The People’s Songs
The Story of Modern Britain in 50 Records
$52.95
- Paperback
480 pages
- Release Date
15 April 2014
Summary
An original book to accompany Stuart Maconie’s landmark Radio 2 series - a history of post-war Britain through pop music.
These are the songs that we have listened to, laughed to, loved to and laboured to, as well as downed tools and danced to.
Covering the last seven decades, Stuart Maconie looks at the songs that have sound tracked our changing times, and - just sometimes - changed the way we feel. Beginning with Vera Lynn’s ‘We’ll Meet Again’, a song that reassured a nation…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780091933807 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0091933803 |
| Author: | Stuart Maconie |
| Publisher: | Ebury Publishing |
| Imprint: | Ebury Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 480 |
| Release Date: | 15 April 2014 |
| Weight: | 336g |
| Dimensions: | 196mm x 128mm x 31mm |
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Critics Review
One of the most insightful and purely readable books on pop music I think I have ever encountered – Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
An unequivocal pleasure and highly recommended – Marcus Berkmann * Daily Mail *
The blend of research and conjecture is impressive – Will Hodgkinson * The Times *
Maconie succeeds in being at once elegant and approachable, definititive but also self-deprecating * Guardian *
A fine writer: sharp, funny, tender and thoughtful * Spectator *
Beautiful stuff, gorgeously crafted * Miranda Sawyer *
An engaging musical history lesson full of dry Wigan wit. * NME *
If there’s a purer, more joyous and affectionate tribute to the power of popular songs, then I’d like to read it… * DAILY MAIL *
Maconie’s history of modern Britain filtered through pop songs is a fine example of a perfect marriage: Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again conjures up the British wartime resilience while The Strawbs’ Part of the Union sums up the bitter industrial conflict that defined the 1970s * DAILY MAIL *
About The Author
Stuart Maconie
Stuart Maconie is a writer, broadcaster and journalist familiar to millions from his work in print, on radio and on TV. His previous bestsellers have included Cider with Roadies, Pies and Prejudice and Adventures on the High Teas, and he currently hosts the afternoon show on BBC 6music with Mark Radcliffe as well as weekly show The Freak Zone. Based in the cities of Birmingham and Manchester, he can also often be spotted on top of a mountain in the Lake District with a Thermos flask and individual pork pie.
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