{"product_id":"uncommon-people-by-miranda-sawyer-9781399816915","title":"Uncommon People","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\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\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47933358473452,"sku":"9781399816915","price":29.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781399816915-uncommon-people.jpg?v=1783868628","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/uncommon-people-by-miranda-sawyer-9781399816915","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}