BREAKING DOWN THE WALLS OF HEARTACHE: HOW MUSIC CAME OUT
Book ID/图书代码： 05793017C00026
English Summary/英文概要： Popular music’s gay DNA is inarguable, from Elvis in eye shadow and Little Richard’s ’Tutti Frutti’ to The Velvet Underground’s subversive rock’n’roll and Bowie’s ambisexual alien Ziggy Stardust; from kd lang’s female Elvis to Kurt Cobain in a dress; from Noughties lesbian icon Beth Ditto to Lady Gaga’s ’Born This Way’ manifesto.
But if collected essays and/or features have addressed gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender singers, songwriters, musicians and songs, no book has yet comprehensively and authoritatively drawn together all the threads to explore this as an unfolding, historical narrative: to tell the story of how music ’came out’, from the days when homosexuals were deeply in the closet, but the love that once dared not speak its name sings it, and on daytime radio to boot.
This story will reveal which songs have coded messages about sexuality, and which proudly declared the truth, including examples of heterosexual songwriters and singers who chose to address same-sex issues, from Rod Stewart’s ’The Killing Of Georgie’ - the first UK number one with a gay theme - to Suede’s ’Animal Nitrate’. The narrative will unfold against a backdrop of historic social and political shifts, as LGBT rights pushed for visibility and equality, from the closet of the Fifties to the struggle and setbacks of the Sixties, the liberation of the Seventies, the mainstream invasion and AIDS crisis of the Eighties, the advances of the Nineties and the more immersed scene of the Noughties. These artists have indeed changed the world as we know it.
Breaking Down the Walls of Heartache is a story for a wide audience, not just the LGBT community but a broad spectrum of music lovers who are fascinated by these characters, events, stories and songs. It is also a very timely tale, given the prominence of same-sex issues such as marriage equality, alongside the retrogressive steps in places such as Russia and parts of Africa, where songs encapsulating the gay/lesbian experience mirror those of the Sixties, signifying how the journey from illegality and bigotry to freedom is still far from over.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 流行音乐的同性恋基因是无可争议的，从猫王的眼影和小理查德的“百果糖”地下天鹅绒的颠覆性摇滚和鲍伊的双性异形瑞格•思达斯特；从凯蒂•郎的女埃尔维斯到穿着裙子的科特•柯本;从本世纪初的女同性恋偶像贝丝•贝丝•伊托到嘎嘎小姐的“生来如此”宣言。
但如果收集论文和/或特性解决了同性恋，女同性恋，双性恋和变性人歌手,作曲家,音乐家和歌曲，没有一本书如此全面、权威地聚集所有的线程来探索这个演变，历史叙述:音乐故事，同性恋深藏在壁橱里的故事，曾经爱但却不敢再说他的名字或者歌唱他和白天的电台。
这个故事将揭示歌曲消息关于性，并自豪地宣布真相，包括异性恋的词曲作者和歌手选择的例子解决同性恋问题，罗德•斯图尔特的“杀害乔吉”——第一个英国首位同性恋主题——仿麂皮的“硝酸动物”。叙事将展开的背景下历史社会和政治转变,推动能见度与平等作为同性恋者的权利的同时,从五十年代的壁橱里的斗争和挫折的六十年代，解放的年代，主流入侵和艾滋病危机的年代，进步的年代越沉浸过去的场景。这些艺术家确实改变了我们所知道的世界。
《推翻心痛之墙》不仅面向同性恋群体，也面向广大的音乐爱好者，他们被这些角色、事件、故事和歌曲所吸引。也是一个非常及时的故事,因为同性婚姻平等等问题的突出,与倒退的步骤在俄罗斯和非洲部分地区等地方,在歌曲封装/同性恋体验镜子的六十年代,标志着从违法行为到自由偏见仍远未结束。（WYL）
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About the Author/作者介绍： 马丁•阿斯顿写流行音乐已经有30年了。在此期间，他为许多出版物撰稿，包括《MOJO》、《Q》、《卫报》、《泰晤士报》、《态度》、《广播时报》、《Spin》和《BBC音乐在线》，还报道了电视、电影和同性恋文化。他是三本书的作者:木浆(麦克米伦, 1995)， Bjorkgraphy (西蒙& 舒斯特, 1996)和最近的《面对另一种方式:4AD的故事》(哈珀•柯林斯 2013)。《每日电讯报》、《泰晤士报文学增刊》、《Spin》和《每日电讯报》共对120个新采访进行了编辑，评选出年度最佳图书。
Martin Aston has written about popular music for 30 years. During that time, he has contributed to numerous publications, including MOJO, Q, Guardian, The Times, Attitude, Radio Times, Spin and BBC Music Online, and has also covered TV, film and LGBT culture. He is the author of three books: Pulp (MacMillan, 1995), Björkgraphy (Simon & Schuster, 1996) and most recently, Facing The Other Way: The Story Of 4AD (HarperCollins, 2013). Compiled from 120 new interviews, it was voted a Book of the Year by NME, Times Literary Supplement, Spin and the Daily Telegraph.
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