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Greil Marcus Talks About Trying to Unlock Rock and Roll in 10 Songs

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Challenged to write a history of rock and roll, the revered critic naturally went at it his own way, picking songs that each somehow summed up rock, changing us in the bargain.

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To the post-Woodstock generation, the name Greil Marcus is as authoritative on the subject of pop music as Pauline Kael’s is to lovers of film.

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