Yesterday's Songs Transformed is here!
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filkFinally! Yesterday’s Songs Transformed is available on Smashwords!
Did you know that “Charlie on the M.T.A.” started out as a song about a ship that never returned? That the “Streets of Laredo” follow a path from St. James’ Hospital in London? That “Yankee Doodle” originally was a song mocking the colonists?
This book follows the ways songs have changed and evolved over the years. It starts from the Middle Ages and conducts a tour that leads to Mad magazine, the Smothers Brothers, and Weird Al. It looks at where protest songs came from and how they changed with the times.
YST makes no pretense of being a scholarly book. It’s simply a look, with lots of quotations, at changing song lyrics and what lies behind them. You may learn a few bits of history you hadn’t known, and hopefully you’ll enjoy the ride.
The list price on Smashwords is $4.99, but I’m thanking friends on Dreamwidth by offering it at just $3.49 with the coupon code QV69U. It's good till August 20.
Please spread the word. Reviews are welcome. I like it when they’re favorable, but that’s not a requirement.
I recommend getting the PDF version. The Epub version, generated by Smashwords, double-spaces the lyrics and loses the indents. It’s still readable, just not optimal. If I can figure out how to fix it, I will and you’ll be able to download the revised version at no additional cost. Sorry.
Did you know that “Charlie on the M.T.A.” started out as a song about a ship that never returned? That the “Streets of Laredo” follow a path from St. James’ Hospital in London? That “Yankee Doodle” originally was a song mocking the colonists?
This book follows the ways songs have changed and evolved over the years. It starts from the Middle Ages and conducts a tour that leads to Mad magazine, the Smothers Brothers, and Weird Al. It looks at where protest songs came from and how they changed with the times.
YST makes no pretense of being a scholarly book. It’s simply a look, with lots of quotations, at changing song lyrics and what lies behind them. You may learn a few bits of history you hadn’t known, and hopefully you’ll enjoy the ride.
The list price on Smashwords is $4.99, but I’m thanking friends on Dreamwidth by offering it at just $3.49 with the coupon code QV69U. It's good till August 20.
Please spread the word. Reviews are welcome. I like it when they’re favorable, but that’s not a requirement.
I recommend getting the PDF version. The Epub version, generated by Smashwords, double-spaces the lyrics and loses the indents. It’s still readable, just not optimal. If I can figure out how to fix it, I will and you’ll be able to download the revised version at no additional cost. Sorry.
