A is for Art part II: “You look so fancy I can tell”
10.00 on 01.29.2010 | By: Jesse | File: A is for Art, art, music | Tags: Beach Boys, Beatles, Brian Wilson, Candlestick Park, classical, Ed Sullivan, Elvis Presley, George Harrison, John Lennon, Nonesuch, Paul McCartney, Pet Sounds, pop, radio, Red Meat, Reprise, Revolver, Richie Unterberger, Ringo Starr, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, SMiLE, Strawberry Fields Forever, Tin Pan Alley, Warner Bros, Wilco, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | 7 Comments »
Cover to Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
Popular music has evolved across the centuries of its existence from what is now known as “classical” (with the lowercase “c”) to its current “it’s not just awful… it’s god-awful” state. Nevertheless, “pop” music as it stands was came into being at the end of the nineteenth century. The songwriters of Tin Pan Alley dominated the pop landscape while simultaneously inspiring songwriters around the world to expand the scope of pop songcraft for decades, until the radio overtook live performances of standards as the key method of dissemination of pop music.