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RIP Marianne! 😞
https://youtu.be/mXD8l8JFk6E?si=EiTMLmRKzxecnp9T
RIP Marianne! 😞
https://youtu.be/mXD8l8JFk6E?si=EiTMLmRKzxecnp9T
The story of a singular life but also music history, British history, cultural history, drug history.
Pros: Respect for, sharing and collaboration with musicians.
Cons: Casual misogyny, and yet love for women, less about sex than affection, mother issues? (She didn't seem overly affectionate.) Not certain how great a husband or father he's been, and the language occasionally reveals his membership in an earlier generation. 1/?
It was very like a drug...I could kick smack. I couldn't kick music.
Most people know about Vegas/jewel-encrusted-jumpsuit Elvis, but what about before he was really famous? This book looks at the first 24 years of his life including his early life in Tupelo, his start in the music business at Sun Records, & it runs up until he was drafted into the US army at the height of his popularity.
Definitely worth listening to the audiobook version of this as Phil Lesh reads it in the only way that makes sense. Plus they sprinkle in lots of Dead tunes throughout. Lots of fun!
3 Stars • "Awopbopaloobop Alopbamboom: The Golden Age of Rock" by Nik Cohn is a pioneering book on rock 'n' roll, tracing its evolution from the 1950s to the early 1970s. Cohn highlights key artists like Elvis Presley, The Beatles, Bob Dylan, and Jimi Hendrix, detailing how their music and personas shaped not just musical trends but also youth culture and societal norms. ⬇️
It was interesting learning more about Grohl‘s life and about the bands he was in. He is a wonderful juxtaposition of dorky kid, anti-everything rebel, and man with a heart of gold.
#band #schoolspirit
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