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Dig If You Will the Picture : Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince by Ben Greenman (2017, Hardcover)
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The product is a hardcover book titled "Dig if You Will the Picture: Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince" published by Holt & Company, Henry in 2017. Written by Ben Greenman, the book delves into the biography and music of the iconic artist Prince, exploring themes of soul and rock genres, as well as the genius behind his unique sound. With 304 pages, this informative read offers a detailed insight into the life and work of the legendary musician.
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Product Identifiers
PublisherHolt & Company, Henry
ISBN-101250128374
ISBN-139781250128379
eBay Product ID (ePID)234808300
Product Key Features
Book TitleDig if You Will the Picture : Funk, Sex, God and Genius in the Music of Prince
Number of Pages304 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicGenres & Styles / Soul & R 'NB, Composers & Musicians, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year2017
GenreMusic, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorBen Greenman
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length8.6 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2016-054759
Dewey Edition23
Reviews"When it comes to funk and words, lyrics and language, there couldn't be a better pairing than Ben Greenman and Prince. From my experience with both of them, this is the perfect match, like ham hocks and cornflakes." --George Clinton Praise for Ben Greenman "Greenman understands the power of music all too well." -- Newsday "Incapable of writing anything dry or familiar or expected. He is one of the most versatile, consistently surprising writers at work today." --Dave Eggers "Brilliant and wry" --Karen Russell "Greenman rarely plays a wrong chord." -- New York Times "He writes sentences so sharp they hurt." --Jess Walter "What a fine and unique writer Ben Greenman is. I love his sentences, his precision. I feel like he's absorbed and digested so much great literature, distilling it all to create his own fantastic universe of stories and ideas." - Jonathan Ames "Seriously brilliant and lyrical" -- Simon Van Booy "Ben Greenman's mind contains, among other things, a literary critic, a cultural commentator, a cowboy, a satirist, a scientist, a surrealist, a nut, a genius, a child prodigy, and a poet." - Susan Minot "Like Bruno Schulz, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, and no one else I can think of, Greenman has the power to be whimsical without resorting to whimsy." -- Darin Strauss "Light-stepping and hard-hitting Greenman gets it right" -- Walter Mosley, "When it comes to funk and words, lyrics and language, there couldn't be a better pairing than Ben Greenman and Prince. From my experience with both of them, this is the perfect match, like ham hocks and cornflakes." --George Clinton ?" ? Prince's genius is on full display here as Greenman remarks on his prolific music virtuosity, putting out an album once a year, and his obsessive dedication to saving every little scrap of his writing and recording to use again. Greenman's brilliant book celebrates a musician who crammed substance into every corner of his music . ?"? -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Praise for Ben Greenman "Greenman understands the power of music all too well." -- Newsday "Incapable of writing anything dry or familiar or expected. He is one of the most versatile, consistently surprising writers at work today." --Dave Eggers "Brilliant and wry" --Karen Russell "Greenman rarely plays a wrong chord." -- New York Times "He writes sentences so sharp they hurt." --Jess Walter "What a fine and unique writer Ben Greenman is. I love his sentences, his precision. I feel like he's absorbed and digested so much great literature, distilling it all to create his own fantastic universe of stories and ideas." - Jonathan Ames "Seriously brilliant and lyrical" -- Simon Van Booy "Ben Greenman's mind contains, among other things, a literary critic, a cultural commentator, a cowboy, a satirist, a scientist, a surrealist, a nut, a genius, a child prodigy, and a poet." - Susan Minot "Like Bruno Schulz, George Saunders, Donald Barthelme, and no one else I can think of, Greenman has the power to be whimsical without resorting to whimsy." -- Darin Strauss "Light-stepping and hard-hitting Greenman gets it right" -- Walter Mosley
Dewey Decimal782.42164092
Table Of ContentForeword by Questlove xi Introduction: The End 1 Section One: Man, Music 1. Life Can Be So Nice: His Life and Its Beginnings 11 2. Baby I'm A Star: His Music and Its Beginnings 27 3. Brand New Groove: His Music and Its Properties 44 4. Musicology: His Music and Its Imitators 54 Section Two: Meaning 5. Girls And Boys: Sex in His Music 69 6. Walk By Th e Mirror: Self in His Music 86 7. What Time Is It?: Others in His Music 100 8. I Wish U Heaven: Virtue and Sin in His Music 120 9. America: Race and Politics in His Music 145 Section Three: Method, Madness 10. What'S My Name: Why He Changed His Name, and What That Wrought 167 11. Mpls: How His Hometown Made Him and How He, in Turn, Made It 189 12. Call The Law: How He Grew Frustrated with Fans and the Internet 198 13. It'S Gonna Be A Beautiful Night: When He Was Onstage 211 14. Th e Work: How He Produced So Much for So Long 229 Section Four: Memory 15. Such A Shame Our Friendship Had To End 245 Appendix: Let's Work: Annotated Discography and Song Index 263 Sources 281 Acknowledgments 285
SynopsisNamed one of the best music books of 2017 by The Wall Street Journal A unique and kaleidoscopic look into the life, legacy, and electricity of the pop legend Prince and his wideranging impact on our culture Ben Greenman, New York Times bestselling author, contributing writer to the New Yorker , and owner of thousands of recordings of Prince and Prince-related songs, knows intimately that there has never been a rock star as vibrant, mercurial, willfully contrary, experimental, or prolific as Prince. Uniting a diverse audience while remaining singularly himself, Prince was a tireless artist, a musical virtuoso and chameleon, and a pop-culture prophet who shattered traditional ideas of race and gender, rewrote the rules of identity, and redefined the role of sex in pop music. A polymath in his own right who collaborated with George Clinton and Questlove on their celebrated memoirs, Greenman has been listening to and writing about Prince since the mid-eighties. Here, with the passion of an obsessive fan and the skills of a critic, journalist, and novelist, he mines his encyclopedic knowledge of Prince's music to tell both his story and the story of the paradigm-shifting ideas that he communicated to his millions of fans around the world. Greenman's take on Prince is the autobiography of a generation and its ideas. Asking a series of questions--not only "Who was Prince?" but "Who wasn't he?" and "Who are we ?"-- Dig if You Will the Picture is a fitting tribute to an extraordinary talent.
LC Classification NumberML420.P974G74 2017
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- Jun 29, 2018
Purple Magic You Can Hold 💜
I Am In Love With This Book....Finally, Somebody Gets It!!! (Granted, he'll never once outright say it....but he says it) If you do not own this, and claim to be an appreciator of Prince... Ask yourself this, "Do U Lie?" Bc this is A MUST OWN 4 any member of the Purple Army! 💜💜💜💜 It neatly organizes the Tons of facts and need 2 knows (&wanna knows) better than I've ever seen! Also, Questlove wrote the forward...tick, tick, bang! I can't convey how grateful I am that this exists!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 07, 2018
The Genius Of Prince.
There is really no way to completely describe the genius of Prince, but this author gives it a try. A very interesting read.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jun 12, 2018
Tells you all kinds of invaluable info about Prince's life without using lots of big words.
I don't know what to say here except that I'm very happy with the item.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Aug 23, 2021
Dig if you will
The item was as described. GoodVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
