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Mozipedia: The Encyclopedia Of Morrissey And The Smiths (2009)

by Simon Goddard(Favorite Author)

4.41 of 5 Votes: 1

ISBN

0091927099 (ISBN13: 9780091927097)

languge

English

genre

History & Biography

publisher

Ebury

review 1: Masterful and magisterial, this probably the most important reference book published to date in the twenty-first century. Long-time residents of Smithdom cannot be expected to maintain their citizenship without owning a copy. New arrivals will not be admitted without one. Under the entry for the 'Rolling Stones', Goddard tells of an encounter between Johnny Marr and Keith Richards that would not have been out of place in Seamus Heaney's poem, 'Station Island'.
review 2: The best book about the best lyricist and the best band that has ever seen fit to grace a speaker.Quite a phenomenal achievement by the author in managing to track down and gather so many facts, influences and opinions into one place. It is clearly not meant to be a “biography” but the entri... morees are so varied and complete that, if you are aware of the basic timelines involved, you can easily read this as a history. I was going to ‘dip-in’ to the entries – that lasted about 5 minutes - and I then decided to read it from cover to cover. The best thing about the book is that it really feels like an encyclopedia – it’s oversized and unwieldy and so I felt like a kid with a boys own annual, swinging my feet in my chair and reading with a happy grin all over my face.I will say that whenever Goddard gave his own opinion about the music, favorite songs etc, I almost always failed to agree with him - but that's all subjective anyway. Mostly I found the writing style objective and lacking intrusion.Awesome, as the Americans say. less

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