Rush, Rock Music, And The Middle Class: Dreaming In ..., Wellington in Wellington, Wellington for sale

Canadian progressive rock band Rush was the voice of the suburban middle class. In this book, Chris McDonald assesses the band's impact on popular music and its legacy for legions of fans. McDonald explores the ways in which Rush's critique of suburban life -- and its strategies for escape -- reflected middle-class aspirations and anxieties, while its performances manifested the dialectic in prog rock between discipline and austerity, and the desire for spectacle and excess. The band's reception reflected the internal struggles of the middle class over cultural status. Critics cavalierly dismissed, or apologetically praised, Rush's music for its middlebrow leanings. McDonald's wide-ranging musical and cultural analysis sheds light on one of the most successful and enduring rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s. 272 pages
Rush, Rock Music, And The Middle Class: Dreaming In Middletown (Profiles In Popular Music) (Music Books/Songbooks)
Author
Christopher J. McDonald
Title
Rush, Rock Music, And The Middle Class: Dreaming In Middletown (Profiles In Popular Music)
Publisher name
Indiana University Press 2009 Paperback
Shipping time
3 - 7 days
Publication year
2009
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Used
Item condition
Good
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Book Haven
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Key words
Music
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