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How the Beatles Destroyed Rock 'n' Roll: An Alternative History of American Popular Music by Elijah Wald
5.0
What a trip! Essential for anyone who wants a history of pop from the perspective of a musician and music lover. While Bob
Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah covers more contemporary ground, this book sees music as something more pure and universal, and not simply the province of sex-starved young men close-listening to their idols on headphones in their bedroom alone as they seethe with rage at the women who won't love them.
Stanley's Yeah Yeah Yeah covers more contemporary ground, this book sees music as something more pure and universal, and not simply the province of sex-starved young men close-listening to their idols on headphones in their bedroom alone as they seethe with rage at the women who won't love them.