Table of Contents

Contents Introduction The Imagination of Pop-Rock Criticism. Nadine Hubbs Politics and Musical Expression Music, Contexts, and Meaning in U2. Susan Fast From L'Etranger to "Killing an Arab": Representing the Other in a Cure Song. Ellie Hisama Style Studies in Progressive Rock and Jazz-Rock Fusion Large-Scale Strategy and Compositional Design in the Early Music of Genesis. Mark S. Spicer Jazz-Rock? Rock-Jazz? Stylistic Crossover in Late 1970's American Progressive Rock. John Covach Frank Zappa's Recompositions Frank Zappa's "The Black Page": A Case of Musical "Conceptual Continuity". James Borders The Musical World(s?) of Frank Zappa: Some Observations of His "Crossover" Pieces. Jonathon W. Bernard Rock Music and Linear Analysis Analytical Methodologies for Rock Music: Harmonic and Voice-Leading Strategies in Tori Amos's "Crucify". Lori Burns Fumbling Towards Ecstacy: Voice-Leading, Tonal Structure and the Theme of Self-Realisation in the Music of Sarah McLachlan. Timothy Koozin Conclusion Confessions from Blueberry Hill, or, Pitch Can Be A Sticky Substance. Walter Everett

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"This book is a welcome addition to the growing literature of popular-music analysis, both in its diversity and its focus on musical text."
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