Download Something in the Air: Radio, Rock, and the Revolution That Shaped a Generation AudioBook Free
A sweeping, anecdotal consideration of the great sounds and voices of radio - and exactly how it became a bonding agent for a technology of American young ones. When television became another big thing in broadcast entertainment, everyone figured video would get rid of the radio superstar - and radio, period. But radio came roaring again with a whole new idea. The war was over, the baby increase was on, the country was in clover, and a strong new combat was supplying the syrupy music of yesteryear a run because of their money. Add transistors, 45 rpm data, and a young man known as Elvis to the mix, and the result was the perfect surprise that rocked, rolled, and reinvented radio. Visionary business owners like Todd Storz pioneered the very best 40 idea, which united a technology. But it needed trendsetting "disc jockeys" like Alan Freed, Murray the K, Wolfman Jack port, Cousin Brucie, and their fast-talking, too-cool-for-school counterparts across the land to turn time, heat range, and the same amazing hit tunes performed again and again into the ubiquitous sound tabs on the fifties and sixties. THE MOST NOTABLE 40 sound broke through racial obstacles, galvanized coming-of-age kids (and scandalized their perplexed parents), and provided the insistent, inescapable backbeat for times which were a-changin'. Along with rock-and-roll music came the attitude that could practically change the "voice" of radio forever, via famous brands raconteur Jean Shepherd, who captivated his loyal following of "Night People"; the inimitable Bob Fass, whose groundbreaking Radio Unnameable inaugurated the anything-goes free-form style that could come to determine the alternative frontier of FM; and a small-time Top 40 deejay who would ultimately find nationwide popularity as a politics talk-show host known as Hurry Limbaugh. From Hunter Hancock, who pushed beyond the limitations of 1950s racial segregation with rhythm and blues and hepcat patter, to Howard Stern, who blew through all the limitations with a blue streak of outrageous on-air antics; from the heyday of summer months music that united carefree listeners to the last mentioned days of politics chat that divides contentious callers; from the haze of classic rock to the latest craze in hip-hop, Something in the Air chronicles the outstanding evolution of the unique and classic medium that captured our hearts and minds, shook up our souls, tuned in - and fired up - our consciousness, and travelled from being written off to rewriting the rules of pop culture.
