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The Grammar of Rock: Art and Artlessness in 20th Century Pop Lyrics by Robert Crumb, Alexander Theroux

jrboudreau's review

This guy is so self righteous about grammar, he’d probably accuse Stunk and White of war crimes. 

I was hoping for a book that engaged with the clever and infinitely fascinating ways popular music reshapes words to get new meaning out of language. Instead I got a school marm who claims to have an encyclopedic knowledge of pop songs. Gimme a break.