The B-52s' Cosmic Thing - Pete Crighton

The B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in their music, using 1989’s Cosmic Thing as a focal point. Alongside the author’s own queer awakening, Crighton investigates the band’s history and recorded work to date, providing cultural context along the way, and proves what was obvious all along – the B-52s aren’t just pop culture icons, they are queer history.Cosmic Thing took the world by storm in 1989 in the wake of the band’s single... Zobrazit více