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# Rip It Up and Start Again: Postpunk 1978-1984

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    A great, fun read
  

*by E***I on Reviewed in the United States on July 24, 2018*

A great, fun read. As a professor I teach a course on popular music, and I often assign students Reynolds' work.  The reason is that he writes like he is having a chat with the reader like a chum: he discloses personal stuff, he's a human, he admits what his limits are, he just writes to readers like he's a journalist with feelings.  This is a smart and enjoyable book. it will introduce you to some bands you didn't know about, and dive into some particulars from those you do.  But above all, Reynolds honest voice is what hooks you---he writes like he's sitting on your couch in your living room.  I know some folks want a more "objective" tone, but I think his approach to writing is perfect for what he is writing about.  He's sorta the counterpoint to Simon Frith, who is much more aloof and, I think, clueless . . . . This is a good book for folks interested in postpunk or who grew up in the 80s. I just adore Reynolds honesty and enthusiasm for the music he writes about.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The definitive history of postpunk
  

*by E***N on Reviewed in the United States on July 2, 2011*

Simon Reynolds, who previously wrote the definitive early history of electronica, 
  
Generation Ecstasy







  
  
    , is simply one the best music historians and critics alive, an exhaustive researcher with encyclopedic musical, literary and historical knowledge who possesses, thankfully, a solid sense of humor.A major problem with the postpunk movement, though, and Reynold's superhuman efforts in researching and chronicling it, is that an enormous percentage of the music has not survived the test of time. Too much of it was modernism in its best and worst senses: extreme experimentalism and a rejection of past norms (tunes, for example) by young musicians and non-musicians of admirable ambition but questionable talent and inspiration. Many postpunk songs were slapped together in a day by young guys who had picked up guitars, drums and synths for the first time a week before. I often suspect that Reynolds put more effort into researching and describing certain obscure songs than the bands originally spent in writing and recording them.That said, there are many diamonds in the rough to be found by exploring the bands and songs mentioned in this book. I made many musical discoveries through Rip It Up, something that's become extremely easy thanks to the Internet. The ability to dial up 60- or 90-second samples on Amazon or iTunes of all of the songs Reynolds describes is half the fun.Reynolds accomplishes what he sets out to do: write the definitive history of post-punk, convincingly define what it was (in short, a period of modernism), and explain its important role in music history, namely as the bridge between punk and the British "New Pop" of the early 80s and a movement that planted the or some seeds of goth, hip hop (via Art of Noise's "Beat Box" and Malcolm McLaren's surprising post-Pistols career), rave, and a host of contemporary bands. He argues, successfully, that postpunk was extremely influential even where the original music hasn't stood the test of time.Many of the Amazon reviewers here exhort you to buy the longer UK edition of Rip it Up. My advice: don't... unless you're already into postpunk. The US edition is long enough for the general reader at 388 pages.In the final chapter, Reynolds sets the stage for his next book, 
  
Retromania: Pop Culture's Addiction to Its Own Past







  
  
    , which presumably begins where New Pop entered its decline, around 1984-85, when the dominant paradigm of music shifted from forward thinking (futurist) to backward looking (retro).

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    excellent
  

*by J***N on Reviewed in the United States on May 16, 2024*

Excellent condition. Would gladly use this seller again

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