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- Out of the Vinyl Deeps
- Title
- Out of the Vinyl Deeps
- Subtitle
- Ellen Willis on Rock Music
- Contributor
- Nona Willis Aronowitz (Edited by)
- ISBN-10
- 0816672830
- EAN
- 9780816672837
- ISBN
- 9780816672837
- Release Date
- 05/01/2011
- Release Year
- 2011
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- Out of the Vinyl Deeps : Ellen Willis on Rock Music
- Item Length
- 9.2in
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Genre
- Music, Social Science
- Topic
- History & Criticism, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock
- Item Width
- 6.1in
- Item Weight
- 13.8 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 272 Pages
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In 1968, the New Yorker hired Ellen Willis as its first popular music critic. Her column, Rock, Etc., ran for seven years and established Willis as a leader in cultural commentary and a pioneer in the nascent and otherwise male-dominated field of rock criticism. As a writer for a magazine with a circulation of nearly half a million, Willis was also the country's most widely read rock critic. With a voice at once sharp, thoughtful, and ecstatic, she covered a wide range of artists--Bob Dylan, The Who, Van Morrison, Elvis Presley, David Bowie, the Rolling Stones, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Joni Mitchell, the Velvet Underground, Sam and Dave, Bruce Springsteen, and Stevie Wonder--assessing their albums and performances not only on their originality, musicianship, and cultural impact but also in terms of how they made her feel. Because Willis stopped writing about music in the early 1980s--when, she felt, rock 'n' roll had lost its political edge--her significant contribution to the history and reception of rock music has been overshadowed by contemporary music critics like Robert Christgau, Lester Bangs, and Dave Marsh. Out of the Vinyl Deeps collects for the first time Willis's Rock, Etc. columns and her other writings about popular music from this period (includingliner notes for works by Lou Reed and Janis Joplin) and reasserts her rightful place in rock music criticism. More than simply setting the record straight, Out of the Vinyl Deeps reintroduces Willis's singular approach and style--her use of music to comment on broader social and political issues, critical acuity, vivid prose, against-the-grain opinions, and distinctly female (and feminist) perspective--to a new generation of readers. Featuring essays by the New Yorker 's current popular music critic, Sasha Frere-Jones, and cultural critics Daphne Carr and Evie Nagy, this volume also provides a lively and still relevant account of rock music during, arguably, its most innovative period.
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University of Minnesota Press
ISBN-10
0816672830
ISBN-13
9780816672837
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99586321
Product Key Features
Book Title
Out of the Vinyl Deeps : Ellen Willis on Rock Music
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
History & Criticism, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2011
Genre
Music, Social Science
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9.2in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
6.1in
Item Weight
13.8 Oz
Additional Product Features
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Ml3534.W612 2011
Reviews
"Finally, Willis’s game-changing music writing is available in one place. It is like unearthing the holy grail of rock criticism!" -Kathleen Hanna, "A pleasure to read and a crucial challenge when truly considered, Willis's essays on rock, freedom, sex, and dancing in your bedroom continue to teach me every time I return to them." -Ann Powers, "Here, [Ellen Willis's] witty, cerebral essays finally get the compilation they deserve. She grapples with voices who inspired her . . . and relates feminism to music in revelatory ways. Vinyl Deeps is the testament of a crucial voice. At a time when rock clichés were still being invented, Willis was already leaving them behind." -Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone "Willis's work is crystalline enough that reading each essay takes the reader on a trip back to the era when it originally appeared, but it's a testimony to her intellect and talent that those journeys look completely unlike any hagiography you might stumble across. She cuts through clichés nimbly . . . and the essays vibrate off the page." - Village Voice "At a time when music was less understood than it is today, Willis appreciated why musicians combined passion and intellect to not only document their time, but also influence movements." - Publishers Weekly , starred review " Out of the Vinyl Deeps should take its place alongside Marcus's Mystery Train and Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung as one of the canonical documents of early pop music criticism. Even with her tendency to use big words and big ideas, Willis always knew at heart that music was a gas, gas, gas. She celebrated the seriousness of pleasure and relished the pleasure of thinking seriously. She followed in the footsteps of the New Yorker critics Dorothy Parker and Pauline Kael, and elbowed her way into the men's club of music criticism. Maybe she didn't even realize it was a men's club-Willis seemed fiercely independent that way. Ultimately, Out of the Vinyl Deeps makes you want to do what the best music criticism should: pull out a record and listen to it with new ears." - New York Times "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers-but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."-Jonathan Lethem, "As a writer and a thinker, Willis set out many of the ideas that define my calling to this day. The persona she established was pretty cool too-skeptical, sexual, and political; affectionate, vulgar, and very smart." -Robert Christgau, from the Foreword, "Willis made sure her mental footwork was easy to follow, and that's what makes Out of the Vinyl Deeps so relevant. Post-Internet, everybody's a critic, but the best writers know that what matters isn't showing off, but starting a conversation that feels relevant and real. Pick up her book, and you just might discover a voice you've been ready to love for years." -Ann Powers, National Public Radio, "Here, [Ellen Willis's] witty, cerebral essays finally get the compilation they deserve. She grapples with voices who inspired her . . . and relates feminism to music in revelatory ways. Vinyl Deeps is the testament of a crucial voice. At a time when rock clichés were still being invented, Willis was already leaving them behind." --Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone "Willis's work is crystalline enough that reading each essay takes the reader on a trip back to the era when it originally appeared, but it's a testimony to her intellect and talent that those journeys look completely unlike any hagiography you might stumble across. She cuts through clichés nimbly . . . and the essays vibrate off the page." -- Village Voice "At a time when music was less understood than it is today, Willis appreciated why musicians combined passion and intellect to not only document their time, but also influence movements." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review " Out of the Vinyl Deeps should take its place alongside Marcus's Mystery Train and Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung as one of the canonical documents of early pop music criticism. Even with her tendency to use big words and big ideas, Willis always knew at heart that music was a gas, gas, gas. She celebrated the seriousness of pleasure and relished the pleasure of thinking seriously. She followed in the footsteps of the New Yorker critics Dorothy Parker and Pauline Kael, and elbowed her way into the men's club of music criticism. Maybe she didn't even realize it was a men's club--Willis seemed fiercely independent that way. Ultimately, Out of the Vinyl Deeps makes you want to do what the best music criticism should: pull out a record and listen to it with new ears." -- New York Times "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers--but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."--Jonathan Lethem, "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers--but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."--Jonathan Lethem, "Finally, Willis's game-changing music writing is available in one place. It is like unearthing the holy grail of rock criticism!" -Kathleen Hanna, "Here, [Ellen Willis's] witty, cerebral essays finally get the compilation they deserve. She grapples with voices who inspired her . . . and relates feminism to music in revelatory ways. Vinyl Deeps is the testament of a crucial voice. At a time when rock clich s were still being invented, Willis was already leaving them behind." -Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone "Willis's work is crystalline enough that reading each essay takes the reader on a trip back to the era when it originally appeared, but it's a testimony to her intellect and talent that those journeys look completely unlike any hagiography you might stumble across. She cuts through clich s nimbly . . . and the essays vibrate off the page." - Village Voice "At a time when music was less understood than it is today, Willis appreciated why musicians combined passion and intellect to not only document their time, but also influence movements." - Publishers Weekly , starred review "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers-but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."-Jonathan Lethem, "Here, [Ellen Willis's] witty, cerebral essays finally get the compilation they deserve. She grapples with voices who inspired her . . . and relates feminism to music in revelatory ways. Vinyl Deeps is the testament of a crucial voice. At a time when rock clichs were still being invented, Willis was already leaving them behind." --Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone "Willis's work is crystalline enough that reading each essay takes the reader on a trip back to the era when it originally appeared, but it's a testimony to her intellect and talent that those journeys look completely unlike any hagiography you might stumble across. She cuts through clichs nimbly . . . and the essays vibrate off the page." -- Village Voice "At a time when music was less understood than it is today, Willis appreciated why musicians combined passion and intellect to not only document their time, but also influence movements." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review " Out of the Vinyl Deeps should take its place alongside Marcus's Mystery Train and Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung as one of the canonical documents of early pop music criticism. Even with her tendency to use big words and big ideas, Willis always knew at heart that music was a gas, gas, gas. She celebrated the seriousness of pleasure and relished the pleasure of thinking seriously. She followed in the footsteps of the New Yorker critics Dorothy Parker and Pauline Kael, and elbowed her way into the men's club of music criticism. Maybe she didn't even realize it was a men's club--Willis seemed fiercely independent that way. Ultimately, Out of the Vinyl Deeps makes you want to do what the best music criticism should: pull out a record and listen to it with new ears." -- New York Times "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers--but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."--Jonathan Lethem, "A pleasure to read and a crucial challenge when truly considered, Willis’s essays on rock, freedom, sex, and dancing in your bedroom continue to teach me every time I return to them." -Ann Powers, "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value.Out of the Vinyl Deepsis a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers--but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."--Jonathan Lethem, "Finally, Willis's game-changing music writing is available in one place. It is like unearthing the holy grail of rock criticism!" --Kathleen Hanna, "Here, [Ellen Willis's] witty, cerebral essays finally get the compilation they deserve. She grapples with voices who inspired her . . . and relates feminism to music in revelatory ways. Vinyl Deeps is the testament of a crucial voice. At a time when rock clichs were still being invented, Willis was already leaving them behind." --Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone "Willis's work is crystalline enough that reading each essay takes the reader on a trip back to the era when it originally appeared, but it's a testimony to her intellect and talent that those journeys look completely unlike any hagiography you might stumble across. She cuts through clichs nimbly . . . and the essays vibrate off the page." -- Village Voice "At a time when music was less understood than it is today, Willis appreciated why musicians combined passion and intellect to not only document their time, but also influence movements." -- Publishers Weekly , starred review " Out of the Vinyl Deeps should take its place alongside Marcus's Mystery Train and Bangs's Psychotic Reactions and Carburetor Dung as one of the canonical documents of early pop music criticism. Even with her tendency to use big words and big ideas, Willis always knew at heart that music was a gas, gas, gas. She celebrated the seriousness of pleasure and relished the pleasure of thinking seriously. She followed in the footsteps of the New Yorker critics Dorothy Parker and Pauline Kael, and elbowed her way into the men's club of music criticism. Maybe she didn't even realize it was a men's club--Willis seemed fiercely independent that way. Ultimately, Out of the Vinyl Deeps makes you want to do what the best music criticism should: pull out a record and listen to it with new ears." -- New York Times "I'd call Ellen Willis the Ida Lupino of music writing, but even that wouldn't say enough about this book's value. Out of the Vinyl Deeps is a time capsule, the publication of which invigorates and illuminates our grasp of the period it covers--but it is also a timeless compendium of clear thinking and fresh, humane, and persuasive prose."--Jonathan Lethem, "A pleasure to read and a crucial challenge when truly considered, Willis's essays on rock, freedom, sex, and dancing in your bedroom continue to teach me every time I return to them." --Ann Powers
Table of Content
Foreword: Opening the Vault Sasha Frere-Jones Introduction: Wake-up Call Nona Willis Aronowitz Before the Flood: "Dylan," from Cheetah (1967) 1. The World-Class Critic "Two Soul Albums" (November 1968) "The Who Sell" (July 1969) "Songs of Innocence and Experience" (February 1970) "'New Morning': Dylan Revisited" (December 1970) "Breaking the Vinyl Barrier" (July 1971) "Morrison Live" (June 1972) "'Elvis Presley? In Person?'" (July 1972) "Bowie's Limitations" (October 1972) "Frankenstein at the Waldorf" (November 197 ) "The Rolling Stones Now" (December 197 ) "The Best of '74" (January 1975) Liner notes from Lou Reed's Rock and Roll Diary, 1967-1980 (1980) "The Velvet Underground," from Greil Marcus's Stranded (1979) "The Decade in Rock Lyrics," from Village Voice (January 1980) "The New Talking World War III Blues," from Salon.com (2001) 2. The Adoring Fan "The Big Ones" (February 1969) "East versus West" (July 1971) "Their Generation" (August 1971) "Yesterday's Papers" (August 1972) "Creedence As Therapy" (September 1972) "Believing Bette Midler, Mostly" (December 197 ) "Dylan and Fans: Looking Back, Going On" (February 1974) "The Abyss," from Village Voice (June 1979) 3. The Sixties Loyalist "Pop Ecumenicism" (May 1968) "Randy Newman" (August 1971) "George and John" (February 1971) "Consumer Revolt" (September 1971) "My Grand Funk Problem--and Ours" (February 1972) "Into the Seventies, for Real" (December 1972) "Roseland Nation" (October 197 ) "Sympathy for the Stones" (July 1975) "Creedence Clearwater Revival," from Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock 'n' Roll (1980) "Janis Joplin," from Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock 'n' Roll (1980) Selections from "Don't Turn Your Back on Love," Liner Notes to Janis , a Janis Joplin Box Set (199 ) 4. The Feminist "But Now I'm Gonna Move" (October 1971) "Joni Mitchell: Still Traveling" (March 197 ) "Women's Music" (June 1974) "After the Flood" (April 1975) "Beginning to See the Light," Village Voice (1977) Preface to Barbara O'Dair's Trouble Girls: The Rolling Stone Book of Women in Rock (1997) 5. The Navigator "Newport: You Can't Go Down Home Again" (August 1968) "The Scene, 1968" (November 1968) "Summer of Love in Queens" (July 1969) "Elvis in Las Vegas" (August 1969) "The Cultural Revolution Saved from Drowning" (September 1969) "Stranger in a Strange Land" (December 1969) "The Return of the Dolls" (January 197 ) "San Francisco Habitat" (August 197 ) 6. The Sociologist "Pop Blues" (April 1968) "The Ordeal of Moby Grape" (June 1968) "The Star, the Sound, and the Scene" (July 1968) "Roots" (February 1969) "Dylan's Anti-Surprise" (April 1969) "Elliott Murphy's White Middle Class Blues" (February 1974) "Mott the Hoople: Playing the Loser's Game" (May 1974) "Springsteen: The Wild, the Innocent, and the Street Kid Myth" (November 1974) "The Importance of Stevie Wonder" (December 1974) Introduction to Beginning to See the Light: Sex, Hope, and Rock 'n' Roll (1981) Afterword: Raise Your Hand Daphne Carr and Evie Nagy
Copyright Date
2010
Afterword by
Nagy, Evie, Carr, Daphne
Lccn
2010-050856
Dewey Decimal
781.66
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
22
Illustrated
Yes
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