Horizon Information Portal

e-branch

Home

My Account/Renew Loans

Find Magazine Articles & more

One last song : conversations on life, death, and music / Mike Ayers ; ill. by Studio Muti ; foreword by Jim James.

by Ayers, Mike (Journalist)

View full image

Abrams Image, 2020.

Music -- Social aspects.

Death -- Songs and music.

Songs -- Analysis, appreciation.

Songs -- History and criticism.

Musicians -- Biography.

9781419738203 (hc)

191 p. : color ill. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (page189).

What's the last song you'd ever want to hear? -- How to pick a song for your funeral -- Famous musicians and the last live songs they played -- The most morbid number one songs of all time -- Songs from beyond the grave : all the ways musicians' music comes to life after death -- The genius guide to songs about death -- Songs famous TV characters went out to -- Movie deaths (and other things) by Shea Serrano -- One last song : final thoughts.

"An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear. If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let the chords speak to you? It's a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years. In One Last Song , Ayers invites 32 musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes -- what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives. Artists Featured: Jim James of My Morning Jacket, André 3000, Killer Mike, Jeff Tweedy of Wilco, Phoebe Bridgers, Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire, Sam Beam of Iron & Wine, Colin Meloy of the Decemberists, Wayne Coyne of The Flaming Lips, Lauren Mayberry of CHVRCHES, A.C. Newman of The New Pornographers, Courtney Barrett, Bobb Bruno of Best Coast, Angel Olsen, Regina Spektor, Kevin Morby, Will Oldham, Julia Holter, Margo Price, Sonny Rollins, Ryley Walker, Merrill Garbus of tUnE-yArDs, Yannis Phillippakis of Foals, Bettye Lavette, M.C. Taylor of Hiss Golden Messenger, Wanda Jackson, Rosanne Cash, Lucinda Williams, and Beth Orton."--Publisher.

Studio Muti (Firm)

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal