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Tony Wilson was the TV reporter turned would-be music mogul whose life was more rock'n'roll than the bands he nurtured. He co-founded Factory Records and The Hacienda, he kick-started Joy Division, Happy Mondays and New Order and he was the inspiration for 24 Hour Party People. From a childhood growing up with a gay father and a domineering mother to his tragic death in 2007 after battling the NHS for a drug that could prolong his life, David Nolan investigates the man they called 'Mr Manchester'. Drawing on interviews with musicians, DJs, writers, actors, family and friends - including Wilson's partner Yvette Livesey - Nolan paints a picture of a driven, chaotic man whose influence is still felt today in music and television. Everybody knows the legend - Tony Wilson spent a lifetime creating it - for the first time, here's the truth.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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This is a great book, well written and easy to read. I found out many things about Tony Wilson (TW) that I had not previously gleaned from other sources like tv and internet. The author's admiration and affection for TW shines throughout. However, there is an undercurrent of inverted snobbery, with TW referred to as "posh" and/or "posh-talking". In reality, virtually all news presenters at that time in the north-west were well-spoken middle-class folk ie Stuart Hall, Richard Madeley, Judy Finnegan, Lucy Meacock and Gordon Burns. Likewise, many music industry bigwigs have come from privileged backgrounds eg Brian Epstein, George Martin, Pete Jenner and Simon Cowell. So TW was by no means unusual, doing what he did, class-wise ! Strangely, towards the end of his tv career, I noticed a slight Manc accent in his voice ...
The Factory catalogue at the end of the book is useful and interesting, although dates for each FAC "event" are sadly missing.
The incident in the "24 Hour Party People" film-comedy where TW is attacked in the Factory boardroom by Rob Gretton - I still don't know whether that is true or not ...
Finally, what a sad indictment of Manchester folk, lots of whom, according to this book, used to insult TW on the street - so much for the "friendly northener" stereotype ! Actually, some of those name-callers must have done it in jest but was Tony to know ? Some Liverpudlians did not like TW but TW didn't hate Liverpool, he simply wanted to tease and provoke ; he had the extreme nerve, bravery and love of an argument to criticise the "attitude" of an element of aggressive and isolationist Scousers ...
The Factory catalogue at the end of the book is useful and interesting, although dates for each FAC "event" are sadly missing.
The incident in the "24 Hour Party People" film-comedy where TW is attacked in the Factory boardroom by Rob Gretton - I still don't know whether that is true or not ...
Finally, what a sad indictment of Manchester folk, lots of whom, according to this book, used to insult TW on the street - so much for the "friendly northener" stereotype ! Actually, some of those name-callers must have done it in jest but was Tony to know ? Some Liverpudlians did not like TW but TW didn't hate Liverpool, he simply wanted to tease and provoke ; he had the extreme nerve, bravery and love of an argument to criticise the "attitude" of an element of aggressive and isolationist Scousers ...
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Tony Wilson was someone who I'd heard about, seen on telly, knew he'd had something to do with the hacienda and joy division/new order, and who had some sort of manchester connection. But I wasn't an expert on his life and his influence - nor on his idiosyncracies, his foibles and his love of a quotation. Nolan's book informs, amuses and entertains - and does it through the sheer weight of research, personal knowledge and narrative structure. It's a fascinating glimpse into one man's input into a city culture which really did make waves, and it's a tale told by someone who knew him, respected him and was there or thereabouts when most of it happened. It's a book full of great interviews, great pictures, and terrific detail - and a story that took me right back to the 80s and 90s. I finished it fascinated and informed - as well as entertained and impressed.
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