Matthew Lemay: XO | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780826429001 | XO | Matthew Lemay | Taschenbuch | Kartoniert / Broschiert | Englisch

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Beschreibung

Many albums could be cited to support the claim that great suffering yields great art. Elliott Smith's XO should not be one of them. Smith's 1998 major label debut defies the "tortured singer-songwriter" stereotype, and takes up this defiance as a central theme. At a time when Smith was being groomed for a particular (and particularly condescending) brand of stardom, he produced a record that eviscerated one of the central assumptions of singersongwriterdom: that pain is beautiful. XO insists that romanticizing personal tragedy can only leave you "deaf and dumb and done." And it backs up this claim with some of the most artful and intelligent music of its day. Matthew LeMay writes an original take on a widely beloved album, steering clear of the sensationalist suicide angles that have dogged most analysis of Elliott Smith's extraordinary work.

Über den Autor

Matthew LeMay

Zusammenfassung

Since Elliott Smith's death, there has been one quick cash-in book (which sold remarkably well); there's a hardcover biography being published by Chronicle in the autumn; but a book on XO in our series could trump them both - Smith has a devoted following, and this will be the smartest book on him.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

Preface

Part One: "Making Something From Nothing"

- The "Story" of XO

- XO Song by Song

Part 2: "Pictures of Me"

Sources

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2009
Genre:	Importe , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Musiktheorie & Musiklehre
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9780826429001
ISBN-10:	0826429009
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Lemay, Matthew
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury Academic
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	165 x 121 x 9 mm
Von/Mit:	Matthew Lemay
Erscheinungsdatum:	01.04.2009
Gewicht:	0,114 kg