game. In spite of occasional missteps, such as the disastrous film, One-Trick Pony, Simon, Bonca affirms, continues to create important work, including his recent album, So Beautiful or
"So Sloppy or So What" according to BlanchardD. Having previously reviewed Marc Eliot’s highly disappointing and mistake-ridden PAUL SIMON: A LIFE, I approached this book with cautious hopefulness, believing that, if nothing else, it had to be a better book than Eliot’s. However, while never approaching the runaway trainwreck of typos, omissions and outright errors that the Eliot book achieved, PAUL SIMON: AN AMERICAN TUNE has more than its own share of mistakes, which I catalog below.Let’s be clear: This most definitely IS a better book than Eliot’s gaffe-fest, if for no other reason than it’s mostly a review of all of Paul Simon’s . barbara nassberg said Wait for the Hilburn authorized bio. IF a review could earn a negative star on Amazons scale, surely here is the candidate for it. Sadly, this was not possible, thus a 1 star given. I read this book in hopes of learning a little something about Paul Simon. This book offers nothing. What it is, is a "Wait for the Hilburn authorized bio" according to barbara nassberg. IF a review could earn a negative star on Amazons scale, surely here is the candidate for it. Sadly, this was not possible, thus a 1 star given. I read this book in hopes of learning a little something about Paul Simon. This book offers nothing. What it is, is a 200 page review of Simons music. And if that is what you are looking for, perhaps you might enjoy it. However, the author doesnt seem to know that it is not a good idea to use a quarter word when a nickel one will do. Now this book tells us quite a bit about the author via his critiques, but he is of no interest to me. Simon is. Where are the insights from the mus. 00 page review of Simons music. And if that is what you are looking for, perhaps you might enjoy it. However, the author doesnt seem to know that it is not a good idea to use a quarter word when a nickel one will do. Now this book tells us quite a bit about the author via his critiques, but he is of no interest to me. Simon is. Where are the insights from the mus. BW said A must-read for fans of Simon's music. Loved this book! I'm not sure if the reviewer below me read the same book?--this book is just what the introduction of the book says it is, which is basically a survey of all of Simon’s amazing music, from his first attempts to make it as a teen pop star in the 1950s through his work with Garfunkel in the 60s, then through his incredible solo career, which includes great albums like Still Crazy, Graceland, and underrated recent stuff like So Beautiful So What. As a lifelong Simon fan, I felt like there was so much to appreciate and savor in this book. I'll probably be referencing from it all the time now, especially
His criticism, journalism, and fiction have appeared in Salon, The New York Observer, The Los Angeles Review of Books, OC Weekly Modern Language Studies, Jacaranda,and two dozen other publications.. Cornel Bonca is Professor of English and Comparative Literature at California State University, Fullerton
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