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Needle and the Lens : Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave by Nate Patrin (2023, Trade Paperback)

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Needle and the Lens : Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock 'n' Roll to Synthwave, Paperback by Patrin, Nate, ISBN 1517913241, ISBN-13 9781517913243, Brand New, Free shipping in the US "Tracking the link between film and song through the past fifty years, Nate Patrin reveals the power of music used in movies to move the needle in popular culture. As he surveys the scene-musical and cinematic-across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, The Needle and the Lens offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments"--

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PublisherUniversity of Minnesota Press

ISBN-101517913241

ISBN-139781517913243

eBay Product ID (ePID)6060637809

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Book TitleNeedle and the Lens : Pop Goes to the Movies from Rock 'N' Roll to Synthwave

Number of Pages264 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHistory & Criticism, Popular Culture, Film / History & Criticism

Publication Year2023

GenreMusic, Performing Arts, Social Science

AuthorNate Patrin

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight13 Oz

Item Length8.9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN2023-019869

TitleLeadingThe

Dewey Edition23

Reviews"Music writing and film writing are seldom as accessible and as rigorous as they are in Nate Patrin's The Needle and the Lens --never mind in the same package and carrying the same weight. As he persuasively argues from first example to last, cinema after rock has often used existing recordings to ends that transform both, in terms cinematic and real-world alike. This sharp, humane book's gift is in never losing sight, or focus, of either."--Michaelangelo Matos, author of Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year, "Music writing and film writing are seldom as accessible and as rigorous as they are in Nate Patrin's The Needle and the Lens --never mind in the same package and carrying the same weight. As he persuasively argues from first example to last, cinema after rock has often used existing recordings to ends that transform both, in terms cinematic and real-world alike. This sharp, humane book's gift is in never losing sight, or focus, of either."--Michaelangelo Matos, author of Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year "An engaging book that isn't really film or music history, though it's a worthy addition to both of those libraries."-- The Arts Fuse "Patrin unpacks with a fan's devotion and a scholar's precision how song and scene interact to become more than the sum of their parts. Lovers of film and music will be delighted with how Patrin brings the two together."-- Publishers Weekly "Scholars and enthusiasts alike will find The Needle and the Lens , like the movies and music explored therein, entertaining and powerful."-- Journal of Popular Culture "Patrin displays Greil Marcus depth as he explores cultural continuity and connections."-- Shepherd Express "Patrin's writing is studious, witty and at times (enjoyably) snarky, making concise points that often weave together disparate strands of pop culture analysis."-- Sight Sound

Dewey Decimal781.542

Table Of ContentContents Introduction Scorpio Rising, "He's a Rebel" The Graduate, "The Sounds of Silence" Easy Rider, "The Pusher" The Harder They Come, "Many Rivers to Cross" American Graffiti, "Do You Want to Dance" Saturday Night Fever, "Disco Inferno" Killer of Sheep, "This Bitter Earth" Apocalypse Now, "The End" Repo Man, "When the Shit Hits the Fan" Krush Groove, "King of Rock" Blue Velvet, "In Dreams" Wayne's World, "Bohemian Rhapsody" Jackie Brown, "Didn't I (Blow Your Mind This Time)" Belly, "Back to Life (However Do You Want Me)" The Royal Tenenbaums, "Needle in the Hay" Drive, "A Real Hero" Outro: Twenty-Four More Great Needle Drops Acknowledgments Notes References

SynopsisHow the creative use of pop music in film--think Saturday Night Fever or Apocalypse Now --has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s Quick: What movie do you think of when you hear "The Sounds of Silence"? Better yet, what song comes to mind when you think of The Graduate ? The link between film and song endures as more than a memory, Nate Patrin suggests with this wide-ranging and energetic book. It is, in fact, a sort of cultural symbiosis that has mutually influenced movies and pop music, a phenomenon Patrin tracks through the past fifty years, revealing the power of music in movies to move the needle in popular culture. Rock 'n' roll, reggae, R&B, jazz, techno, and hip-hop: each had its moment--or many--as music deployed in movies emerged as a form of interpretive commentary, making way for the legitimization of pop and rock music as art forms worthy of serious consideration. These commentaries run the gamut from comedic irony to cheap-thrills excitement to deeply felt drama, all of which Patrin examines in pairings such as American Graffiti and "Do You Want to Dance?"; Saturday Night Fever and "Disco Inferno"; Apocalypse Now and "The End"; Wayne's World and "Bohemian Rhapsody"; and Jackie Brown and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind This Time?". What gives power to these individual moments, and how have they shaped and shifted music history, recasting source material or even stirring wider interest in previously niche pop genres? As Patrin surveys the scene--musical and cinematic--across the decades, expanding into the deeper origins, wider connections, and echoed histories that come into play, The Needle and the Lens offers a new way of seeing, and hearing, these iconic soundtrack moments.

LC Classification NumberML2075.P345 2023