I Talk Too Much: My Autobiography
Autor Francis Rossien Limba Engleză Paperback – 8 oct 2020
Imaginați-vă momentul anului 1985: stadionul Wembley pulsează, iar Francis Rossi pășește pe scenă pentru a deschide Live Aid, în fața unei lumi întregi. Însă, în spatele acordurilor electrizante, se ascundea o realitate marcată de excese și incertitudini. Observăm că motivația lui Rossi pentru a scrie I Talk Too Much acum, la pragul vârstei de 70 de ani, vine dintr-o nevoie acută de claritate și onestitate; este dorința unui supraviețuitor de a pune cap la cap piesele unui puzzle care a durat mai bine de jumătate de secol, dincolo de miturile industriei muzicale.
Descoperim aici o narațiune care nu se teme să exploreze zonele întunecate. Rossi nu ne oferă doar cronica succesului — 100 de milioane de discuri vândute — ci și mărturii brutale despre dependența de cocaină și alcool, falimentul personal și dinamica adesea tensionată din interiorul Status Quo. Notăm cu interes felul în care autorul analizează prietenia sa de cinci decenii cu Rick Parfitt, o relație definită de o loialitate feroce, dar și de conflicte profunde. Stilul este unul direct, aproape cinematic, amestecând umorul britanic sec cu momente de o vulnerabilitate neașteptată.
Această autobiografie se așază natural pe același raft cu XS All Areas, lucrarea sa anterioară, dar cu un accent mult mai pronunțat pe introspecție și pe adevărul crud al maturității, depășind simpla retrospectivă a succeselor trupei. Față de Status Quo On Track de Richard James, care se concentrează pe analiza tehnică a discografiei, volumul de față este o mărturie profund umană despre reziliență. Este vocea unui artist care a văzut cum se schimbă lumea muzicii de la „flower-power”-ul anilor '60 până la provocările digitale de astăzi, rămânând fidel propriei viziuni.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 1472130189
Pagini: 320
Ilustrații: 16pp. colour & b/w plate section
Dimensiuni: 126 x 196 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.26 kg
Editura: Little Brown
Colecția Constable
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Recomandăm această carte oricărui pasionat de beletristică biografică și istoria rock-ului. Cititorul câștigă acces în culisele uneia dintre cele mai longevive trupe britanice, primind o lecție onestă despre prețul succesului și puterea de a te reinventa după decenii de excese. Este o lectură esențială pentru a înțelege parcursul uman din spatele hiturilor care au definit generații întregi.
Descriere
'THE ROCK 'N' ROLL AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR' MAIL ON SUNDAY
'Essential for fans and great reading for anyone else' Classic Rock
Break-ups, make-ups, groupies, band politics, court battles, the tragic death of Rick Parfitt . . . This is Francis Rossi as you have never seen him before.
Status Quo have sold over 100 million records worldwide, including 65 hit singles and 32 hit albums. The legendary band's career has mirrored the evolution of rock music. From the struggles of the flower-power '60s, the highs of the denim-clad '70s, the coke- and tequila-induced blur of the '80s, to fighting for musical integrity in the '90s and '00s and a fresh lease of life from new band members in recent years, Rossi has been there for the entirety of Quo's turbulent history.
In I Talk Too Much, Rossi will reveal the truth behind one of the biggest rock bands of all time, as well as the personal highs and lows of a career spanning over 50 years. He lifts the lid on the man behind the music - from humble beginnings in Forest Hill and being labelled a has-been by the press in his twenties to opening Live Aid in 1985 - and why he's still going strong at seventy. Along the way he has fathered eight children with three mothers and beaten both alcoholism and cocaine addiction. Rossi comes clean about the time he almost left the band, what he really thinks about the music industry today and the complexities of his fifty-year friendship with Rick Parfitt.
Painfully honest, riotously funny and frequently outrageous, I Talk Too Much covers the glory years, the dark days and the real stories behind the creation of some of the greatest rock music of all time.
Recenzii
Written with Rossi's unique flair for bracing candour . . . this honesty serves the book brilliantly, as the stories of Quo, of fame, of disaster and of Rossi and Parfitt are laid out in frank, stark detail . . . An honest book, essential for fans and great reading for anyone else
Status Quo have been rockin' all over the world for 50 years and Rossi's autobiography packs in the tales of excess
Entertaining
Highly readable
'Written with Rossi's unique flair for bracing candour . . . this honesty serves the book brilliantly, as the stories of Quo, of fame, of disaster and of Rossi and Parfitt are laid out in frank, stark detail . . . An honest book, essential for fans and great reading for anyone else' Classic Rock
Status Quo have sold over 100 million records worldwide, including 65 hit singles and 32 hit albums. The legendary band's career has mirrored the evolution of rock music. From the struggles of the flower-power '60s, the highs of the denim-clad '70s, the coke- and tequila-induced blur of the '80s, to fighting for musical integrity in the '90s and '00s and a fresh lease of life from new band members in recent years, Rossi has been there for entirety of Quo's turbulent history.
In I Talk Too Much, Rossi will reveal the truth behind one of the biggest rock bands of all time, as well as the personal highs and lows of a career spanning over 50 years. He lifts the lid on the man behind the music - from humble beginnings in Forest Hill and being labelled a has-been by the press in his twenties to opening Live Aid in 1985 - and why he's still going strong at seventy. Along the way he has fathered eight children with three mothers and beaten both alcoholism and cocaine addiction. Rossi comes clean about the time he almost left the band, what he really thinks about the music industry today and the complexities of his fifty-year friendship with Rick Parfitt.
Painfully honest, riotously funny and frequently outrageous, I Talk Too Much covers the glory years, the dark days and the real stories behind the creation of some of the greatest rock music of all time. This is Francis Rossi as you've never seen him before.
'Highly readable' Daily Mail
'Packs in the tales of excess' Daily Mirror