- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Da Capo Press Inc; 1st Da Capo Press Ed edition (19 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0306814331
- ISBN-13: 978-0306814334
- Product Dimensions: 20.8 x 14.7 x 3.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 2.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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"an engrossing read which imparts the flavour of a curiously intense period of activity." --The Evening Standard
"God alone knows why Greenfield waited 35 years to write this book, but the feeling you get from reading it is that it was an itch he never got round to scratching, one that has bothered him ever since, the more so as time has gone by. It is fortunate indeed, then, that it's a book quite a lot of people might want to read." --The Independent on Sunday
(G)oing into the fine detail of those months in France was a great idea, and (Robert Greenfield) does a good job of conveying how ghastly they were - with Richards lolling on the bathroom floor, a needle in his arm; and a coked-up Jagger hanging round the basement, fuming. --Sunday Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
"God alone knows why Greenfield waited 35 years to write this book, but the feeling you get from reading it is that it was an itch he never got round to scratching, one that has bothered him ever since, the more so as time has gone by. It is fortunate indeed, then, that it's a book quite a lot of people might want to read." --The Independent on Sunday
(G)oing into the fine detail of those months in France was a great idea, and (Robert Greenfield) does a good job of conveying how ghastly they were - with Richards lolling on the bathroom floor, a needle in his arm; and a coked-up Jagger hanging round the basement, fuming. --Sunday Telegraph --This text refers to the Paperback edition.
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"The sense of chaos and evil that surrounded the recording of "Exile on Main Street" is palpable in Greenfield's thrillingly immediate... prose." New York Times Book Review "Anyone who thinks heroin enhances musical performance should read Exile on Main Street, Robert Greenfield's fly-on-the-syringe account." New York Daily News"
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was excited to discover this, as like several others, I thought his previous Stones book was fantastic. But in the intervening years the author has become insufferably pompous, egotistical and cliché-ridden. He also appears to have fired his editor.
The author's habit of continually inserting song titles/lyrics and even bits of Shakespeare (without quotation marks,just to prove how effortless it all is) is as annoying as listening to some teenager say "like" every other word. For example: "Clowns to the left of him, jokers to the right, there he is, stuck in the middle with Keith", and as for the last line in the book, it deserves throwing against a wall. The constant uses of "Philip Michael Jagger" and also of the present tense are both increasingly irritating to the point of distraction. And the bit where he breaks off to slag off other Stones book authors is hilariously crass and at the same time pahetic.
Please allow me to quote a paragraph as a perfect illustration of the author's style; if you can get to the end of it without choking, this book is for you!
"Before any of this happens, Keith and Anita pull a Houdini. No pun intended, they take a powder. Like Bonnie & Clyde, they go on the lam. They skedaddle. They do the cow-cow boogie out the big front door of Nellcote...and then head as fast as they can for the airport in Nice where they board a plane and fly to safety. Like Elvis, Keith and Anita have now left the building. They have flown the coop."
Hey, Greenfield, you forgot "They are ex-residents, they have ceased to be..."
(By the way, there is little or no discussion of the actual music, if that's what you're after. There are a couple of moments where the author suggests that sort of thing is beneath a writer of his stature.)
The author's habit of continually inserting song titles/lyrics and even bits of Shakespeare (without quotation marks,just to prove how effortless it all is) is as annoying as listening to some teenager say "like" every other word. For example: "Clowns to the left of him, jokers to the right, there he is, stuck in the middle with Keith", and as for the last line in the book, it deserves throwing against a wall. The constant uses of "Philip Michael Jagger" and also of the present tense are both increasingly irritating to the point of distraction. And the bit where he breaks off to slag off other Stones book authors is hilariously crass and at the same time pahetic.
Please allow me to quote a paragraph as a perfect illustration of the author's style; if you can get to the end of it without choking, this book is for you!
"Before any of this happens, Keith and Anita pull a Houdini. No pun intended, they take a powder. Like Bonnie & Clyde, they go on the lam. They skedaddle. They do the cow-cow boogie out the big front door of Nellcote...and then head as fast as they can for the airport in Nice where they board a plane and fly to safety. Like Elvis, Keith and Anita have now left the building. They have flown the coop."
Hey, Greenfield, you forgot "They are ex-residents, they have ceased to be..."
(By the way, there is little or no discussion of the actual music, if that's what you're after. There are a couple of moments where the author suggests that sort of thing is beneath a writer of his stature.)
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Just finished and its a great read , putting the reader into Nellcote and the eye of the hurricane. Exile on Main Street is one of the top ten greatest records ever made and to make great rock and roll , as Keith understands perfectly , you need chaos. With Brian Jones gone , Keith took on that mantle and lived with it for another 30 years. The man's a legend. The author is good , its written at a good pace and pages fly by. One thing - Jumpin Jack Flahs wasn't on Sticky Fingers , but I think you know that Robert
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
One of the least satisfying reads I've ever encountered. Considering how utterly fantastic A Journey Across..... is makes it all the more galling. A terrible book with hardly any insight into the dark goings on in Nellcote as most of the interviewees were too stoned to remember things that happened 30-odd years ago. Most of the rest of it is padded out with attacks on other Stones books and an unnecessary catch up at the end. For this to come from Robert Greenfield of all people is astonishing. Forgot this half baked nonsense of a book and instead read his account of the Stones '72 American tour which is my fav book on Rock & Roll of all time.
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Scraping the barrel................
I love The Stones and indeed Greenfield's previous book about the '72 US tour,which is a truly great book. Read more
Published 5 months ago by craig on compooter
Excellent
I was always a Stones fan. Non of those nice Liverpudlians for me. This puts the high water mark of the Stones output into historical context. Read more
Published 9 months ago by L. Sleepa
Well, I enjoyed it
Having recently rediscovered The Stones after watching the Exile film/documentary TV, I have been eager to find out more about the Stones late 60's/early 70's period. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Neil McPherson
Not the making of a masterpiece but the environment in which it was...
The Rolling Stones have made some of the best music ever recorded, so it was with some anticipation I set to reading Robert Greenfield's book on the making of arguably the best... Read more
Published on 13 Jan 2010 by Mr. Tristan Martin
Sympathy For Greenfield?
Purchased this book, duly logged on to Amazon and read the reviews - felt slightly despondent initially but never the less have dived headlong into this fascinating tale of... Read more
Published on 10 Jun 2009 by Mr. R. J. Watson
take care - it's maybe not what you think
This is a book I should have flipped through more carefully in the shop before buying. A cursory look makes you think it's going to be an in-depth look at the making of the album,... Read more
Published on 17 July 2008 by Mr. W. J. Griffiths
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