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[Mark Blake] ¿ Pretend You're In A War: The Who & the Sixties ✓ Read Online eBook or Kindle ePUB. Pretend You're In A War: The Who & the Sixties "SHOULD WE SURRENDER TO THE TEENAGERS?" "Pretend you're in a war." Pete Townshend on how he prepares for a Who concert.With all the books about The Who and late '60s rock music/bands/musicians, this book, by Mark Blake, is actually one of the better reads if you want to know what things were like for and around The Who in their formative/early years. Beginning with a Who gig at the Marquee in Soho with Daltrey taking a shotgun away from a gunman bent on revenge, the band t. In-depth review of a
| Title | : | Pretend You're In A War: The Who & the Sixties |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.28 (693 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 178131523X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 400 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-05-14 |
| Language | : | English |
Blake doesn't just tell The Who's warped tale of their more warped trail/trial to success. You are given The Who's story fully in context with what was going on in England and international youth culture and how that impacted the band and how the band impacted it." - Binky Phillips/Huffington Post"Pretend You're In a War offers something different in its approach to events: more research-based, with a stronger focus on The Who's early years." - Midwest Book Review"it's fascinating to read the very rare opinions and stories from those who previously had not spoken much on the topic, most especially early drummer Doug Sandom, who was fired and replaced by Keith Moon." - TheRecoup"a deep dive into the group's formative yearsBlake's level of research in Pretend You're i
He lives in London with his wife and son.. Mark Blake is a former assistant editor of Q magazine and a long-time contributor to Mojo. He is the author of the definitive Pink Floyd biography, Pigs Might Fly: The Inside Story of Pink Floyd, as well as Is This the Real Life? The Untold Story of Queen, and edited Stone Me: The Wit & Wisdom of Keith Richards (all published by Aurum). He is also the editor of Dylan: Visions, Portraits & Back Pages and Punk: The
This was a body of work driven by bitter rivalry, black humour and dark childhood secrets, but it also held up a mirror to a society in transition. He also lays bare the colourful but crucial role played by their managers, Kit Lambert and Chris Stamp. Now, acclaimed rock biographer Mark Blake goes in search of its inspiration to present a unique perspective on both The Who and the sixties.From their breakthrough as Mod figureheads to the rise and fall of psychedelia, he reveals how The Who, in their explorations of sex,
"SHOULD WE SURRENDER TO THE TEENAGERS?" "Pretend you're in a war." Pete Townshend on how he prepares for a Who concert.With all the books about The Who and late '60s rock music/bands/musicians, this book, by Mark Blake, is actually one of the better reads if you want to know what things were like for and around The Who in their formative/early years. Beginning with a Who gig at the Marquee in Soho with Daltrey taking a shotgun away from a gunman bent on revenge, the band t. In-depth review of a welcome study on the Who's birth and growth While Mods and The Who inevitably join together in many fans' minds, the band's ties to modernism, in art and culture, have not received the in-depth attention they deserve. To address these contexts, Mark Blake incorporates many years of interviews with Pete Townshend, John Entwistle and Roger Daltrey, adding material gleaned from multimedia and previous books on the band. As an editor at Qand Mojo magazines, and a biographer of Que. This book is about the emergence of a new blossoming industrial complex: music industry Helga The book is much more than 'only' a report about THE WHO in the sixties. For me personally it was especially interesting to read about the impact of World War II on British peoples daily lives when in Western Germany, where I grow up, economy was already again blooming. The author describes the background of the band members and their managers in detail. The thesis of the book is that THE WHO was the first band that was REALLY sold a
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