I Hate Old Music, Too
How Familiarity & Overuse Killed Our Favorite Music
Collection / Songbook - Sheet Music

SKU: HL.1364779

How Familiarity & Overuse Killed Our Favorite Music. Book. Biography / Music Bisac, Music History. Softcover. 251 pages. Published by Globe (HL.1364779).

ISBN 9781493073511. UPC: 196288193791. 6.0x9.0x0.655 inches.

Edgy, witty, and opinionated critical analysis of “classic rock” in the 21st century, discussing everything from modern remixes of classic albums (why?) to concert ticket prices, Record Store Day, the vinyl revival, milking deceased artists, reunions, tribute acts, and more. When Dave Thompson's I Hate New Music: The Classic Rock Manifesto in 2008, the book did not so much divide the world of rock reading as leave it in an uproar. It started arguments, it ended debates, and for the author of over 150 music books, it not only received the strongest reader response of any book he'd written, it also still crops up in author interviews today. Almost fifteen years later, however, much has changed, and the classics have lost some of their bite as well. In I Hate Old Music, Too, Thompson recasts the story of “classic rock” in the 21st century. Among the targets of his ire are lavish box sets that mostly just duplicate the albums you already own; comebacks and reunions featuring half or even fewer of the band members; the dark side of the “vinyl revival;” the continued cult of The Beatles; and much more.