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Introduction

They believed in magic. They could see for miles. They had many rivers to cross. And so, as soon as the musical trailblazers of the past sixty years were old enough to leave wherever it was they didn’t want to be anymore, they followed the siren call of melody and rhythm that told them to walk on the wild side. Whether you listened to the phonograph, the radio, the hi-fi, the stereo, a walkman, or an iPod – or watched their concerts live – then you heard that same call. As popular music gave a voice to each generation’s need to break away from the past, chart-topping hits, experimental basement tapes, dance-floor favorites, and arena-shaking rock shows turned everyday moments into epic scenes of hope and love, loss and wonder.

Most of all our favorite musicians gave us a place to put feelings so urgent and all consuming that they couldn’t merely be spoken aloud, trapped on paper, or hung in a museum. They could only be airborne, traveling the way they had for thousands of years, on waves of sound, across our yards and gardens like a cup with a string to our best friend’s house, then further, across miles, oceans, and the ages. For many, great songs have been a life force, the most direct and universally understood answer to the question “How do you feel?” A reason (we just asked for one) to keep dreaming on.