The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9781501390289 | The Go-Go's Beauty and the Beat | Lisa Whittington-Hill | Taschenbuch

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Beschreibung

The Go-Go's debut album Beauty and the Beat was released on July 8, 1981. The album spent six weeks in the number one spot on the Billboard charts, produced two hit singles and sold more than two million copies making it one of the most successful debut albums of all time. Beauty and the Beat made the Go-Go's the first, and to date only, female band to have a number one album who not only wrote their own songs, but also played their own instruments.

Beauty and the Beat is a ground-breaking album, but the Go-Go's are often overlooked when we talk about influential female musicians. The Go-Go's were a feminist band and Beauty and the Beat a call to arms that inspired generations of women. The band embraced the DIY spirit of Riot Grrrl before there was a Bikini Kill or a Bratmobile. Girls making music on their own terms didn't start with Courtney Love or Beyoncé or Billie Eilish, it started with the Go-Go's. It started with Beauty and the Beat.

While they may have controlled their music, the Go-Go's couldn't control the misogyny of the music industry, media and fans. The sexist and tired stereotypes the Go-Go's experienced 40 years ago still exist today. The legacy of Beauty and the Beat is both a celebration of how the record inspired countless girls to make art and music on their own terms, but also a painful reminder of how little has changed in how female musicians are marketed, manipulated, and discarded.

Über den Autor

Lisa Whittington-Hill

Zusammenfassung

The album turned 40 in July 2021.The Go-Go's, a new documentary about the band, premiered at Sundance in 2020 and the band released "Club Zero," their first new music in 20 years

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Track Listing
Introduction: Good Girls and Go-Go's
1. Like the Buzzcocks, but Women
2. Good Luck Enterprising Girl Groups
3. From Punk to Pop
4. America's Sweethearts from Hell
5. Step Aside REO Speedwagon
6. The F-Word
7. We Haven't Come a Long Way, Baby
Conclusion: They Still Got the Beat
Notes
Bibliography
Acknowledgments

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2023
Genre:	Importe , Musik
Rubrik:	Kunst & Musik
Thema:	Allg. Handbücher & Lexika
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781501390289
ISBN-10:	1501390287
Sprache:	Englisch
Herstellernummer:	619022
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Whittington-Hill, Lisa
Hersteller:	Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	161 x 116 x 11 mm
Von/Mit:	Lisa Whittington-Hill
Erscheinungsdatum:	07.09.2023
Gewicht:	0,136 kg