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What You Want Is in the Limo : On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born by Michael Walker (2013, Hardcover)
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Product Identifiers
PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
ISBN-100812992881
ISBN-139780812992885
eBay Product ID (ePID)143595190
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Book TitleWhat You Want Is in the Limo : On the Road with Led Zeppelin, Alice Cooper, and the Who in 1973, the Year the Sixties Died and the Modern Rock Star Was Born
Number of Pages256 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2013
TopicComposers & Musicians, Popular Culture, Genres & Styles / Rock
IllustratorYes
GenreMusic, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography
AuthorMichael Walker
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight16.5 Oz
Item Length9.5 in
Item Width6.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2013-009095
ReviewsPraise for Michael Walker's Laurel Canyon "Hilarious and true and bittersweet--Michael Walker catches the mood in the air, and gets it right." --Cameron Crowe "A strong addition to the era's literature . . . exhaustively researched and richly anecdotal." --Salon "A winding, inviting . . . portrait of a bohemian quarter that played a prominent role in the foundation of rock music." -- The New York Times Book Review "Essential reading for music fans." -- TimeOut New York, Praise for Michael Walker's Laurel Canyon "Hilarious and true and bittersweet." -Cameron Crowe "Richly anecdotal . . . will fascinate both rock aficionados and cultural historians." -Salon "By the end of Walker's wistful narrative you begin to wish that the old log cabin at Laurel Canyon and Lookout Mountain would rise again." - Los Angeles Times Book Review "Essential reading for music fans." - TimeOut New York, Praise for Michael Walker's Laurel Canyon "Hilarious and true and bittersweet-Michael Walker catches the mood in the air, and gets it right." -Cameron Crowe "A strong addition to the era's literature . . . exhaustively researched and richly anecdotal." -Salon "A winding, inviting . . . portrait of a bohemian quarter that played a prominent role in the foundation of rock music." - The New York Times Book Review "Essential reading for music fans." - TimeOut New York, "Required reading . . . 1973 is a turning point in popular music--the border between hippie-ethos '60s rock 'n' roll and conspicuous-consumption excess '70s rock." -- New York Post "Loud and boisterous . . . Like a good vinyl-era single, it's over before it wears out its welcome. You may even want to flip it over and start again when you're finished." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram "You don't have to love the music or personas of the three bands highlighted here . . . to appreciate the vital roles that all three played in creating the modern rock star. . . . [Walker] is convincing and entertaining in explaining why 1973 was a seminal year in rock." -- The Daily Beast "[There's] so much rock n' roll history packed inside." -- GQ "Very well written . . . It gives an intellectual immersion into these bands' lives." -- Led-Zeppelin.org "[Walker] argues for [1973] as a tipping point, when big tours--and bigger money--became a defining ethos in rock music." -- NPR
Dewey Edition23
Dewey Decimal781.6609/047
SynopsisAn epic joyride through three history-making tours in 1973 that defined rock and roll superstardom--the money, the access, the excess--forevermore. The Who's Quadrophenia . Led Zeppelin's Houses of the Holy . Alice Cooper's Billion Dollar Babies . These three unprecedented tours--and the albums that inspired them--were the most ambitious of these artists' careers, and they forever changed the landscape of rock and roll: the economics, the privileges, and the very essence of the concert experience. On these juggernauts, rock gods--and their entourages--were born, along with unimaginable overindulgence and the legendary flameouts. Tour buses were traded for private jets, arenas replaced theaters, and performances transmogrified into over-the-top, operatic spectacles. As the sixties ended and the seventies began, an altogether more cynical era took hold: peace, love, and understanding gave way to sex, drugs, and rock and roll. But the decade didn't become the seventies, acclaimed journalist Michael Walker writes, until 1973, a historic and mind-bogglingly prolific year for rock and roll that saw the release of countless classic albums, from The Dark Side of the Moon to Goat's Head Soup; Goodbye Yellow Brick Road; Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.; and The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle . Aerosmith, Queen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd released their debut albums. The Roxy and CBGB opened their doors. Every major act of the era--from Fleetwood Mac to Black Sabbath--was on the road that summer, but of them all, Walker writes, it was The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Alice Cooper who emerged as the game changers. Walker revisits each of these three tours in memorable, all-access detail: he goes backstage, onto the jets, and into the limos, where every conceivable wish could be granted. He wedges himself into the sweaty throng of teenage fans (Walker himself was one of them) who suddenly were an economic force to be reckoned with, and he vividly describes how a decade's worth of decadence was squeezed into twelve heart-pounding, backbreaking, and rule-defying months that redefined, for our modern times, the business of superstardom. Praise for What You Want Is in the Limo "Required reading . . . 1973 is a turning point in popular music -- the border between hippie-ethos '60s rock 'n' roll and conspicuous-consumption excess '70s rock." -- New York Post "Loud and boisterous . . . Like a good vinyl-era single, it's over before it wears out its welcome. You may even want to flip it over and start again when you're finished." -- Fort Worth Star-Telegram "You don't have to love the music or personas of the three bands highlighted here . . . to appreciate the vital roles that all three played in creating the modern rock star. . . . [Walker] is convincing and entertaining in explaining why 1973 was a seminal year in rock." -- The Daily Beast "[There's] so much rock n' roll history packed inside." -- GQ "Very well written . . . It gives an intellectual immersion into these bands' lives." -- Led-Zeppelin.org "[Walker] argues for [1973] as a tipping point, when big tours--and bigger money--became a defining ethos in rock music." -- NPR, An epic joyride through three history-making tours in 1973 that defined rock and roll superstardom the money, the access, the excess forevermore. The Who s "Quadrophenia." Led Zeppelin s "Houses of the Holy." Alice Cooper s "Billion Dollar Babies." These three unprecedented tours and the albums that inspired them were the most ambitious of these artists careers, and they forever changed the landscape of rock and roll: the economics, the privileges, and the very essence of the concert experience. On these juggernauts, rock gods and their entourages were born, along with unimaginable overindulgence and the legendary flameouts. Tour buses were traded for private jets, arenas replaced theaters, and performances transmogrified into over-the-top, operatic spectacles. As the sixties ended and the seventies began, an altogether more cynical era took hold: peace, love, and understanding gave way to sex, drugs, and rock and roll. But the decade didn t become the seventies, acclaimed journalist Michael Walker writes, until 1973, a historic and mind-bogglingly prolific year for rock and roll that saw the release of countless classic albums, from "The" "Dark Side of the Moon" to "Goat s Head Soup;" "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road;" "Greetings from Asbury Park, N.J.; "and "The Wild, the Innocent & the E Street Shuffle." Aerosmith, Queen, and Lynyrd Skynyrd released their debut albums. The Roxy and CBGB opened their doors. Every major act of the era from Fleetwood Mac to Black Sabbath was on the road that summer, but of them all, Walker writes, it was The Who, Led Zeppelin, and Alice Cooper who emerged as the game changers. Walker revisits each of these three tours in memorable, all-access detail: he goes backstage, onto the jets, and into the limos, where every conceivable wish could be granted. He wedges himself into the sweaty throng of teenage fans (Walker himself was one of them) who suddenly were an economic force to be reckoned with, and he vividly describes how a decade s worth of decadence was squeezed into twelve heart-pounding, backbreaking, and rule-defying months that redefined, for our modern times, the business of superstardom. Praise for "What You Want Is in the Limo" "" Required reading . . . 1973 is a turning point in popular music the border between hippie-ethos 60s rock n roll and conspicuous-consumption excess 70s rock. "New York Post" "" Loud and boisterous . . . Like a good vinyl-era single, it s over before it wears out its welcome. You may even want to flip it over and start again when you re finished. "Fort Worth Star-Telegram" "" You don t have to love the music or personas of the three bands highlighted here . . . to appreciate the vital roles that all three played in creating the modern rock star. . . . Walker] is convincing and entertaining in explaining why 1973 was a seminal year in rock. "The Daily Beast" "" There s] so much rock n' roll history packed inside. "GQ" "" Very well written . . . It gives an intellectual immersion into these bands lives. "Led-Zeppelin.org" "" Walker] argues for 1973] as a tipping point, when big tours and bigger money became a defining ethos in rock music. "NPR""
LC Classification NumberML3534.W286 2013
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- 04 Jan, 2017
ROCK AND ROLL
THIS BOOK WAS A GOOD READ! ALICE COPPER THE WHO AND LED ZEPPLIN ON TOUR IN THE GOOD OLD DAYS!! WHEN TICKETS WERE 7 BUCKS! LOL NOT 7 HUNDERD........Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
