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Ladataan... Hearts of Darkness: James Taylor, Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and the Unlikely Rise of the Singer-SongwriterTekijä: Dave Thompson
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Kirjaudu LibraryThingiin nähdäksesi, pidätkö tästä kirjasta vai et. Ei tämänhetkisiä Keskustelu-viestiketjuja tästä kirjasta. Hearts of Darkness focuses on three singer-songwriters who came to prominence in the early 1970s: Jackson Browne, Cat Stevens, and James Taylor. The author sticks mainly to a chronological account of their lives and careers, switching back and forth among the three singers. Their stories often overlapped, since, although none of the three worked together during the time period, they had mutual friends and worked with several of the same musicians. For instance, James Taylor and Jackson Browne were both romantically involved with Joni Mitchell, and Cat Stevens dated Carly Simon before she married James Taylor. The book was often hard for me to follow. The author would go off on tangents about other musicians who worked with one of the three men who were the book's primary focus. So many names entered the narrative so quickly that it was very easy to lose track of which person was the focus of that section of the book. It was easy to start the book since all three singers began their careers at about the same time. The ending doesn't work well. The author seemed to pick a date and just stopped at 1972. Technically I'm a baby boomer, but I'm too young to remember the pop music world in the years covered in this book. My favorite albums at the time were a collection of Disney songs, Mickey and the Beanstalk, and Peter and the Wolf. My first exposure to Carly Simon's “Anticipation” (written while waiting for Cat Stevens to show up for their first date) was as a ketchup jingle. I was in my twenties before I learned that the jingle came from a real song. I'm familiar with the hits that are now considered classics, but I wasn't familiar with a lot of the other songs mentioned in the book. This book is probably best suited for the serious music fan on the other end of the baby boom generation. This review is based on an electronic advanced reading copy provided by the publisher through NetGalley. näyttää 2/2 ei arvosteluja | lisää arvostelu
Hearts of Darkness is the story of a generation's coming of age through the experiences of its three most atypical pop stars. James Taylor, Jackson Browne, and Cat Stevens could never have been considered your typical late-sixties songwriters. Self-absorbed and self-composed, all three eschewed the traditional means of delivering their songs, instead turning its process inward. The result was a body of work that stands among the most profoundly personal art ever to translate into an international language, and a sequence of songs. From Sweet Baby James and Carolina in My Mind, to Jamaica Say You Will and These Days, to Peace Train and Wild World. That remain archetypes not only of what the critics called the singer-songwriter movement, but of the human condition itself. Kirjastojen kuvailuja ei löytynyt. |
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The cover got to me because I grew up with James Taylor, Jackson Browne,
and Cat Stevens. Love their music even to this day I search for them on XM radio.
Everything from why their names were changed, moving and the instruments they played and
the music revolution.
Record companies, the politics and the signing, not knowing what you were really signing away,
who you were friends with and the travel, places near and far and who were there. The bands
and recollection of things happening all made the music we listen to today.
Love reading about the refereneces to the Newport Folk Festival as it's only 15 minutes from
my house.
Always interesting to find out how and why and who the songs were written about.
Adult book because of the swearing words.
Love the epilogue, tells you where they are now
And the very detailed discography.
I received this book from Netgalley in exchange for my honest review ( )