书籍 Is This It@The Strokes乐队崛起与摇滚乐兴衰史

简介:
是这样吗: 中风 (和摇滚乐) 永无止境的兴衰
英文 | 2026 | ISBN: 0306836610 | 288页 | True EPUB | 0.9 MB
“摇滚乐队的优美悼词，以摇滚的最后最好的希望为中心。”-Kirkus评论
来自一位备受赞誉的音乐评论家与作家，一部透过21世纪最杰出专辑之一——The Strokes的《Is This It》——来剖析摇滚乐兴衰的深度解读。
2001年，The Strokes凭借首张专辑《Is This It》闯入独立另类摇滚界，这张作品一度被寄望于将摇滚乐从新金属与青少年流行音乐的“魔爪”中“拯救”出来。
它没有。
尽管这张专辑收获了无数荣誉，并赢得了评论界与乐迷的一致好评，却未能像十年前的《Nevermind》那样闯入主流视野，乐队也始终未能触及他们所期待的更广大受众。可话又说回来，为什么21世纪的其他摇滚乐队始终无法再现The Strokes那份独特的神秘魅力呢？那么，一支以屡战屡败为标志的乐队，又是如何赢得如此超凡而历久弥新的魅力的呢？
这就是它: 笔画 (和摇滚乐) 永无止境的兴衰，音乐评论家兼作家史蒂文·海登通过对他们的整个职业生涯以及同时代人的职业生涯进行社会文化和批判的视角，对中风的动荡长寿提供了敏锐的洞察力: 杀手(更成功，但不那么酷)，莱昂国王 (南方中风)，白色条纹 (他们的友好对手)，国家 (乌龟到中风的小白鼠)，还有更多.海登以The Strokes的经典专辑《Is This It》为切入点，审视摇滚乐在过去二十五年间在流行文化中所经历的深刻嬗变，并探讨尽管摇滚乐时起时落，它——正如The Strokes一般——永远不会消亡。

简介:
Is This It: The Never-Ending Rise and Fall of the Strokes (and Rock ‘n’ Roll)
English | 2026 | ISBN: 0306836610 | 288 pages | True EPUB | 0.9 MB
“A graceful eulogy for rock bands, centered on rock’s last best hope.” — Kirkus Reviews
From an acclaimed music critic and author, an in-depth analysis of the rise and fall of rock n’ roll through the lens of one of the best albums of the 21st century—The Strokes’ Is This It.
In 2001, The Strokes broke into the indie alt-rock scene with their debut album Is This It, a work that was supposed to “save” rock music from the evils of nü-metal and teen pop.
It did not.
Despite the album’s countless accolades and acclaim from critics and fans alike, it failed to break into the mainstream like Nevermind did a decade before, and the band never reached as wide an audience as they’d hoped. But then why is it that no other rock band from the 21st century has captured the mystique of The Strokes? And how did a band defined by their repeated failure gain such a transcendent and enduring allure?
In Is This It: The Never Ending Rise And Fall Of The Strokes (And Rock ‘n’ Roll), music critic and author Steven Hyden provides keen insight into The Strokes’ tumultuous longevity by turning a socio-cultural and critical lens on their entire career, as well as the careers of their contemporaries: The Killers (more successful but less cool), Kings Of Leon (the southern Strokes), The White Stripes (their friendly rival), The National (the tortoise to The Strokes’s hare), and more. Hyden uses The Strokes’ classic album Is This It as a vehicle for examining rock’s radically changing role in pop culture over the last twenty-five years, and explores how while rock music may rise and fall, it—much like The Strokes—will never die.