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The full, uncut retelling of the sensational story behind the cultural moment that was punk and its defining band, the Sex Pistols.
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In The England's Dreaming Tapes, Jon Savage has gone back to the source to re-create, in original interview form, the extraordinarily disparate and contentious personalities who emerged in the mid-70s as the harbingers of what became known as punk.
Here in uncut form is the story of a generation that changed the world in just a few months in 1976. In interviews with all the major figures of the time - including all four original Sex Pistols, Joe Strummer, Chrissie Hynde, Jordan, Siouxsie Sioux, Viv Albertine, Adam Ant, Lee Black Childerss, Howard Devoto, Pete Shelley, Syl Sylvain, Debbie Wilson, Tony Wilson and Jah Wobble - Jon Savage has produced a book huge in scope, vision and generosity of perspective.
The England's Dreaming Tapes will surely become the final word and the must-have oral history of the music, fashion and attitude that defined this influential and incendiary era.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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Sometimes the simplest ideas are the best and they don't come simpler than this. 'The England's Dreaming Tapes' transcribe the interviews that Jon Savage conducted with every significant figure involved in the rise of punk, on both sides of the Atlantic, verbatim and (seemingly) unedited - all the Pistols, McLaren, Devoto and Shelley, Strummer, Legs McNeill, Mary Harron and other New York faces, people who worked in Let it Rock, then Sex, the Gltterbest and Roxy crowds, the Bromley contingent, Chrissie Hynde... recorded much, much closer to the original events than we are now, these recollections don't come through the usual self-justifying, self-aggrandizing prism of hindsight, but have all the freshness of those unforgettable, fantastic times. Tremendous read, much better than the book they led to (which I always thought lacked the grubby vitality which this has in spades), probably the best book I've ever read on the punk era. For anyone who was there, or just wants to understand what all the fuss was about, can't recommend this too highly.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
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I read the lead up book to this (Englands Dreaming) a few years back, which I thought was ok. When I saw this, the follow up, I wasn't sure if it was going to be just a retread of the first book. However I decided to buy it - and am I glad I did! Its ten times better than the first Englands Dreaming, takes you right back to those heady exciting days of Punk!
For anyone who was there (like myself- Hey my town even gets a mention when we were one of the few places not to ban the Anarchy Tour - Cleethorpes!!), and for anyone who loved the original and only Punk scene (1976/77), its a deff must! Brilliant read.
For anyone who was there (like myself- Hey my town even gets a mention when we were one of the few places not to ban the Anarchy Tour - Cleethorpes!!), and for anyone who loved the original and only Punk scene (1976/77), its a deff must! Brilliant read.
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Essential reading for anyone who has read Englands Dreaming England's Dreamingand who has an interest in the Punk Explosion.
I guess the good thing about this is that the intervews are more of that time...rather than people looking back 40 years or so ...and recounting what went on at the time..if they really can remember!!!
The choice of interviewees is also interesting...some usual suspects yes...but also people who worked "behind
the scenes" as it were.
And of course..Jon Savage was right in the midst of all the mayhem..unlike some authors I've read..who may well have
been just out of short trousers...
I think this flows much better than Englands Dreaming...but I guess the two books are different in
their approach...this one isn't following a time line
A very well put together work which I think covers all the bases very well!
What is important I think is that when it all kicked off..there wasn't a generic punk rock sound...there were loads of really different bands..it didn't all sound the same..and it wasn't "punk uniform" time....Over time I think this has been forgotten and distorted..oh yes and there was a degree of ART(y-ness) to it all..and the importance of moving on...stylistically and musically....but not necessarily losing sight of what it was all about and why they got involved in the first place.
Make your own minds up about who I might be referring too...
Listeners of the recent radio 6 Punk World Cup might have heard Captain Sensible speaking some home truths about this...!!!
Blimey...I remember we had a song called "Englands Dreaming" in my first yes "Punk Rock" band....
All going so well until I spotted a date error so close to my heart...Joe Strummer did not die in 1992...it was 2002...we would surely have missed some good sounds
from Joe if he had gone then
I guess the good thing about this is that the intervews are more of that time...rather than people looking back 40 years or so ...and recounting what went on at the time..if they really can remember!!!
The choice of interviewees is also interesting...some usual suspects yes...but also people who worked "behind
the scenes" as it were.
And of course..Jon Savage was right in the midst of all the mayhem..unlike some authors I've read..who may well have
been just out of short trousers...
I think this flows much better than Englands Dreaming...but I guess the two books are different in
their approach...this one isn't following a time line
A very well put together work which I think covers all the bases very well!
What is important I think is that when it all kicked off..there wasn't a generic punk rock sound...there were loads of really different bands..it didn't all sound the same..and it wasn't "punk uniform" time....Over time I think this has been forgotten and distorted..oh yes and there was a degree of ART(y-ness) to it all..and the importance of moving on...stylistically and musically....but not necessarily losing sight of what it was all about and why they got involved in the first place.
Make your own minds up about who I might be referring too...
Listeners of the recent radio 6 Punk World Cup might have heard Captain Sensible speaking some home truths about this...!!!
Blimey...I remember we had a song called "Englands Dreaming" in my first yes "Punk Rock" band....
All going so well until I spotted a date error so close to my heart...Joe Strummer did not die in 1992...it was 2002...we would surely have missed some good sounds
from Joe if he had gone then
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The interviews conducted with a precision, bringing out the ascending speed rush of an era that finally exploded into view, an antithesis to everything held dearly and sacred. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Dr. Delvis Memphistopheles
Great gift for anyone who was brought up in punk years!
I read the original over ten years ago, again only last year and will probably read it again a really enjoyable read. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Frenchy_no1
The Final Word?
"The England's Dreaming Tapes will surely become the final word..." as the blurb round the back cover says. A bold claim when p. 721 states that "Joe Strummer died in 1992. Read more
Published on 24 Sep 2009 by Cow
happy memories
it brought back happy memories of why punk was the best thing to happen in music. miss those happy days
Published on 20 July 2009 by Mr. G. Blair
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