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The former Sleeper singer's tales of making it big in Britpop
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Note to customers: This book is also available under the title "Different for Girls: A girl's own true-life adventures in pop".
Just For One Day takes you on Louise Wener’s musical odyssey from awkward 80s suburban pop geek to 90s jet-set Britpop goddess. Of course, once she’s living the dream at the height of Britpop’s glory, things aren’t quite how they appeared from the other side.
With her band Sleeper, Louise goes from doing gigs in toilets to gigs in stadiums, and on to the big interviews, constant touring and endless excess via Top of the Pops.
These are the hilarious adventures of a girl’s journey through Britpop, from the embarrassments of growing up to trying to remember what on earth it was you really wanted while eating Twiglets backstage and enviously eyeing up Damon Albarn’s plate of foreign cheeses.
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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was just about to order this, I thought it was a sequel to Wener's memoir Different for Girls, which I've already read. Then I read the description properly and realised it's the exact same book in a different cover. Why are Amazon selling them as a buy together? I'll still give this five stars because Different for Girls was one of my favourite books of last year. It's really funny and honest, a must read for anyone who grew up listening to eighties music and remembers the whole nineties britpop scene. Just beware though, if you already own that book, this is the same.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Louise Wener is a better writer than a pop star. Her chapters are short and fast paced, each crammed full of anecdotes, many of these no longer than a single line. She writes engagingly about the silliness of her time as a pop star, the shallowness of the industry and the bad behaviour of herself and those around her, so its a shame a third of the book is about growing up in Gants Hill! I would have preferred to find out more about the lyrics to her songs and the other Brit Pop luminaries too.
Wener settles many scores with those who caused her grief - NME journalists, band members, groupies, record company people and even fans, but to her credit she does not dwell on character assasination, with the possible exception of Justine Frishmann and anyone with ginger hair, and rarely divulges names.
The best complement I can give to this book, is that I read it in two days flat.
Wener settles many scores with those who caused her grief - NME journalists, band members, groupies, record company people and even fans, but to her credit she does not dwell on character assasination, with the possible exception of Justine Frishmann and anyone with ginger hair, and rarely divulges names.
The best complement I can give to this book, is that I read it in two days flat.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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As the other reviewers have mentioned, and as Amazon caution above their own synopsis, this is the same book as Different For Girls: A girl's own true-life adventures in pop. For some unfathomable reason, the publisher has decided to repackage the same book with a new title.
I wasn't a big fan of Sleeper, but I was given this book by a friend and I'm glad I read it. Wener is easier to warm to as a writer than she was as a pop star, leading us with warmth and wit through her teens as a pop fan in the Essex suburbs, then the tough early years of Sleeper and on to their chart successes in the Britpop era and inevitable decline. She takes us through at a pace - the book never becomes dull and contains many hilarious moments - be they her account of a disastrous school trip or describing the competitiveness at the heart of the Britpop 'movement'.
I can vouch for the accuracy of her observations of early 80s teen life in Essex, I hail from the same suburb as Louise Wener, and am just a few years younger - I laughed many times in recognition of the places and people described in the earlier chapters.
If there is a fault, I'd say that the pace of the book is almost too fast. Sometimes I felt that certain aspects needed more coverage; I would have particularly liked more of her observations on how women in bands were treated differently to men by the music industry and media.
Just for One Day: Adventures In Britpop may not quite have the depth required to be a classic, but it is a thoroughly entertaining read, and a good female counterpoint to the male perspectives on Britpop offered by, amongst others, Alex James. Well worth reading.
I wasn't a big fan of Sleeper, but I was given this book by a friend and I'm glad I read it. Wener is easier to warm to as a writer than she was as a pop star, leading us with warmth and wit through her teens as a pop fan in the Essex suburbs, then the tough early years of Sleeper and on to their chart successes in the Britpop era and inevitable decline. She takes us through at a pace - the book never becomes dull and contains many hilarious moments - be they her account of a disastrous school trip or describing the competitiveness at the heart of the Britpop 'movement'.
I can vouch for the accuracy of her observations of early 80s teen life in Essex, I hail from the same suburb as Louise Wener, and am just a few years younger - I laughed many times in recognition of the places and people described in the earlier chapters.
If there is a fault, I'd say that the pace of the book is almost too fast. Sometimes I felt that certain aspects needed more coverage; I would have particularly liked more of her observations on how women in bands were treated differently to men by the music industry and media.
Just for One Day: Adventures In Britpop may not quite have the depth required to be a classic, but it is a thoroughly entertaining read, and a good female counterpoint to the male perspectives on Britpop offered by, amongst others, Alex James. Well worth reading.
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If you've already got Different for Girls don't buy this it's the same book under a different title. That said it's still a good read.
Published 4 months ago by mr p c jones
Excellent read
I found this a light but excellent read.
It might have been better with more detail on the music but I guess this was a personal journey story and as such I very much... Read more
It might have been better with more detail on the music but I guess this was a personal journey story and as such I very much... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Jim Cargill
SO YOU WANNA BE A ROCK N ROLL STAR?
if you ever dreamt of being a pop star then this may make you think again, the reality can be very different. Read more
Published 10 months ago by P. Storey
Alert!
Be very careful. When Louise tweeted that this book was available I responded how much I had enjoyed "Different for Girls". Read more
Published 11 months ago by Fernackerpan
conned!!
received book today and ill give it 5 stars because its fantastic.however its the same book as louise weners last book 'different for girls',very sly. Read more
Published 11 months ago by red123
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