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Patti Smith's Horses (33 1/3) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for Patti Smith's HorsesDescribed, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music.
Full description- Publisher: Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd.
- Published: 30 October 2008
- Format: Paperback 160 pages
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- Categories: Music Reviews & Criticism | Punk, New Wave & Indie | Individual Composers & Musicians, Specific Bands & Groups | Biography: General | Literary Studies: Poetry & Poets
- ISBN 13: 9780826427922 ISBN 10: 0826427928
- Sales rank: 290,383
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Full description for Patti Smith's Horses
Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll (the original concept was "rock and Rimbaud"), Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. Thus, while due attention will be given to the record's origins in the nascent New York punk scene, the book's core will be a detailed analysis of Patti Smith's lyrics - the book will approach Horses as a work of performance poetry more than anything else.The book's centrepiece will be a track-by-track breakdown of the original album sequence, together with detailed discussion of outtakes and early recordings. There will be sections that focus on a specific lyrical preoccupation: love, sex, gender, death, dreams, God, metamorphosis, intoxication, apocalypse and transcendence. Philip Shaw demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music; how it achieved nothing less than a complete and systematic derangement of the senses.
