Turn the Beat Around by Peter Shapiro
Disco emerged from the fall-out of the Black Power Movement and an almost exclusively gay scene in a blaze of poppers, strobe lights, tight trousers, hysterical diva vocals and synthesized beats in the late sixties. As a genre, disco radically re-defined the sensibility of the seventies to the extent where reactionary rockers felt the need to launch a paranoid 'Disco Sucks' campaign at the end of the decade. Featuring artists such as Chic, Sylvester, Donna Summer and Frank Grasso, Turn the Beat Around illustrates why and how disco changed the face of popular culture forever.
"'A complete triumphHe expertly excavates the history of one of the central genres of modern popular music.' John McTernan, Scotland on Sunday"
Peter Shapiro is a freelance music critic and journalist. He has written for a number of magazines and newspapers, including Spin, Urb, Music Week, Uncut, Vibe, The Wire and The Times.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780571219230 |
| ISBN 10 | 0571219233 |
| Title | Turn the Beat Around |
| Author | Peter Shapiro |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Faber & Faber |
| Year published | 2009-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 368 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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