Louie Louie: The History And Mythology Of The World's Most Famous Rock 'n' Roll Song...

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Summary: excellent history, memetics
Review: By following the fate of one song Marsh gives us an excellent feel for how culture operates at a middle scale, somewhere between the micro-scale of individual performances and listenings and the macroscale of decades-long changes in musical styles. If you're interested in "memetics" but tired of empty bloviation about mind viruses and such, read this book and follow one musical meme on its tour of the memesphere.

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Summary: Everything you wanted to know about Louie, Louie and more.
Review: Half way through this book I knew more about this rock song then I had ever wanted to know and then it kicked in to the history of Paul Revere and the Raiders. I keep on and she what other obscure trivia is to be revealed.

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Summary: Everything you wanted to know about Louie, Louie and more.
Review: Half way through this book I knew more about this rocksong then I had ever wanted to know and then it kicked in to the history of Paul Revere and the Raiders. I keep on and she what other obscure trivia is to be revealed.

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Summary: The history of Rock'n'Roll: one song's perspective
Review: Okay--truth be told, I bought this book as a joke. This book is no joke. Dave Marsh, an excellent writer, put together a real page-turner. (...)