Talking To Girls About Duran Duran...
Duran Duran var en gång i tiden viktiga för många. Och "Girls On Film"-videon utvidgade rockvideobegreppet och höjde moralpaniken i många länder.Författaren och musikjournalisten Rob Sheffield fortsätter nu sin vandring i Nick Hornby-fotspåren.
Efter "Kärleken är ett blandband"(på svenska 2007) som dessutom är utgiven i pocket kommer nu hans memoarer "Talking To Girls About Duran Duran", eller om man nu ska kalla det memoarer av en man som är född 1966.
Rob var runt 15 år när Duran Duran slog igenom på allvar. Den nya boken kommer, av recensionerna runt världen att döma att bli lika stor som debuten.Det amerikanska originalet finns redan att beställa på svenska boksidor som Bokus m fl.
Rob Sheffield kan skriva både roligt och rörande och som mångårig medarbetare i bland annat Rolling Stone kan han sin musikhistoria.I Sverige minns annars en trogen musiktidningsläsare alla Susanne Ljungs sköna texter om Duran Duran i Schlager och Expressen.Hon tog verkligen alla chanser hon hade att skriva om Duran Duran ett tag - och det gjorde hon rätt i, även om mer finsmakande svenska kritiker då inte förstod gruppens storhet. Men tiden har gett Susanne rätt...
Så här presenterar Rob Sheffield Själv den nya boken på sin hemsida:
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| One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut |
Growing up in the eighties, you were surrounded by mysteries. These were the years of MTV and John Hughes movies, the era of big dreams and bigger shoulder pads. Like any teenage geek, Rob Sheffield spent the decade searching for true love and maybe a cooler haircut. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is his tale of stumbling into adulthood with a killer soundtrack. Inept flirtations. Dumb crushes. Deplorable fashion choices. Girls, every last one of whom was madly in love with the bassist of Duran Duran. In his first book, the national bestseller Love Is a Mix Tape, Sheffield shared a heartbreaking true story of love and grief. With Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, he returns with a smart, funny, and emotionally pitch-perfect trip through the music and memories of the eighties. As a confused teenager stranded in the suburbs, mowing lawns, and playing video games, Rob had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself. But he was sure his radio had all the answers, whether he was driving an ice cream truck through Boston to “Purple Rain,” slam dancing to The Replacements, or pondering the implications of Madonna lyrics. From Bowie to Bobby Brown, from hair metal to hip-hop, he loved them all. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is a journey through pop culture of an American adolescence that will remind you of your first crush, first car, and first kiss. It’s a book about moments in time, where every song is a snapshot of a moment that helps form the rest of your life. Whenever you grew up, and whatever your teenage obsessions, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran brings those moments to life. |
