《songs in the key of my life》是2007年5月Random House US出版的圖書，作者是Ferentz Lafargue。
基本介紹
- 中文名：songs in the key of my life
- 作者：Ferentz Lafargue
- 出版社：Random House US
- 出版時間：2007年5月
- ISBN：9780767924061
內容簡介,圖書目錄,作者簡介,
內容簡介
Recalling Nick Hornby's Songbook and Rob Sheffield's morerecent Love is a Mix Tape, Lafargue's memoir chronicles life eventsmajor and minor through the prism of the music he loves and hates.Lefargue found the genesis for his book while struggling throughthe aftermath of a failed engagement, during which he discoveredStevie Wonder's breakthrough double album, Songs in the Key ofLife. Beginning with the miraculous turnaround that album inspired,the professor and Brooklyn resident recounts, among other amusinganecdotes, his mother's mad crush on mid-1980s sensation BillyOcean; his own impressions and imitations of Michael Jackson, "whodanced like Fred Astaire, sang like Jackie Wilson, had the suavegood looks of a young Sam Cooke, and dressed like Liberace"; andthe link between Stanley Kubrick's film Full Metal Jacket and 2Live Crew's "obscene, misogynist, and offensive" album As Nasty asThey Wanna Be. The book's biggest weakness may be Lefargue's lackof credentials; without rock critic Sheffield's reputation orHornby's fan base, readers may wonder why they should care aboutone man's taste in music. Lafargue may not provide that reason, buthe does have a sincere, honest voice and a story that any pop musicfan is sure to nod along with.
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圖書目錄
1. INTRODUCTION: "JOY INSIDE MY TEARS" /5tevie Wonder
2. "CARIBBEAN QUEEN" / Billy Ocean AND"MICKEY" / Toni Basil
3. "IRON MAN" / Black Sabbath AND"WALK THIS WAY" / Aerosmith andRun-D.M.C.
4. "TWICE MY AGE" l Shabba Ranks and Krystal AND"SORRY" / FoxyBrown
5. "ME So HORNY" / 2 Live Crew
6. "STAR-SPANGLED BANNER" / performed byWhitney Houston
7. "CROSSROAD" / Bone Thugs-N-Harmbny
8. "ROMIE" / Beanie Man
9. "VOCAB" / the Fugees
10. "HAPPY BIRTHDAY" I 5tevie Wonder11. "PORTUGUESE LOVE" / TeenaMarie
12. "As" / 5tevie Wonder AND "YOU ARE MY HEAVEN" /Roberta Flack andDonny Hathaway
13, "THIS WILL BE (AN EVERLASTING LOVE)" INatalie Cole
14. "Rock THE BELLS" / LL CO01JAND"99 PROBLEMS" / Jay-Z
15. "FEELIN' ON YO BOOTY" AND"STEP IN THE NAME OF LOVE" / R.Kelly
16. "JEsuS WALKS" / Kanye West
17. "BILLS, BILLS, BILLS" AND "INDEPENDENT WOMEN, /Destiny'sChild
18. "YOU'RE SO VAIN" I Carly Simon
19. "REAL LOVE" / Mary J. Blige
20. "IF IT MAKES YOU HAPPY" I Sheryl Crow
21. "THRILLER" / Michael Jackson
22. "BORN IN THE U.S.A." I Bruce Springsteen
23. "FINGERTIPS" / Stevie Wonder
作者簡介
Ferentz LaFargue earned a Ph.D. at Yale University and teaches literature at Eugene Lang College, New School University. He lives in Brooklyn.
