{"title":"Joseph Lanza","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJoseph Lanza\u003c\/strong\u003e offers a unique exploration of contemporary arts and culture, blending insightful commentary with vivid storytelling. His work, such as \u003cem\u003eEasy-Listening Acid Trip\u003c\/em\u003e, captures the intersection of popular music, subcultures, and societal shifts, inviting readers to rethink familiar artistic landscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eReaders can expect thought-provoking narratives that delve into the nuances of cultural movements and the creative forces behind them. Lanza’s books challenge perceptions and celebrate the eclectic, making them essential for anyone fascinated by the evolution of modern arts.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"easy-listening-acid-trip-by-joseph-lanza-9781627310956","title":"Easy-Listening Acid Trip","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn his acclaimed book \u003ci\u003eElevator Music: A Surreal History of Muzak, Easy-Listening, and Other Moodsong\u003c\/i\u003e, author Joseph Lanza explored the forbidden beauty and social importance of an otherwise shunned musical category. Now, in \u003ci\u003eEasy-Listening Acid Trip\u003c\/i\u003e, he pushes the boundaries further by taking his subject into altered states, showing how psychedelic pop (as opposed to the ear-grinding jams of \"acid rock\") offered other worlds and strange sounds that took listeners through a mind-bending time travel back to vaudeville, Tin Pan Alley, British Music Hall, and the melodic traditions that made songs hits before your grandmother was born.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThese influences, in turn, inspired many easy-listening arrangers and conductors to reinterpret the songs into instrumental wonders that were often just as (if not more) surreal.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eEasy-Listening Acid Trip\u003c\/i\u003e takes readers on a journey that includes the Hollyridge Strings' haunting version of the Beatles' \"Strawberry Fields Forever,\" Paul Mauriat's lush treatment of Scott McKenzie's \"San Francisco (Be Sure to Wear Flowers in Your Hair),\" and Mariano and the Unbelievables' baroque-pop tribute to the Lemon Pipers \"Green Tambourine.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe book also provides numerous anecdotes, such as how quickly after the Strawberry Alarm Clock released their 1967 hit \"Incense and Peppermints,\" Muzak recorded an instrumental version by Charles Grean and His Orchestra that kept the electric guitar but re-contoured the tune with harps, horns, flutes, a tambourine, and other effects for offices, restaurants, supermarkets, and of course, elevators.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eDelving into the songs along with the international roster of composers, arrangers, and conductors who recorded them, \u003ci\u003eEasy-Listening Acid Trip\u003c\/i\u003e celebrates the trippy paradox linking psychedelia to easy-listening: a netherworld where the Beatles meet The Percy Faith Strings, where Donovan meets David Rose and His Orchestra, and where other flower-power-pop favourites meld with the likes of Ferrante and Teicher, Lawrence Welk, and the Mystic Moods Orchestra.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47462872383724,"sku":"9781627310956","price":54.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781627310956-easy-listening-acid-trip.jpg?v=1775024983"}],"url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/collections\/joseph-lanza.oembed","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}