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Beschreibung
In 1981, David Bowie and Queen both happened to be in Switzerland: They met and made “Under Pressure.” Recorded on a lark, the song broke the path for subsequent pop anthems. In Under Pressure, Max Brzezinski tells the classic track’s story, charting the relationship between pop music, collective politics, and dominant institutions of state, corporations, and civil society. Brzezinski shows that, like all great pop anthems, “Under Pressure” harnesses collective sentiments in order to model new ways of thinking and acting. As we continue to live under the sign of the global oppressive power the song names, analyzes, and attempts to move beyond, we remain, in Bowie and Freddie Mercury’s phrase, under pressure.
In 1981, David Bowie and Queen both happened to be in Switzerland: They met and made “Under Pressure.” Recorded on a lark, the song broke the path for subsequent pop anthems. In Under Pressure, Max Brzezinski tells the classic track’s story, charting the relationship between pop music, collective politics, and dominant institutions of state, corporations, and civil society. Brzezinski shows that, like all great pop anthems, “Under Pressure” harnesses collective sentiments in order to model new ways of thinking and acting. As we continue to live under the sign of the global oppressive power the song names, analyzes, and attempts to move beyond, we remain, in Bowie and Freddie Mercury’s phrase, under pressure.
Über den Autor
Max Brzezinski is the author of Vinyl Age: A Guide to Record Collecting Now.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction. Anthem, Counter-Anthem, Anthemic 1
1. Pressure
2. People
3. Streets
4. Love and Terror
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Index
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2025
Genre: Importe, Musik
Rubrik: Kunst & Musik
Thema: Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Einband - flex.(Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781478031192
ISBN-10: 1478031190
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Brzezinski, Max
Hersteller: Duke University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 201 x 201 x 10 mm
Von/Mit: Max Brzezinski
Erscheinungsdatum: 11.02.2025
Gewicht: 0,22 kg
Artikel-ID: 129494405