Blue Eyed Pop – The History of Popular Music in Iceland
In BLUE EYED POP – THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC IN ICELAND, the first English-language book to cover Iceland’s rich history of popular music, scene stalwart Dr. Gunni takes us back to the dire beginnings of pop music in Iceland and recounts its history through the decades. This book is a must-have for any serious fan of Icelandic music, a funny and insightful read from a trusted inside source, featuring an abundance of rare and cool images.
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In BLUE EYED POP – THE HISTORY OF POPULAR MUSIC IN ICELAND, the first English-language book to cover Iceland’s rich history of popular music, scene stalwart Dr. Gunni takes us back to the dire beginnings of pop music in Iceland and recounts its history through the decades. This book is a must-have for any serious fan of Icelandic music, a funny and insightful read from a trusted inside source, featuring an abundance of rare and cool images.
Dr. Gunni (Gunnar Lárus Hjálmarsson) is a jack-of-all-trades in the Icelandic music world. After catching a serious case of Beatlemania at the age of ten and then being baptized to the church of punk rock in 1979, Gunni has religiously pondered and listened to music, with an emphasis on his local scene. Dr. Gunni has through his career written about music for most of Iceland’s publications; his repertoire includes two beloved tomes on the history of Icelandic music (this book is partly based on 2012’s “Stuð vors lands”); hosted various radio shows, supervised a pop quiz show on TV and regularly performed his own music, both as solo artist and with notable local acts such as S.H. Draumur, Bless and Unun.
Content:
Chapter 1 – “Pop” Before 1950
Dancing Out of the Darkness
Chapter 2 – The Beginning of Modern Pop
Bands, Singers, Song-writers and Labels of the Early Fifties
Chapter 3 – Rock arrives
Icelanders Get All Excited About Rock ‘n’ Roll
Chapter 4 – Beatlemania in Iceland
The War Cry From Liverpool Reacceleratehes the Reef
* Hljómar (Thor’s Hammer), Dátar, etc…
Chapter 5 – The Hippies Rock Out
Getting Heavy and Progressive
* Trúbrot, Óðmenn, Svanfríður, Icecross, Pelican etc…
Chapter 6 – The Silly Seventies
Just Having Fun
Chapter 7 – The Early Eighties Rock Explosion
Rokk in Reykjavík
* Fræbbblarnir, Þeyr, Purrkur Pillnikk, Tappi Tíkarrass etc…
Chapter 8 – Life after Rokk í Reykjavík
The Joyful and Vivid Eighties
Chapter 9 – The Sugarcubes and their protégés
World Domination or Death!
Chapter 10 – The ball-pop bands of the nineties (and beyond)
Artistic Ambition at the Country Ball
Chapter 11 – Metal and hard (and not so hard) rock in the nineties
Guitars Guitars Everywhere
Chapter 12 – Björk Conquers the World
I Was Just Created This Way
Chapter 13 – GusGus and Electronica in Iceland
Dancing with a New Toolbox
Chapter 14 – Sigur Rós
We Haven’t Got Any Hate Mail Yet
Chapter 15 – Rock, Rap, Raggea and Pop in the New Millennium
Full of Energy and Promise
Chapter 16 – The “Krútt”-Generation
The Introverted Ambassadors
* múm, Sin Fang, Sóley, Emilíana Torrini etc…
Chapter 17 – The Class of Now
Anything Can Happen!
* Of Monsters and Men, Ásgeir, Ólafur Arnalds etc…
+ Lists
* Best Icelandic albums, best sellers, etc…
+ Maps (of Reykjavík and Iceland)
* Where were The Sugarcubes formed? Where did the Sigur Rós guys meet first? Where was Ágætis byrjun recorded? Etc…
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