| Bubblegum Music Is the Naked Truth: The Dark History of Prepubescent Pop, from the Banana Splits to Britney Spears | 
 enlarge | Authors: Kim Cooper, David Smay
Publisher: Feral House
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  11 reviews
Sales Rank: 310644
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 320
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.8 x 6.9 x 0.7
ISBN: 0922915695
Dewey Decimal Number: 781.6609049
EAN: 9780922915699
ASIN: 0922915695
Publication Date: May 10, 2001
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Amazing essay collection August 17, 2001
7 out of 9 found this review helpful
This was a rarity in non-fiction for me: I couldn't put it down! So many of the essays were so wonderful, I just had to keep reading to see how strong the next one was. There are a few that I can tell were included more for completeness than quality compared to some, but overall this book is highly educational and entertaining at the same time. Worth it for anyone with an interest in pop culture. Also would make a good gift for that too-snobby-for-the-room culture vulture in your life that needs to be reminded that even The Ramones got into kitsch.
 Won't Stick To Your Face August 15, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
Why don't you own this already? Don't you want to know the connections between the Ramones and the Bay City Rollers, or the Beatles and the Backstreet Boys? At times frightening, often hilarious, and always illuminating, this collection of essays is written by people who clearly know music--not just the sub-genre known as Bubblegum Pop--backwards and forwards. This is a smart book, and a must for everyone from music criticism completists to closet Partridge Family fans.
Yummy, yummy, yummy July 30, 2001
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
A pleasant surprise. I picked this up even though I thought it would be another disposable hoot at popular culture. It turns out, however, to be a thoughtful and intelligent, only-partly-tongue-in-cheek collection of biographies, essays, and analyses of "bubblegum" music (and related media). Lots of detail, critical discography, and a clear love of the form by its collective authors. Covers everything from 60s kid-pop through 70s/80s bubblegum-punk to 90s teen-pop, everyone from Steve Barri, P. F. Sloan, and Kasenatz-Katz to Lou Perlman, the Bugaloos to Vitamin C. A cover-to-cover read.
Bubblegum Music finally gets its' due!! July 29, 2001
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
It was quite a treat to see many of the records/artists of my youth mentioned... as well as pointing out that the music I heard as a kid may have been quite suggestive! Explains what Prince was listening to as a child! I liked your inclusion of items ranging from David cassidy to TV show cartoon music to even early punk. The book, being a collection of articles made the book a bit fragmented...but still a good read! Missing a few artists, but then many were listed I didn't even think of. If you liked Saturday Morning cartoon music, PLEASE buy this book!!
 The only book of it's kind July 27, 2001
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Bubblegum Music is the Naked Truth is the first book to (semi) seriously tackle the 30 plus years of rock aimed at young and pre-teens. On the good side, the information here is incredible--it's like a long party with a house full of lively music geeks. Did you know that George Harrison played on a Cheech and Chong record? That the man who sang for the Archies later became the publisher of the snobby arts & letter journal The Paris Review? Amazing tidbits abound. On the downside, it looks amatuerish, many of the graphics are too small or non-existant, the writing is at times painfully uneven, and like a record geek party, the whole affair smacks of being a tad insular. But for those who have treasured memories of late 60s early 70s AM radio, ever danced wildly to a Saturday morning cartoon rock band, or thirst for pop/rock trivia, this book is still a must.
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