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Sto caricando le informazioni... The Fabulous Sylvester: The Legend, the Music, the Seventies in San Franciscodi Joshua Gamson
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Iscriviti per consentire a LibraryThing di scoprire se ti piacerà questo libro. Attualmente non vi sono conversazioni su questo libro. Big, beautiful, a heavenly voice. Born in Los Angeles, Sylvester went to San Francisco. There, he (kind of) conquered the city, made some memorable recordings, and died. Scholarly work. ( ) For the most part it was an enjoyable enough read, particularly the histories of the young inner-city, cross-dressing disquotays. Mid-way through the book it gets a bit tedious (the writing and Sylvester himself.) It does pick up again and is worth sticking with, but ultimately it is not as gratifying as I would have liked, given the subject matter. nessuna recensione | aggiungi una recensione
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A journey back through the music, madness, and unparalleled freedom of an era of change-the '70s-as told through the life of ultra-fabulous superstar Sylvester. Imagine a pied piper singing in a dazzling falsetto, wearing glittering sequins, and leading the young people of the nation to San Francisco and on to liberation where nothing was straight-laced or old-fashioned. And everyone, finally, was welcome-to come as themselves. This is not a fairy tale. This was real, mighty real, and disco sensation Sylvester was the piper. Joshua Gamson-a Yale-trained pop culture expert-uses him, a boy who would be fabulous, to lead us through the story of the '70s when a new era of change liberated us from conformity and boredom. Gamson captures the exuberant life, feeling, energy, and fun of a generation's wonderful, magical waking up-from the parties to the dancing and music. The story begins with a little black boy who started with nothing but a really big voice. We follow him from the Gospel chorus to the glory days in the Castro where a generation shook off its shame as Sylvester sang and began his rise as part of a now-notorious theatrical troup called the Cockettes. Celebrity, sociology, and music history mingle and merge around this endlessly entertaining story of a singer who embodied the freedom, spirit, and flamboyance of a golden moment in American culture. Non sono state trovate descrizioni di biblioteche |
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