AL MOMENTO ESAURITO

Lou Reed : A Life by Anthony DeCurtis (2017, Hardcover)

Informazioni su questo prodotto

Product Information

The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed. As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians. But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Reed's life was a transformer's odyssey. Eternally restless and endlessly hungry for new experiences, Reed reinvented his persona, his sound, even his sexuality time and again. A man of contradictions and extremes, he was fiercely independent yet afraid of being alone, artistically fearless yet deeply paranoid, eager for commercial success yet disdainful of his own triumphs. Channeling his jagged energy and literary sensibility into classic songs - like "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Sweet Jane" - and radically experimental albums alike, Reed remained desperately true to his artistic vision, wherever it led him. Now, just a few years after Reed's death, Rolling Stone writer Anthony DeCurtis, who knew Reed and interviewed him extensively, tells the provocative story of his complex and chameleonic life. With unparalleled access to dozens of Reed's friends, family, and collaborators, DeCurtis tracks Reed's five-decade career through the accounts of those who knew him and through Reed's most revealing testimony, his music. We travel deep into his defiantly subterranean world, enter the studio as the Velvet Underground record their groundbreaking work, and revel in Reed's relationships with such legendary figures as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Laurie Anderson. Gritty, intimate, and unflinching, Lou Reed is an illuminating tribute to one of the most incendiary artists of our time.

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Little Brown & Company
ISBN-10
0316376558
ISBN-13
9780316376556
eBay Product ID (ePID)
236769821

Product Key Features

Book Title
Lou Reed : Alife
Author
Anthony Decurtis
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Topic
Rich & Famous, Composers & Musicians, Entertainment & Performing Arts
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography
Number of Pages
528 Pages

Dimensions

Item Length
9.5in
Item Height
1.5in
Item Width
6.3in
Item Weight
28.2 Oz

Additional Product Features

Lc Classification Number
Ml420.R299d43 2017
Reviews
Praise for In Other Words "Few are as qualified as DeCurtis to take you along for the ride, be it in Harrison's black Ferrari or in his other revealing sit-downs with pop culture's most captivating figures."-- Rolling Stone
Copyright Date
2017
Lccn
2017-008817
Dewey Decimal
782.42166092
Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
23
Illustrated
Yes

Scegli la categoria

Lou Reed : A Life by Anthony DeCurtis (2017, Hardcover)

Altri oggetti che ti potrebbero interessare

Vinili Lou Reed

Musicassette Lou Reed

CD musicali Lou Reed

Vinili Lou Reed rock

Vinili pop Lou Reed

Vinili Lou Reed dimensione LP (12 pollici)

Informazioni su questo prodotto

Product Information

Product Identifiers

Product Key Features

Dimensions

Additional Product Features