Young Hearts Run Free: The Real Story of the 1970s

‘Young Hearts Run Free’ is an antidote to ‘I Love the 1970s’; it is the real story of the 1970s from the critically acclaimed author of ‘Manchester England’.The 1970s is a decade frequently miscast; a parade of fashion disasters backed by a soundtrack of glam rock or frothy mainstream disco. The generation who grew up in the 1970s remember the decade differently: inflation strikes and power cuts; the rise of the National Front; IRA terror campaigns on the British mainland; women’s liberation; Mean Streets; Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now.‘Young Hearts Run Free’ tells the story of the 1970s celebrating the musicians and songs that illuminated the ideas fashions and sexual revolutions of the decade including: the politicised soul and funk of Curtis Mayfield and Marvin Gaye the Punk explosion New Wave David Bowie and Ziggy Stardust gay disco the Stooges Patti Smith the Raincoats Cabaret Voltaire the Specials and black British reggae.‘Young Hearts Run Free’ uses in-depth research drawing not only on interviews with musicians writers and artists but also a wide range of representatives of the 70s generation. They introduce us to life and music away from the mainstream: nothing bland nothing obvious definitely not Abba.CHAPTERSIntro: Boogie Wonderland (Earth Wind & Fire 1979)One: Lolo (The Kinks 1970)Two: Riders on the Storm (The Doors 1971)Three: Freddies Dead (Curtis Mayfield 1972)Four: All the Young Dudes (Mott the Hoople 1972)Five: Raw Power (The Stooges 1973)Six: Sad Sweet Dreamer (Sweet Sensation 1974)Seven: Turn the Beat Around (Vicki Sue Robinson 1976)Eight: God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols 1977)Nine: Handsome Revolution (Steel Pulse 1978)Outro: Everyones Happy Nowadays (Buzzcocks 1979)