I Shot a Man in Reno : A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, As Related in Popular Song,9780826428578

I Shot a Man in Reno : A History of Death by Murder, Suicide, Fire, Flood, Drugs, Disease and General Misadventure, As Related in Popular Song

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ISBN13: 9780826428578
ISBN10: 0826428576
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2008-08-15
Publisher(s): Bloomsbury Academic
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Summary

Death never goes out of fashion, and this is the best book on death in popular music

Table of Contents

Death Ain't Nothin' New: From "John Barleycorn" to "John Walker's Blues"p. 1
Teenage Wildlife: From Sob to Suicidep. 23
Blood on the Floor: Music, Murder, and Moralityp. 51
How Does it Feel?: Death in the Sixtiesp. 73
Appetite for Self-Destruction: Oblivion Songsp. 94
Sweetness Follows?: Into the Great Beyondp. 124
Gangsta Gangsta: Rap Reclaims the Murder Songp. 143
Sometimes it Snows in April: The Music of Lossp. 165
Who Wants to Live Forever?: The Fat Lady's Songbookp. 192
The Art of Dying (Slight Return)p. 202
Epilogue: To Die For: The Forty Greatest Death Recordsp. 211
Notes on Sourcesp. 231
Selected Bibliographyp. 235
Indexp. 237
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