03026nam 22006855 450 991072009410332120230505104550.09783031225703(electronic bk.)978303122569710.1007/978-3-031-22570-3(MiAaPQ)EBC7246223(Au-PeEL)EBL7246223(DE-He213)978-3-031-22570-3(OCoLC)1378936637(OCoLC)1379484761(CKB)26592064700041(EXLCZ)992659206470004120230505d2023 u| 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierThe Story of the B-52s Neon Side of Town /by Scott Creney, Brigette Adair Herron1st ed. 2023.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan,2023.1 online resource (260 pages)Print version: Creney, Scott The Story of the B-52s Cham : Springer International Publishing AG,c2023 9783031225697 1. Neon -- 2. Athens: Pre-52s -- 3. Deadbeats -- 4. NYC -- 5. The B-52s -- 6. Wild Planet -- 7. Mesopotamia -- 8. Whammy -- 9. Satellites -- 10. Cosmic Thing -- 11. Good Stuff -- 12 Aftershocks. .The Story of the B-52s: Neon Side of Town is the first critical biography of one of the most unique popular bands in American music. The B-52s were far more than just a “tacky dance band.” Their aesthetic was shaped by the radical social and political conditions in Athens, Georgia, and their arrival in New York City profoundly influenced the next several years of music and art to come out of that city. The Story of the B-52s provides a deep critical analysis of the band’s music and original insights into the extraordinary people who made it. Their story, told here in full for the first time, contains all the elements of a great novel—success and failure, tragedy and triumph, life and death. Yet, at the heart of the B-52s music is a love for being alive that verges on the radical.Popular musicQueer theoryPopular CultureEthnologyCulturePopular MusicPop and RockQueer StudiesPopular CultureRegional Cultural StudiesPopular music.Queer theory.Popular Culture.Ethnology.Culture.Popular Music.Pop and Rock.Queer Studies.Popular Culture.Regional Cultural Studies.782.421640922782.421640922Creney Scott1355153Herron Brigette Adair1355154MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQ9910720094103321The Story of the B-52s3359249UNINA