Strange stars : David Bowie, pop music, and the decade sci-fi exploded / Jason Heller.
Material type: TextPublication details: Brooklyn, NY : Melville House, [2018]Description: xiv, 254 p. ; 24 cmISBN: 9781612196978Subject(s): Popular music -- 1971-1980 -- History and criticism | Science fiction in musicAdditional physical formats: Online version:: Strange starsDDC classification: 781.66/09/047 LOC classification: ML3470 | .H44 2018Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 221-234), discography (p. 237-244), and index.
The stars look very different today: the end of the '60s -- Dancing astronauts of renown: 1970 -- In search of space: 1971 -- I'm the space invader: 1972 -- Comet melody: 1973 -- Secrets of the circuitry mind: 1974 -- Your memory banks have forgotten this funk: 1975 -- What can this strange device be?: 1976 -- A distant planet from where I come: 1977 -- Hit by space junk: 1978 -- When the machines rock: 1979 -- The planet is glowing: the start of the '80s.
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Explores how the work of many significant pop music performers of the 1970s were influenced by science fiction and space exploration.
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