Re: Books
Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2024 3:11 amThis topic was sadly too silent lately))
I found an interesting book in a second hand vinyl store last week -
Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
Quite an interesting and educating, while entertaining, view on the new wave movement by a UK journalist. As far as I can see, it is still avalable from some web book sellers --
https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/produc ... -romantics
as paperback at a very attractive price.
The definitive history of the Blitz Kids, Synth-Pop and the Style Press from 1975 to 1985
Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth.
One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music - Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Wham!, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Sade, Spandau Ballet, the Eurythmics and many more - making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles
For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.
I just started reading, but from the very beginning, stay assured it is worth every penny spent.
I found an interesting book in a second hand vinyl store last week -
Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics by Dylan Jones
Quite an interesting and educating, while entertaining, view on the new wave movement by a UK journalist. As far as I can see, it is still avalable from some web book sellers --
https://www.roughtrade.com/en-gb/produc ... -romantics
as paperback at a very attractive price.
The definitive history of the Blitz Kids, Synth-Pop and the Style Press from 1975 to 1985
Sweet Dreams charts the rise of the New Romantics, a scene that grew out of the remnants of post-punk and developed quickly alongside club culture, ska, electronica, and goth.
One of the most creative entrepreneurial periods since the Sixties, the era had a huge influence on the growth of print and broadcast media, and was arguably one of the most bohemian environments of the late twentieth century. Not only did it visually define the decade, it was the catalyst for the Second British Invasion, when the US charts would be colonised by British pop music - Depeche Mode, Culture Club, Wham!, Soft Cell, Ultravox, Duran Duran, Sade, Spandau Ballet, the Eurythmics and many more - making it one of the most powerful cultural exports since the Beatles
For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.
I just started reading, but from the very beginning, stay assured it is worth every penny spent.