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The amount of spotlight that Brian Jones, Bill Wyman or Mick Taylor get in this book is sad. It’s understandable considering it’s an interview book and they didn’t have their say in it, but at the same time it’s odd how little other band members had to say about them. Also, if you’re mostly interested in Mick Jagger - he is incredibly concise with his words (as somebody has nicely pointed out in the book “an extroverted but a very private person). This is fully rewarded though by endless blabbing of Keith Richards and Charlie Watts (I was actually very pleasantly surprised by such thorough accounts of Charlie!).
I think this book is more for the fans (die-hards?:) who are extremely into the Rolling Stones and have already quite a vast knowledge about them because you get a feeling of being bombarded with musicians, places, events, incidents that don’t really get an introduction and if you don’t know what they’re talking about you have to check somewhere (which I personally really couldn’t do and I am glad I didn’t have to haha)
I think this book is more for the fans (die-hards?:) who are extremely into the Rolling Stones and have already quite a vast knowledge about them because you get a feeling of being bombarded with musicians, places, events, incidents that don’t really get an introduction and if you don’t know what they’re talking about you have to check somewhere (which I personally really couldn’t do and I am glad I didn’t have to haha)
A history of the origin of rock and roll and the longest running act of it. In a loosely connected plethora of interview snippets with the members of the Rolling Stones, a certain common thread emerges. As a young amateur guitar player it is amazing to see how such a legendary act came to be (and so long has been).
I cannot really find more to say about the book; it is set up in the only way a book about the Stones could be made. Each member is cited individually in snippets of probably hundreds of interviews, and in between each chapter someone from the industry sketches some context. You don't necessarily learn a lot more about the history of the Stones (at least not chronologically, factually, or precisely). You don't even learn much about how they write or play. That sounds negative, and it might be, but what you instead learn was to me what made the book a blast to read: you get a feel for what made the Rolling Stones great.
The fact that these 4 musicians are all completely different people is already hard to believe for a group that makes music together for 40 years in a row. But then you also realise that all 4 members are incredibly stubborn, they are stuck in their own ways, they hardly ever come to one another, they are just their own selves. And out of that friction, came rock and roll.
I cannot really find more to say about the book; it is set up in the only way a book about the Stones could be made. Each member is cited individually in snippets of probably hundreds of interviews, and in between each chapter someone from the industry sketches some context. You don't necessarily learn a lot more about the history of the Stones (at least not chronologically, factually, or precisely). You don't even learn much about how they write or play. That sounds negative, and it might be, but what you instead learn was to me what made the book a blast to read: you get a feel for what made the Rolling Stones great.
The fact that these 4 musicians are all completely different people is already hard to believe for a group that makes music together for 40 years in a row. But then you also realise that all 4 members are incredibly stubborn, they are stuck in their own ways, they hardly ever come to one another, they are just their own selves. And out of that friction, came rock and roll.
An in-depth look at the world's greatest rock and roll band. Love the photos and the stories behind the songs. It needed more stuff from Bill Wyman. Any Stones fan will enjoy it.