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Icons of Pop Music (Kirk Curnutt) There were supposed to be two versions: October 2011 (Equinox Publishing) 1845536630 (160 pages) and February 2012 (Indiana University Press) ISBN 025322375X (224 pages). The Indiana University Press edition was cancelled. "This is the first study of Wilson to eschew chronology for a topical organization that allows discussion of lyrical themes and musical motifs outside of any prejudicial presumptions about their place in the trajectory of his career. The book emphasizes the often overlooked point that, despite his status as a "living legend," Brian Wilson does not always fit neatly into the paradigms of taste and value by which critics grant certain artists entry into the pantheon of pop and rock importance." |