Steven Hyden. (2016). Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life. Little, Brown and Company.

Steven Hyden. 2016. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life. Little, Brown and Company.

Steven Hyden, Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

Steven Hyden. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life. Little, Brown and Company, 2016.

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   • bioText: Steven Hyden has written for Uproxx, Grantland, The A.V. Club, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, Slate, and Salon and is the author of Twilight of the Gods: A Journey to the End of Classic Rock and Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me: What Pop Music Rivalries Reveal About the Meaning of Life. He lives in Minnesota.
     
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Steven Hyden explores nineteen music rivalries and what they say about life in this "highly entertaining" book (Rolling Stone) perfect for every passionate music fan.
Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually — what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us?
Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing.
Through Hendrix vs. Clapton, Hyden explores burning out and fading away, while his take on Miley vs. Sinead gives readers a glimpse into the perennial battle between old and young. Funny and accessible, Hyden's writing combines cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and music history — and just may prompt you to give your least favorite band another chance.

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   • source: Rolling Stone
   • content: Highly entertaining.... Whatever side you take in these endless debates, Hyden's a dude worth arguing with.
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   • source: Alan Light, New York Times Book Review
   • content: a consistently insightful and funny writer.... YOUR FAVORITE BAND IS KILLING ME connects the dots of music history in new and intriguing ways. Hyden reminds us why we invest so much in these competitions, how they help shape identity for so many of us, while never losing sight of how silly they can be.
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   • source: Chris Klimek, Washington Post
   • content: Fluent, frequently hilarious, ultimately persuasive.... [Hyden's] as entertaining on Eric Clapton vs. Jimi Hendrix (chapter 7) as he is on Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West (chapter 5).... Hyden [is] a critic worth reading.
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   • source: Seth Meyers
   • content: This book is funny, informative and essential reading if you ever again intend to argue loudly with a friend about music.
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   • source: Rob Sheffield, author of Love is a Mix Tape
   • content: Steven Hyden didn't come to settle your rock arguments—just to make them louder. In this brilliant book, he pours a little kerosene on some of music's most heated feuds—some legendary, some forgotten, one involving Limp Bizkit. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me is not only hilarious but surprisingly moving—Hyden captures the secret emotional details of why these stories matter, and how picking sides can accidentally tell you way too much about who you are.
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   • source: Chuck Klosterman, author of Fargo Rock City and Killing Yourself to Live
   • content: Every serious argument about music is ultimately a non-musical manifesto—it's 10 percent about aesthetics, 40 percent about how the respective arguers view the world, and 50 percent about how those arguers view themselves. Steven Hyden lives inside this ratio and argues with himself, which means it's impossible to win. But that's what makes YOUR FAVORITE BAND IS KILLING ME so fascinating: The title is real. He's funny, but he's not joking.
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   • source: Publishers Weekly
   • content: If Nick Hornby's writing had a love child with Chuck Klosterman's, the result would be Hyden's clever prose.... By combining music journalism and pop psychology with some of his own life lessons, Hyden has created a literary mix tape that will be music to pop-culture junkies and the music-obsessed.
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   • source: Craig L. Shufelt, Library Journal (starred review)
   • content: Even the most knowledgeable music fan will learn from Hyden's musings, and anyone with a sense of humor will find his prose laugh-out-loud funny.... An outstanding piece of pop culture writing for readers who consider music an important part of their lives.
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   • source: Jeremy Gordon, Pitchfork
   • content: Hyden is an effortless writer, and he draws clever connections between artists and cultural phenomena spanning decades.... Illuminating and often hilarious.... Hyden is wise enough to know that declaring a winner is pointless (and so the book never does), but smart enough to discuss everything that might come with 'winning.'
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    • source: Zach Schonfeld, Newsweek
    • content: Rich with unexpected tangents and entertaining insights, the book reveals Hyden's well-established talent for pumping out some of the most thoughtful writing on some of the least-cool artists (at least in critical corners).
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    • source: Bill Simmons, author of The Book of Basketball
    • content: Steven Hyden is one of the most original, thoughtful pop culture writers out there.
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    • source: Dave Holmes, author of Party of One
    • content: I learned a lot, I laughed a lot, I dug out my old Oasis CDs. Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me is so authoritative, informative, compelling, and stone-cold hilarious that I am hereby initiating a beef with Steven Hyden.
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    • source: Deborah Dundas, Toronto Star
    • content: Funny, smart and will provide fodder for the next time you get together with your music-loving friends.
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    • source: Scott Timberg, Salon
    • content: A funny book that is also full of ideas — especially about how people relate to culture and how meaning changes as we age.
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    • source: Jeff Simon, The Buffalo News
    • content: Wildly readable... No matter who you might be on any rock-aware cultural spectrum, this is great fun. But it's a bit more than just that, too.
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    • source: Adam Scott, star of Parks and Recreation and Party Down and co-host of U Talkin' U2 to Me?
    • content: With sharp, nail-on-the-head observations, Steven Hyden dives into the minutiae of what we all know is the most important conflict of modern times but are too embarrassed to admit: Who is the cooler band? Who is the better band? Why are they better/cooler? Are they better because they are cooler, or vice versa? Have I blown your mind yet? Then just imagine what this book will do.
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    • source: Ken Szymanski, Volume One
    • content: Steven Hyden works a tangent like a barroom storyteller.... Funny and insightful.
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    • source: Josh O'Kane, The Globe and Mail
    • content: Hyden masterfully weaves together...
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      February 8, 2016
      Freelance pop-culture writer Hyden puts his knowledge of pop music and pop culture on full display in his first book. Though the premise of debating the merits of one band or artist over another may seem a bit contrived, Hyden notes in the preface that he is “not interested in settling these arguments,” which allows him to take his deliberations in fun and original directions. For instance, investigating his own dislike of Blur and his love of Oasis leads Hyden to quote early 20th-century sociologist Charles Cooley, so that he can talk about “how a person’s indemnity is shaped by... the ways in which that individual thinks he or she is perceived by others.” In another example, Pearl Jam versus Nirvana evolves into an exploration of what’s more important: sacrifice or survival. If Nick Hornby’s writing had a love child with Chuck Klosterman’s, the result would be Hyden’s clever prose, as evidenced by his funny-because-it’s-true line about Eric Clapton: “He’s the Vince Carter of guitar legends.” By combining music journalism and pop psychology with some of his own life lessons, Hyden has created a literary mix tape that will be music to pop-culture junkies and the music-obsessed. Agent: Anthony Mattero, Foundry Literary.

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      April 15, 2016
      What we talk about when we talk about the Beatles vs. the Stones, Hendrix vs. Clapton, and Biggie vs. Tupac.In his first book, music critic Hyden makes a whimsical, semiserious, somewhat wearisome personal attempt to plumb famous musical rifts for deeper truths, and he succeeds a little more than half the time. In some cases, the showdown between major acts reveals the assumptions of the audience. Is Oasis the conventional band and Blur the more discerning one, or is Oasis honest and straightforward while Blur struggles under the weight of its own pretentiousness? Is Jimi Hendrix more popular than Eric Clapton because he died young, while the surviving guitar god is doomed to shrink into mediocrity? Hyden also focuses on how musical acts are formed by their struggles and rivals, such as the way Pearl Jam was pushed in new directions by Nirvana. The author makes a fascinating case that Jack White's famous public loathing for the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach is really about male one-upmanship and that the dustup between Miley Cyrus and Sinead O'Connor represents a generation gap between very different types of rebels, each talking past the other. Unfortunately, Hyden has less to say as the book goes along, and his attempt to make ever more off-the-wall connections becomes desperate, such as when he compares Roger Waters and his estranged band mates in Pink Floyd to Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien; or when he decides the Smashing Pumpkins' Billy Corgan and Pavement's Stephen Malkmus are kind of like Nixon and JFK. There's certainly an autobiographical element to all this, as Hyden tries to squeeze life lessons of maturity from every battle, but he ultimately comes off sounding older rather than wiser. Other rivalries explored include Taylor Swift vs. Kanye West, Toby Keith vs. the Dixie Chicks, and Prince vs. Michael Jackson. A pop-culture journey to self-realization that makes some intriguing stops before it runs out of gas.

      COPYRIGHT(2016) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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      Starred review from March 15, 2016
      

      For those who have argued late into the night with their friends about why one band is better than another, this title will grab them from the minute music critic Hyden (Whatever Happened to Alternative Nation?) starts with Oasis vs. Blur. He covers 19 rivalries going all the way back to the obvious Beatles/Rolling Stones, but the majority of the chapters examine bands that have been prominent during the past quarter century. The author uses the rivalries as a jumping-off point to talk about not only the musicians, but also the meaning of the conflicts, skillfully applying the arguments to a discussion of his own experience. Even the most knowledgeable music fan will learn from Hyden's musings, and anyone with a sense of humor will find his prose laugh-out-loud funny. There's also a surprising amount of poignancy, such as his exploration of the odd relationship between the White Stripes' Jack White and the Black Keys' Dan Auerbach. This is a wide-ranging, hilarious, and smart look at both expected and surprising matches mixed with autobiography. VERDICT An outstanding piece of pop culture writing for readers who consider music an important part of their lives.--Craig L. Shufelt, Fort Erie P.L., Ont.

      Copyright 2016 Library Journal, LLC Used with permission.

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Beatles vs. Stones. Biggie vs. Tupac. Kanye vs. Taylor. Who do you choose? And what does that say about you? Actually — what do these endlessly argued-about pop music rivalries say about us?
Music opinions bring out passionate debate in people, and Steven Hyden knows that firsthand. Each chapter in Your Favorite Band Is Killing Me focuses on a pop music rivalry, from the classic to the very recent, and draws connections to the larger forces surrounding the pairing.
Through Hendrix vs. Clapton, Hyden explores burning out and fading away, while his take on Miley vs. Sinead gives readers a glimpse into the perennial battle between old and young. Funny and accessible, Hyden's writing combines cultural criticism, personal anecdotes, and music history — and just may...

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