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What made you write Stranger Things and the '80s?
To be honest, the show couldn't be more tailor-made to my interests. I'm obsessed with '80s culture, especially the music and movies. I'd written a few books connected to the decade and taught a class here at Merrimack College focused on the '80s. I was also born in in 1981, so I grew up in that decade. So when Stranger Things came out it was like t Read more of this blog post »
To be honest, the show couldn't be more tailor-made to my interests. I'm obsessed with '80s culture, especially the music and movies. I'd written a few books connected to the decade and taught a class here at Merrimack College focused on the '80s. I was also born in in 1981, so I grew up in that decade. So when Stranger Things came out it was like t Read more of this blog post »
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“Social anthems and protest songs had long been part of the heritage of rock—but not like this. “Earth Song” was something more epic, dramatic, and primal. Its roots were deeper, its vision more panoramic. It was a lamentation torn from the pages of the Old Testament; a “sorrow song” in the tradition of slave spirituals; an apocalyptic prophecy with echoes of Blake, Yeats and Eliot. It conveyed musically what Picasso’s masterful painting, Guernica, conveyed in art. Inside its swirling scenes of destruction and suffering were voices—crying, pleading, shouting to be heard. (“What about us?”)”
― Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion
― Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion
“In terms of cultural impact, one parallel for “Earth Song” is John Lennon’s classic, “Imagine.” Both songs became global anthems with instantly identifiable piano hooks and choruses. Both ask listeners to try to care for the world we have, rather than simply be placated by the thought of an afterlife. Yet where “Imagine” makes a subdued, elegant statement, “Earth Song” is epic, intense, and visceral. This, indeed, is one reason “Imagine” is more palatable to the average music listener. Its radical ideas can be softened by its ethereal sound. “Earth Song,” in contrast, seeks to shatter indifference, as it demands accountability. Radio can’t do it justice. It is a song that was created to blast out of speakers if it couldn’t be seen in person.”
― Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion
― Earth Song: Michael Jackson and the Art of Compassion
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