Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever: Hermes, Will: Amazon.sg: Books Crime was everywhere, the government was broke, and the infrastructure was collapsing. Wenn Sie nicht alle Cookies akzeptieren möchten oder mehr darüber erfahren wollen, wie wir Cookies verwenden, klicken Sie auf "Cookie-Einstellungen anpassen". I could charitably attribute the scattershot presentation to an attempt at emulating Walter Benjamin's "constellations" method, but Hermes ain't no Benjamin, and it reads like the ramblings of someone with untreated ADHD. It's not love. Things just aren't looking good for the Big Apple. There hasn't been much in American culture to get excited about since the 1970s. It covers all types of music exploding in New York from 1973 to 1978. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. Be the first to ask a question about Love Goes to Buildings on Fire. The only thing possibly missing is the link with poetry and literature (other than Ginsberg and Burroughs), comedy/stand up and the visual arts (other than Andy Warhol) . Hermes does a terrific job of chronicling the many different musical scenes that co-existed and sometimes cross-pollinated in New York City between 1973 and 1977: punk, hip-hop, salsa, loft jazz, Rich-Glass minimalism, Springsteen, Gorecki, and on and on. Bitte versuchen Sie es erneut. From New Year's Day 1973 to New Year's Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical … plus all the bars and clubs and storefronts, and parks and youth centers and lofts and theaters where music was heard, fairly good and entertaining re-cap of music in nyc in 1973-1977. the punk and rock portions won't reveal anything new to the punks out there, but the parts on loft scene and latin/salsa worlds are very nice, and steve reich and glass, and those dudes, and laurie anderson, those parts are interesting to me because i didn't know much about that. This is definitely the most fun I’ve had reading a book in a while, maybe not the best, though it is really good. Disco and salsa. From New Year’s Day 1973 to New Year’s Eve 1977, the book moves panoramically from post-Dylan Greenwich Village, to the arson-scarred South Bronx barrios where salsa and hip-hop were created, to the Lower Manhattan lofts where jazz and classical music were reimagined, to ramshackle clubs like CBGBs and The Gallery, where rock and dance music were hot-wired for a new generation. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. "Love → Building on Fire" (read as "Love Goes to Building on Fire") is a song by rock band Talking Heads, released as a single in 1977. Grunge in the 1990s became boring quickly. From punch-ups and squabbles to the state of a certain gig's toilets many bases are linked and covered and by the end of the book you'll want to investigate people like Meredith Monk and Reuben Blades. “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is an almost perfect portrait of New York music culture: specific yet comprehensive, enthusiastic yet objective, and as informed as it is personal. This book was a slog of epic proportions. This books takes five years out of the New York music scene from 1973 to 1977 and shares the story of the beginnings of salsa and hip hop, supposedly the end of rock and beginning of punk, the end of an era in jazz and the beginning of a different type of jazz. Covering five years in the musical life of New York City, from 1972-1977, Hermes makes a case for an astounding primacy of creativity all in one place at one time. Not to mention, the names, song titles, and such, were impossible to pronounce. I compiled a fairly lengthy list of salsa and loft jazz CDs I want to revisit. Wählen Sie ein Land/eine Region für Ihren Einkauf. So much of my favorite music bubbled under the surface in the seventies I always forget that it really was pretty awful time for popular music (as a quick listen to a current day oldies or classic rock station will show). Being a fan of music, I have always sough out new (to my ears) and different music to listen to. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire is the first book to tell the full story of the era's music scenes and the phenomenal and surprising ways they intersected. You are right there in the 70's and you will be searching for all the tracks it mentiones that you don't know yet. Salsa was ethnically and linguistically isolated from the rest of New York. Which is my face, Which is a building, Which is on fire. My time in NY both slightly predates and slightly post-dates the focus of this book, but I recognize. After hearing an interview with the author, I was excited to read this book and delve into the various facets of New York City's music scene in the early to mid 70s interlaced with Will Hermes' anecdotes. Juni 2014, Overview of the NY music scenes in the 70's punk/new wave , salsa, Reich and Glass , Jazz and all points in between , Springsteen being an adopted native. The book is organized chronologically with a few paragraphs dedicated to an important song, album, or other event. He appreciates each of the scenes in its own terms and doesn't condescend to anybody. by Faber & Faber Ltd. Which is my face, Which is a building, Which is on fire. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. September 2012), Rezension aus Deutschland vom 14. His taste is very catholic and he draws on the whole experience of music in New York. The author pops up very occasionally to remember what he was doing on certain dates, but it's mostly a series of short sections about what was happening on the New York music scene between 1973 and 1977. Although I ate this up, I can't imagine too many others will. I love all types of music and will give everything a listen from the simplest straight up pop song to complex free jazz, experimental noise that I don't understand to just something with a good beat as well as songs in a language I don't understand. The only thing that keeps this from being a five star book is that Hermes doesn't really have a whole lot to say about What It All Meant. A book to keep near the bedside for quick browsing that can last an hour or two , utterly reccomended, Rezension aus dem Vereinigten Königreich vom 18. The loft jazz scene and the downtown composers known as Minimalists. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire NPR coverage of Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever by Will Hermes. Wählen Sie die Kategorie aus, in der Sie suchen möchten. I found the epilogue to be a bit sentimental but not damningly so. Disco and salsa. Let me start by quickly getting the negative stuff out the way. As it stands, the book seems to function as some kind of gazetteer or reference work. Wir verwenden Cookies und ähnliche Tools, um Ihr Einkaufserlebnis zu verbessern, um unsere Dienste anzubieten, um zu verstehen, wie die Kunden unsere Dienste nutzen, damit wir Verbesserungen vornehmen können, und um Werbung anzuzeigen, einschließlich interessenbezogener Werbung. Zugelassene Drittanbieter verwenden diese Tools auch in Verbindung mit der Anzeige von Werbung durch uns. Given the success rate of music books which do attempt to answer the Big Questions, that's probably just as well. Start by marking “Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever” as Want to Read: Error rating book. 500 books out there about 1970s New York, this would be a great one to start with. the summation too reinforces that idea that in 20teens huge amounts of art and music are coming from nyc. I suppose the author might say that the events are self-explanatory and th. There are no discussion topics on this book yet. In the mid-1970s, New York City was a laboratory where all the major styles of modern music were reinventedblock by block, by musicians who knew, admired, and borrowed from one another. Essentially a long, largely chronological list of facts about musicians in New York in the time period, occasionally interrupted by personal, memoir-style anecdotes and bits about music journalism. Punk rock and hip-hop. While there was plenty of style-mixing,”, Goodreads Members' Most Anticipated Spring Books. Hermes offers tons. Hermes offers tons of anecdotes, inserts some historical details to set the scene, and makes me want to hear hundreds of records I've either loved for years or not discovered yet. There hasn't been much in American culture to get excited about since the 1970s. It was just hard to pick it back up. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Here’s an excerpt from Love Goes To Buildings On Fire about another time Reich performed Four Organs, 40 years ago, when it elicited a rather different audience response. He intertwines this all with a bit of a personal memoir which doesn't really distract and when it involves his personal take on several important albums of the era (Patti Smith’s Horses, Bruce Springsteen’s Born to Run, Dylan’s Blood on the Tracks and Basement Tapes, and Television’s Marquee Moon) and movies of the era it works at other times it’s a bit inessential. I knew going in that it would cover a wide variety of music but the sections on jazz, salsa, orchestral, and avant-garde genres were mind-numbing. Punk rock and hip-hop. A place that touched greatness from George Maciunas (one of the founders of Fluxus) to Patti Smith to Grandmaster Flash to New York Dolls to Philip Glass to Richard Hell t. "Love Goes to Buildings On Fire" is not only one of my favorite songs by Talking Heads, but it's also a very warm and fascinating book by Will Hermes. ISBN 10: 0865479801. As the single was the first piece of music released commercially by the band, its release is cited as a milestone in the band's history in its Rock and Roll Hall of Fame entry. The book is a kaleidoscopic social history of New York during its darkest years in the supposedly musically fallow seventies. Love Goes to Buildings on Fire: Five Years in New York That Changed Music Forever: Amazon.it: Will Hermes: Libri in altre lingue Any music fan will enjoy this book. He appreciates each of the scenes in its own terms and doesn't condescend to anybody. Unmissable! Tonally, they were both similar in that they were about heavily mythologized eras but looked at them with a refreshing level-headedness. I knew going in that it would cover a wide variety of music but the sections on jazz, salsa, orchestral, and avant-garde genres were mind-numbing. So much of my favorite music bubbled under the surface in the seventies I always forget that it really was pretty awful time for popular music (as a quick listen to a current day oldies or classic rock station will show). Willie Colon, Steve Reich, David Murray, the Ramones, Patti Smith, Grandmaster Flash & the Furious Five, Hector Lavoe, Phillip Glass, Talking Heads, Eddie Palmieri, Rashied Ali - so many of the most important musicians in American history were all inventing new things while living and playing in New York in the 70s. Braiding intricate research with his own teenage memories, Hermes has a bird's eye view of a great city, and has his ear to the ground." April 2015. I'm a big fan of ..I guess late 70's Punk,New Wave ...whatever tag you want to apply. This books takes five years out of the New York music scene from 1973 to 1977 and shares the story of the beginnings of salsa and hip hop, supposedly the. August 2012. Rate this Book. There were muscle cars and jumbo jets, crop circles (earth art), hippie communes, self-help books and black hole thermodynamics. Disco and salsa. Februar 2016. ISBN 13: 978-0865479807. Review This Book. Very readable and insightful snapshot of the New York music scene in the 1970s. It's hard to say how much of that is due to the writer, because it's a necessarily overwhelming period to cover. 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