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Atomic Tunes : The Cold War in American and British Popular Music.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2021Copyright date: ©2021Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (367 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780253056177
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Atomic TunesDDC classification:
  • 782.4216409045
Online resources:
Contents:
Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cold War History in Music and Lyrics -- 1. Folk: From Paul Robeson to Bob Dylan -- 2. Folk: Women's Voices -- 3. Country: The Conservative Stance -- 4. Novelty and Comedy Songs: The Cold War as a Big Joke -- 5. Early Rock and Other Styles: Rocking the Bomb -- 6. Mainstream Rock: Bowie, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, and Springsteen -- 7. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal: The Electric Guitar as the Bomb -- 8. Punk Rock: Three Chords and the Apocalypse -- 9. Electronic and New Wave: The Cold War in a Synthesizer -- 10. Wind of Change: The Fall of the Wall and the End of the Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography, Discography, Videography -- Index -- About the Author.
Summary: Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, analyzing the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles.
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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: Cold War History in Music and Lyrics -- 1. Folk: From Paul Robeson to Bob Dylan -- 2. Folk: Women's Voices -- 3. Country: The Conservative Stance -- 4. Novelty and Comedy Songs: The Cold War as a Big Joke -- 5. Early Rock and Other Styles: Rocking the Bomb -- 6. Mainstream Rock: Bowie, U2, Sting, Billy Joel, and Springsteen -- 7. Hard Rock and Heavy Metal: The Electric Guitar as the Bomb -- 8. Punk Rock: Three Chords and the Apocalypse -- 9. Electronic and New Wave: The Cold War in a Synthesizer -- 10. Wind of Change: The Fall of the Wall and the End of the Cold War -- Conclusion -- Bibliography, Discography, Videography -- Index -- About the Author.

Atomic Tunes presents a musical history of the Cold War, analyzing the songs that capture the fear of those who lived under the shadow of Stalin, Sputnik, mushroom clouds, and missiles.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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