Sweet Dreams
From Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics
- Format: Pocket
- Antall sider: 704
- Språk: Engelsk
- Forlag/Utgiver: SD Books
- EAN: 9780571353446
- Utgivelsesår: 2021
- Bidragsyter: Jones, Dylan (Editor)
*Includes an exclusive new chapter*
¿Excellent¿ Guardian
¿Hugely enjoyable¿ Irish Times
¿Dazzling¿ LRB
''Fascinating'' New Statesman
''An absolute must-read'' GQ
An NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year 2020
For a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.
From the testimony of the people who lived it, comes Dylan Jones¿ masterful history of the Blitz kids, synth-pop and the style press, from 1975 to 1985.
¿Few music scenes have received more opprobrium than the New Romantics. A bunch of fame-grabbing clothes-horses? Certainly. But also, a progressive force that opened new routes for music while embracing most genders, ethnicities and sexual preferences.¿ MOJO
¿Compelling reading for those who lived and breathed the indulgence of the era without realising its signi