Reviews of movies, music, books and more by David Goody.

Tuesday, April 25, 2006

Book: Words And Music by Paul Morley

A book like words and music requires no review. Read the first two pages and you will either fling it against the wall in frustrating at it's pretentiousness and arrogance or be drawn in by it's free ranging narrative. Veteran music writer and general social commentator Paul Morley takes time out form appearing on "The top 100 compilation shows" to trace the link between Alvin Lucier's avant garde piece 'I Am Sitting In A Room' and the pure pop of Kylie Minogue's 'Can't Get You Out Of My Head'.

Along the way Morley references more obscure artists than any casual reader is likely to have heard of and launches into tangents that stray far up his own behind. But beyond the writing for writing's sake there are some interesting insights into the DNA of modern music that reward the committed reader.

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