The B-52s’ Cosmic Thing
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| Author | Pete Crighton |
|---|---|
| Format | Paperback |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Publication Date | 2025-09-04 |
| Pages | 136 |
| ISBN-13 | 9798765133125 |
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Description
The B-52s were always queer, though not overtly, and this book dissects the coded queer messaging in the B-52s music, using Cosmic Thing as a launching point. Alongside the authors own queer awakening, this book looks at what was obvious all along the B-52s aren”t just pop culture icons, they are queer history.
The B-52s fifth record Cosmic Thing took the world by storm in 1989 in the wake of the band”s single greatest tragedy: losing guitarist Ricky Wilson to complications from AIDS in 1985. Cosmic Thing is a celebration of queer joy in the face of that seismic setback. Not only did the B-52s have to fight through their pain and grief to make Cosmic Thing, they were up against a conservative government under Reagan (then Bush), a misunderstood virus still ravaging the queer community and the expectations of what ”serious” artists were supposed to look like.
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| Weight | 0.12 kg |
|---|---|
| Dimensions | 1 × 16.6 × 12 cm |
| Author | Pete Crighton |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing Plc |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Format | Paperback |
| ISBN-13 | 9798765133125 |
| Publication Date | 2025-09-04 |
| Publication Year | 2025 |
| Pages | 136 |
| Country of Publication | GB |
| Language | English |
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