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Love is the Drug John Aizlewood

Love is the Drug By John Aizlewood

Love is the Drug by John Aizlewood


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Summary

A collection of pieces by writers on their passion when young for a particular pop/rock band or artist. The model is Nick Hornby's anthology My Favourite Year, about football. An example is Danny Kelly, who went to every date on the Clash's first tour in a battered car.

Love is the Drug Summary

Love is the Drug by John Aizlewood

This volume is a collection of pieces by 15 to 20 writers on their passion when young for a particular pop/rock band or artist. The model is Nick Hornby's anthology My Favourite Year, about football. Pieces include: Danny Kelly, who went to every date on the Clash's first tour in a battered car; Steve Lamacq who spent his summer holidays in a transit van being a roadie for Mega City 4; John Bauldie, who set up the internationally renowned Bob Dylan Magazine. The themes are about youth, pop music and the nature of fandom.

Table of Contents

Get happy! - Elvis Costello, Stuart Maconie; thankfully not living in Yorkshire it doesn't apply - Dexys Midnight Runners, John Aizlewood; simple twist of fate - Bob Dylan, John Bauldie; white riot - The Clash, Danny Kelly; all of me loves all of you - The Bay City Rollers, Sheryl Garratt; a kiss in the dreamhouse - Siouxsie and the Banshees, Lucy O'Brien; beast of burden - Mick Jagger, David Sinclair; Titanic motives - Julian Cope, Sean Hughs; just like Gene Autrey, a foxtrot - the Byrds and Moby Grape, Tom Hibbert; hell of a summer - the Triffids, David Cavanagh; goin' out of my head - Wes Montgomery, John Fordham; eat yourself whole - Kingmaker, Steve Lamacq; halfway to paradise - Billy Fury, Mick Houghton; something in Arabic - Arabic Music, Mike Edwards; sin city - Gram Parsons, Sid Griffin; that's entertainment - The Jam, D.J. Taylor; Johnny too bad - John Martyn, Mark Cooper. Notes on contributors.

Additional information

GOR002665305
9780140241990
014024199X
Love is the Drug by John Aizlewood
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Penguin Books Ltd
19941103
320
N/A
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