The Rolling Stone Interviews: The 1980s

The Editors of Rolling Stone; Loder, Kurt [Introduction]

ISBN 10: 0312029748 / ISBN 13: 9780312029746

Published by St. Martin's Press/Rolling Stone Press, New York, N.Y.

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[0-312-02974-8] 1989, 1st edition. (Mass market paperback) Very good. 352pp. 4to. Clean, tight and bright throughout. Includes interviews with such luminaries as Keith Richards, Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger, Joan Baez, Eric Clapton, Bo Diddley, Stanley Kubrick, Robin Williams, David Bowie, Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan, Roy Orbison and 21 others, since Keith Richards owns the distinction of being interviewed twice. Very nice copy.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Rolling Stone Interviews: The 1980s
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press/Rolling Stone Press, New York, N.Y.
• ISBN 10: 0312029748
• ISBN 13: 9780312029746
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

From Publishers Weekly: This best-of- Rolling Stone compilation features a plethora of aging rock musicians, yet only two blacks and one woman. The cast is often predictable (Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger and Bill Murray) but occasionally surprising (Tip O'Neill and Desmond Tutu). The introduction makes a point of how difficult it is to write a meaningful Q & A interview, and the pieces that follow give ample reason why concisely limned profiles would have been an improvement. It seems as if every other superstar is busy confessing past drug abuse and singing praises to the straight life, or else analyzing in depth a failed and long-forgotten record or film. Still, there are many moments of lucidity, humor and genuine emotion, from Bo Diddley's angry riff about how he was robbed of his royalties to Neil Young's poignant reflection on his two sons handicapped by cerebral palsy. The book also contains one of the last interviews with the late rock balladeer Roy Orbison. Photos not seen by PW. Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Reviews

This best-of- Rolling Stone compilation features a plethora of aging rock musicians, yet only two blacks and one woman. The cast is often predictable (Bruce Springsteen, Mick Jagger and Bill Murray) but occasionally surprising (Tip O'Neill and Desmond Tutu). The introduction makes a point of how difficult it is to write a meaningful Q & A interview, and the pieces that follow give ample reason why concisely limned profiles would have been an improvement. It seems as if every other superstar is busy confessing past drug abuse and singing praises to the straight life, or else analyzing in depth a failed and long-forgotten record or film. Still, there are many moments of lucidity, humor and genuine emotion, from Bo Diddley's angry riff about how he was robbed of his royalties to Neil Young's poignant reflection on his two sons handicapped by cerebral palsy. The book also contains one of the last interviews with the late rock balladeer Roy Orbison. Photos not seen by PW.
Copyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc.