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Uncommon People
The Rise and Fall of the Rock Stars 1955-1994
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Uncommon People
As heard on BBC 6 Music with Shaun Keveny, BBC Radio 5 Live and Talk Radio with Eamonn Holmes
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed.
The definitive and most entertaining book on the cult of the rockstar over the last 40 years from one of Britain's leading music writers
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The definitive and most entertaining book on the cult of the rockstar over the last 40 years from one of Britain's leading music writers.
As heard on BBC 6 Music with Shaun Keaveny, BBC Radio 5 Live and Talk Radio with Eamonn Holmes.
The age of the rock star, like the age of the cowboy, has passed. Like the cowboy, the idea of the rock star lives on in our imaginations.
What did we see in them? Swagger. Recklessness. Sexual charisma. Damn-the-torpedoes self-belief. A certain way of carrying themselves. Good hair. Interesting shoes. Talent we wished we had.
What did we want of them? To be larger than life but also like us. To live out their songs. To stay young forever. No wonder many didn't stay the course.
In Uncommon People, David Hepworth zeroes in on defining moments and turning points in the lives of forty rock stars from 1955 to 1995, taking us on a journey to burst a hundred myths and create a hundred more.
As this tribe of uniquely motivated nobodies went about turning themselves into the ultimate somebodies, they also shaped us, our real lives and our fantasies. Uncommon People isn't just their story. It's ours as well.
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Uncommon People by David Hepworth is praised for its engaging and insightful exploration of the rise and fall of rock stardom. Critics highlight Hepworth's clever writing and ability to capture poignant, celebratory, and bittersweet moments in music history. The book is described as a fitting farewell to an era, filled with humour, insight, and memorable anecdotes that evoke vivid images of iconic musical moments.
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ISBN: 9781784162078
Publisher: Transworld Publishers Ltd
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 April 2018
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Black Swan
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 335g
Pages: 448
About the Author
David Hepworth has been writing, broadcasting and speaking about music and media since the seventies. He was involved in the launch and editing of magazines such as Smash Hits, Q, Mojo and The Word, among many others. He was one of the presenters of the BBC rock music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test and one of the anchors of the corporation's coverage of Live Aid in 1985. He has won the Editor of the Year and Writer of the Year awards from the Professional Publishers Association and the Mark Boxer award from the British Society of Magazine Editors. He lives in London, dividing his time between writing for a variety of newspaper and magazines, speaking at events, broadcasting work, podcasting at www.wordpodcast.co.uk and blogging at www.whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.co.uk. He says Chuck Berry's 'You Never Can Tell' is the best record ever made. 'This is not an opinion,' he says. 'It's a matter of fact.'
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