Announcing… a new kind of book about music
TOUCHSONGS:
When Music Holds The Moment
by
ANGELA BALLARD-KENNETH CAMPBELL-MELISSA DAVIS
Biographies of songs that shaped their times and continue to hold their meaning today…
California Dreamin’ (1966) The Mamas & The Papas
For What It’s Worth (1967) Buffalo Springfield
All You Need Is Love (1967) The Beatles
Suite: Judy Blue Eyes (1969) Crosby Stills & Nash
The who, what, when, where, why and how behind the music, the lyrics, the songwriters, the artists and the meanings…
More than origin stories, Touchsongs explores how the songs came to be so completely associated with their moment that they are used as shorthand to summon up the past and what it means to the present.
Whether beckoning to the warm bliss of post-surf/pre-Manson California or sounding the clarion call to “STOP! And look around…”
… from offering LOVE as a mantra for the world to professing love and admiration for a woman following her need for independence… these were the songs of their times.
A touchsong is not necessarily a band’s ‘best’ song.
It may not have reached #1.
It may not be everyone’s ‘Desert Island Disc’.
But there is something undeniable in each song that communicates beyond its time and speaks across the decades to the present.
They have been used in film, television, documentaries, samples, YouTube videos, reels, even commercials, becoming part of the lexicon to conjure up a moment in time and place.
Three authors – each expert in their area of popular music – look at how the songwriters expressed something timeless in those combinations of sound and lyric… and how the artists captured them in a way that is still conveyed in only a few notes and words.
Meticulous research, contextual as well as musical and lyrical analysis, and quotations from the creators, including sound engineers and producers.
Listener and Viewer Guides let the reader hear the songs again – or possibly for the first time – as they evolved from demos and outtakes to the finished product ready for release and in notable covers, as well as memorable performances.
To learn more and to reserve a signed and numbered copy of …
TOUCHSONGS:
When Music Holds The Moment
Prepublication orders available at $20 ($25 after publication)
VISIT: www.thebeatleworksltd.com
There are more touchsongs that deserve their own biographies –
Light My Fire ~ Somebody To Love/White Rabbit
Foxy Lady/Purple Haze ~ Turn! Turn! Turn!/Mr. Tambourine Man
The British Invasion
Many by The Beach Boys, Bob Dylan and The Beatles
And as demonstrated at the World Cup matches throughout
North America this summer – Take Me Home, Country Roads
If the readers like, another edition of TOUCHSONGS would be a labor of love for us at The Beatle Works Ltd.
www.thebeatleworksltd.com
| Can’t wait to read my copy of Touchsongs-When Music Holds The Moment! I have so much faith in the writing talents of all of the authors. This is the type of book that I truly enjoy and treasure and I am sure that you will too! Be healthy and be happy! Buzz |
