Classic Rock and Philosophy - Dispatches from the Dark Side of the Moon

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Classic rock emerged as something of its own subgenre in the early 1980s. After a number of years in which rock and roll had been temporarily hijacked by punk, post-punk, and new wave, a handful of radio stations across the U.S. adopted a new format in which they would exclusively play well-established rock artists, much more central to the rock music canon, from roughly the mid-’60s to the present day of the time. Fast forward a few decades, and the music of classic rock is as beloved as ever. In fact, classic rock has been so culturally significant and meaningful that it raises a number of interesting philosophical questions: What exactly is rock music? Is it the type of thing that can be defined? What is the greatest rock album of all time? Is this even a meaningful question, and if so, how should we go about answering it? Why are so many classic rock songs about spooky elements like the devil, and what are those songs really about? And it was just these questions that led to the creation of this book, as the authors who comprise it attempt to raise, clarify, and maybe even answer them. So, let Classic Rock and Philosophy be your guide as you hop on the tour bus, strap on your axe, and journey with us through a golden age of rock that should not and will not be soon forgotten.

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Publisher - Wallace & Jacobs Press

Language - English

Perfect Bound

Contributors

Author

Joshua Heter

Richard Greene

Casey Rentmeester

Darci Doll

Anthony Spanakos

Martin Roth

S. Evan Kreider

Matthew Turner

Kevin Farrell

Brant Entrekin

Maria Chavez

Nathaniel Goldberg

Ian K. McDaniel

Henrick Borger

Jennifer McClinton-Temple

Charles Taliaferro

Michel Le Gall

Jacob R. Koval

Richard Bilsker

J.S. Piven

Randall Auxier

Gary Ciocco

Eric C. Brook

Bojana Vujin

Dane Sawyer

Antionette R. Miller

Andrea Conque

Thomas Malewitze

Published Date - 2026-09-03

ISBN - 9781968962012

Dimensions - 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm

Page Count - 262