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Post by Panther on Aug 24, 2015 7:30:58 GMT -5
Has anyone read this? I saw it in the shops earlier this month when I was back in Canada. Only in hardcover so far, I think. A brief glance at it looked promising, but the reviews seem not so favorable, so I'm hedging my bets.
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 24, 2015 11:51:22 GMT -5
I have not heard of it. How ironic that the author's last name is Starr!
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 24, 2015 15:58:10 GMT -5
Has anyone read this? I saw it in the shops earlier this month when I was back in Canada. Only in hardcover so far, I think. A brief glance at it looked promising, but the reviews seem not so favorable, so I'm hedging my bets. Ringo announced publicly before it was published he didn't want his friends cooperating with it.
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 24, 2015 17:46:10 GMT -5
Steve, is that Ringo's attitude in general to all biographies about him or did this Starr fellow really tick him off somehow?
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Post by debjorgo on Aug 24, 2015 17:57:18 GMT -5
I know Ringo has issues with biographies that only want to talk about his Beatle years.
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Post by Panther on Aug 25, 2015 5:31:17 GMT -5
I know Ringo has issues with biographies that only want to talk about his Beatle years. Well, when I glanced at it in the bookstore in Toronto, it seemed to have a lot of info about the 70s -- his solo recordings, his new record deal in '75, his break-up with Maureen, etc. This stuff is of greater interest to me than his Beatle years, at this point.
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Post by John S. Damm on Aug 25, 2015 8:18:24 GMT -5
I am surprised that Ringo doesn't want biographers focusing on his Beatles years since at his recent RRHF induction as a solo artist he(and Paul) spent 99% of their time talking Beatles not Ringo's solo years and Ringo performed I think just one solo song, all other songs dating back to the Beatles.
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Post by debjorgo on Aug 25, 2015 16:54:08 GMT -5
Ringo's point was, he'd lived 20 years before the Beatles ever existed. I'm speaking from a fairly recent quote, ET, Extra or one of those. I'll see if I can hunt it down. I save all Beatle segments on these shows.
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Post by Panther on Aug 26, 2015 1:41:54 GMT -5
The thing is, I highly doubt any biographer is going to match how Lewisohn covered Richie's life in Tune In -- and that's just up to 1962! I mean, if you pulled the parts about Ringo only from Tune In and compiled it, you'd have a 300-page bio with unprecedented research. I think any Ringo biographer is going to have to dig harder into the 70s/80s, etc...
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 27, 2015 0:32:04 GMT -5
I am surprised that Ringo doesn't want biographers focusing on his Beatles years since at his recent RRHF induction as a solo artist he(and Paul) spent 99% of their time talking Beatles not Ringo's solo years and Ringo performed I think just one solo song, all other songs dating back to the Beatles. They're getting protective of the way it should be spun. That's Ringo's motivation.
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 27, 2015 0:33:36 GMT -5
Steve, is that Ringo's attitude in general to all biographies about him or did this Starr fellow really tick him off somehow? I haven't seen the book (yet), but I think it's that it's not Ringo doing the writing. I think somewhere along the way ... maybe because of what happened to John ... he's gotten protective. Understandale, but ...
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Post by Steve Marinucci on Aug 28, 2015 19:02:10 GMT -5
I have the book now and I've been looking through it today. Some rehash, some new, doesn't look like a kiss-and-tell book, but seems to be respectful. (Full disclosure: I'm thanked in the book. I didn't have any significant role in it, though.)
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