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stonesrule
For anyone who enjoys reading generally it is a disappointing book in several ways. It's easy to tell where Keith is actually involved instead of letting his people put it together. I suspect Keith would do a much better job today and perhaps be more forthcoming and genuine in his point of view.
As you keep reading you will note that Marlon suddenly becomes the authority on stuff that Keith basically didn't remember. Marlon is a lovely and loyal person who really has been put through the wringer from babyhood on.
I think Keith's co-author and the publisher really did a lousy job in producing the book but they certainly spent the time and money to promote it as far as sales were concerned. And at that time Keith just wasn't in shape to think deeply about his life. He is more focused now than he was then.
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keefriffhard4life
...ray davies book so far was the easiest read of the 4 musician books i picked up this year. maybe its because he's a much better song writer or because he set the book up more like an actual story and less like a history of details and events
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keefriffhard4life
...ray davies book so far was the easiest read of the 4 musician books i picked up this year. maybe its because he's a much better song writer or because he set the book up more like an actual story and less like a history of details and events
Which Ray Davies book are you referring to - X-Ray or Americana?
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DandelionPowderman
If that story from 1975 that opens the book doesn't grab your attention, you can return it to the library immediately
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
I loved the first 60pp To me he seemed pretty engaged with the material (about his childhood, etc).
The book is uneven, and reflects a handful of different styles, some of which seem to appeal more [and
less] to different people. I will say I enjoyed a lot of it, and appreciated most of it, and did not
find any of it boring (tho some parts seemed tedious--e.g., when he'd strike a stance that seemed
disingenuous or braggadocious, like the whole "Show me the blade" posturing). I was thrilled overall
while reading it, and hope he will take another swipe at writing about his life at another time,
in a more consistently genuine way.
- swiss
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
I loved the first 60pp To me he seemed pretty engaged with the material (about his childhood, etc).
The book is uneven, and reflects a handful of different styles, some of which seem to appeal more [and
less] to different people. I will say I enjoyed a lot of it, and appreciated most of it, and did not find
any of it boring (tho some parts seemed tedious--e.g., when he'd strike a stance that seemed disingenuous
or braggadocious, like the whole "Show me the blade" posturing). I was thrilled overall while reading
it, and hope he will take another swipe at writing about his life at another time,
in a more consistently genuine way.
- swiss
its not boring its just tedious. like i'm reading just a list of events
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DandelionPowderman
If that story from 1975 that opens the book doesn't grab your attention, you can return it to the library immediately
that part was ok then so far the next 50 pages are keith talking about his childhood, name dropping places and people no one knows and it seems to go nowhere
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
You have read the best part of it already...
- Doxa
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stonehearted
<<its not boring its just tedious. like i'm reading just a list of events>>
You mean sort of like listening to a drunk in a bar tell his life story?
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
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keefriffhard4life
i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. i have read three books this year by other musicians, neil young, ray davies and eric clapton, and they all caught my attention pretty quickly. the stones are my favorite band so maybe my expectations were too high but right now after about 60 pages this one isn't hitting the mark
You have read the best part of it already...
- Doxa
Not if he's interested in guitar playing
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DandelionPowderman
<when I stay open to what the book actually is
instead of getting fidgety over what I might imagine it ought to be>
That's spot on!
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DandelionPowderman
<when I stay open to what the book actually is
instead of getting fidgety over what I might imagine it ought to be>
That's spot on!
Right. And that's where the trouble starts. If we really look at the book as it is, and how it represents its subject, the voice of it, I turned to have two (bad) options after reading it:
(a) is the person really so small-minded (I could use some other, more accurate terms, but I don't want to upset Keith Richards fans more here) as it represents him to be?
(b) if not, what it says of the person who wants himself to be represented like this?
But this said, and despite the fact I lost a lot of respect towards Keith Richards as a person (which is not really that important, and the old wisdom is 'don't get too close to your heroes'), the book contains still a lot of little interesting info and details from here and there. I have referred to it here at IORR many times along the years. Good research material for a pseudo-Stonelogist...
- Doxa
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i am about 60 pages in. does it get any better? right now nothing is really grabbing me. ...