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In 1981, David Bowie and Queen both happened to be in Switzerland: They met and made ""Under Pressure."" Recorded on a lark, the song broke the path for subsequent pop anthems. In Under Pressure, Max Brzezinski tells the classic track's story, charting the relationship between pop music, collective politics, and dominant institutions of state, corporations, and civil society. Brzezinski shows that, like all great pop anthems, ""Under Pressure"" harnesses collective sentiments in order to model new ways of thinking and acting. As we continue to live under the sign of the global oppressive power the song names, analyzes, and attempts to move beyond, we remain, in Bowie and Freddie Mercury's phrase, under pressure.

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Max Brzezinski is the author of Vinyl Age: A Guide to Record Collecting Now. With a career spanning Broadway, off-Broadway, and television, James D. Sasser is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and narrator. A classically trained singer and actor, he studied voice at Manhattan School of Music, acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and playwriting at NYU-Tisch GMTWP. Work for the stage has ranged from roles such as Sweeney Todd, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, even being a singer for Riverdance on Broadway, and recent television appearances include Succession, Madam Secretary, and more. His voice can be heard in dozens of audiobooks and hundreds of commercials, where he's often a detective, a drawling gunslinger, or a swashbuckling bodice ripper, and often British. Recent titles include the fantasy YA Witches, Boys, And Other Monsters by Gail Blue and the Penguin history Gay Berlin by Robert Beachey. He is the voice of several audiobook hit series, including the Larry Macklin Mysteries by AE Howe and the Anderson Chronicles by Kit Karson, and recently, the new narrator for the critically acclaimed military action Axel Blaze Thrillers by Bill Runner. An accent specialist, James was born in Japan, grew up in Germany and the UK, and has lived in Northern California wine country, London, and Seattle. He's an avid gardener and green space advocate, and no matter where he's worked and traveled, always comes home to NYC. With a career spanning Broadway, off-Broadway, and television, James D. Sasser is an award-winning writer, director, producer, and narrator. A classically trained singer and actor, he studied voice at Manhattan School of Music, acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, and playwriting at NYU-Tisch GMTWP. Work for the stage has ranged from roles such as Sweeney Todd, Pilate in Jesus Christ Superstar, even being a singer for Riverdance on Broadway, and recent television appearances include Succession, Madam Secretary, and more. His voice can be heard in dozens of audiobooks and hundreds of commercials, where he's often a detective, a drawling gunslinger, or a swashbuckling bodice ripper, and often British. Recent titles include the fantasy YA Witches, Boys, And Other Monsters by Gail Blue and the Penguin history Gay Berlin by Robert Beachey. He is the voice of several audiobook hit series, including the Larry Macklin Mysteries by AE Howe and the Anderson Chronicles by Kit Karson, and recently, the new narrator for the critically acclaimed military action Axel Blaze Thrillers by Bill Runner. An accent specialist, James was born in Japan, grew up in Germany and the UK, and has lived in Northern California wine country, London, and Seattle. He's an avid gardener and green space advocate, and no matter where he's worked and traveled, always comes home to NYC.

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