- Hardcover: 288 pages
- Publisher: Michael Joseph Ltd (31 May 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0718149815
- ISBN-13: 978-0718149819
- Product Dimensions: 21.6 x 14 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 166,406 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Why was Elton John's reworking of "Candle in the Wind" for Princess Diana a terrible, terrible mistake? Which rock star would regularly leave what unspeakable gift inside hotel room hairdryers? And did Omar Sharif and Ian Dury ever comes to blows and have to be separated by a Blockhead? Yes. With a cry of "Leave it Omar, he's a raspberry." Rock and roll and rumour go together like Peaches and Geldof. This book that you're holding contains more filth, more fury and more potentially libelous stories that may yet see the author in prison, than have ever been written down in book form before. Gathered here under the cover is a brand new collection of myths, legends, and apocryphal tales of pop and rock that have come straight from the mouths of those that were there, those that shouldn't have been there and those that were there but left early and only heard about it afterwards. Crafted with the all the loving detail that you'd expect from a man who holds the UK record for the largest ever broadcasting fine for breaching taste and decency rules, "Status Quo and The Kangaroo" opens up a Pandora's musical box of bad behaviour and jumps head first into the mess.
About the Author
Jon Holmes is what his agent describes as a multi-award winning writer, broadcaster and comedian. He co-created the hit comedy Dead Ringers, is the short one on both Radio 4's The Now Show and Radio 2's The Day The Music Died, and is a regular collaborator of Alan Partridge and The Thick of It creator Armando Iannucci. He's also co-written Stephen Fry's script for the BAFTA awards, hosted the MOJO Awards and proudly holds the record for the largest ever fine for taste and decency offences in British Broadcasting history. It all happened after an on-air game of 'Swearing Radio Hangman For the Under 12s'. Google it, why don't you? www.jonholmes.net
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I saw Jon Holmes on the Tv talking about this and just had to buy it. Absolutely jaw-droppingly funny! The footnotes are just genius. God knows how he's got away with writing it but I'm glad he did! It's certainly eye opening! (And eye watering in places!) Buy it. Book of the year!
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
This is a really funny book that is full of some incredible rumours about pop stars and their "Spinal Tap" style moments of madness. It's also possibly the only music book to contain chapters on both Bob Dylan and Girls Aloud!
You'll end up wanting to read it out to your friends in the pub. And, the possibly true story that involves a member of The Who, some testicles and a cat caused this reader to laugh out loud on a train, making me seem rather silly!
You'll end up wanting to read it out to your friends in the pub. And, the possibly true story that involves a member of The Who, some testicles and a cat caused this reader to laugh out loud on a train, making me seem rather silly!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Absolutely hilarious! I am ordering this in bulk, it's perfect to give to all my friends for their birthdays this year. Reminds me a bit of Terry Pratchett with all the footnotes, and it's just as funny.
Most Recent Customer Reviews
Very funny indeed!
I found this gem of a book in my local Waterstone's - the rock anecdotes are hilarious and the footnotes are pure comic genius. Read more
Published on 8 Oct 2008 by Mr. S. J. Baker
truly a humour classic
I loved this book. I have no idea what the reviewer below read but it can't have been this. I'm a rock fan and knew *some* of the stories in here but the point is that they're told... Read more
Published on 31 Aug 2007 by pete jenson
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