50 Licks
Myths and Stories from Half a Century of the Rolling Stones
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- 17,99 €
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- 17,99 €
Publisher Description
On July 12, 1962, London's Marquee Club debuted a new act, a blues-inflected rock band named after a Muddy Waters song - The Rolling Stones. They were a hard-edged band with a flair for the dramatic, styling themselves as the devil's answer to the sainted Beatles.
A young, inexperienced producer named Andrew Loog Oldham first heard the band at a session he remembers with four words: 'I fell in love.' Though unfamiliar with such basic industry practices as mixing a recording, he made a brilliant decision - he pitched the band to a studio that had passed on the Beatles. Afraid to make the same mistake twice, they signed the Stones, and began a history-making career.
This is just one of the 50 classic stories that make up 50 Licks. Many are never-before told, some are from exclusive interviews - including with elusive bassist Bill Wyman - and all are illustrated and told by the people who lived them.
Half a century on, the Rolling Stones are still the greatest band working. And this is the book to commemorate their unparalleled achievement in rock music.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
In his final book, the late Fornatale (Simon and Garfunkel's Bookends) misses his intended mark but still scores a hit with this ramshackle collection of observations, stories, and ephemera surrounding one of rock's most iconic bands. Using 50 songs as its proposed thematic axis, Fornatale promptly abandons it after the table of contents, preferring to offer 287 pages of anecdotes, photos, and off-the-cuff analysis. Readers willing to abandon any expectations (not even the songs/chapters are organized chronologically by release) will likely find Fornatale to be an unabashed admirer of the band, and it's on that level that the book succeeds. Among the real beauties here are Keith Richards's thoughts on the pressure of following up a hit like "Satisfaction", John Lennon's harsh remarks regarding the band ("Satanic Majesties is Pepper"), the often-silent Charlie Watts on Brian Jones's demise, and the artful collage of comments surrounding the creation of "Exile on Main Street" from the involved parties. Casual listeners expecting a literal song-by-song analysis will be sorely disappointed, but Stones fans interested in the details of the band's career will likely find this to be a highly entertaining read that'll give them a deeper appreciation of the band's legacy.
