When the Music's over
Subtitle: The Story of Political Pop
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: September 1989
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 320
ISBN-13: 9780571153800
Subjects: Music; Performing Arts; General; Rock & pop; c 1945 to c 1960; c 1960 to c 1970; c 1970 to c 1980; c 1980 to c 1990; Genres & Styles - Pop Vocal; Music and society; Music, Popular (Songs, etc); Political aspects; Popular Music; Social aspects
Description: This book sets out to examine the history of post-war political pop from the McCarthy era to Live Aid and from Ewan MacColl to Red Wedge. The story includes the anti-communist witch-hunts of the fifties, the Civil Rights and Vietnam campaigns and the Rock against Racism Movement.