by Steven Hyden
Steven Hyden is younger than me, and from Wisconsin rather than New York; but his experience growing up with classic rock radio was the same as mine. This book is a wonderful celebration of that noble genre that will never die! Long live rock!
Seriously, the book starts really strong; and I can’t resist any writing with such deep cuts about the Stones and Dylan. Hyden is obviously an essay writer; each chapter is an essay on a theme. Some are better than others, depending how much you care about the topic (e.g. Springsteen? meh).
It’s very hard to imagine there was once a time when classic rock didn’t exist yet, and terrifying to think there will come a day when it doesn’t exist anymore. I’ve thought about that a lot myself… will anyone care about the Beatles decades, centuries from now? Will all this be lost, that which feels so timeless to us now?
Long live rock, be it dead or alive!
Tytania 