Sweet Dreams: The Story of the New Romantics Hardcover – October 6, 2020

weel, I lived through those times as a fan of music and mags and as a soon to be musician. even living in the end of western Europe, I managed to keep in touch with all the things that were happening and changing the music scene, and also my world. would meet, many years after,people like Chris Sullivan that stand out as true real influencers. great reading,lovely unseen photos.

If you are looking for a book about music and how it was created. At 600 pages more time is spent talking about the clubs, fashion, fanzines and the authors circle of college friends than there is about the details of how the music was made.

The media could not be loaded.  A ton of people talking about going to The Blitz and what they wore. That’s it. There is almost nothing about music. Description of some fashion; however, the book weighs a ton.

While I agree that calling it 'The story of the New Romantics' may be a bit misleading, I actually found it a thoroughly entertaining read.I wasn't expecting that it would be made up of lots of talking heads (small t, small h) style quotes but it actually works very well. Interspersing the quotes with prose pieces to provide background information both helped to break up the quotes and to provide context.The club scene at the start of the eighties forms the core of the story but Jones, rightly in my opinion, starts with the end of the seventies and the general malaise that birthed punk.Ending the book in '85 with Live Aid also works very well to draw a line in the sand.As others have pointed out - if this really was the story of the New Romantics then more of the bands would be name-checked. Duran, Spandau and Culture Club are the main ones Jones focusses on. Wham/George Michael have a thread running through the book too.What does get covered extensively (and is the real core of the book) is the clubs, the rapidly changing fashions, the emergence of the style magazines and the way music evolved very quickly over a short period of time. Jones describes it all through the quotes and various anecdotes.As someone who lived through it I found the book superb. Reading it left me feeling nostalgic for those days.

A very special book about an equally special time. A must read for anyone with even a passing interest in pop culture at its most inventive and interesting

Item arrived quickly and in perfect condition.

Brilliant book. The natural successor to England’s Dreaming. Starts off with the roots of the New Romantic scene, The links between the punk and soul boy scene and how a lot of the the first people at Billy’s were a lot of the first punks.Brought back great memories.Well written by someone who was there and interviews with many others who were there.

Ein tolles Buch!