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'Skilfully written, engaging and sensitive' HELEN O'HARA

'Hugely readable' MOJO

'A compelling, moving book' THE TIMES

In the early 1980s, the pop charts were dominated by musicians tarted up in Day-Glo colours, who fought it out for coverage on our TV screens and magazine pages. Dexys Midnight Runners did things differently. They were surly. They were serious. They were ambitious, but success had to come on their terms. They were a disciplined outfit, a gang with a defined purpose: to make music so pure that it couldn't fail to elicit a deep emotional response from anyone within earshot.

And they managed it. This motley crew - in woolly hats and donkey jackets for their first coming; all dungarees and copious body hair for the second - gate-crashed the charts, scoring number-one hits around the globe. But being in Dexys wasn't all sunshine and roses. Many members came, many members wen

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      Publisher Bonnier Books
      Imprint Bonnier Books Ltd
      Published 1 June 2024
      ISBN-13 9781785120596
      978-1785120596
      ISBN-10 178512059X
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      Description

      Book Synopsis

      'Skilfully written, engaging and sensitive' HELEN O'HARA

      'Hugely readable' MOJO

      'A compelling, moving book' THE TIMES

      In the early 1980s, the pop charts were dominated by musicians tarted up in Day-Glo colours, who fought it out for coverage on our TV screens and magazine pages. Dexys Midnight Runners did things differently. They were surly. They were serious. They were ambitious, but success had to come on their terms. They were a disciplined outfit, a gang with a defined purpose: to make music so pure that it couldn't fail to elicit a deep emotional response from anyone within earshot.

      And they managed it. This motley crew - in woolly hats and donkey jackets for their first coming; all dungarees and copious body hair for the second - gate-crashed the charts, scoring number-one hits around the globe. But being in Dexys wasn't all sunshine and roses. Many members came, many members wen

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