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Scott Walker and the Song of the One-All-Alone

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Scott Walker and the Song of the One-All-Alone offers, in detailed interpretative commentaries of his best songs, a sustained assessment of the work and career of Scott Walker, one of the most significant and perplexing artists of the late 20th and 21st century. For Brian Eno, Walker was not only a great composer and a superlative lyricist but also a significant contemporary poet. Marc Almond goes further, 'an absolute musical genius, existential and intellectual and a star right from the days of The Walker Brothers'. As Almond suggests, Walker's work is marked by a continual engagement with existentialist philosophy informing his approach to art, politics and life. In particular, the device of the solitary figure or 'one-all-alone' evoked in his songs provides the basis for his lyrical exploration of the singularity of existence – in all its darkness as well as light. Through following his own path, Walker arrived at a unique sound according to his own method that produced a genuinely new form of song. Looking closely at these songs, this book also considers the wider political implications of his approach in its rejection of external authorities and common or consensual ideals.

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ISBN: 9781501332555
Publication date: 3rd October 2019
Author: Professor Scott (Kingston University, London, UK) Wilson
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic USA an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 232 pages
Series: Ex:Centrics
Genres: Musicians, singers, bands and groups
Composers and songwriters
Music reviews and criticism