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Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the war. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics and fleeting political optimism - this was "Cool Britannia". Records sold in their millions, a new celebrity elite emerged and Tony Blair's Labour Party found itself, at long last, returned to government. Drawing on interviews from all the major bands - including Oasis, Blur, Elastica and Suede - from music journalists, record executives and those close to government, this title charts the rise and fall of the Britpop movement. John Harris was there; and in his book he argues that the high point of British music's cultural impact also signalled its effective demise - if rock stars were now friends of the government, then how could they continue to matter?
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The last party : Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock, John Harris
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2003
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- Titel
- The last party : Britpop, Blair and the demise of English rock
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- John Harris
- Verlag
- Fourth Estate
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 2003
- Einband
- Paperback
- Seitenzahl
- 448
- ISBN10
- 000713472x
- ISBN13
- 9780007134724
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Sachbücher, Kunst & Kultur, Sozialwissenschaften, Historisches Thema, Geschichte, Wahre Geschichten, Biografien, Politikwissenschaft, Musikalische Thematik, Musik, Politik, Politikerbiografien, Popkultur
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- 4,1 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- Beginning in 1994 and closing in the first months of 1998, the UK passed through a cultural moment as distinct and as celebrated as any since the war. Founded on rock music, celebrity, boom-time economics and fleeting political optimism - this was "Cool Britannia". Records sold in their millions, a new celebrity elite emerged and Tony Blair's Labour Party found itself, at long last, returned to government. Drawing on interviews from all the major bands - including Oasis, Blur, Elastica and Suede - from music journalists, record executives and those close to government, this title charts the rise and fall of the Britpop movement. John Harris was there; and in his book he argues that the high point of British music's cultural impact also signalled its effective demise - if rock stars were now friends of the government, then how could they continue to matter?