
1984: The Year Pop Went Queer
Imprint: Nine Eight Books
Synopsis
A Guardian Book of the Year
A Clash Book of the Year
'MAGNIFICENT!' CAITLIN MORAN
'A riveting read about a pop revolution hiding in plain sight' PETE PAPHIDES
'Very funny and very moving' JUDE ROGERS
In 1984, pop came out of the closet - even if not all of the artists felt that they could - and, in the process, charted the course of the...
A Clash Book of the Year
'MAGNIFICENT!' CAITLIN MORAN
'A riveting read about a pop revolution hiding in plain sight' PETE PAPHIDES
'Very funny and very moving' JUDE ROGERS
In 1984, pop came out of the closet - even if not all of the artists felt that they could - and, in the process, charted the course of the...
Details
320 pages
Imprint: Nine Eight Books
Reviews
'A flamboyant take on the 1980s. Everything you wanted to know about the 'Relax' video but were afraid to ask. It shows how Bronski Beat, Dead or Alive, Madonna et al. threw open music's closet on Top of the Pops, shifting society's attitudes to a disco beat. Excellent'The Times
'A loving compendium of what happened during the pinkest 12-month patch of pop history'Observer
'MAGNIFICENT! A Poppers O'Clock ode to one of pop's most pivotal and best dressed year'Caitlin Moran
'A riveting read about a pop revolution hiding in plain sight'Pete Paphides