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Agreed.
As 'Life' by Richards it gets zero stars in the 'non fiction' contest.
Mathijs
Is shouting one of those values?
Not really no. It's more something you do when you know beforehand you're wrong.
Mathijs
I enjoyed Hunter Thomspson's 'Hells Angels' a lot better. He wasn't an annoying celebrity yet, and it was sweet that he got his ass kicked by bikers in the end.
yeah those are excellent...I've only read the first two.
long but worth the effort.
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OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
stonesrule
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:29
Several IORR posters believe that Keith's tremendously successful award-winning autobiography is "the" or one of the best books/autobiography they've ever read.
How about you?
What's the best autobiography or biography you've ever read? More than one?
Any other books (on music or any other subject or person) you care to recommend?
How about you?
What's the best autobiography or biography you've ever read? More than one?
Any other books (on music or any other subject or person) you care to recommend?
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Happy24
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:35
The two-volume Elvis' bio comes to mind instantly - "Last Thrain To Memphis" and "Careless Love" - really great and comperhensive bio. I also enjoyed BB King's autobiography and yea...I foud Keith's Life to be a nice reading too.
Edit: I listed just the bio / autobiographies, since that's what was the original post asking for. Others listed fiction, which would make the list much longer and different of course. Others listed The Bible - well, noone can beat that, and it is a bio for sure :-)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 21:10 by Happy24.
Edit: I listed just the bio / autobiographies, since that's what was the original post asking for. Others listed fiction, which would make the list much longer and different of course. Others listed The Bible - well, noone can beat that, and it is a bio for sure :-)
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 21:10 by Happy24.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Come On
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:38
Everyting with Charles Bukowski and Jan Wolkers.
2 1 2 0
2 1 2 0
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
NoCode0680
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:42
I'm not a huge reader, and my selections have sort of been all over the place, but here are a few that I remember enjoying for whatever reason.
The Green Mile - Steven King
Touching From A Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division - Deborah Curtis
The Old Man And The Sea - Ernest Hemmingway
The Hunt For Red October - Tom Clancy
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss
The Green Mile - Steven King
Touching From A Distance: Ian Curtis & Joy Division - Deborah Curtis
The Old Man And The Sea - Ernest Hemmingway
The Hunt For Red October - Tom Clancy
When Pride Still Mattered: A Life Of Vince Lombardi - David Maraniss
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
HopeYouGuessMyName
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:45
STILL THE BEST HOPE
Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
by DENNIS PRAGER
Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
by DENNIS PRAGER
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
ROPENI
()
Date: April 3, 2012 19:49
A good one for me "Lowside of the Road"A life of Tom Waits,by Barney Hoskyns...
also "Hello,Its me" Dispatches from a pop culture Junkie,by our own hbwriter,Fun read...
"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"
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also "Hello,Its me" Dispatches from a pop culture Junkie,by our own hbwriter,Fun read...
"No dope smoking no beer sold after 12 o'clock"
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 20:20 by ROPENI.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
GumbootCloggeroo
()
Date: April 3, 2012 20:16
they need to read more if that's what they believe.Quote
stonesrule
Several IORR posters believe that Keith's tremendously successful award-winning autobiography is "the" or one of the best books/autobiography they've ever read.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
liddas
()
Date: April 3, 2012 20:23
Hard to make lists.
In any case, confirmed: Life, is great. I loved every single page of it. Truly I do not get all the negativity it raises here. It is also the best book related to the Stones I've ever read.
Miles was also absolutely great.
Mezz Mezzrow's Really the Blues is another essential read.
As for the rest, I'm an avid reader. Mostly classics of all literatures (the best option when I'm not sure what to read), otherwise essays on particular subjects I am interested in, whatever. When I get into a book store, usually I get out with a bag full of books. I love reading 5/6 books a time. There is a book for all situations. Short chapters usually make perfetc toilet readings. Long novels when I am out sailing etc. etc.
Reccommendations? Thousands!!!
C
In any case, confirmed: Life, is great. I loved every single page of it. Truly I do not get all the negativity it raises here. It is also the best book related to the Stones I've ever read.
Miles was also absolutely great.
Mezz Mezzrow's Really the Blues is another essential read.
As for the rest, I'm an avid reader. Mostly classics of all literatures (the best option when I'm not sure what to read), otherwise essays on particular subjects I am interested in, whatever. When I get into a book store, usually I get out with a bag full of books. I love reading 5/6 books a time. There is a book for all situations. Short chapters usually make perfetc toilet readings. Long novels when I am out sailing etc. etc.
Reccommendations? Thousands!!!
C
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
memphiscats
()
Date: April 3, 2012 20:28
Books are a lot like music and film - almost impossible to pick a BEST EVER - it all depends on your mood, where you are in life - i.e. your age...but here are some standouts for me:
Best Rock book: (And thanks to IORR friends who recommended: The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (Stanley Booth)
Best autobiography by a musician
Life - KR - the timing of my reading this book was key in why I liked it so much - plus it helped me re-discover the Stones.
Some favorites...(I'll skip the romances like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights 'though the rank high on my list)
Bring on the Empty Horses - David Niven
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories - Jean Shepard
Brideshead Revisited - Waugh
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
A Season in Purgatory - Dominick Dunne
The Far Pavilions - M.M. Kaye
Almost everything by PD James, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers,
The Imitation of Christ Thomas a Kempis
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 21:53 by memphiscats.
Best Rock book: (And thanks to IORR friends who recommended: The True Adventures of the Rolling Stones (Stanley Booth)
Best autobiography by a musician
Life - KR - the timing of my reading this book was key in why I liked it so much - plus it helped me re-discover the Stones.
Some favorites...(I'll skip the romances like Jane Eyre and Wuthering Heights 'though the rank high on my list)
Bring on the Empty Horses - David Niven
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories - Jean Shepard
Brideshead Revisited - Waugh
Lucky Jim - Kingsley Amis
To Kill A Mockingbird - Harper Lee
Gone With the Wind - Margaret Mitchell
Freedom - Jonathan Franzen
Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas - Hunter S. Thompson
Bonfire of the Vanities - Tom Wolfe
A Season in Purgatory - Dominick Dunne
The Far Pavilions - M.M. Kaye
Almost everything by PD James, Agatha Christie, Dorothy Sayers,
The Imitation of Christ Thomas a Kempis
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 21:53 by memphiscats.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
24FPS
()
Date: April 3, 2012 20:48
MUSIC:
Remembering Bix - Ralph Burton
Chronicles - Dylan
Lennon Remembers - Rolling Stone Interviews
TV:
Say Kids, What Time Is It? (The Howdy Doody Story) - Stephen Davis
Dino, Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams - Nick Tosches (The Dean Martin Story)
MOVIES:
Moving Pictures - Budd Schulberg
ANIMATION:
The Fleischer Story - Leslie Cabarga
NOVELS:
1984 - George Orwell
This Side of Paradise - F.Scott Fitzgerald
Sanctuary - William Faulkner
Remembering Bix - Ralph Burton
Chronicles - Dylan
Lennon Remembers - Rolling Stone Interviews
TV:
Say Kids, What Time Is It? (The Howdy Doody Story) - Stephen Davis
Dino, Living High in the Dirty Business of Dreams - Nick Tosches (The Dean Martin Story)
MOVIES:
Moving Pictures - Budd Schulberg
ANIMATION:
The Fleischer Story - Leslie Cabarga
NOVELS:
1984 - George Orwell
This Side of Paradise - F.Scott Fitzgerald
Sanctuary - William Faulkner
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
uhbuhgullayew
()
Date: April 3, 2012 20:52
Quote
Elmo Lewis
Agreed.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
proudmary
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:00
1. Vladimir Nabokov - Speak, Memory( it was published as Conclusive Evidence in the United States) - this is the best of all the autobiographies ever written, in my humble opinion, of course
2.Hector Berlioz - The Mémoires. There were people (such as Prokofiev) who claimed that Berlioz was better as a writer than as a composer. Absolutely brilliant book, an imperious and sarcastic portrait of the Romantic era
3. Marc Chagall - My Life. Just great and poetic. Love it
I'm not a big fan of celebrities bio but I liked Iggy Pop's I Need More
"Several IORR posters believe that Keith's tremendously successful award-winning autobiography is "the" or one of the best books/autobiography they've ever read."
In this context it is interesting what Mick thinks about it
"I enjoy some people’s memoirs, I enjoyed Dirk Bogarde’s. I thought they were rather wonderful, and done with such a light touch, and rather literary. And, obviously written by himself without a ghost writer. But the celebrity bio thing is not a genre that particularly takes my interest. Some people have a talent for literature. I’m attracted to literature rather than scuttlebutt.” For those still unclear about Jagger’s thoughts on Richards’ publishing opus, “scuttlebutt” is slang for rumor or gossip. Sailors would chat and gossip around the scuttlebutt, a cask of water, much as you might nowadays around a water cooler.
Paul Sexton [www.thetimes.co.uk]
2.Hector Berlioz - The Mémoires. There were people (such as Prokofiev) who claimed that Berlioz was better as a writer than as a composer. Absolutely brilliant book, an imperious and sarcastic portrait of the Romantic era
3. Marc Chagall - My Life. Just great and poetic. Love it
I'm not a big fan of celebrities bio but I liked Iggy Pop's I Need More
"Several IORR posters believe that Keith's tremendously successful award-winning autobiography is "the" or one of the best books/autobiography they've ever read."
In this context it is interesting what Mick thinks about it
"I enjoy some people’s memoirs, I enjoyed Dirk Bogarde’s. I thought they were rather wonderful, and done with such a light touch, and rather literary. And, obviously written by himself without a ghost writer. But the celebrity bio thing is not a genre that particularly takes my interest. Some people have a talent for literature. I’m attracted to literature rather than scuttlebutt.” For those still unclear about Jagger’s thoughts on Richards’ publishing opus, “scuttlebutt” is slang for rumor or gossip. Sailors would chat and gossip around the scuttlebutt, a cask of water, much as you might nowadays around a water cooler.
Paul Sexton [www.thetimes.co.uk]
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Mathijs
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:06
Quote
Elmo Lewis
As 'Life' by Richards it gets zero stars in the 'non fiction' contest.
Mathijs
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Koen
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:09
Quote
HopeYouGuessMyName
STILL THE BEST HOPE
Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
by DENNIS PRAGER
Is shouting one of those values?
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Mathijs
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:12
Quote
KoenQuote
HopeYouGuessMyName
STILL THE BEST HOPE
Why the World Needs American Values to Triumph
by DENNIS PRAGER
Is shouting one of those values?
Not really no. It's more something you do when you know beforehand you're wrong.
Mathijs
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
duke richardson
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:21
all of Isaac Bashevis Singer's work
all of Charles Frazier's work
all of M.F.K. Fisher's work
the Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry
all of Charles Frazier's work
all of M.F.K. Fisher's work
the Lonesome Dove series by Larry McMurtry
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
varv
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:31
It's Only Rock'n'Roll-James Karnbach
Way Beyond Compare-John Winn
That Magic Feeling-John Winn
Music aside, the best book ever written was Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
Way Beyond Compare-John Winn
That Magic Feeling-John Winn
Music aside, the best book ever written was Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
24FPS
()
Date: April 3, 2012 21:39
Quote
varv
Music aside, the best book ever written was Fear and Loathing In Las Vegas.
I enjoyed Hunter Thomspson's 'Hells Angels' a lot better. He wasn't an annoying celebrity yet, and it was sweet that he got his ass kicked by bikers in the end.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
GravityBoy
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:26
"JFK and the Unspeakable" by James Douglass.
The best JFK assassination book out there.
Every American should read it and find out why he died and why it still matters.
The best JFK assassination book out there.
Every American should read it and find out why he died and why it still matters.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Bliss
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:29
'Up and Down with the Rolling Stones' by Tony Sanchez
A literary masterpiece with no equal.
A literary masterpiece with no equal.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Title5Take1
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:32
The multi-volume Lyndon Johnson biography by Robert Caro is brilliant, and actually a gripping page turner. The upcoming (4th) volume was just excerpted in the current New Yorker Magazine.
You know how the of bugging of the DNC headquarters caused the Nixon/Watergate scandal?
Did you know Johnson—when he was running for a 2nd Presidential term against Barry Goldwater—bugged both Goldwater's apartment and his campaign airplane? But LBJ got a free pass....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 22:35 by Title5Take1.
You know how the of bugging of the DNC headquarters caused the Nixon/Watergate scandal?
Did you know Johnson—when he was running for a 2nd Presidential term against Barry Goldwater—bugged both Goldwater's apartment and his campaign airplane? But LBJ got a free pass....
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2012-04-03 22:35 by Title5Take1.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
GumbootCloggeroo
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:35
Thanks for the recommendation!Quote
GravityBoy
"JFK and the Unspeakable" by James Douglass.
The best JFK assassination book out there.
Every American should read it and find out why he died and why it still matters.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
GumbootCloggeroo
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:36
JFK bugged, also secretly tape recorded oval office conversations. But, of course, the media overlooked that.Quote
Title5Take1
The multi-volume Lyndon Johnson biography by Robert Caro is brilliant, and actually a gripping page turner. The upcoming (4th) volume was just excerpted in the current New Yorker Magazine.
You know how the of bugging of the DNC headquarters caused the Nixon/Watergate scandal?
Did you know Johnson—when he was running for a 2nd Presidential term against Barry Goldwater—bugged both Goldwater's apartment and his campaign airplane? But LBJ got a free pass....
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
duke richardson
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:42
Quote
Title5Take1
The multi-volume Lyndon Johnson biography by Robert Caro is brilliant, and actually a gripping page turner. The upcoming (4th) volume was just excerpted in the current New Yorker Magazine.
You know how the of bugging of the DNC headquarters caused the Nixon/Watergate scandal?
Did you know Johnson—when he was running for a 2nd Presidential term against Barry Goldwater—bugged both Goldwater's apartment and his campaign airplane? But LBJ got a free pass....
yeah those are excellent...I've only read the first two.
long but worth the effort.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
HopeYouGuessMyName
()
Date: April 3, 2012 22:43
no, shouting is not one of those values....Those values can be summed up in three expressions found on all United States Currency: IN GOD WE TRUST, E PLURIBUS UNUM, LIBERTY. Those are the thrre values. Thank you for asking.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Goldsmith
()
Date: April 3, 2012 23:27
Lonesome Dove - Larry McMurtry
The Talisman - Steven King/Peter Straub
The Club Dumas - Perez-Reverte
America Alone - Mark Steyn
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
The Talisman - Steven King/Peter Straub
The Club Dumas - Perez-Reverte
America Alone - Mark Steyn
Moneyball - Michael Lewis
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Koen
()
Date: April 3, 2012 23:36
Quote
HopeYouGuessMyName
no, shouting is not one of those values.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
rebelrebel
()
Date: April 3, 2012 23:53
1984 - George Orwell
Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes To Weep - Siba Shakib
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
the whole Shardlake series by C J Sansom
Pillars of the Earth & World Without End - Ken Follett
The Siege - Helen Dunmore
London - Edward Rutherford
SO many more. I wouldn't even think about including "Life". I like the author to have actually written the book for a start. Music autobiography is probably Tainted Life by Marc Almond. From A to B and Back Again by Andy Warhol is also very good.
Afghanistan, Where God Only Comes To Weep - Siba Shakib
Memoirs of a Geisha - Arthur Golden
the whole Shardlake series by C J Sansom
Pillars of the Earth & World Without End - Ken Follett
The Siege - Helen Dunmore
London - Edward Rutherford
SO many more. I wouldn't even think about including "Life". I like the author to have actually written the book for a start. Music autobiography is probably Tainted Life by Marc Almond. From A to B and Back Again by Andy Warhol is also very good.
Re: OT: Best book or books you've ever read
Posted by:
Medzvel
()
Date: April 4, 2012 00:12
The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov.
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(Please allow me to introduce myself I'm a man of wealth and taste)
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