- Paperback: 336 pages
- Publisher: Ebury Press (3 April 2003)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 009188618X
- ISBN-13: 978-0091886189
- Product Dimensions: 15.4 x 2.7 x 23 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 774,151 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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First biography of the infamous band and the Britain that created them
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'There was this terrible trough in the mid-70s: England didn't qualify forthe 1974 World Cup, Miss Hall our English teacher left school, and the Faces split.' Billy BraggDo you remember The Faces? The group that was born out of the ashes of the legendary sixties band the Small Faces, but with the addition of Ron Wood on guitar (later to join the Stones) and Rod Stewart on vocals. Last Orders, Please is the first biography of the band who have acquired legendary status in the annals of rock 'n' roll history. It's also a book about Britain in a forgotten era - the early seventies. Not the seventies of Glam Rock, Sweet and Gary Glitter, but the real seventies of the three day week, trade union strikes, blackouts, the IRA, steak, chips and warm beer. In these difficult times it was the Faces - a soulful, goodtime band who drank and played hard, who didn't dress to impress, but just got on with the job - that the working class adopted as its own. In the days before football was fashionable the Faces played soccer on stage on TOTP. In 1974 this was a near-political act that confirmed The Faces as truly a people's band, and they are still loved, and revered to this day. (20021018)
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I believe that the author, one Mr Melly, is an enthusiast rather than a writer. It shows.
I did just manage to finish the book, but it was only the thirst for information that kept me going through the seemingly endless, half-informed and mostly irrelevant social history of the UK that intrudes on the story of the band.
It is full of inaccuracies and inconsitancies both piffling ('Eckland' and 'Ekland' in subsequent sentences) and profoundly annoying (Rod is referred to as 'Rodney' a couple of times when even the author is aware that he is a 'Roderick').
There is no first-hand interview material and it feels cobbled-together by someone who has never had any dealings with its cast of characters whatsoever. There is a great book on The Faces waiting to be written. This is absolutely not it.
I did just manage to finish the book, but it was only the thirst for information that kept me going through the seemingly endless, half-informed and mostly irrelevant social history of the UK that intrudes on the story of the band.
It is full of inaccuracies and inconsitancies both piffling ('Eckland' and 'Ekland' in subsequent sentences) and profoundly annoying (Rod is referred to as 'Rodney' a couple of times when even the author is aware that he is a 'Roderick').
There is no first-hand interview material and it feels cobbled-together by someone who has never had any dealings with its cast of characters whatsoever. There is a great book on The Faces waiting to be written. This is absolutely not it.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Whilst I generally agree with the last reviewer, the book is quite readable and puts the story of the band in the context of the times. Maybe that's what makes it less than great - it can't decide whether it's a piece on social history or one of the greatest fun rock bands; and those two don't really mix. And by the way, Rod refers to himself as "Rodney" quite frequently.
9 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Buy this book! Whether by accident or design, Jim Melly's trawl through early 1970's sub-culture does so much more than map out the career of Rod and his accomplices. While describing the music of Rod and the Faces and detailing their antics, Melly cleverly evokes the era that shaped their lives, recalling power-cuts and three-day weeks, IRA bombings and terrace-culture. But it is in the interviews with everyday people who lived those times that Melly shows the true impact of The Faces' music and, in doing so, provides a vivid glimpse of a magical time.
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