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lindy_b's review
2.0
I wanted to like this book because I think it's a fascinating topic. Unfortunately my expectations were not met.
First of all, I agree with almost everything in individualfrog's review. Second, it's painfully obvious that the authors' musical taste doesn't deviate more than two degrees from the Beatles. Third, the chapters in the book did not cohere; I felt like I was reading a series of Medium essays or something.
On the plus side, the book is surprisingly easy to read and chapters or shorter excerpts could be useful in helping to springboard a discussion.
First of all, I agree with almost everything in individualfrog's review. Second, it's painfully obvious that the authors' musical taste doesn't deviate more than two degrees from the Beatles. Third, the chapters in the book did not cohere; I felt like I was reading a series of Medium essays or something.
On the plus side, the book is surprisingly easy to read and chapters or shorter excerpts could be useful in helping to springboard a discussion.
dustymantle's review
3.0
I learned I should have read this book ten years ago, so that I could have quoted chunks of it during a time when my life was more involved with others' impassioned diatribes about 'realness'. That said, the book as a whole didn't leave me with that much of an impression, but maybe it was just that I read it in a rather piecemeal fashion. It's possible that it aligned with my own views enough that I didn't become all that engaged. Definitely a useful object, and it's likely that a second reading might make its assertions more enduring in my mind.
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