Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 by Simon Reynolds (English) Paperb

Description: Rip it Up and Start Again by Simon Reynolds The essential book on post-punk music, a must for any serious pop music fan. FORMAT Paperback LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book to take a big-picture view of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the video-savvy synth-pop of groups such as Human League, Depeche Mode, and Soft Cell, whose success coincided with the rise of MTV. Full of insight and anecdote and populated by charismatic characters, Rip It Up re-creates the idealism, urgency, and excitement of one of the most important and challenging periods in the history of popular music. Notes The essential book on post-punk music, a must for any serious pop music fan. Author Biography Simon Reynolds is the author of Energy Flash: A Journey through Rave Music and Dance Culture, Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock, The Sex Revolts: Gender Rebellions and Rock and Roll (cowritten with Joy Press), Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 and, most recently, Bring The Noise: Twenty Years of Hip Hop and Hip Rock. Review "I had never expected there to be a book on this subject; had I done so, I would never have dared to hope it could be as good as this. Nicholas Lezard, Guardian Book of the Week" Promotional Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984, by Simon Reynolds, is the essential book on post-punk music, a must for any serious pop music fan. Long Description The essential book on post-punk music, a must for any serious pop music fan. Rip It Up and Start Again is the first book to take a big-picture view of the wildly adventurous music created in the years after punk. Renowned music journalist Simon Reynolds celebrates the futurist spirit of such bands as Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, and Devo, which resulted in endless innovations in music, lyrics, performance, and style and continued into the early eighties with the video-savvy synth-pop of groups such as Human League, Depeche Mode, and Soft Cell, whose success coincided with the rise of MTV. Full of insight and anecdote and populated by charismatic characters, Rip It Up re-creates the idealism, urgency, and excitement of one of the most important and challenging periods in the history of popular music. Promotional "Headline" Rip it Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984 , by Simon Reynolds, is the essential book on post-punk music, a must for any serious pop music fan. Details ISBN057121570X Author Simon Reynolds Year 2006 ISBN-10 057121570X ISBN-13 9780571215706 Format Paperback Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom DEWEY 782.42166 Birth 1963 Media Book Edition 1st Pages 608 Language English Publisher Faber & Faber Imprint Faber & Faber Subtitle Postpunk 1978-1984 Publication Date 2006-02-02 Short Title Rip It up and Start Again UK Release Date 2006-02-02 AU Release Date 2006-02-02 Edition Description Main Audience General NZ Release Date 2006-04-30 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:2752860;

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