Author : Paul Woods
Publisher : Omnibus Press
Page : 483 pages
File Size : 43,65 MB
Release : 2011-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 085712854X
The extraordinary personal and professional journey of Scott Walker who went from golden-voiced sixties pop-singer to iconoclastic musical adventurer. Author Paul Woods examines how the celebrated vocal range and philosophical concerns of Noel Scott Engel - aka Scott Walker - continue to challenge the accepted territory and subject matter of popular music.
Author : Scott Wilson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 231 pages
File Size : 21,26 MB
Release : 2019-10-03
Category : Music
ISBN : 1501332570
Scott Walker and the Song of the One-All-Alone offers, in detailed interpretative commentaries of his best songs, a sustained assessment of the work and career of Scott Walker, one of the most significant and perplexing artists of the late 20th and 21st century. For Brian Eno, Walker was not only a great composer and a superlative lyricist but also a significant contemporary poet. Marc Almond goes further, 'an absolute musical genius, existential and intellectual and a star right from the days of The Walker Brothers'. As Almond suggests, Walker's work is marked by a continual engagement with existentialist philosophy informing his approach to art, politics and life. In particular, the device of the solitary figure or 'one-all-alone' evoked in his songs provides the basis for his lyrical exploration of the singularity of existence in all its darkness as well as light. Through following his own path, Walker arrived at a unique sound according to his own method that produced a genuinely new form of song. Looking closely at these songs, this book also considers the wider political implications of his approach in its rejection of external authorities and common or consensual ideals.
Author : Lewis Williams
Publisher : Plexus Publishing
Page : 346 pages
File Size : 20,11 MB
Release : 2019-07-15
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0859657000
Scott Walker is without parallel as an artist, acclaimed as an influence by Bowie, Julian Cope, Marc Almond, Nick Cave and Jarvis Cocker. As lead vocalist of the Walker Brothers, his soulful baritone made him a major interpreter of heartbroken ballads. As a solo artist, the influence of balladeer Jacques Brel and existentialist literature took him to new depths of emotional expression on the albums Scott 1-4. Then came years of obscurity as a covers artist, before his career took off on a unique trajectory — witnessed by his extreme contributions to the Walkers' 1978 reunion album, Nite Flights, the opaque tone poems of 1984's Climate of Hunter, the bewildering brilliant 1995 Tilt, and the unrelenting psychic assault of 2006's The Drift. In this comprehensive illustrated volume, lifelong fan Lewis Williams charts this unique and enigmatic career song by song. From his 1960s heyday and beyond, every classic, every rarity and every obscurity ever recorded by Scott Walker is detailed with an obsessive enthusiasm that only he can inspire.
Author : Jack Curtis Dubowsky
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 28,29 MB
Release : 2021-05-27
Category : Music
ISBN : 0429997663
Composers, arrangers, conductors, session musicians, and executives worked in easy listening and scoring, complicating an academic focus that lionizes film music while ignoring or deriding easy listening. This book documents easy listening’s connections with film music, an aspect overlooked in academic and popular literature. Fueled by the rise of the LP and home entertainment, easy listening became the largest midcentury commercial music market, generating more actual income for the record business than 7- inch singles. Easy listening roped in subgenres including classical, baroque, jazz, Latin, Polynesian, "exotica," rock, Broadway, and R&B, appropriated and reinterpreted just as they were for cinema. Easy listening provided opportunities in orchestral music for conservatory- trained composers. Major film composers such as Henry Mancini and Michel Legrand had a prodigious output of easy listening albums. Critics fault easy listening for structural racisms, overlooking its evolution and practitioners. Easy listening helped destabilize a tripartite record business that categorized product as race records, old time records, or general popular music. Charlie Parker’s with Strings records altered the direction of jazz, profoundly influencing other performers, encouraging bold crosspollinations, and making money. The influence of technology and historical contexts of music for work and leisure are explored. Original interviews and primary sources will fascinate scholars, historians, and students of cinema, television, film scoring, and midcentury popular music.
Author : Paul A. Woods
Publisher :
Page : 367 pages
File Size : 41,48 MB
Release : 2013
Category : Musical groups
ISBN : 9781780385525
One of the most enigmatic figures in rock history, Scott Walker was known as Scotty Engel before meeting up with John Maus and Gary Leeds to form the Walker Brothers. They enjoyed huge success with singles including Make It Easy On Yourself and The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore before splitting in 1967 when Walker launched his solo career. Details the formation of the Walker Brothers in the 1960s only for the group to split at the height of their fame and Walker launched himself as a solo artist.How Walker's early solo career was successful in Britain; his first three albums, titled Scott, Scott 2, and Scott 3, all sold in large numbers, Scott 2 topping the British charts but how Scott 4 failed to make an impact.How a new generation of fans were created following the re-release of his classic albums on CD.Featuring new interviews with those involved with Walker alongside an archive of quotes by the man himself.The Curious Life & Work casts a fascinating eye over the career of the artist of whom David Bowie once admitted "that man, he's my hero..."
Author : Scott Kevin Walker
Publisher : Sentinel
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 31,1 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1595231110
The controversial governor recounts his fight to reform his state and issues a call to action for the whole country In 2010, Scott Walker was elected governor of Wisconsin with a mandate to improve its economy and restore fiscal responsibility. With the state facing a $3.6 billion budget deficit, he proposed a series of reforms to limit the collective bargaining power of public employee unions, which was costing taxpayers billions in pension and health care costs. . In June 2012, he won a special recall election with a higher share of the vote than he had for his original election, becoming the first governor in the country to survive a recall election. In this book, Governor Walker shows how his commitment to limited but effective government paid off. During his tenure Wisconsin has saved more than $1 billion, property taxes have gone down for the first time in twelve years, and the deficit was turned into a surplus. He also shows what his experiences can teach defenders of liberty across the country about standing up to the special interests that favor the status quo.
Author : Eunice Russell Schatz
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 40,10 MB
Release : 2011-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1609576667
Intricately Woven: Life/Work Direction's Story Finding a Life Calling - We listened to our life story. - We discovered God had been weaving together our gifts and choices into a pattern pointing toward a life work uniquely suited to us. Creating Work - We began listening to peoples' stories, helping them discover the tapestry of their lives. - Life/Work Direction emerged as a living organism-one open to exploring deep and risky questions about the meaning of life and work. - We embarked on a joyful adventure, weaving together the strands of our hopeful vision with the practicalities of survival. Ensuring a Lasting Direction - Life/Work Direction proved strong and supple enough to grow beyond its founders, open to changes in the culture and times. - Writing this book uncovered colorful threads of energy that had been interwoven from the inception of the work - persons called to a vision harmonious with the original one and in step with the 21st century. - The core vision is enduring. About the Author Eunice Russell Schatz has spent a lifetime finding and creating work she loves. In the 1950s, she worked on the staff of Pioneer Girls, a camp and club organization for young girls. In 1970, she joined others in founding the Urban Life Center for Christian college students (now Chicago Center) to provide an immersion in urban life. In the 1980s, she and her husband Don helped create Life/Work Direction in Boston for persons exploring their calling. She now offers Spiritual Direction in that context. Eunice has Master's degrees in Christian Education (Wheaton College, Illinois) and Sociology (University of Chicago). She is the author of The Slender Thread: Pioneer Girls' First 25 Years (1996), and Still Woman Moving: A Lifetime of Change (2002).
Author : Matthew Walker
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 33,18 MB
Release : 2017-10-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1501144316
"Sleep is one of the most important but least understood aspects of our life, wellness, and longevity ... An explosion of scientific discoveries in the last twenty years has shed new light on this fundamental aspect of our lives. Now ... neuroscientist and sleep expert Matthew Walker gives us a new understanding of the vital importance of sleep and dreaming"--Amazon.com.
Author : Tim Frandy
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
Page : 420 pages
File Size : 25,47 MB
Release : 2022-07-26
Category : Education
ISBN : 0299338207
The work folklorists do on the ground and in communities can make a concrete difference in quality of life. While the field is not immune to extractive, racist, colonial, heteronormative, and misogynistic practices, it can counter and combat these same forces in society. Culture Work presents case studies of public-oriented work that define the Wisconsin Idea of folklore in all its complexities, challenges, and potentialities. Thematically arranged chapters represent interconnected aspects of culture work, from amplifying local voices to galvanizing community from within to reflecting on how we might use folklore to build the world we want to live in.
Author : Rob Young
Publisher : Orion
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 31,80 MB
Release : 2012-05-17
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1409110915
A colourful collection of pieces on the enigmatic genius of Scott Walker from THE WIRE. Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music. From 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More' reaching No.1, through to recordings of meat being punched on his last album, THE DRIFT, he somehow seems to have reached a passionate and committed fan base. Throughout his career, his impeccable critical reputation as a serious and uncompromising musician has never been questioned. The recent film, 30TH CENTURY MAN, had a litany of stars queuing up to praise Walker: the likes of David Bowie, Damon Albarn, Jarvis Cocker, Radiohead, Johnny Marr and Sting. But despite this, in 40 years of music, there has yet to be a serious book on Scott Walker. This collection, put together by Rob Young of THE WIRE magazine, features a handful of previously published articles and newly commissioned pieces, largely drawn from the orbit of THE WIRE's writers including Ian Penman, Chris Bohn and Rob Young.
