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megarmstrong_rsw's review
3.0
It was just okay. I would give this 1.5 stars if the part about Cobain had been left out. This guy really wanted to write about business... so he leaves a lot to desire for those who want to hear about the musicians.
mgeryk's review
3.0
This book took me a little while to get into; in the beginning, a combination of name-drop soup and poor copyediting (in the first section, Atlantic founder Ahmet Ertegun is variously referred to three or four times as "Ahmet" and "Ertegun" even before he's introduced by his full name--even though I knew who he was referring to, it was enough of a stumbling block that I noticed it) makes for heavy sledding. After a while, however, the narrative got a little more cohesive and entertaining. Goldberg, by his own admission, is enough of a fan to offer no biting insights, and I did find myself thinking, "Can all these people have been that nice? Truly?" It reads as genuine appreciation rather than superficial fawning, though, which is the book's real [b:saving grace|130916|The Saving Graces A Novel|Patricia Gaffney|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1171995451s/130916.jpg|126092].
trieb's review
4.0
Bumping into Geniuses was good in that Goldberg worked with many of my favorite musicians: Bruce Springsteen, Warren Zevon, Tom Petty, Jackson Browne, etc. I also liked that there was no glorification of drug use for creativity or of drug users, particularly in the discussions of Kurt Cobain's death.
The section on Warren Zevon had me crying a bit, just because his talented wasn't as recognized and he didn't achieve it until he was terminally ill (and afterward) or maybe it's more that he didn't start writing his greatest works until he knew that his time was limited.
The section on Warren Zevon had me crying a bit, just because his talented wasn't as recognized and he didn't achieve it until he was terminally ill (and afterward) or maybe it's more that he didn't start writing his greatest works until he knew that his time was limited.
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