33 Revolutions Per Minute by Dorian Lynskey - review

A thoughtful study of protest songs impresses Dave HaslamThe way Dorian Lynskey tells it, you might wonder why the writers and performers of protest songs bother. Especially if they're in a hip-hop crew who just want to party but the record label boss is adamant they need to get topical ("The Message"), or a soul singer excoriated for straying from sweet love songs (Motown's boss Berry Gordy described Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" as "the worst thing I've heard in my life"). You'll be criticis...

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