Carl’s Rock Songbook #39: What Martha Bayles Said

by Carl Scott

Martha Bayles is the author of the best book on pop music I know, Hole in Our Soul: The Loss of Beauty and Meaning in American Popular Music . For its final chapter, she borrows the title of a William Bell song, You Don’t Miss Your Water ‘til the Well Runs Dry , so as to refer to the . . . . Continue Reading »

14 Feb 2012

Carl’s Rock Songbook #12: The Who, “Won’t Get Fooled Again” and “My Generation”

by Carl Scott

I accept the saying that The Who were one of the “thinking man’s rock bands,” but this Songbook entry is more music-focused than idea-focused. Instead of considering the fairly interesting and very zeitgeist-representative lyrical content of these two songs, I’m contrasting them . . . . Continue Reading »

27 Jul 2011