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In Absolutely on Music, internationally Haruki Murakami sits down with his friend Seiji Ozawa, the revered former conductor of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, for a series of conversations on their shared passion: music. Over the course of two years, Murakami and Ozawa discuss everything from Brahms to Beethoven, from Leonard Bernstein to Glenn Gould, from Bartók to Mahler, and from pop-up orchestras to opera. They listen to and dissect recordings of some of their favorite performances, and Murakami questions Ozawa about his career conducting orchestras around the world. Culminating in Murakami's ten-day visit to the banks of Lake Geneva to observe Ozawa's retreat for young musicians, the book is interspersed with ruminations on record collecting, jazz clubs, orchestra halls, film scores, and much more. A deep reflection on the essential nature of both music and writing, Absolutely on Music is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of two maestros.

Songs that sell the most copies become hits, but some of those hits become something more - iconic recordings that not only inspire a generation but also alter the direction of music. In this follow-up to his classic <i>Anatomy of a Song</i>, writer and music historian Marc Myers tells the stories behind fifty-five more rock, pop, R&B, country and reggae hits through intimate interviews with the artists who wrote and recorded them.<br/><br/>Part oral history, part musical analysis, <i>Anatomy of 55 Hit Songs</i> ranges from Creedence Clearwater Revival's 'Bad Moon Rising' to Dionne Warwick's 'Walk On By', The Beach Boys' 'Good Vibrations' and Black Sabbath's 'Paranoid'. Bernie Taupin recalls how he wrote the lyrics to Elton John's 'Rocket Man'; Joan Jett remembers channeling her rage against how she had been unfairly labeled and treated into 'Bad Reputation' and Ozzy Osbourne, Elvis Costello, Bob Weir, Sheryl Crow, Alice Cooper, Roberta Flack, John Mellencamp, Keith Richards, Carly Simon and many others reveal the emotions and technique behind their major works.

This book - astonishingly the first ever to chronicle Linkin Park's career and music - has everything the fan could want. Split into 5 sections, it begins with a lengthy group biography, followed by a section covering the band's music [detailing all their albums and every song] , a guide to band members past and present [plus all 'guests' who have recorded or toured with Linkin Park] , the music videos, tours, films and dvds, and a section named 'in their own words' which has hundreds of quotes and interviews with the band themselves.

Creedence Clearwater Revival - Guitar Chord Songbook [Bok / Pocket]

This book tells Cohen's entire, fascinating story. From his years growing up in Quebec in a middle<br/>class Jewish family, through a decade as a budding poet and author - following the publication of<br/>his first collection in 1956 - his relocation to NYC and entry into the world of folk and rock [at the<br/>age of 37] and his successful career as a singer-songwriter whose own recordings have regularly<br/>competed with versions by other vocalists.

Guns N' Roses: Band That Time Forgot (revised) [Bok / Pocket]

Really Easy Piano Abba Pf Bk [Bok / Pocket]