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Roy Orbison - Invention Of An Alternative Rock Masculinity (Hardcover, New)
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Roy Orbison - Invention Of An Alternative Rock Masculinity (Hardcover, New)
Series: Sound Matters
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Roy Orbison's music--whether heard in his own recordings or in
cover versions of his songs--is a significant part of contemporary
American culture despite the fact that he died almost a generation
ago. Few of today's listeners know or remember how startlingly
unique he seemed at the height of his career in the early 1960s. In
this book, Peter Lehman looks at the long span of Orbison's career
and probes into the uniqueness of his songs, singing, and
performance style, arguing that singer/songwriters no less than
filmmakers can be considered as auteurs. Unlike other pop stars,
Orbison was a constant presence on the Top 40, but virtually
invisible in the media during his heyday. Ignoring the conventions
of pop music, he wrote complex songs and sang them with a startling
vocal range and power. Wearing black clothes and glasses and
standing motionless on stage, he rejected the macho self confidence
and strutting that characterized the male rockers of his time. He
sang about a man lost in a world of loneliness and fear, one who
cried in the dark or escaped into a dream world, the only place his
desires could be fulfilled. This was a man who reveled in
passivity, pain, and loss. Lehman traces Orbison's development of
this alternative masculinity and the use of his music in films by
Wim Wenders and David Lynch. Widely admired by fellow musicians
from Elvis to Jagger, Springsteen and Bono, Orbison still attracts
new listeners. As a devoted fan and insightful scholar, Lehman
gives us a fascinating account of "the greatest white singer on the
planet," and a new approach to understanding individual
singer/songwriters. Author note: Peter Lehman is Director of the
Interdisciplinary Humanities Program at Arizona State University.
He is the author of Running Scared: Masculinity and the
Representation of the Male Body (Temple), and the editor of
Masculinity Bodies/Movies/Culture.
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