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3.92 AVERAGE
3.92 AVERAGE
This is a wonderful tribute to the author's wife, music lover and exchanger of many mix tapes, who died suddenly at a very young age. Sheffield clearly lived through the mix tapes that make up the themes to his chapters--and if you lived through the '90s in America, even though he's a little bit of an underground rocker who also loves the hits, his references will add a nice flavor to all the stories about his life. Each chapter begins with the tracklisting of a mix tape, and just looking at those titles alone made me a little nostalgic--as well as the idea of mix tapes in general (Sheffield tells the story of a friend, for example, who had a two-sided tape of nothing but Rock Me Amadeus repeats that she had taped off the radio). It's a part of the culture that may be all but lost, since there's not really the work put into doing a mix tape now that there used to be; all that thinking, and starting and stopping and rewinding, and trying to find somewhere quiet in a family house to tape those snippets of who you thought you were at the time to give to someone who you thought was important, who you thought really needed to know you.
It's also a wonderful tribute to that era, evoking so many things that in some cases people have forgotten against the backdrops that time has not (there is, for example, an entire chapter about how the author's life events just happened to coincide, in part, with the death of Kurt Cobain); and to the music that brought together a generation of socially stunted weirdos through the medium of one-hit wonders that should have never happened...and to the music that lives forever.
It's also a wonderful tribute to that era, evoking so many things that in some cases people have forgotten against the backdrops that time has not (there is, for example, an entire chapter about how the author's life events just happened to coincide, in part, with the death of Kurt Cobain); and to the music that brought together a generation of socially stunted weirdos through the medium of one-hit wonders that should have never happened...and to the music that lives forever.
I loved this book sooo much!!! It combines many different elements in one coherent storyline. It's a memoir, all about finding love, losing love, and grieving after death of a loved one. It's also a hilarious recap and critique of '90's music, indie and not so indie. Each chapter starts with a song list from a mixed tape made from that point in his story, often for his girlfriend or by his girlfriend. I knew many of the songs already (Liz Phair, etc.) and had not heard many others, but instantly wanted to explore iTunes and my library to seek them out. Something in this story just touched me, almost moved me to tears, and also made me laugh out loud and grab my poor husband and read him lines from it I knew he'd enjoy.
Hay 2 tipos de libros y películas que me encantan, los que hablan de otros libros o los que hablan de música.
Este es del segundo tipo, es una autobiografía de un tipo que toda su vida esta relacionada con música.
No es fácil describir el libro, solo puedo decir que me fue muy fácil identificarme.
Recordar que estabas haciéndo, que sentiste cuando escuchaste por primera vez la canción que se convierte en tu favorita no cualquiera lo hace.
Este libro está lleno de momentos así.
Este es del segundo tipo, es una autobiografía de un tipo que toda su vida esta relacionada con música.
No es fácil describir el libro, solo puedo decir que me fue muy fácil identificarme.
Recordar que estabas haciéndo, que sentiste cuando escuchaste por primera vez la canción que se convierte en tu favorita no cualquiera lo hace.
Este libro está lleno de momentos así.
i book i just remembered i read. Absolutely stunning. A memoir of sorts. I don't know if the book is more about the music or more about the girl, but this is famed music journalist Rob Sheffield's account of falling in love with someone that is fated to die. You find out very early in the story that the love of his life has cancer, and this book charts their time together, and the music that painted a back drop to the times. horrendously heartbreaking. but afterwards you can make some killer mix tapes with his suggestions. Lots of Pavement references.
I really enjoyed this great summer-time read! I recommend it, as it is refreshing, clever and very charming!
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
Because this book goes on every list of books I recommend, ever. Music and memoir and humor and heart- I wish Rob would write one of these every year.
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
A number of things about this book struck me, but of the ones not in the title, hearing a "grown-up" talk about the music of the 1990s was very interesting.