Persona and Modern Music in 17 Songs
Persona -- the “I” of the song -- has evolved, broadened, and expanded to more fully represent a diversity of experiences as well as emotional, political, and cultural orientations.
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Songs of the Summers: The ’60s
As it turns out, America's infatuation with sometimes kooky summer tunes is an old one.
When the Music’s Over: Oliver Stone’s Tribute to Excess and the God of Rock
Oliver Stone’s The Doors is really not about the Doors. It’s about Jim Morrison en route to death.
When the Music Is Over: Greil Marcus on the Doors
In his biography The Doors, Greil Marcus colors in the cultural and historical space surrounding the band.