Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40-Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (947 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0767903129 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 624 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-11-06 |
| Language | : | English |
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Encyclopedic in detail. Worth reading but be prepared for Meryl08 Encyclopedic in detail. Worth reading but be prepared for lots and lots of details, some of which will leave you wondering "who remembered this stuff anyway?". I Got Satisfaction LJP This is the only Stones' book I've read and I plan on reading more, but as a start, I was impressed and feel Davis has written a decent biography of the band. He appears to deal thoroughly with the early years of the band all the way up to the death of Brian Jones. The Mick Taylor years seem a bit rushed (he wasn't there that long, though), in fact, the last two decades of the band seem written hurriedly, but I guess they weren't working nearly as much as they had in their true youth or weren't ma. ***1/2. Pretty entertaining "Old Gods Almost Dead" is a pretty good read, filled with the obligatory smutty details. The early days of the Rolling Stones are more thoroughly examined than the 80s and 90s, perhaps because of the lack of sex scandals and drug busts during the past 25 years or so, but it must be said in all fairness that "Old Gods" is not just sensationalism; Davis obviously has a certain insight into the musical side of things as well, and everything is well written and well paced, offering several interesting
48 b&w photos not seen by PW. In this latest unauthorized biography, he once again details the "musical successes and personal excesses" but fails to offer any new insights into one of the world's greatest bands. While Davis's pulpy narrative ("The smell of espresso is in the air, the smell of sex, the smell of suicide") provides an enjoyable recap and critique of the Stones' records and performances, he misses the most interesting aspect of their longevity. From Publishers Weekly In 1985's bestselling The Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga, rock biographer Davis shocked and entertained readers with the raunchy details of the band's backstage e
Now Stephen Davis, the New York Times bestselling author of Hammer of the Gods and Walk This Way, who has followed the Stones for three decades, presents their whole story, replete with vivid details of the Stones’ musical successes_and personal excesses.Born into the wartime England of air-raid sirens, bombing raids, and strict rationing, the Rolling Stones came of age in the 1950s, as American blues and pop arrived in Europe. The acclaimed, bestselling rock-and-roll biographer delivers the first complete, unexpurgated history of the world’s greatest band.The saga of the Rolling Stones is the central epic in rock mythology. At the same time, Old Gods Almost Dead documents the inte