I'm Not with the Band: A Writer's Life Lost in Music
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| Rating | : | 4.10 (757 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0751558702 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 448 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-08-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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Her writing For The NME was fabulous I remember when she wrote For The NME and was always impressed with her style. Now S Paterson has written a memoir about her life as a writer. For those like me who read The NME between let us say 1986 and now, This is quite an interesting book because We get Much insight behind The scenes of many interviews we read such as The ones with Prince or Madonna. We get to read about her start at smash hits magazines after Which she moved over to The NME. The interesting thing with the journal is that d. Brian Tucker said Get lost in this book. Good journalists are natural storytellers; no unnecessary page-filling rubbish, startling metaphors, and an ability to put you, 'viewers' at the heart of the action. True rebels, journalists or musos, never had the foresight to get rich so, please, buy this book and maybe our Sylv will be a bit more financially secure in her dotage. I loved it and if you are into the music of those times, and everything that went with it, you will too.. Albert F. said a great read. honest but fun text. good and sensible writer. quietly tells the story of the downfall of outspoken cultural icons and how pop culture today is too afraid of sales and chart numbers to be the leaders of The Revolution.good companion through the first days of broken ankle, especially when she writes about her own bone breaking misfortunesrecommended for true music fans/fanatics
As she encounters music's biggest names, she is confronted by glamour and tragedy; wisdom and lunacy; drink, drugs and disaster. And whether, or not, she found them.. The problem is she's mostly hanging out with flaky pop stars, rock 'n' roll heroes and unreliable hip-hop legends. And Bros.Here is Madonna in her Earth Mother phase, flinging her hands up in horror at one of Sylv's Very Stupid Questions. She got her wish.Escaping a troubled home, Sylvia embarks on a lifelong quest to discover The Meaning of It All. It is also the story of one woman's wayward search for love, peace and a wonderful life. Prince compliments her shoes while Eminem threatens to kill her. She shares fruit with Johnny Cash, make-up with Amy Winehouse and several pints with the Manics' lost soul-man Richey Edwards. This is a three-decade survivor's tale a scenic search for elusive human happiness through music, magazines, silly jokes, stupid shoes, useless blokes, hopeless homes, booze, drugs, love, loss, A&E, death, disillusion and hope - while trying to make Prince laugh, startle Beyonce, cheer Eminem up, annoy Madonna, drink with Shaun Ryder an
Because that's how she rolls (with it). Life thereafter as an acclaimed freelancer has seen her sprinkle irreverence throughout NME, The Face, Guardian Guide, The Observer, Sunday Times, Interview, The Word, Q and Glamour. Sylvia Patterson is one of pop journalism's best-known voices. . She joined Smash Hits as Staff Writer aged 20 during its mid-late 80s heyday when it sold a million copies a fortnight. She's also the only writer to have penned sleeve-notes to the greatest hit
Very funny, very informative and indispensable reading for both pop lovers and pop anthropologists * Metro * The most warm, insightful and passionate book on music I have read in years. 10 stars * Ian Fortnum, Classic Rock * I can't praise this book highly enough; so funny, brave, sad and wise. Starting with the innocent, joyful silliness of Smash Hits in the 80s, this memoir inevitably journeys into darker territory but always remains infectiously optimistic about music's capacity to inspire * Christopher Brookmyre, Glasgow Herald Books of the Year * Brilliant * Daily Telegraph * Gripping Patterson writes with easy humour and an unrepentant honesty It's a hilariously