Talking to Girls About Duran Duran
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3.6
Rob Sheffield
From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape and Turn Around Bright Eyes, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment WeeklyThe 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself. And he was sure his radio had all the answers.As evidenced by the bestselling sales of Sheffield's first book, Love Is a Mix Tape, the connection between music and memory strikes a chord with readers. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran strikes that chord all over again, and is a pitch-perfect trip through '80s music-from Bowie to Bobby Brown, from hair metal to hip-hop. But this book is not just about music. It's about growing up and how every song is a snapshot of a moment that you'll remember the rest of your life.
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Author
Rob Sheffield
Pages
288
Publisher
Penguin
Published Date
2010-07-15
ISBN
1101437200 9781101437209
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"I wasn't in to the early 80s New Wave movement partly because I was in early elementary school and partly because I don't think it was my kind of thing. Rob Sheffield was really into it and the first 1/2 of the book was a little slow for me because I didn't get any of his references. In the second half I was really beginning to appreciate his style of writing and his passion for music even if it wasn't my own. I enjoyed his story of his summer in Spain and his recaps of the later 80s especially the chapter devoted to 'cassingles' because I finally was able to identify with him even if our tastes remained different. I'm going to look for his other book, Love is a Mix Tape because I really feel like I got to know him and I'm excited to see what else he wrote."
Amber Morris