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Devoid of hero worship and celebrity gossip, using mostly well-known songs from recent decades as examples, Michael Koppy presents a compelling case that we listeners have been force-fed a steady diet of industrial illiteracy, and that the timer has come for songwriting and song criticism to riser to greater heights.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhether you agree or disagree with the challenging, even heretical ideas presented in \u003cem\u003eWords and Music Into the Future\u003c\/em\u003e, it will forever change how you think about and hear popular music.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSample chapters: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1. No, Don, the Levee Wasn't Dry--And No One Was Drinking Whiskey and Rye\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2. There Goes The Robert E. Lee?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3. To What End?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4. A Personal Remembrance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5. A Later Kick in the Pants\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6. Don't Shoot, Dammit  I'm Just the Messenger \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7. Politics? Religion? How About SONGS? ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8. Ground Rule Number One\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9. I'm Your Fan  You're My Hero \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10. Herds of Wildebeests Stampeding Across the Veldt \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11. Why Peeing Your Pants Beats the Hell Out Of Nostalgia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12. Madonna, Kanye, Coldplay, Bieber, U2, One Direction--Effluvia, Ephemera, Etcetera, Etcetera\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13. See You at the Grammys --A Note on Industrial Smarm Festivals\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14. Ethics? In Popular Music...? ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15. Dunno Much 'Bout Art, But I Know What I Like\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e16. Ever Notice the Worst Writing in an Insightful Pop Music Review--Even a Rave--Usually Shows Up When the Critic Quotes the Band's Lyrics?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e17. Those Pesky, Over-Idealized Nineteen-Sixties\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e18. So Where Are We?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e19. \"Yeah, But You Really Hafta See 'Em Live \"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e20. Over the Top? Ya Think?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e21. Yes, We Too Are All So Very Sorry You Weren't Born on a Mississippi Cotton Plantation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e22. Art School Confidential\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e23. Dance? Okay, Fine. Dance  Now Go Away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e24. It's All Greek--French, Swahili, Latin, Klingon--To Me.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e25. Country Music is \"Three Chords and the Truth\" Computerized Drums, a Catering Truck, and a Smirk\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e26. Country's Brainier Half-Sibling: Americana\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e27. Tradition and Illusions of Same\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e28. The Disarmingly Enabling Inscience of Rap and Hip-Hop\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e29. Come to the Cabaret, Old Chum\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e30. Under a Stack of Marshall Amplifiers\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e31. Ethics? In SONGWRITING ITSELF...? ?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e32. The Twentieth Century Ended Two Decades Ago\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e33. The Insolvency of 'Po-Mo'\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e34. Song Lyrics vs. Poems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e35. \"But It's Poetry \"--Refuge for the Inarticulate\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e36. Sincerity Ain't Depth\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e37. The Kids Are Alright \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e38. La-Da-Da \/ Sha-La-Ti-Da\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e39. Is 'The Folk Process' an Expired Merchanism?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e40. Lessons from Browne's \"These Days\" and Kristofferson's \"Bobby McGee\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e41. How About That  Some Country Music Is...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e42. Get Me Rewrite \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e43. Bob Dylan: Bad Writer, Bad Influence\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e44. Shallowness, Thy Name is Bob\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e45. Dying is Easy, Comedy is Hard\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e46. If Ya Wanna Send a Message...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e47. McCartney's Song Writing Lesson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e48. Steve Sondheim Desperately Wishes He Were Right\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e49. Didn't I Just Hear That Song in a Commercial for Paper Towels? Insurance? Gum?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e50. Should We Use A Number 37-A?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e51. On Brightly Wrapped Packages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e52. On Gilded Frames\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e53. Making Sausages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e54. Making Music\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e55. Sure 'Authenticity' is Great--But It Doesn't Guarantee Good Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e56. Form Follows Function\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e57. Words Seek Music. Object: Matrimony.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e58. Rules Were Made to be Broken. However--\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e59. 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