| Why the Beach Boys Matter Contributor(s): Smucker, Tom (Author) |
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ISBN: 1477318720 ISBN-13: 9781477318720 Publisher: University of Texas Press OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2018 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | History & Criticism - General - Music | Genres & Styles - Rock - Biography & Autobiography |
| Dewey: B |
| LCCN: 2018017737 |
| Series: Music Matters |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5" W x 6.9" (0.40 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Of all the white American pop music groups that hit the charts before the Beatles, only the Beach Boys continued to thrive throughout the British Invasion to survive into the 1970s and beyond. The Beach Boys helped define both sides of the era we broadly call the sixties, split between their early surf, car, and summer pop and their later hippie, counterculture, and ambitious rock. No other group can claim the Ronettes and the Four Seasons as early 1960s rivals; the Mamas and the Papas and Crosby, Stills and Nash as later 1960s rivals; and the Beatles and the Temptations as decade-spanning counterparts. This is the first book to take an honest look at the themes running through the Beach Boys' art and career as a whole and to examine where they sit inside our culture and politics--and why they still grab our attention. |
Contributor Bio(s): Smucker, Tom: - Tom Smucker has written rock criticism for Creem, Fusion, Rolling Stone, and the Village Voice. |
