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The Fascist Groove Thing: A History of Thatcher's Britain in 21 Mixtapes

By Hugh Hodges, Dick Lucas (Preface by), Boff Whalley (Foreword by)
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By Hugh Hodges, Dick Lucas (Preface by), Boff Whalley (Foreword by)
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This is the late 1970s and ’80s as explained through the urgent and still-relevant songs of the Clash, the Specials, the Au Pairs, the Style Council, the Pet Shop Boys, and nearly four hundred other bands and solo artists.

Each chapter presents a mixtape (or playlist) of songs related to an alarming feature of Thatcher’s Britain, followed by an analysis of the dialogue these artists created with the Thatcherite vision of British society. “Tell us the truth,” Sham 69 demanded, and pop music, ...

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Music, Film & Performing ArtsPhilosophyMusicMusic Theory & CompositionMajor Branches of Philosophical StudyAesthetics & Philosophy of ArtAesthetics of MusicGeneral Aesthetics & Philosophy of Art