Greil Marcus traces secret 20th-century history through punk
Greil Marcus's book Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century takes the 1976 Sex Pistols single 'Anarchy in the U.K.' as its starting point. The work explores how history can be transmitted through formally impoverished 'popular' music, a question Marcus previously raised in The Dustbin of History, citing a line sung by Robert Palmer in Deep Blues.
Key facts
- Greil Marcus is the author of Lipstick Traces: A Secret History of the 20th Century.
- The book begins with the 1976 Sex Pistols release 'Anarchy in the U.K.'.
- Marcus previously wrote The Dustbin of History.
- In The Dustbin of History, Marcus references a line by Robert Palmer in Deep Blues.
- Marcus questions how history can be transmitted through 'popular' music considered formally poor.
Entities
Artists
- Greil Marcus
- Robert Palmer
- Sex Pistols
Sources
- artpress —