Popular Music, Critique and Manic Street Preachers
This book explores the ways in which popular music can criticise political, social and economic structures, through the lens of alternate rock band Manic Street Preachers. Unlike most recent work on popular music, Peters concentrates largely on
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Popular Music, Critique and Manic Street Preachers
Mathijs Peters
Popular Music, Critique and Manic Street Preachers
Mathijs Peters Philosophy Department Utrecht University Utrecht, The Netherlands
ISBN 978-3-030-43099-3 ISBN 978-3-030-43100-6 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43100-6 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, expressed or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Cover illustration: Everynight Images / Alamy Stock Photo This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by the registered company Springer Nature Switzerland AG. The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
To Guido and Thijs, with whom I discovered the power of popular music.
Preface
This book would not exist without Manic Street Preachers. Not just because this book is about Manic Street Preachers, but because the Welsh band played a pivotal role in sparking my interest in philosophy and, eventually, my decision to specialise in political philosophy, social philosophy and philosophy of culture in an academic context. This decision was primarily incited by the band’s lyrics, mainly written by their guitarist Richey Edwards and bassist Nicky Wire. It was also motivated by the many interviews in which the band members list books, playwrights, philosophers, films, politicians, actors, architects, poets, painters and other musicians as inspirations, as well as by the ways in which they refer to these inspirations with help of quotes printed in the sleeve booklets of their releases, phrases projected on stage during concerts and slogans spray-painted on their clothes. Combined with these references, Manic Street Preachers lyrics constitute a network of links between phenomena as diverse as consumption culture, the Holocaust, The Clash, Situationis
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