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Talent is an Asset: The Story of "Sparks" ハードカバー – 2009/10/5
英語版
Daryl Easlea
(著)
When LA musicians Russell and Ron Mael moved to Britain in 1973, they hit the pop world as Sparks and looked like Oddballs, even in the context of the Glam Rock movement that made them welcome. Soon defined by their weird and wonderful 1974 single "This Town Ain't Big Enough for the Both of Us" from the Kimono My House album, Sparks went on to release 21 albums over four decades, each record inhabiting a bizarre world of it's own. Their songs were peppered with puns and pop culture nods, as well as nostalgia and jokey images, all mixed up in a kaleidoscope of musical references ranging from rock to glam to disco. The Sparks story is now celebrated in this book, Daryl Easlea's exploration of their extraordinary career drawing on hours of new interviews and research. "Talent is an Asset" comes as close as possible to pinning down the quicksilver nature of two gifted musicians who have gone out of their way to remain unpredictable and elusive, forever entrenched behind a dazzling gallery of jokes, impersonations and musical eccentricities.
- 本の長さ334ページ
- 言語英語
- 出版社Omnibus Press
- 発売日2009/10/5
- ISBN-101847727816
- ISBN-13978-1847727817
商品の説明
著者について
Daryl Easlea was the deputy editor of Record Collector, to which he remains a regular contributor. His work also appears often in Mojo and bbc.co.uk, The Guardian, Uncut, Dazed & Confused, The Independent, Socialism, The Glasgow Herald, The Encyclopaedia of Popular Music and 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.
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- 出版社 : Omnibus Press (2009/10/5)
- 発売日 : 2009/10/5
- 言語 : 英語
- ハードカバー : 334ページ
- ISBN-10 : 1847727816
- ISBN-13 : 978-1847727817
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Nathan A Vasquez
5つ星のうち5.0
this was terrific
2015年5月22日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I like sparks more than you. Just playing around though it may very well be true oh s*** i have to be at work in the morning. I just couldn't put it down.
Freddie Valentine
5つ星のうち5.0
No Sparks biography for years - then two come along at once!
2010年6月1日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
This is the second book about Sparks to have been published in the past year - and an excellent one it is too!
At the time of writing, it is bang up to date and includes their recent Swedish Radio musical "The Seduction of Inmar Bergmann".
If you are expecting to the the minutae of Ron and Russell Mael's daily lives, then you will be sorely disappointed. Both are private individuals and let the music speak for itself - and what music!
With a 22 album career (so far!) that takes in glam rock, disco, techno, operatic-pop and much more, you are in for an interesting ride as Sparks consistently surprise.
Previous bands members and other associates have been interviewed for this tome, but there are no new interviews with R&R themselves. The fact that Sparks have managed to retain their otherworly mystique for all these years is rare in the music industry.
A great read for anyone who has enough taste to consider themself a Sparks fan.
At the time of writing, it is bang up to date and includes their recent Swedish Radio musical "The Seduction of Inmar Bergmann".
If you are expecting to the the minutae of Ron and Russell Mael's daily lives, then you will be sorely disappointed. Both are private individuals and let the music speak for itself - and what music!
With a 22 album career (so far!) that takes in glam rock, disco, techno, operatic-pop and much more, you are in for an interesting ride as Sparks consistently surprise.
Previous bands members and other associates have been interviewed for this tome, but there are no new interviews with R&R themselves. The fact that Sparks have managed to retain their otherworly mystique for all these years is rare in the music industry.
A great read for anyone who has enough taste to consider themself a Sparks fan.
Kindle Customer
5つ星のうち5.0
The Best
2013年7月5日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
I think this is the only book available on Sparks, and it stands to reason. There is nothing more that can be said that isn't in this book about these two amazing brothers.
stef Streur
5つ星のうち5.0
Sparks !!!
2014年2月26日に英国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Wonderfull item, by the best and most Original band around, ever since 1969.
Absolutely love it. Sparks keep on going.
Absolutely love it. Sparks keep on going.
Jim
5つ星のうち4.0
Still worthwhile even if you’ve seen ‘The Sparks Brothers.’
2021年6月20日にアメリカ合衆国でレビュー済みAmazonで購入
Ever read a book and then ‘seen the film?’ The film goes farther into the current time than this book which came out before the last 2 or 3 albums but the book also covers some timeframes and topics in a more in-depth fashion than does ‘The Sparks Brothers.’ If you’re a fan, you’ll dig it. Reasonably well-written, and thorough in its coverage of the time frame it spans.