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Face It de Debbie Harry

Face It

Autor Debbie Harry
en Limba Engleză Hardback – oct 2019

Imagineați-vă New York-ul anilor '70: un amestec de mizerie, sclipici și o energie brută care stă să explodeze. În centrul acestei lumi, o femeie cu părul platinat privește fix spre obiectiv, refuzând să fie doar o muză. Relația dintre Debbie Harry și subiectul acestei cărți nu este doar una de autor-protagonist, ci reprezintă o confruntare necesară cu propriul mit; ea este singura voce capabilă să descifreze contrastul dintre imaginea publică de „rock goddess” și realitatea dură a scenei punk. Putem afirma că Face It nu este doar o înșiruire de amintiri, ci un colaj visceral de artă și confesiune. Notăm cu interes felul în care Harry își deconstruiește personajul scenic, explicând cum a transformat pasivitatea sugerată de estetica „pop” într-o formă de agresiune artistică. Abordarea sa jurnalistică și onestitatea tăioasă evocă The Girl in the Back de Laura Davis-Chanin, dar perspectiva lui Harry este mult mai amplă, acoperind nu doar ascensiunea în cluburile CBGB, ci și prăbușirea financiară, lupta cu dependența și renașterea prin activism. Merită menționat că structura cărții este una prismatică: textul este punctat de fotografii de arhivă și ilustrații care recreează atmosfera vizuală a epocii. Spre deosebire de analiza muzicologică din Blondie's Parallel Lines, acest volum se simte ca o conversație nocturnă, nefiltrată, despre supraviețuire într-o industrie care consumă rapid tot ce este nou.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780060749583
ISBN-10: 006074958X
Pagini: 352
Ilustrații: images throughout + color insert
Dimensiuni: 235 x 158 x 34 mm
Greutate: 0.9 kg
Editura: Harper Collins Publ. USA
Colecția Dey Street Books

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această autobiografie oricărui pasionat de istoria muzicii care dorește să vadă dincolo de afișele glossy. Cititorul câștigă acces la culisele unei epoci irepetabile din New York, învățând despre reziliență de la o artistă care a navigat succesul mondial și falimentul cu aceeași demnitate. Este un document istoric și vizual indispensabil pentru fanii Blondie și ai culturii punk-rock.

Despre autor

Debbie Harry este o figură emblematică a culturii pop și solista trupei Blondie, formație care a definit sunetul New Wave prin fuziunea de punk, disco și hip-hop. Dincolo de cariera muzicală de succes, Harry s-a remarcat ca actriță în peste treizeci de filme și ca activistă dedicată drepturilor LGBTQ și protecției mediului. În prezent, continuă să concerteze și să influențeze generații de artiști prin estetica sa inconfundabilă și spiritul său rebel, rămânând o prezență activă pe scena artistică internațională.

Descriere scurtă

Filled with never-before-seen photos and art throughout, the much-anticipated autobiography from rock icon and lead singer of Blondie, Debbie Harry
BRAVE, BEAUTIFUL AND BORN TO BE PUNK 
Musician, actor, activist, and the iconic face of New York City cool, Debbie Harry is the frontwoman of Blondie, a band that forged a new sound that brought together the worlds of rock, punk, disco, reggae and hip-hop to create some of the most beloved pop songs of all time. As a muse, she collaborated with some of the boldest artists of the past four decades. The scope of Debbie Harry’s impact on our culture has been matched only by her reticence to reveal her rich inner life—until now.  
In an arresting mix of visceral, soulful storytelling and stunning visuals, Face It upends the standard music memoir while delivering a truly prismatic portrait. With all the grit, grime, and glory recounted in intimate detail, Face It re-creates the downtown scene of 1970s New York City, where Blondie played alongside the Ramones, Television, Talking Heads, Iggy Pop and David Bowie. Aesthetically dazzling, and including never-before-seen photographs, bespoke illustrations and fan art installations, Face It brings Debbie Harry’s world and artistic sensibilities to life.  
Following her path from glorious commercial success to heroin addiction, the near-death of partner Chris Stein, a heart-wrenching bankruptcy, and Blondie’s breakup as a band to her multifaceted acting career in more than thirty films, a stunning solo career and the triumphant return of her band, and her tireless advocacy for the environment and LGBTQ rights, Face It is a cinematic story of a woman who made her own path, and set the standard for a generation of artists who followed in her footsteps—a memoir as dynamic as its subject. 
“I was saying things in songs that female singers didn’t really say back then. I wasn’t submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up yet I was very serious.”—From Face It 

Recenzii

“Ms. Harry is a plain-spoken rock goddess.” — PENELOPE GREEN, THE NEW YORK TIMES STYLES
“Harry’s new memoir is a post-punk bijou that rewards her devotees.” — USA TODAY
“Readers, both familiar and unfamiliar with Harry’s career, will enjoy this memoir...She was a young woman who fell under the spell of New York and made herself into the performer she always knew she’d become, one who went on to cast her own spell on millions of listeners.” — THE WASHINGTON POST
&#8220[An] insightful new memoir…the most distinctive quality in Harry’s book is her sangfroid. At each dramatic turn — and there are plenty — she remains unflappable.&#8221 — Los Angeles Times
&#8220Harry writes with a certain cool…She is one magnificent broad. The worship continues.&#8221  — New Statesman
“With Face It, Harry is here to fill in some of the blanks—briskly, humorously… Knowing that there are still those who expect her to be simply “a blonde in tight pants,” she tells her life story how she wants to tell it.” 
— The Atlantic
“From run-ins with poltergeists, would-be kidnappers, and the IRS, to the touch-and-go grit and glam of life on the road, this memoir elucidates the triumphs and trials of Blondie’s enigmatic frontwoman.”  — Vanity Fair
&#8220Face It makes for an engaging and occasionally surprising read.&#8221 — The Guardian
 &#8220The book is a great read full of humor, pathos, bittersweet reflection.&#8221  — Arizona Republic
“Face It departs from most celebrity bios… It features original art, comic strips and pages of fan art” — Miami Herald
“Blondie fans will love its piquant atmospherics and the energy and honesty of Harry’s take on her singular saga.” — PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
“In this whirlwind tour of her life, Harry, one of the most photographed faces in music, deploys an irreverent style well suited to her story. Her tales of life before, during, after, and beyond her time with Blondie are intermixed with interludes that capture the eclectic and electric passion she has for the creative process. In a narrative that feels simultaneously heartfelt and spontaneous, Harry recounts close encounters with violence and harassment with the same immediacy as the moments that catapulted Blondie to worldwide fame. Harry doesn’t focus on the challenges of being a woman in the music industry but rather on the collaborations that fueled her creativity. Though her sound and style influenced rock, and especially women in rock, there’s refreshingly little self-congratulation in these pages. Instead, readers will find reflection on life with a budding band and an uncensored view of what it took to succeed...A wild ride of fame, friendships, music, and drugs sure to appeal to Blondie fans and 1970s rock in general.” — KIRKUS

Notă biografică

DEBBIE HARRY with Blondie has sold millions of albums worldwide and was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2006. Harry had the pleasure of acting in some of the most interesting independent films of the last twenty years. She is devoted to environmental issues such as clean water and saving pollinators as well as the promotion of the LGBTQ community and human rights.

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'I was saying things in songs that female singers didn't really say back then. I wasn't submissive or begging him to come back, I was kicking his ass, kicking him out, kicking my own ass too. My Blondie character was an inflatable doll but with a dark, provocative, aggressive side. I was playing it up, yet I was very serious.'