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Rockman
let us know when ya get to the INDEX....
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OzHeavyThrobber
It's a poorly written and organised book but that's down to editors I think. It was a hard chew for me to read. Many people I know read it and thought it was great. But then they'd never really read any Rolling Stones books till "Life" so weren't reading stuff they'd basically read many times before told by different authors as I had. I came off disliking Keith a great deal unfortunately as in my opinion he is self centred in the extreme. A full blown narcissist. People are measured in my eyes once they are parents on what kind of parents they are. Keith should never have been a father and this shines thru I think with the relationships he did or didn't have with his five children. The way Marlon parented Keith from what 4? is disgusting. Guns under pillows, drugs, houses on fire and who knows what else. I don't doubt he loved his kids but no normal human being goes on stage the same night they lose their child. And brushing it off as he was only six weeks old and we didn't really have a bond or whatever still leaves me wondering how anyone allowed him to put it in the book. Anyways I think if you're bored after 60 pages the book is done for you.
Avoid reading Keidas and a Gene Simmons autobios too. Unless you have a bucket on the ready next to you for vomiting. Never read two books from people that could be more up themselves. Keidas has no talent other than for performing but you could be forgiven for thinking on the eighth day God created him after reading his autobio.
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DandelionPowderman
Ray had written about his childhood before. Keith hadn't.
Life is anything but boring.
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DandelionPowderman
Ray had written about his childhood before. Keith hadn't.
Life is anything but boring.
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DandelionPowderman
Ray had written about his childhood before. Keith hadn't.
Life is anything but boring.
Hey Dandie I love ginger nuts too just wondering why you incorporated one into your signature?
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71Tele
The thing we're forgetting is that the book was a huge mainstream commercial success. It got good reviews and sold very well (ahem, unlike any recent studio album by the Rolling Stones). So, the author(s) did something right....
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DandelionPowderman
Ray had written about his childhood before. Keith hadn't.
Life is anything but boring.
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71Tele
The thing we're forgetting is that the book was a huge mainstream commercial success. It got good reviews and sold very well (ahem, unlike any recent studio album by the Rolling Stones). So, the author(s) did something right...As a reliable insight into Keith's creative process and thinking, and as a document for Rolling Stones fans, it's of pretty limited use. Also, as has been mentioned, there is the inevitable "show me the blade" side of Keith's personality, which many of us saw through years ago, so that aspect is tiresome. The weakness for me is that when reading it, I could actually imagine James Fox transcribing taped monologues from Keith and pasting them together.
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71Tele
The thing we're forgetting is that the book was a huge mainstream commercial success. It got good reviews and sold very well (ahem, unlike any recent studio album by the Rolling Stones). So, the author(s) did something right....
dunno, throwing Mick under the bus...not sure that was worth the trade off to sell a few books. Guess it depends on one's point of view.
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71Tele
The thing we're forgetting is that the book was a huge mainstream commercial success. It got good reviews and sold very well (ahem, unlike any recent studio album by the Rolling Stones). So, the author(s) did something right....
dunno, throwing Mick under the bus...not sure that was worth the trade off to sell a few books. Guess it depends on one's point of view.
I didn't say it was worth the trade off, just that it was a commercial success, which it was.
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blivet
It's odd. I've been a Stones fan since the early 70s, and I suspect I am not alone on this board in having at one time considered Keith Richard the coolest guy ever. Yet I had no interest in reading *Life*. Something about the excerpts just sounded too much like the musings of a bullshitter with no capacity for self-reflection.
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shadooby
Not really sure what the fuss is about I enjoyed it, finished it in just under two days if I remember correctly.