{"product_id":"cant-slow-down-how-1984-became-pops-blockbuster-year-9780306903373","title":"Can't Slow Down: How 1984 Became Pop's Blockbuster Year","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe definitive account of pop music in the mid-eighties, from Prince and Madonna to the underground hip-hop, indie rock, and club scenes\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEverybody knows the hits of 1984 - pop music's greatest year. From \"Thriller\" to \"Purple Rain,\" \"Hello\" to \"Against All Odds,\" \"What's Love Got to Do with It\" to \"Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go,\" these iconic songs continue to dominate advertising, karaoke nights, and the soundtracks for film classics (\u003ci\u003eBoogie Nights\u003c\/i\u003e) and TV hits (\u003ci\u003eStranger Things\u003c\/i\u003e). But the story of that thrilling, turbulent time, an era when Top 40 radio was both the leading edge of popular culture and a moral battleground, has never been told with the full detail it deserves - until now. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCan't Slow Down\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is the definitive portrait of the exploding world of mid-eighties pop and the time it defined, from Cold War anxiety to the home-computer revolution. Big acts like Michael Jackson (\u003ci\u003eThriller\u003c\/i\u003e), Prince (\u003ci\u003ePurple Rain\u003c\/i\u003e), Madonna (\u003ci\u003eLike a Virgin\u003c\/i\u003e), Bruce Springsteen (\u003ci\u003eBorn in the U.S.A.\u003c\/i\u003e), and George Michael (Wham 's \u003ci\u003eMake It Big\u003c\/i\u003e) rubbed shoulders with the stars of the fermenting scenes of hip-hop, indie rock, and club music. \u003cbr\u003eRigorously researched, mapping the entire terrain of American pop, with crucial side trips to the UK and Jamaica, from the biz to the stars to the upstarts and beyond, \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eCan't Slow Down\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid journey to the very moment when pop was remaking itself, and the culture at large - one hit at a time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Hachette Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780306903373\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 5.90w x 1.70d","brand":"Michaelangelo Matos","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38027304599733,"sku":"9780306903373","price":25.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_41b383d6-4948-4eaa-a2a4-8d69148b45b1.jpg?v=1609192566","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/cant-slow-down-how-1984-became-pops-blockbuster-year-9780306903373","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}