- Paperback: 205 pages
- Publisher: Cherry Red Books; 3rd Revised edition edition (1 Dec 1998)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1901447065
- ISBN-13: 978-1901447064
- Product Dimensions: 20 x 12.8 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 374,415 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This is a hilarious yet moving account of John Otway''s insane assault on the music industry.'
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Anyone who has ever seen Otway perform quickly realises that he is an incredibly talented and original performer. He's also very funny, and that humour comes across vividly in this amazing autobiography. It is captivating from the first page, when he recounts how, as a fourteen year old schoolboy, he gathered half the school together and drank an entire bottle of ink! But it isn't all lighthearted, as life for up and coming musicians can be tough. In a long career there has only been one top 30 hit, despite an ingenious attempt to rig the charts and novel ways to encourage record sales. The book is written with great honesty, and cleverly balances the heartache with the humour. Highly recommended - a great eye opener.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book was both hysterically funny and touching too. To hear the tales of Otways youth was great, and quite an insight!! I think this book is the funniest thing I have ever read - I couldnt stop laughing (except of course when there were really sad bits that made mw want to weep!) I'd recommend it 100% to any Otway fan, or to anyone who wasnt a fan, its a very accessible read. This is just fantastic writing, from a fantastic, talented, TWO HIT wonder! Its just a shame he never achieved the kind of fame he deserved. BUY IT!!!!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
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John Otway has probably made a bigger success of being a failure than anyone else, and this autobiography is a sometimes sad, sometimes mad, often hilarious account of the very few ups and very many downs of his life as a wannabe "star". Otway's writing is like his stage performance - he wins over his audience by entertaining us to a series of predictable, yet invariably engaging, anecdotes which usually involve some great personal catastrophe. His sole 'hit', Cor baby! That's really free, from which his book title derives, propelled him to instant, but short-lived stardom in 1977. Even then he only made it to no.27 in the charts which was probably in part due to his spectacular fall from a speaker during an Old Grey Whistle Test appearance. However, for two decades he has continued to seek another 'break' for his multiplicity of talents, and throughout his book there is the sense that John deserves that elusive next success - and we the readers are there rooting for him all the way. He is incredibly funny, and it is striking how well he manages conveys his self-belief and determination, albeit tinged with frustration, as well as that self-deprecation for which he is renowned. This book is a must for all Otway fans -he always delivers that something extra, whether performing live on stage or "on paper", and he succeeds in captivating his audiences time and time again.
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There's only one Otway!
I first read this book about three years ago. It'll have you laughing from page one with the episode involving a bottle of ink. John Otway is a unique talent. Read more
Published 23 months ago by Johnny D
Otwaygeous !
There are laugh out loud moments in this roller coasting master-class of self deprecating humour. A real fun read - not a page fails to keep you smiling. Read more
Published on 28 Jun 2005 by Zordano
The funniest, saddest, yet most positive book I've ever read
If you think this is just another rock'n'roll memoir, think again. This is the most hilarious book ever. Read more
Published on 25 Nov 2000
Buy this book.....it's dead good!
Wordsworth, Milton, Shakespeare, Austen, Dickens and now OTWAY. This is a literary masterpiece.
The story of one man's struggle against adversity, an unceasing fight for... Read more
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