Never a Dull Moment: 1971 The Year That Rock Exploded
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| Rating | : | 4.36 (834 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1627793992 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-08-14 |
| Language | : | English |
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singles), arena acts, and erosion of race- and gender-based cultural boundaries. An Best Book of June 2016: Rock & Roll nostalgia is hot. Rather than a fawning run-down of the usual 70s acts—though he does range from Carole King and the Carpenters to Zeppelin and the Stones to Marvin Gaye and Sly and the Family Stone, and more--NADM takes the high-altitude view, blending together seemingly disparate elements such as boomer demographics, feminism, emerging technologies, and the apparent ubiquity of hot pants to recreate the seismic events of the year that shaped the entertainment industry's next decade (or three). —Jon Foro, The Book Review. He’s quite sure he’s right, by the wa
The new releases of that hectic yearDon McLean’s “American Pie,” Sly Stone’s “Family Affair,” Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On,” Joni Mitchell’s “Blue,” Led Zeppelin’s “Stairway To Heaven,” the Who’s “Baba O’Riley,” and many othersare the standards of today.David Hepworth was twenty-one in 1971, and has been writing and broadcasting about music ever since. On New Year’s Eve 1970 Paul McCartney instructed his lawyers to issue the writ at the High Court in London that effectively ended the Beatles. From the electric blue fur coat David Bowie wore when he first arrived in America in February to Bianca’s neckline when she married Mick Jagger in Saint-Tropez in May, from the death of Jim Morrison in Paris in July to the re-emergence of Bob Dylan at Madison Square Garden in August, from the soft launch of Carole Ki
"A potentially great book sometimes goes off the rails, and is very much geared toward the U.K. Nonetheless, it's worth reading." according to Dave from the States. When I started reading Never A Dull Moment, I couldn't put it down. Then, I started seeing a combination of errors and UK-only statements* which made me alternate between being fascinated with the information and wondering about the book's credibility (at least for a U.S. reader). Also, 'NADM' has some v. "Kindle version needs work" according to Sandal. This review is for the Kindle version -- No clickable links in chapters refer to photos. Photos are all at the end of the book with no chapter reference. So it's just like a bunch of random photos in the "back" of the book. It's a big distraction. Publisher should fix this.Others have covered content of . Flawed in some ways but still an interesting read EJ Honda A great read, but when I came upon some fascinating revelation in each chapter, I felt like that should have been highlighted more so than some of the other information that was put in the chapter. Still, it provided a lot of insight into that era that escaped me due to my young age at the time, and help
David Hepworth is a music journalist, writer, broadcaster, and publishing industry analyst who has launched several legendary British magazines, including Q, Mojo, and The Word, among many others. He was a presenter of the BBC’s rock music program Whistle Test a