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Record Play Pause by Stephen Morris

kittey2ng's review

emotional funny lighthearted reflective sad fast-paced

5.0

helenh1975's review

emotional funny inspiring reflective fast-paced

5.0

paulataua's review against another edition

3.0

Ian Curtis, Joy Division, and that whole Manchester indie scene played a big part in my development from Tony Wilson’s ‘So It Goes’ days with Granada and on through the Hacienda and all the bands. It was the first movement I felt I was a part of and felt was a part of me, so I had to read this. As it happens, the first eight chapters are pretty uninspiring, a very ordinary and uneventful upbringing, very much like every other guys upbringing in the period with its airfix models, the drugs, the adolescent rebellion, and all told in that North Western banter style that was a part of just about every group of lads at that time. Skip over the first eight chapters and start when you get to Morris joining Warsaw and the beginning of the group. Even then the depth is very much lacking . I wanted more insight into the group, the people and the venues, and all I got was a lot of pretty shallow anecdotes. And yet, there I was there, right to the end, bathing in the nostalgia and stopping reading every time a track was discussed to open up YouTube and watch the video. Loved the nostalgic trip, but was not too much impressed by the book.

Ian Curtis committed suicide on May 18, 1980, and here we are just a few days from the 42nd anniversary of his death. He was something special and will not be forgotten.

dreamsneverend's review against another edition

5.0

Desde que se anunció este libro supe que iba a leerlo y a disfrutarlo por completo porque después de todo está escrito por mi baterista favorito ¿qué podría salir mal? ¡nada! de verdad, nada salió mal. No tengo quejas, de verdad fue increíble y creo que de no ser por ciertos inconvenientes en mi entorno podría haberlo leído en menos tiempo porque no podía esperar para continuar.

Está muy bien escrito, me encanta el tipo de humor que maneja, no se extiende volviendo a contar anécdotas que ya contó Hook en [b: Unknown Pleasures|15818498|Unknown Pleasures Inside Joy Division|Peter Hook|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1355530496l/15818498._SY75_.jpg|19109358] salvo un par que lo involucran directamente o son casi mitos y valen mucho la pena. No he leído [b: Chapter and Verse|24464160|Chapter and Verse New Order, Joy Division and Me|Bernard Sumner|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1439920052l/24464160._SX50_.jpg|27676539] pero por ahora esta viene siendo la biografía superior porque incluso las anécdotas que no guardan relación con la banda son interesantes.

Lo que más esperaba de este libro era conocer cómo había empezado a tocar, conocer más de esos detalles porque como antigua "baterista" todo ese proceso me parece interesante. Resulta que la formula secreta es dedicación y talento, quién lo habría imaginado...

Espero el siguiente con muchas ansias.