{"product_id":"uncommon-people-9781399816892","title":"Uncommon People","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhen Miranda Sawyer interviewed Noel Gallagher in 1995, his gag wishing Damon Albarn would die of AIDS became front-page news. This fascinating pop history, exploring the mid-90s moment when British music suddenly meant everything, explains why. Picking out twenty key songs, delving into the surprising stories behind them and their unlikely creators, \u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e takes us back to when Jarvis Cocker became a national hero, \u003ci\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/i\u003e was a global hit, fire-starting seemed like a good night out - and it felt as though the revolution was happening. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eInitially a music press nickname, Britpop became an unexpected musical movement centred around outsiders and misfits, drop-outs and weirdos who refused to compromise on their ideas, even when they were thrust into the international spotlight. Not just a scene for white guys with guitars, but something wilder and more interesting, with songs that have proved timeless. Exploring the era's key artists - Oasis, Blur, Tricky, Pulp, Underworld, Manic Street Preachers, The Prodigy, Suede, Chemical Brothers, Garbage, Supergrass, Radiohead, PJ Harvey and more - through their definitive anthems, Miranda Sawyer transports us back to the beating heart of the nineties. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e re-lives the mad exhilaration of what it was like to hear these songs for the very first time - and what it was like to make them. With amazing new interviews, and I-was-there insights, this book offers a backstage pass to all the most interesting bits of Britpop's Greatest Hits. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eForget New Labour, forget earnest trend theories, this book is all about the music, the people and being \u003ci\u003eright there, right now.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiranda Sawyer\u003c\/b\u003e has written about pop culture for the \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e ever since they hired her to explain why Kurt Cobain's death was such a big deal in 1993. She has since interviewed everyone from Liam Gallagher to Irvine Welsh. She has also written for the \u003ci\u003eFace, Select, and Smash Hits \u003c\/i\u003eand won several awards. \u003ci\u003eThe Culture Show\u003c\/i\u003e's Music Correspondent since 2007 and a regular on Radio 4, she has made documentaries about the Spice Girls and even co-presented Big Mouth with Tony Parsons in 1996. Her first book \u003ci\u003ePark and Ride\u003c\/i\u003e explored the British suburbs, her second \u003ci\u003eOut of Time\u003c\/i\u003e exploded the midlife crisis, \u003ci\u003eUncommon People\u003c\/i\u003e takes us time-travelling back into the heart of 90s pop.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"John Murray Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51183243428114,"sku":"9781399816892","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_41883b76-ef17-496e-a192-402e37076b57.jpg?v=1770979556","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/uncommon-people-9781399816892","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}