{"product_id":"cant-slow-down-how-1984-became-pops-blockbuster-year-hardcover","title":"Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMichaelangelo Matos\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone-Kirkus \u003c\/i\u003eBest Music Book of 2020\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of pop music in the mid-eighties, from Prince and Madonna to the underground hip-hop, indie rock, and club scenes\u003c\/b\u003e Everybody knows the hits of 1984 - pop music's greatest year. From \"Thriller\" to \"Purple Rain,\" \"Hello\" to \"Against All Odds,\" \"What's Love Got to Do with It\" to \"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,\" these iconic songs continue to dominate advertising, karaoke nights, and the soundtracks for film classics (\u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e) and TV hits (\u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e). But the story of that thrilling, turbulent time, an era when Top 40 radio was both the leading edge of popular culture and a moral battleground, has never been told with the full detail it deserves - until now. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan't Slow Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the definitive portrait of the exploding world of mid-eighties pop and the time it defined, from Cold War anxiety to the home-computer revolution. Big acts like Michael Jackson (\u003ci\u003eThriller\u003c\/i\u003e), Prince (\u003ci\u003ePurple Rain\u003c\/i\u003e), Madonna (\u003ci\u003eLike a Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e), Bruce Springsteen (\u003ci\u003eBorn in the U.S.A.\u003c\/i\u003e), and George Michael (Wham 's \u003ci\u003eMake It Big\u003c\/i\u003e) rubbed shoulders with the stars of the fermenting scenes of hip-hop, indie rock, and club music. Rigorously researched, mapping the entire terrain of American pop, with crucial side trips to the UK and Jamaica, from the biz to the stars to the upstarts and beyond, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan't Slow Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid journey to the very moment when pop was remaking itself, and the culture at large - one hit at a time.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMICHAELANGELO MATOS\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Underground Is Massive: How Electronic Dance Music Conquered America\u003c\/i\u003e (Dey Street, 2015) and \u003ci\u003eSign 'O' the Times\u003c\/i\u003e (Bloomsbury, 2004). He contributes regularly to \u003ci\u003eMix\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e-mag\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e and lives in St. Paul, Minnesota.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 480\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.7 x 9.1 x 5.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 08, 2020\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768868012320,"sku":"9780306903373","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ca0fc975f541d7d2916b064be444a7d1.webp?v=1780339386","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/cant-slow-down-how-1984-became-pops-blockbuster-year-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}