RIP IT UP AND START AGAIN: POST PUNK 1978 - 1984
Book ID/图书代码： 10420005B09443
English Summary/英文概要： Punk’s raw power rejuvenated rock, but by the summer of 1977 the movement had become a parody of itself. Rip It Up and Start Again is a celebration of what happened next: postpunk bands like PiL, Joy Division, Gang of Four, Talking Heads, The Fall, and Cabaret Voltaire, who dedicated themselves to fulfilling punk’s unfinished musical revolution, and experimented with electronics and machine rhythm or adapted ideas from disco production and dub reggae. Confronted by a time of enormous dislocation and tension - the resurgence of the Far Right, the election of Thatcher and Reagan, and the final spasm of the Cold War - the postpunks also tried to build an alternative culture with the birth of independent labels like Rough Trade, Factory, Mute, and SST, and the proliferation of the do-it-yourself ethos. "Constant change" was the watchword of the era, with endless brilliant innovations not just in music but in lyrics, performance, style, and design. This spirit continued and mutated with the New Pop of the early Eighties - Human League, Adam Ant, ABC, Madness, Frankie Goes To Hollywood - all of whom originally came out of punk, but who playfully embraced glamour, dance rhythm, and video in order to propel their bright ideas into the heart of the mainstream. In this, the first book to take a big picture view of the entire postpunk period, Simon Reynolds recreates a time of tremendous urgency and idealism in pop music.
Chinese Summary/中文概要： 朋客音乐赤裸裸的力量为摇滚音乐重新注入了力量，但是到了1977夏，这样的运动却有了虎头蛇尾的结果。Rip It Up and Start Again则歌颂了后来几年里音乐界发生的变化：后朋客时代的音乐组合如“快乐分裂”、“四人帮”、“传声头像”、“伏尔泰咖啡酒馆”等都全身心地致力于朋客时代未完成的音乐革命事业，他们有的尝试了电子音乐，机器节奏，有的从迪斯科作品中汲取灵感。 在那样一个巨大的混乱和紧张的时代中----极右翼复苏了，撒切尔夫人和里根都执政了，冷战也之剩最后苟延残喘，随着像Rough Trade, Factory, Mute和SST这样独立唱片公司的诞生，以及DIY精神的散步，后朋客族们也试图打造出另一种文化。“永远的变化”是那个时代的口号，不仅仅是纯音乐上出现了很多了不起的革新，歌词、表演，风格和设计上都有了很多创意。这种精神随着八十年代初期New Pop的出现一直延续着并发生了突变，那些新Pop们都是从朋客族中衍生出来的，但他们却很调皮地接受了魔力、舞蹈节奏，影像，这样做就是想把他们聪明的想法灌输到主流音乐中。这是第一本从大范围来分析整个后朋客时期的作品。作者重新营造出了流行音乐中的紧迫感和理想主义。
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About the Author/作者介绍： Simon Reynolds is the author of Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture(US title: GENERATION ECSTASY), Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock and (co-written with Joy Press) The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock ’n’ Roll. He is a freelance contributor to publications including the New York Times, the Observer, Salon, the Guardian, Uncut, and The Wire, and also operates the weblog Blissblog at http://blissout.blogspot.com/ Born in London in 1963, he lives with his wife and two children in New York.
http://blissout.blogspot.com/
Simon Reynolds不僅是一位資深文化樂評家，也是音樂雜誌〈Spin〉的專職顧問編輯，其著作包含Energy Flash: A Journey Through Rave Music and Dance Culture、Blissed Out: The Raptures of Rock，及與Joy Press合著的The Sex Revolts: Gender, Rebellion and Rock ’n’ Roll等。其樂評常常在《藝壇》(Artforum)、《村聲》(The Village Voice）等音樂雜誌上發表外，也在國際各大報章媒體出現，如New York Times、the Observer、Salon、the Guardian、Uncut、The Wire等。目前與其同為樂評的妻子Joy Press與兩個小孩定居在紐約。
Format:HARDCOVER
Rights Status/版权销售情况：Simplified Chinese/简体中文：SOLD
Complex/Traditional Chinese/繁体中文：AVAILABLE
Sales in other countries/其他国家销售情况：版權已售: France (Allia) Germany (Hannibal) Greece (Sonic Playground) Italy (ISBN) Japan (Shinko Music)
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