ROCK AND ROLL CAGE MATCH(ISBN=9780307396273)

Providing journalists, humorists and artists the opportunity toweigh in on rivalries across the music spectrum, this compendiumfrom Manning (The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive TheirMost Memorable Concertgoing Experience) tackles match-ups obvious(Elton John vs. Billy Joel, Van Halen vs. Van Hagar, Britney Spearsvs. Christina Aguilera) and idiosyncratic (Ennio Morricone vs.Bernard Herrmann, Devo vs. Kraftwerk, Michael Jackson vs. Prince),if not downright agenda-driven (former Bob Marley publicist VivienGoldman pitting her client and friend against Bob Dylan). Theimpressive range of acts is matched by its variety of styles, fromMatt Diehl's academic approach to Radiohead vs. Coldplay, to therock snobbery of Marc Spitz's The Smiths vs. The Cure, to thestand-up comic ramblings of Russ Meneve on a Bruce Springsteen-BonJovi "Battle a da Jerz." Though some essays suffer from overkill(Katy St. Clair's nonsensical Abba vs. The Bee Gees, the graphicnovel treatment given The Album vs. The Single by Daphne Ca

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Rob Sheffield 著 /2011-11-01 /Random House US