MARC Record from Library of Congress

LEADER: 01432cam a22002414a 4500
001 2008017486
003 DLC
005 20080912141700.0
008 080417s2008 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2008017486
020 $a9780826428578 (pbk. : alk. paper)
020 $a0826428576 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
050 00 $aML3470$b.T55 2008
082 00 $a782.42164/1588$222
100 1 $aThomson, Graeme.
245 10 $aI shot a man in Reno :$ba history of death by murder, suicide, fire, flood, drugs, disease, and general misadventure, as related in popular song /$cGraeme Thomson.
260 $aNew York :$bContinuum,$c2008.
300 $axvii, 253 p. :$bill. ;$c22 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [235]-) and index.
505 0 $aPrologue. The art of dying -- Death ain't nothin' new : from John Barleycorn to John Walker's blues -- Teenage wildlife : from sob to suicide -- Blood on the floor : murder, music and morality -- How does it feel? death and the sixties -- Appetite for self destruction : oblivion songs -- Sweetness follows : into the great beyond -- Gangsta gangsta : rap reclaims the murder song -- Sometimes it snows in April : songs of loss -- Who wants to live forever? : the fat lady's songbook -- The art of dying : slight return -- Epilogue. To die for : the 40 greatest death songs.
650 0 $aPopular music$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDeath in music.