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by Giles Smith (Author)
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  • Paperback: 256 pages
  • Publisher: Picador; 3 edition (10 Nov 2000)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0330339176
  • ISBN-13: 978-0330339179
  • Product Dimensions: 19.6 x 12.4 x 2 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 11,557 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Lost in Music is about growing up with pop music – about hearing it, buying it, loving it, and attempting to play it in public for money. A brilliant combination of the confessional and the unapologetic, this is a book for anyone who has ever treasured vinyl, or sung into a roll-on deodorant in front of the bedroom mirror and dreamed of playing Wembley.

‘A wonderfully funny pop-music memoir . . . You don't have to know who Nik Kershaw is to laugh out loud at the chapter about him’ Spectator

‘One of the best books about music that you will ever read . . . It is impossible to read Lost in Music without laughing out loud’ Daily Telegraph

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5.0 out of 5 stars My Favorite Book, 28 Dec 2002
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Giles Smith's 'Lost in Music' is an incredible book. Sure, it's not Crime and Punishment, but it is the funniest, wittiest, and even most touching book written about pop music. If you remotely enjoyed Nick Hornsby's "High Fidelity," you'll flip over this book. It's a shame more people aren't aware of it.

The book is half Smith's autobiography as a music lover, and half incisive ruminations on various aspects of music (cd vs. vinyl, should or shouldn't one shag with the stereo on, etc.). And it's all golden. Anyone who's been in a band will laugh his ass off; this is like observational comedy for musicians.

Yet there is a true heart to the tale, and Smith has a knack for finding the truly meaningful in such minor events as Damon Albarn singing Christmas carols with his mother, meeting Ni(c)k Kershaw, or lip synching in the garage with friends who just don't get it ("That's NOT how they do it.").

I've been rambling, but do yourself a favor and buy this book. If you've ever put a musician's photo on your wall, contemplated speaker stands, or lied about what the first record you bought was, you'll read this book over and over again. I have.

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5.0 out of 5 stars an amusing and perceptive book, 30 Dec 2001
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Anyone who has ever really loved pop music will read this book and recognise themselves in the pages. Even if you don't like the bands or singers that Giles Smith lost so much sleep over, its definitely worth reading. I keep a copy of it as a 'comfort' book, as it bears repeated readings, and always cheers me up!
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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A favourite revisited, 3 Aug 2004
By Mr. C. Hendrie "Pocket Calculator" (London, UK) - See all my reviews
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I first read Lost In Music years ago - around 1997, I think - and loved it then, recognising my own life on every other page in Giles Smith's attitude to music-loving.

Re-reading the book while on holiday this year just reaffirmed to me how brilliant it is. Not just funny, but poignant in places and superbly observed all over.

Giles Smith is a big favourite of mine - his column on sport on TV in The Times (Monday, Thursday and Saturday) is essential reading, as are his columns in The Guardian (cars on Tuesday) and on TV in The Sunday Telegraph. Do yourself a favour and read Lost In Music followed by Midnight in the Garden of Evel Knievel. Both hugely uplifting.

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5.0 out of 5 stars A deserved classic, great to see it still in print
Wonderful to see that this book, in print for many years now, is still available. It probably is the best book ever written on what it is to love music- to really love music, to... Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. I. McCulloch

5.0 out of 5 stars Simply the Best
This is truly the best book I have ever read on pop music. Giles Smith brilliantly describes its influence on him and his life in bands, looking through music shops for records... Read more
Published on 17 Sep 2006 by Mr. M. R. Wassell

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Published on 14 Dec 2003 by D. H. Jones

3.0 out of 5 stars Ok, but other reviews are misleading
I bought this book after good reviews on Amazon. Sad to say, it did not live up to my expectations, though there are some good moments. Read more
Published on 23 Dec 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars Headphones in the darkened bedroom - I was there...
What I want to know is what Giles Smith was doing living large parts of my life for me. Okay, I wasn't in a bizarrly-named pop group (Cleaners from Venus? Read more
Published on 18 Oct 2001 by Fr Simon Rundell (simon@rundel...

5.0 out of 5 stars Stunning... even if you're too young to remember
WOW!! I was in my early teens at the time most of the events described occur but it really brought back some classic musical memories. Read more
Published on 6 Sep 2001 by mandyandnick@hotmail.com

5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic
The most bang-on summary of pop music obsession ever written. Hysterically funny from start to finish. Read more
Published on 2 May 2001

5.0 out of 5 stars If you don't like laughing, don't read this...
Side splitting from cover to cover. High Fidelity is like Westlife to Lost in Music's Beatles. Read it and weep - in the nicest possible way.
Published on 31 Jan 2001 by alex.wrenn@ukgateway.net

5.0 out of 5 stars A brilliant devotion to music and bands from times now past
Pop, 80's, laughter, tears. Couldn't put it down.
Published on 14 Dec 2000

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for the pop fan
Brilliantly funny with plenty of insider information to appeal to those interested in the industry and loads of anecdotes about being totally obsessed with pop and the people who... Read more
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