Cally L Rempis
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I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- By: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
- Length: 20 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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It was a pretty radical idea - a channel for teenagers, showing nothing but music videos. It was such a radical idea that almost no one thought it would actually succeed, much less become a force in the worlds of music, television, film, fashion, sports, and even politics. But it did work. MTV became more than anyone had ever imagined. I Want My MTV tells the story of the first decade of MTV, the golden era when MTV's programming was all videos, all the time, and kids watched religiously to see their favorite bands, learn about new music, and have something to talk about at parties.
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The Most Entertaining Book of the Year
- By David on 10-24-12
- I Want My MTV
- The Uncensored Story of the Music Video Revolution
- By: Craig Marks, Rob Tannenbaum
- Narrated by: Luke Daniels
A compelling story that needs to be told!
Reviewed: 09-29-18
The whole behind-the-scenes tale of a cultural revolution that nearly never made it off the ground.
Hard-hitting and candid; no punches pulled. Well-read and well-written. Highly recommended.
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Testimony
- By: Robbie Robertson
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
- Length: 18 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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On the 40th anniversary of The Band's legendary The Last Waltz concert, Robbie Robertson finally tells his own spellbinding story of the band that changed music history, his extraordinary personal journey, and his creative friendships with some of the greatest artists of the last half century.
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Believable?
- By steve on 02-13-17
- Testimony
- By: Robbie Robertson
- Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
5-Stars on every level.
Reviewed: 07-26-18
An amazing story, told with great eloquence by the author who lived to tell the tale. Also features some of the best oration of an audiobook I've ever heard.
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Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll
- The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
- By: Richard Lloyd
- Narrated by: Richard Lloyd
- Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Legendary Rock and Roll guitarist. Founding member of Television. Masterful storyteller. Written in Lloyd's inimitable, frequently humorous style, Everything Is Combustible chronicles, through vignettes, Lloyd's colorful early life, starting in Pittsburgh and soon moving to New York City, and then details his teenage travels and encounters with music legends including Jimi Hendrix, Led Zeppelin, John Lee Hooker, Buddy Guy, and Keith Moon.
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Essential Punk History 101
- By Michael T. Hoey on 04-24-23
- Everything Is Combustible: Television, CBGB's and Five Decades of Rock and Roll
- The Memoirs of an Alchemical Guitarist
- By: Richard Lloyd
- Narrated by: Richard Lloyd
Endless quasi-metaphysical nonsense.
Reviewed: 05-16-18
this book starts off promisingly enough, with the author/narrator promising to forgo all the needless genealogy and get right to the story the listener came for. Unfortunately, we are instead subjected endless rambling about ridiculous concepts and questionable (if not impossible) memories.
Literally one of the most difficult to listen to books I have yet to encounter.
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Reckless
- My Life as a Pretender
- By: Chrissie Hynde
- Narrated by: Rosanna Arquette, Chrissie Hynde
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Chrissie Hynde, the songwriter and front woman of The Pretenders in its various incarnations, has for 35 years been one of the most admired and adored and imitated figures in rock. This long-awaited memoir tells her life story in full and utterly fascinating detail, from her all-American Ohio '50s childhood to her classic baby-boomer seduction by the rock of the '60s to her sojourn in the crucible of punk that was '70s London to her instant emergence with her band, The Pretenders, in 1980 into stardom as a frontwoman and songwriter.
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Too long to get to The Pretenders...
- By Greg on 04-20-16
- Reckless
- My Life as a Pretender
- By: Chrissie Hynde
- Narrated by: Rosanna Arquette, Chrissie Hynde
An excellent read (or listen).
Reviewed: 11-15-17
Told as only the author herself could. Gritty, poignant, real. This was truly one of those rare "couldn't put it down" books.
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Lonely Boy
- Tales from a Sex Pistol
- By: Steve Jones
- Narrated by: Steve Jones
- Length: 9 hrs and 26 mins
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Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk. And without Steve Jones there would be no Sex Pistols. It was Steve who, with his schoolmate Paul Cook, formed the band that eventually went on to become the Sex Pistols and who was its original leader. As the world celebrates the 40th anniversary of punk - the influence and cultural significance of which is felt in music, fashion, and the visual arts to this day - Steve tells his story for the very first time.
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Criminally Addictive....
- By Charrie on 01-11-17
- Lonely Boy
- Tales from a Sex Pistol
- By: Steve Jones
- Narrated by: Steve Jones
Jonesy tells it like it was... and is!
Reviewed: 11-02-17
An incredible read, made all the better by being narrated by the author himself. Loved it.
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