- Paperback
- Publisher: Jove Publications; Reissue edition (31 Dec 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0515097128
- ISBN-13: 978-0515097122
- Product Dimensions: 17.5 x 10.7 x 2.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 91,648 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Pamela Des Barres was the "Sweetheart of Rock," the reigning queen of L.A.'s wild music scene. A hopeful romantic and the ultimate star-chaser, she lived life in the fast lane. She is one of the warmest, wittiest women ever to kiss and tell--and now she tells everything! HC: Morrow.
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I get shivers whenever I see those old black-and-white films of Elvis getting shorn for Uncle Sam. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I really enjoyed this book. It wasn't necessarily what I thought it would be at first which may have disappointed other readers. It is about her life which happens to be in the 60's and she happens to love music and show her... um... appreciation to those musicians!
I found the book really enjoyable because she is such a sweetheart! If the book was about some other groupies life I don't think it would have been as enjoyable. She just radiates light and I think it's this that shapes the book.
I don't want to get into details about the book because I think that can just ruin it for a new reader. All I can say is I would highly recommend it and it only took me about three sittings to get through it.
I found the book really enjoyable because she is such a sweetheart! If the book was about some other groupies life I don't think it would have been as enjoyable. She just radiates light and I think it's this that shapes the book.
I don't want to get into details about the book because I think that can just ruin it for a new reader. All I can say is I would highly recommend it and it only took me about three sittings to get through it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I genuinely think this one of the funniest and best-written books I've ever read. She makes me laugh out loud, chattering nineteen to the dozen, scattering an amazing vocabulary, constantly switching personalities; presenting a heartfelt teenage poem and then subverting it with a sly wink. I read much of this book whilst convalescing one Sunday afternoon and felt worn out just by the enthusiasm of her wibbling. Her energy is exhausting, and the fact it's all based on diaries makes it feel like a continuous rollercoaster present. An early highlight is her description of herself as part of a gang of "hysterical squealing piglets" following the Beatles (and Paul McCartney in particular), clambering over walls and through bushes to camp out wherever they were staying; plotting grisly imaginary deaths for Jane Asher. And there's an odd naivety or innocence in her description of the early days of the Doors, Zappa, Hendrix, the Burritos; by the time Led Zep come on the scene it's all starting to get a bit darker. People are getting hurt and lost by the way. At this point hers was an utterly pre-feminist ideal of being a nurturing muse and domestic slave for her various boyfriends; at times this almost seems to work, but at many others you want to shake her, tell her `you're wasting your time on this one, love.'
Curiously, her deranged affair with Keith Moon actually comes across as one of the more equal, symbiotic ones. This edition (the book was first published in the 80s) has an epilogue rounding up what has happened to a lot of the characters since, but this begs as many questions as it answers. She says proudly that she remains friends with all her lovers, yet the end result of lengthy and tortuous affair with Jimmy Page appears to be being best friends with Robert Plant. And her statement that she would never touch a married man is directly contradicted by one or two anecdotes earlier in the book. But her enthusiasm and affection for both music and people is genuinely infectious and she's endlessly entertaining. "Boredom is a cop-out! A terrible excuse for not living every second and drinking God's air (now matter how polluted) into your lungs." Amen, sister.
Curiously, her deranged affair with Keith Moon actually comes across as one of the more equal, symbiotic ones. This edition (the book was first published in the 80s) has an epilogue rounding up what has happened to a lot of the characters since, but this begs as many questions as it answers. She says proudly that she remains friends with all her lovers, yet the end result of lengthy and tortuous affair with Jimmy Page appears to be being best friends with Robert Plant. And her statement that she would never touch a married man is directly contradicted by one or two anecdotes earlier in the book. But her enthusiasm and affection for both music and people is genuinely infectious and she's endlessly entertaining. "Boredom is a cop-out! A terrible excuse for not living every second and drinking God's air (now matter how polluted) into your lungs." Amen, sister.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
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I didn't hate this book but at the same time I was slightly disappointed by it. I don't really see why this is considered such a classic. I have nothing against Pamela Des Barres choosing to have flings with musicians and people who put her down for it need to concentrate on the people in life who are actually damaging society not a young woman choosing to explore her sexuality but aside from the fame of the men she sleeps with her story seems pretty unremarkable to me. The book is fairly well written but nothing special, the sex described is not overdone but not hugely erotic and while Pamela is likable enough she is not hugely interesting and has not led a particularly fascinating or accomplished life. Perhaps people who lived through the sixties find it reminds them of their youth but for me it was only an okay read. There are a few good stories but unless you are dying to know the details of her flings with the likes of Mick Jagger and Keith Moon then I wouldn't strongly recommend this book.
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Wonderful insight into life in the 60's
I bought this book to see a completely different view of life in the 60's, this book is absolutely addictive to the point where i am getting to the end of it and desperately... Read more
Published on 4 Aug 2007 by HippieLover
in the right time at the right place in the right era
this book is incredible, not only is it an insight into the colourful life of pamela and the world of being passionat about the music you watch and love, its also essential reading... Read more
Published on 6 Feb 2006 by daniel
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