Format:
1 online resource (207 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781498505123
Series Statement:
The Philosophy of Popular Culture Series
Content:
Neil Young and Philosophy examines the music, career, and life of Neil Young from a variety of philosophical perspectives in ethics, socio-political thought, and aesthetics. It will be of great interest both to Neil Young fans and to scholars and teachers of philosophy and culture.
Content:
Cover -- Image Courtesy of Jared Sizer -- Neil Young and Philosophy -- Series Page -- Neil Young and Philosophy -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Primal and Spontaneous -- Verse One: Authenticity as Spontaneity -- Chorus: Authentically Technological -- Solo: The Cult of Aura -- Verse Two: Recording Spontaneity -- Chorus: Authenticity beyond Individuality -- Extended Solo: Authenticity as Audio Verité -- Verse Two Reprise: Beatles or Stones? -- Extended Solo: A Dyad of Dyads -- Chorus: Against Perfection -- Second Extended Solo: "Third Best Garage Band in the World" -- Coda: Fade Out -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 -- Neil Young and Creativity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 3 -- Lawsuits, Master Narratives, and Artistic Commodification -- Distinguishing between "Important" and "Popular" Music -- Focus on Failure -- What are the "Geffen Years" in the "Usual" Versions of the Neil Young Story? -- The Geffen Years: How the Story of the Lawsuit Is Told -- The Lawsuit Data -- The Upside -- The Business of Music:-On "Selling Out:" Commodification, and Young as the Ethical artist -- Selling Out in the Post-Commodification Era -- The Geffen Years in Fuller Context: Young, His Story, and the Story of His Story -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 4 -- Extended Mind and the Music of Trans -- Extended Mind -- Examples of Cognitive Extension -- Normal, Natural -- How Wide the Mind? -- Classic or Alternative? -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 5 -- Neil Young: Lover of Sun, Moon and Cars -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 6 -- Neil Young and American Indians: Politics, Lyrics, and Authenticity -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Chapter 7 -- Memory and Relationships in the Work and Music of Neil Young -- Formative Experiences from Polio to the Buffalo Springfield -- Relationships and Memory-the Legacy of Crazy Horse.
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Additional Edition:
9781498505116
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe 9781498505116
Language:
English
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