Nothing is Real
The Beatles Were Underrated And Other Sweeping Statements About Pop
David Hepworth
- Pop
- music’s
- a
- simple
- pleasure.
- Is
- it
- catchy?
- Can
- you
- dance
- to
- it?
- Do
- you
- fancy
- the
- singer?But
- what’s
- fascinating
- about
- pop
- is
- our
- relationship
- with
- it.
- David
- Hepworth
- is
- interested
- in
- the
- human
- side
- of
- pop.
- He’s
- interested
- in
- how
- people
- make
- the
- stuff
- and,
- more
- importantly,
- what
- it
- means
- to
- us.In
- this
- collection
- of
- essays
- written
- throughout
- his
- career,
- Hepworth
- shows
- how
- it
- is
- possible
- to
- take
- music
- seriously
- and,
- at
- the
- same
- time,
- not
- drain
- the
- life
- out
- of
- it.
- From
- the
- legacy
- of
- the
- Beatles
- to
- the
- dramatic
- decline
- of
- the
- record
- shop
- via
- the
- bewildering
- nomenclature
- of
- musical
- genres;
- with
- characteristic
- insight
- and
- humour
- Hepworth
- asks
- some
- essential
- questions
- about
- music
- and,
- indeed,
- life:
- is
- it
- all
- about
- the
- drummer;
- are
- band
- managers
- misunderstood;
- and
- is
- it
- appropriate
- to
- play
- ‘Angels’
- at
- funerals?As
- Pope
- John
- Paul
- II
- said
- ‘of
- all
- the
- unimportant
- things,
- football
- is
- the
- most
- important’.
- David
- Hepworth
- believes
- the
- same
- to
- be
- true
- of
- music
- and
- this
- selection
- of
- his
- best
- writing,
- covering
- the
- music
- of
- last
- fifty
- years,
- shows
- you
- precisely
- why.‘This
- collection
- offers
- counterintuitive
- takes
- on
- everything
- from
- Sixties
- B-sides
- to
- wedding
- music’
- - GQ
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