/
FR

The B-52's Cosmic Thing By Pete Crighton

33 1/3 | Item No: 1199743
18,99 €
Incl. VAT plus Shipping Costs
Add to Cart Coming Soon Sold out Currently not available Not Enough Coins
Preorder shipping from 2025-09-26
The date is based on the information provided by our suppliers and is subject to change.
Item 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.
Item Details
Item No: 1199743
Artist: The B-52's
Item: Cosmic Thing By Pete Crighton
Label / Brand: 33 1/3
Category: Print & Design, Books, Paperback Books
Catalog No: 9798765133149
Price: 18,99 €
Weight: 1000g (plus 250g Packaging)
Product safety (manufacturer information): HHV Handels GmbH
Zur Alten Börse 55
12681 Berlin
Germany
productsafety@hhv.de
https://www.hhv.de/en-FR/help/contact
Related Items
Our customers also bought
Related Items
Our customers also bought