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Rock And Roll Will Save Your Life: A Book By And For The Fanatics Among Us (2010)

by Steve Almond(Favorite Author)

3.62 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1400066204 (ISBN13: 9781400066209)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Random House

review 1: This is about as high as I can rate writing about the experience of loving music - something so personal, it's hard to do well, but Almond does an amazing job. I got this book after hearing Steve Almond interviewed on Marc Maron and it hits every point of being a musical obsessive - the loneliness, the idealism, the selfishness of it all. I loved every page of this book, and would probably read it again - which I never do. This book made me a Steve Almond fan as well. Devour this.
review 2: It started out strong in the first few chapters as Almond laid the groundwork for what I thought would be a very fun read. I could identify with a lot of what he expressed and he was extremely witty. Then it spiraled down to near boredom as the book became mostly about h... moreim and his love of obscure musicians/bands. Not to say that the music he likes doesn't have artistic merit, obscurity doesn't equate to irrelevance necessarily. Hell, I love plenty of obscure stuff. But I learned a long time ago that most music fanatics don't really care to hear about the obscure stuff I like, they're too busy waiting to tell me about the obscure stuff they like. And that's how I felt for most of this book. I didn't particularly care about what obscure stuff he liked and his stories that went along with it. less

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