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This charming man: it is 20 years since The Smiths' first hit transformed the British music scene. Jason Cowley on pop's antidote to early Thatcherism
To understand the impact Morrissey and his band The Smiths had on British popular culture when they first emerged in the autumn of 1983, one must first ......(Continue Reading) Subcultures, pop music and politics: skinheads and "Nazi rock" in England and Germany
Right-wing extremist rock music--so-called "Nazi rock"--is one of the most problematic of popular musical genres. Emerging from the skinhead ......(Continue Reading)Official! It really is a mad, mad, mad, mad world: dark thoughts about humanity's future don't usually get to the top of the Christmas singles charts.
The Christmas number one can signify not only the taste but also the mood of the nation. Record companies know this, too, and market their product with ......(Continue Reading)Old romantics: William Cook recalls the era of miners' strikes, hair mousse and great pop music
Gatecrash any office party this Christmas and the chances are that much of the music will be at least a generation out of date. Nothing evokes lost youth so vividly as the music of our teenage year...(Continue Reading)Friends reunited: Richard Cook on the difficult business of the pop comeback - Music
"Reunited", sang Peaches and Herb, "and it feels so good." Music's happy reunions, however, are more like patched-up marriages of convenience. Most ......(Continue Reading)
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