Last night I finished reading the book about Ringo Starr. I hesitate to give the name of the author because last time I posted a not-so-favorable review I was attacked by the author that was so vitriolic and hysterical, I was left to believe that she was unstable.Anyway, the author of the book on Ringo has written many Rock 'n Roll biopics, which I'm sure are good -- I just have a hard time reading run-on sentences that make up entire paragraphs (I'm not exaggerating). I also have a hard time with writers who use vocabulary in a pretentious manner. Still, I learned a few things and was able to set a dateline to things I already knew about Ringo and my generation of rockers.
I may read the book again one day and if I do, I'll add more to this review. Bit right now, it just doesn't seem worth the exertion.
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that is the beauty of the amnesia bestowed on us occasionally by father time. Whether it's a good book or a good movie...if you wait long enough it really is like doing it all over again. Enjoy!
I love Leonard Cohen's songs, but I've never read his poetry. Well...songs and poetry are pretty much the same thing, but you know what I mean.
Reading poetry has always been a literary failing of mine. I just can't do it. My mind wanders and the words don't sink in. I can sit down and read a 900 page book over the course of a day and a half, but a page containing two poems defeats me.
Of all the rock and roll memoirs I've read and I've read like 600 memoirs/autobiographies . .
I enjoyed Sharon Osbourne's the most. She offered a blend of her life, a female manager in a male dominated field, hustling and hustling, making money in the crazy rock and roll world.
very interesting.
the best though. bar none. can't be compared though,
The man in black, the autobiography of Johnny Cash
:)
@Earl: you haven't read the right poetry then!
I'm with Earl on the poetry thing--which is funny because I'm a singer and I sing poetry. I think it is because I'm a singer that I do have a hard time simply reading poetry. It has to have music attached to it or it loses its appeal. Take, for example, John Denver's "Annie's Song". It really isn't all that great a poem, but put it with that gorgeous music and it's one of the most beautiful love poems/songs of all time. Every woman wishes someone would write a song like that for her!
It seems to me that most poetry was written with the intention of being read aloud. A few pieces take advantage of the printed page, but they are few and far between. I find that the best way to read poetry is to read it aloud, which means that you can't do it just anywhere. :-) If you're able to "read aloud" in your mind, similar to the way a musician can "hear" music just by reading a score, it's a lot better.
Roschelle: It's true! We just watched "Imitation of Life", a film we've seen countless times, and we still cried!
Earl: I can read poetry (maybe because I'm a songwriter and my mind just thinks in prose?), but I cannot, in any way, read a play.
Mrs. Hall: I want to read it! I've read countless Rock bios too, I'm such a nose...
Deni: Great point. I often read a poem aloud, if only in a whisper, if I can't get what it's saying.
Roschelle: It's true! We just watched "Imitation of Life", a film we've seen countless times, and we still cried!
Earl: I can read poetry (maybe because I'm a songwriter and my mind just thinks in prose?), but I cannot, in any way, read a play.
Mrs. Hall: I want to read it! I've read countless Rock bios too, I'm such a nose...
Deni: Great point. I often read a poem aloud, if only in a whisper, if I can't get what it's saying.
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