Lou Reed
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$54.97
- Paperback
528 pages
- Release Date
12 June 2018
Summary
A GUARDIAN AND CHOICE BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘A walk on the wild side with the alt-rock pioneer’ GQ
‘DeCurtis is well placed to trace Reed’s five-decade career, drawing on insider knowledge but skilfully balancing it with detailed research and fascinating interviews’ Mojo Magazine
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once the heig…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781444794601 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 1444794604 |
| Author: | Anthony DeCurtis |
| Publisher: | John Murray Press |
| Imprint: | John Murray Publishers Ltd |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 528 |
| Release Date: | 12 June 2018 |
| Weight: | 539g |
| Dimensions: | 42mm x 134mm x 216mm |
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Critics Review
I’m not the first musician to pledge allegiance to Lou and the Velvets, and I won’t be the last. Read this book, and explore the f*cking genius that was Lou Reed
Completely captivating - GQ
As Anthony DeCurtis makes clear in his new book, behind the image and the rumors, Lou was one thing: a writer, a man who spent his life telling the absolute, painful truth in his songs - the truth about himself, the scenes he observed, and the world at large. His words were so powerful that the Velvet Underground had to invent a new musical language to match them. I’m not the first musician to pledge allegiance to Lou and the Velvets, and I won’t be the last. Read this book, and explore the f*cking genius that was Lou Reed - Peter Buck, co-founder and lead guitarist of R.E.M.Anthony DeCurtis captures the soul and the essence of Lou Reed in his terrific new biography of the brilliant, culture-shaping musician. DeCurtis’ great gift of storytelling gives fascinating insight and perspective to Reed’s complex personality and cutting-edge musical talent. This is a must read - Clive DavisHow did a middle-class suburban boy grow up to be king of Manhattan’s wild side? Thanks to this groundbreaking biography, now we know. Anthony DeCurtis handles Reed’s often-misunderstood bisexuality and curiosity about transsexualism with particular sensitivity, candor, and sophistication. A must-read for fans of rock and roll, New York City, or sex - Ada Calhoun, author of St. Marks is DeadLou Reed was one of music’s most brilliant and complicated figures-an explorer, a provocateur, and always a true artist. With grace and grit, Anthony DeCurtis has delivered a revelatory and insightful chronicle of this most challenging rock & roll icon, and Lou Reed gets the biographer he deserves - Alan Light, author of The Holy or the BrokenLou Reed is Lou Reed! - Iggy PopA brilliant artist has found a biographer with the insight to, as Lou said, ‘pass through the fire’ and be a definitive interpreter of both his music and his life - StingAn eloquent account of a harrowing life transformed by love in the end. Anthony DeCurtis does a brilliant job of synthesizing the disparate parts of Lou Reed’s life into an insightful, moving narrative. I highly recommend it - Suzanne VegaAnthony DeCurtis
Anthony DeCurtis is a contributing editor for Rolling Stone, where his work has appeared for more than thirty-five years, and a distinguished lecturer in the creative writing programme at the University of Pennsylvania. He is the author of In Other Words and Rocking My Life Away; the co-writer of Clive Davis’s autobiography, The Soundtrack of My Life, a New York Times bestseller; and the editor of Blues & Chaos: The Music Writing of Robert Palmer and Present Tense: Rock & Roll and Culture. DeCurtis is a Grammy Award winner and has served as a member of the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame nominating committee for twenty-five years. He holds a PhD in American literature and lives in New York City.
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