Words & Music

The definitive guide to the world of contemporary and electronic music by the media's top music pundit



'An exhilarating history of pop - a brilliant and joyous book' Guardian



'A passionate, irresistible encouragement to listen more, and to listen better' Sunday Times





Has pop burnt itself out? Inspired by the video for Kylie Minogue's hit single 'Can't Get You Out of My Head', acclaimed rock journalist Paul Morley is driving with Kylie towards a virtual city built of sound and ideas in search of the answer.



Their journey bridges the various paradoxes of twentieth-century culture, as they encounter a succession of celebrities and geniuses - including Madonna, Kraftwerk, Wittgenstein and the ghost of Elvis Presley - and explore the iconic and the obscure, the mechanical and the digital, the avant-garde and the very nature of pop itself.