THROWING FRISBEES AT THE SUN: A BOOK ABOUT BECK
Book ID/图书代码： 05793015B78399
English Summary/英文概要： At a time in rock and pop history where most things in music have been done before, few artists have proved as restlessly innovative over the past two decades as Beck.
Since bursting onto the scene in 1994 with ’Loser’, he has zigzagged his way across the contemporary music landscape, consistently remaining one step ahead of expectations and doing things his own way: shape-shifting from indie icon to pop crooner, from folk hobo to Latino-rap hipster, and dabbling in country metal, blues and rock along the way, balancing big-budget chart highs with lower-key, introspective acoustic albums.
Beck hails from a family tree rich in music and performance art, which has filtered into his music, videos, and live work. Early shows included spoken word sections, songs made up on the spot, and stage clearances using his leaf-blower. His enthusiasm for the experimental has not diminished with age. In the 21st century, he founded the Record Club, which brought together disparate artists to record cover versions of whole albums in a single day for release online. Then he took a troupe of doppelganger marionettes out on tour and made the brave decision to release Song Reader as a hardcover set of sheet music, challenging buyers to record and play their own versions of his new songs.
Throwing Frisbees at the Sun is the first serious study of Beck’s life and work for more than a decade. Drawing on new interviews with friends, family, collaborators, producers, and band-members, Rob Jovanovic has fashioned a carefully crafted, career-spanning retrospective befitting the many twists and turns of this intriguing performer’s path through life and music.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 在摇滚与流行史上，当音乐界的绝大多数尝试都已经完成，极少有艺术家能够像贝克一样孜孜不倦地在过去的而是余年中不断创新与开拓。
自从1994年起他以’loser’的形象登上荧幕，他在当代乐坛曲折地前进的，却一直都保持着领先时代的期望一步，并遵循着自己的方式：从独立摇滚明星到流行低音歌手，从民谣流浪歌手到拉丁说唱潮人，在此期间，他还尝试接触了乡村金属乐，蓝调布鲁斯和摇滚，将高音与低音以及怀旧式原声音乐完美融合。
贝克来自于一个音乐和表演艺术世家，这种家族的影响力早已渗透进了她的音乐、影像作品和生活工作之中。其早期表演节目包括说唱部分，即兴演唱等。他对于音乐实验的热情从未随着年岁的增长而有丝毫消退。21世纪来临时，他甚至成立了录音俱乐部，让风格迥然相异的艺术家们在一天的时间内录制一整张专辑中的全套歌曲，并在网络上发布。随后，他带着一列形象的活动木偶，做出了一个大胆的决定，发行 Song Reader作为一张系列专辑，挑战消费者们去自己录制和玩出属于他们自己的新音乐。
《掷碟向阳》首次对贝克十余年生活及作品进行的仔细而严肃的研究。本书中，罗博•乔瓦诺维克引用了来自其朋友、家人、合作者、制作人以及乐队成员的最近采访内容，带来了一次精彩的全事业回顾展，充满了关于这位表演艺术家人生与音乐道路的起起伏伏。(DC)
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About the Author/作者介绍： 罗博•乔瓦诺维克，作家，著有各类主题的书籍，其中包括Pavement and Kate Bush, Big Star and George Michael, R.E.M.和The Kinks等。他的作品现已在10余个国家以九种语言出版发行。此外，他还为Mojo和Uncut等杂志撰稿。作者现与其妻儿居住在英格兰诺丁汉。
Rob Jovanovic is the author of numerous books on such diverse subjects as Pavement and Kate Bush, Big Star and George Michael, R.E.M. and The Kinks. His books have been published in ten countries and in nine different languages. He is also a contributor to magazines including Mojo and Uncut. He lives just outside Nottingham, England, with his wife and two young children.
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