Top Ten Rock n' Roll Books
Brought to you via The Guardian, the list in brief (with my comments) is as follows. I should note I haven't read a single one of them.
1. Hellfire by Nick Tosches
A bio of 'The Killer' aka Jerry Lee Lewis. Allirght, this could be good.
2.Elvis in the Twilight of Memory by June Juanico
Elvis' teenage sweetie cashes in. Blech.
3.Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G. by Cheo Hodari Coker
This subject merits a whole book?
4.Take It Like A Man by Boy George
No interest in this at all.
5.The Life and Times of Little Richardby Charles White
I bet this is a reallllly interesting book. Little Richard is anything but closemouthed.
6.Yes Yes Y'All: An Oral History Of Hip-Hop's First Decade by Jim Fricke, Charlie Ahearn and Nelson George
Old school. I might add this to the ever-expanding list of titles to be acquired.
7.Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lydon
John Lydon. Of the Sex Pistols - the Monkees of punk rock. Next please.
8.X-Ray by Ray Davies
Ray Davies is a great songwriter - I'm curious to know how his memoirs come off.
9.Clubland Confidential by Frank Owen
Supposedly about New York club life in the 1990s. Yippee. Angsty rich kids on coke. I'd rather be lit on fire than forced to endure this book.
10.The Autobiography of PJ Proby (unpublished)
Whatever
As I said, I haven't read any of the titles above. My own list of rock n' roll books would have to include the following two titles.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
From the Velvet Underground to the death of Johnny Thunders.
Hammer of the Gods: the Led Zeppelin Saga by Stephen Davis.
Whopping great fun. Read it and then go trash a hotel room.
I can't think of anymore rock n' roll books though. Any suggestions?
1. Hellfire by Nick Tosches
A bio of 'The Killer' aka Jerry Lee Lewis. Allirght, this could be good.
2.Elvis in the Twilight of Memory by June Juanico
Elvis' teenage sweetie cashes in. Blech.
3.Unbelievable: The Life, Death and Afterlife of the Notorious B.I.G. by Cheo Hodari Coker
This subject merits a whole book?
4.Take It Like A Man by Boy George
No interest in this at all.
5.The Life and Times of Little Richardby Charles White
I bet this is a reallllly interesting book. Little Richard is anything but closemouthed.
6.Yes Yes Y'All: An Oral History Of Hip-Hop's First Decade by Jim Fricke, Charlie Ahearn and Nelson George
Old school. I might add this to the ever-expanding list of titles to be acquired.
7.Rotten: No Irish, No Blacks, No Dogs by John Lydon
John Lydon. Of the Sex Pistols - the Monkees of punk rock. Next please.
8.X-Ray by Ray Davies
Ray Davies is a great songwriter - I'm curious to know how his memoirs come off.
9.Clubland Confidential by Frank Owen
Supposedly about New York club life in the 1990s. Yippee. Angsty rich kids on coke. I'd rather be lit on fire than forced to endure this book.
10.The Autobiography of PJ Proby (unpublished)
Whatever
As I said, I haven't read any of the titles above. My own list of rock n' roll books would have to include the following two titles.
Please Kill Me: The Uncensored Oral History of Punk by Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain
From the Velvet Underground to the death of Johnny Thunders.
Hammer of the Gods: the Led Zeppelin Saga by Stephen Davis.
Whopping great fun. Read it and then go trash a hotel room.
I can't think of anymore rock n' roll books though. Any suggestions?
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