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Uncommon People Britpop And Beyond In 20 Songs
Uncommon People Britpop And Beyond In 20 Songs
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Description: When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front - page news. This fascinating pop history exploring the mid - 90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything explains why. Picking out twenty key songs delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators Uncommon People takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero Trainspotting was a global hit fire - starting seemed like a good night out - and it felt as though the revolution was happening. Initially a music press nickname Britpop became an unexpected musical movement centred around outsiders and misfits drop - outs and weirdos who refused to compromise on their ideas even when they were thrust into the international spotlight. Not just a scene for white guys with guitars but something wilder and more interesting with songs that have proved timeless. Exploring the era's key artists - Oasis Blur Tricky Pulp Underworld Manic Street Preachers The Prodigy Suede Chemical Brothers Garbage Supergrass Radiohead PJ Harvey and more - through their definitive anthems Miranda Sawyer transports us back to the beating heart of the nineties. Uncommon People re - lives the mad exhilaration of what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time - and what it was like to make them. With amazing new interviews and I - was - there insights this book offers a backstage pass to all the most interesting bits of Britpop's Greatest Hits. Forget New Labour forget earnest trend theories this book is all about the music the people and being right there right now.
Title: Uncommon People Britpop And Beyond In 20 Songs
Author(s): Sawyer Miranda
Publisher: John Murray Press
Barcode: 9781399816892
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 2/4/2025
Category: Music Industry
Description: When Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front - page news. This fascinating pop history exploring the mid - 90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything explains why. Picking out twenty key songs delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators Uncommon People takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero Trainspotting was a global hit fire - starting seemed like a good night out - and it felt as though the revolution was happening. Initially a music press nickname Britpop became an unexpected musical movement centred around outsiders and misfits drop - outs and weirdos who refused to compromise on their ideas even when they were thrust into the international spotlight. Not just a scene for white guys with guitars but something wilder and more interesting with songs that have proved timeless. Exploring the era's key artists - Oasis Blur Tricky Pulp Underworld Manic Street Preachers The Prodigy Suede Chemical Brothers Garbage Supergrass Radiohead PJ Harvey and more - through their definitive anthems Miranda Sawyer transports us back to the beating heart of the nineties. Uncommon People re - lives the mad exhilaration of what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time - and what it was like to make them. With amazing new interviews and I - was - there insights this book offers a backstage pass to all the most interesting bits of Britpop's Greatest Hits. Forget New Labour forget earnest trend theories this book is all about the music the people and being right there right now.
Title: Uncommon People Britpop And Beyond In 20 Songs
Author(s): Sawyer Miranda
Publisher: John Murray Press
Barcode: 9781399816892
Pages: 336 Pages
Publication Date: 2/4/2025
Category: Music Industry