Throwing Frisbees at the Sun: A Book About Beck

Rob Jovanovic

ISBN 10: 1908279605 / ISBN 13: 9781908279606

Published by Jawbone, 2015

About this Item

Career-spanning biography of one of the most acclaimed and innovative musicians of the past three decades. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white and colour in plate section. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 616. . 2015. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Seller Inventory # KTS0040945

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Throwing Frisbees at the Sun: A Book About Beck
• Publisher: Jawbone
• Publication Date: 2015
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1908279605
• ISBN 13: 9781908279606
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

At a time in rock and pop history when almost everything has been done before, few artists have proved as restlessly innovative as Beck.

Since bursting onto the scene in 1994 with ‘Loser’, he has zigzagged his way across the contemporary music landscape, consistently remaining one step ahead of expectations and doing things his own way, shape-shifting from indie icon to pop crooner, from folk hobo to Latino-rap hipster, balancing big-budget chart highs with low-key, introspective acoustic albums.

Beck’s early shows saw him clearing the stage with a leaf-blower, and his enthusiasm for the experimental has not diminished with age. In the twenty-first century, he founded the Record Club, which brought together disparate artists to record cover versions of whole albums in a single day for release online. Then he took a troupe of doppelgänger marionettes  out on tour and made the brave decision to release Song Reader as a set of sheet music, challenging buyers to record and play their own versions of his new songs.

Drawing on new interviews with friends, family, collaborators, and bandmates—as well as conversations with Beck himself—Throwing Frisbees At The Sun is a carefully crafted, career-spanning retrospective befitting the many twists and turns of this intriguing performer’s path through life and music.

About the Author

Rob Jovanovic is the author of numerous books on such diverse subjects as Pavement and Kate Bush, Big Star and George Michael, R.E.M. and The Kinks. His books have been published in ten countries and in nine different languages. He is also a contributor to magazines including Mojo and Uncut. He lives just outside Nottingham, England, with his wife and two young children.