Have read a dozen Beatles books. I usually stop at the point where Yoko and manager Klein come in.
I was looking up local used bookstores and picked up Life by Keith Richards. It is more colorful than most, as it is in first person. I am pretty sure it captures the chaos of their lives pretty well. I was mostly interested in his ideas about music and where all the stuff came from. He works mostly with a band to arrange songs, not solo. I am partial to guitar players, and pretty much would avoid any Mick Jagger books. Paul McCartney books as well. I have a good grasp of him as a musician.
Mostly I read about the songs and avoid the personal angle. The life of an artist can be painful, with episodes of boredom etc. I just can't get my head around the life of famous people and their empty pursuits to fill up all the spare time and spend the money. Romantic side, blah. Just fucking different people through the decades.
Any of them that you found worth reading? I have yet to read a Pink Floyd book. I might read one that focuses on the music. The Waters-Gilmour split just does not seem a fun way to spend my time. I could be reading about hoary marmots instead. Resting, eating, sunning, fucking. About the same as a rock star.
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The Neil Peart books are an exception, worth reading.
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Prize-Ev ... neil+peart
but they are not about music very much.
http://www.amazon.com/Far-Away-Prize-Ev ... neil+peart
but they are not about music very much.
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Our case for survival before it's too late
Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Keith had his own solutions to problems in life. Heroin was kicked with booze of course. Women came and went. They seem to be alive for the most part. Swedish models were preferred in London. http://www.sydkusten.es/showArchiveArti ... cleId=6770
Lil was with keith while Anita was left at homw in the US with boyfriend and Keith’s gun. Bad things happened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pall ... nslaughter
Keith was recording in Paris. At the time, London was bad for tax reasons. Other European and Jamaican locations were used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Blue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_Rescue
Or back to Los Angeles of their early days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_to_Babylon
Lil was with keith while Anita was left at homw in the US with boyfriend and Keith’s gun. Bad things happened.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anita_Pall ... nslaughter
Keith was recording in Paris. At the time, London was bad for tax reasons. Other European and Jamaican locations were used.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_and_Blue
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotional_Rescue
Or back to Los Angeles of their early days.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridges_to_Babylon
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And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
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Turn stone to bread, said Daemon Duncetan
Turn stone to bread right away...
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Said Daemon, who's sorry too, but y'see we didn't have no choice
And our hands they are many and we'd be of one voice
We've come all the way from Wigan to get up and state
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James James
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."
James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown.
James James Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down
to the end of the town
and be back in time for tea."
King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN
TO THE END OF THE TOWN -
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"
James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he:
"You must never go down to the end of the town
without consulting me."
James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well,
what can anyone do?"
(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/0 his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-
if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"
Morrison Morrison
Weatherby George Dupree
Took great
Care of his Mother,
Though he was only three.
James James Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he;
"You must never go down
to the end of the town,
if you don't go down with me."
James James
Morrison's Mother
Put on a golden gown.
James James Morrison's Mother
Drove to the end of the town.
James James Morrison's Mother
Said to herself, said she:
"I can get right down
to the end of the town
and be back in time for tea."
King John
Put up a notice,
"LOST or STOLEN or STRAYED!
JAMES JAMES MORRISON'S MOTHER
SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN MISLAID.
LAST SEEN
WANDERING VAGUELY:
QUITE OF HER OWN ACCORD,
SHE TRIED TO GET DOWN
TO THE END OF THE TOWN -
FORTY SHILLINGS REWARD!"
James James
Morrison Morrison
(Commonly known as Jim)
Told his
Other relations
Not to go blaming him.
James James
Said to his Mother,
"Mother," he said, said he:
"You must never go down to the end of the town
without consulting me."
James James
Morrison's mother
Hasn't been heard of since.
King John said he was sorry,
So did the Queen and Prince.
King John
(Somebody told me)
Said to a man he knew:
If people go down to the end of the town, well,
what can anyone do?"
(Now then, very softly)
J.J.
M.M.
W.G.Du P.
Took great
C/0 his M*****
Though he was only 3.
J.J. said to his M*****
"M*****," he said, said he:
"You-must-never-go-down-to-the-end-of-the-town-
if-you-don't-go-down-with-ME!"
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From Life:
Mick is banging Anita while making a film with her.
As revenge, Keith spends night with Marianne. Making a window getaway with shoes in hand. Leaving socks. "Mick is not the sort of guy to look for socks."
No info on their penis sizes so far.
OK, same page. Mick has a tiny todger and big balls.
Mick is banging Anita while making a film with her.
As revenge, Keith spends night with Marianne. Making a window getaway with shoes in hand. Leaving socks. "Mick is not the sort of guy to look for socks."
No info on their penis sizes so far.
OK, same page. Mick has a tiny todger and big balls.
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