U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments: For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Editat de Scott D. Calhoun Contribuţii de Matt Hamilton, Arlan Elizabeth Hess, Fred Johnson, Ed Montano, Steve Taylor, Theodore Louis Trost, Chris Wales, Brian F. Wrighten Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 dec 2015
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781498501316
ISBN-10: 1498501311
Pagini: 164
Ilustrații: 4 BW Photos, 1 Table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Seria For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 1498501311
Pagini: 164
Ilustrații: 4 BW Photos, 1 Table
Dimensiuni: 152 x 228 x 12 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Lexington Books
Seria For the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Cuprins
U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: U2 TRANS-
Scott Calhoun
1 Collaborative Transactions: Making Sense (Again) for U2's Achtung Baby
Christopher Wales
2 Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why the Bass Matters in U2's Music
Brian F. Wright
3 Translating Genres: U2's Embrace of Electronic Dance Music in the 1990s
Ed Montano
4 A Transcendent Desire: In Defense of U2's Irishness
Arlan Elizabeth Hess
5 A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge Is One, But Not The Same
Fred Johnson
6 Transgressive Theology: The Sacred and the Profane at U2's PopMart
Theodore Louis Trost
7 Transmitting Memories: U2's Rituals for Creating Communal History
Steve Taylor
8 The Transformative Fan: The Bricolage of U2 Live
Matthew J. Hamilton
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction: U2 TRANS-
Scott Calhoun
1 Collaborative Transactions: Making Sense (Again) for U2's Achtung Baby
Christopher Wales
2 Transvaluing Adam Clayton: Why the Bass Matters in U2's Music
Brian F. Wright
3 Translating Genres: U2's Embrace of Electronic Dance Music in the 1990s
Ed Montano
4 A Transcendent Desire: In Defense of U2's Irishness
Arlan Elizabeth Hess
5 A Transmedia Storyworld: The Edge Is One, But Not The Same
Fred Johnson
6 Transgressive Theology: The Sacred and the Profane at U2's PopMart
Theodore Louis Trost
7 Transmitting Memories: U2's Rituals for Creating Communal History
Steve Taylor
8 The Transformative Fan: The Bricolage of U2 Live
Matthew J. Hamilton
About the Contributors
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
There is ample (and stimulating) intellectual discussion of the Irish band's 'proclivity for change' in a world that doesn't always welcome it. And each of the eight articles (none longer than thirty pages) makes for an easy-to-digest, hour-long patch of premiere rock and roll reading.
What to make of U2? Is it possible to seek total global pop domination decades on end, to really believe your work is worthy of it, and to remain somehow soulful, sane, and socially righteous? Definitely maybe. U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments is inspiringly unafraid to bring the question down to the level of U2's often exemplary attentiveness to what William Blake calls the 'minute particulars.' There is so much to consider and mull over, especially if one is willing to imagine that U2's dilemmas are a lot like our own-only more so. If the goal, in all of our meaning-making, is soul, then we get to 'minutely particularize' our love one decision, one song, and one person at a time through this attentive study.
As a band of almost forty years, as activists for world change, and as global pop stars accused of forcing their music on the world for free, U2 avoids easy approaches in the twenty-first century. This excellent collection grapples with the various transformations of U2 from eight unique perspectives; from the recording studio and the sound of Adam Clayton's bass, to its Irishness, to the religious and communal aspects of their music. This is necessary reading for scholars and fans of U2 alike.
What to make of U2? Is it possible to seek total global pop domination decades on end, to really believe your work is worthy of it, and to remain somehow soulful, sane, and socially righteous? Definitely maybe. U2 Above, Across, and Beyond: Interdisciplinary Assessments is inspiringly unafraid to bring the question down to the level of U2's often exemplary attentiveness to what William Blake calls the 'minute particulars.' There is so much to consider and mull over, especially if one is willing to imagine that U2's dilemmas are a lot like our own-only more so. If the goal, in all of our meaning-making, is soul, then we get to 'minutely particularize' our love one decision, one song, and one person at a time through this attentive study.
As a band of almost forty years, as activists for world change, and as global pop stars accused of forcing their music on the world for free, U2 avoids easy approaches in the twenty-first century. This excellent collection grapples with the various transformations of U2 from eight unique perspectives; from the recording studio and the sound of Adam Clayton's bass, to its Irishness, to the religious and communal aspects of their music. This is necessary reading for scholars and fans of U2 alike.