{"product_id":"9780571353446-sweet-dreams","title":"Sweet Dreams","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFrom Club Culture to Style Culture, the Story of the New Romantics\u003cbr\u003eThe definitive oral history of the New Romantics.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e*Includes an exclusive new chapter*\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGuardian\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eHugely enjoyable' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Dazzling' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eLRB \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eFascinating' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew Statesman \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e'\u003c\/i\u003eAn absolute must-read' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eGQ\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn NME and BBC Culture Book of the Year 2020\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFor a while, Sweet Dreams were made of this.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the testimony of the people who lived it, comes Dylan Jones' masterful history of the Blitz kids, synth-pop and the style press, from 1975 to 1985.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Few music scenes have received more opprobrium than the New Romantics. A bunch of fame-grabbing clothes-horses? Certainly. But also, a progressive force that opened new routes for music while embracing most genders, ethnicities and sexual preferences.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eMOJO \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Compelling reading for those who lived and breathed the indulgence of the era without realising its significance or contemplating its legacy.' \u003cb\u003eSimon Armitage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 'Dylan Jones explains how a bunch of penniless nightclub show-offs morphed into pop royalty in the 1980s . An excitable patchwork of interviews, punctuated with gossip and pertinent theory.' \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eUNCUT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'It's all here: the swishing, the androgynous preening, the sweetly-dreamt synth-pop splendour of early '80s Britain. Something was happening, and Mr. Jones knew what it was.' \u003cb\u003eBarney Hoskyns\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56451351773558,"sku":"9780571353446","price":15.67,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_40031059.jpg?v=1771484017","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780571353446-sweet-dreams","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}