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k8griffin 's review for:
Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls: Women, Music, and Fame
by Lisa Robinson
I'm a 35 year old singer/songwriter, I've been in and out of bands since I was 15. My mother gave me this book as a Christmas gift last year.
I was not familiar Lisa Robinson's work before this book, but she's had a long, successful career as a rock and roll journalist. She's spent time with and interviewed all of the major names in music from the 1970's through to today. In this book she explores a wide range of topics including fame, business, age, drugs, family and more based on excerpts from interviews from the 1970's through 2018 with some of the most famous women in music.
I really enjoyed the way the book was broken up. Each chapter explores a new topic with bite-sized snippets from the likes of Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Adele, Rhianna, Gwen Stefani and more. I also enjoyed that Robinson interviewed women across all genres of music including punk, rap, rock, pop, etc. I got insight into some women whose careers I've followed since they began, and others I knew very little about. All of the women mentioned in this book have unique experiences worth reading about.
Something I didn't enjoy was how blatantly unbiased Robinson was. Patti Smith and Joni Mitchell are worshiped, while she describes Madonna as "decidedly unsexy" and "aging gracelessly." I'm not even a Madonna fan, but I found her distain for both Madonna and Taylor Swift vs. her clear and abundant adoration for Adele and Rhianna to be distracting.
I would recommend this book to anyone, but specifically women, in music or the music business. It's a fun, easy read that feels gossipy but also empowering, and leaves you with a new found respect for some of the biggest names in music.
I was not familiar Lisa Robinson's work before this book, but she's had a long, successful career as a rock and roll journalist. She's spent time with and interviewed all of the major names in music from the 1970's through to today. In this book she explores a wide range of topics including fame, business, age, drugs, family and more based on excerpts from interviews from the 1970's through 2018 with some of the most famous women in music.
I really enjoyed the way the book was broken up. Each chapter explores a new topic with bite-sized snippets from the likes of Patti Smith, Joni Mitchell, Adele, Rhianna, Gwen Stefani and more. I also enjoyed that Robinson interviewed women across all genres of music including punk, rap, rock, pop, etc. I got insight into some women whose careers I've followed since they began, and others I knew very little about. All of the women mentioned in this book have unique experiences worth reading about.
Something I didn't enjoy was how blatantly unbiased Robinson was. Patti Smith and Joni Mitchell are worshiped, while she describes Madonna as "decidedly unsexy" and "aging gracelessly." I'm not even a Madonna fan, but I found her distain for both Madonna and Taylor Swift vs. her clear and abundant adoration for Adele and Rhianna to be distracting.
I would recommend this book to anyone, but specifically women, in music or the music business. It's a fun, easy read that feels gossipy but also empowering, and leaves you with a new found respect for some of the biggest names in music.