Diedrich Diederichsen writes about: Jimi Hendrix, Duke Ellington, Arnold Schönberg, Fat Boy Slim, Cher, Courtney Love, Air, Pink Floyd, Elvis Presley, New Order, Eric Clapton, Stanley Kubrick, Björk, Neil Young, Lou Reed, Bob Dylan, Johnny Cash, Madonna, Eminem, ...
One of the central words of this book is `life´. Diedrich Diederichsen analyzes the relation between pop-music and life. He takes a closer look at people´s lives as music-listeners, as visitors to concerts, as collectors of records. Does pop-music influence lives and change it for the better as promised by its lyrics? In addition he tells different people´s life-stories: about Sun Ra, George Clinton and Larry Levan, the famous New York Paradies Garage DJ. Also he takes a look at the music business, e.g. the music channel Viva zwei.
