1980's Bands/Artists
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Ghosts: Journeys To Post-pop : How David Sylvian, Mark Hollis and Kate Bush reinvented pop music
David Sylvian, Mark Hollis and Kate Bush - Book - by M. Restall
(2024)
Three music-obsessed, suburban London teenagers set out to make their
own kind of pop music: Kate Bush became an overnight star, while success
came to David Sylvian (and Japan), and to Mark Hollis (and Talk Talk)
after years of struggle. But when their unique talents brought them
international acclaim, they turned their backs on stardom. ‘Just when I
think I’m winning,’ sang Sylvian on ‘Ghosts,’ a 1982 Japan hit, ‘when my
chance came to be king, the ghosts of my life grew wilder than the
wind.’ Haunted by doubt, spooked by fame, shocked by the industry’s
classism, sexism, and rapacity, Sylvian, Hollis, and Bush were driven to
brave new destinations by multiple factors: creative originality and
the inspiration of artists from every genre; the turmoil of personal
relationships and inner psychological struggles.
Along the way,
as sacrifices were made – bands, friendships, marriages, the trappings
of stardom – and experiments were pursued with dogged fearlessness,
these musicians forged something new, changing how we hear pop music and
the role of its creators in modern society. Ghosts uses the
Sylvian, Hollis, and Bush journeys to define post-pop for the first
time. Weaving together memoir, biography, musicology, cultural
criticism, and history, the book shows how the story is both personal –
as individual artists struggled with their own ghosts – and contextual, a
larger history of pop music, popular culture, and the creative process
itself.
The post-pop story is about music and fame, ambition and
fear, happiness and melancholy. As a journey from noise to silence, the
journey to post-pop is ultimately about life itself.
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Tags: David Sylvian Mark Hollis Kate Bush Ghosts 1980s Book Matthew Restall