Lou Reed: A Life
Autor Anthony DeCurtisen Limba Engleză Paperback – 22 oct 2018
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.
But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself was anything but. Lou Reed's life was a transformer's odyssey. Eternally restless and endlessly hungry for new experiences, Reed reinvented his persona, his sound, even his sexuality time and again. A man of contradictions and extremes, he was fiercely independent yet afraid of being alone, artistically fearless yet deeply paranoid, eager for commercial success yet disdainful of his own triumphs. Channeling his jagged energy and literary sensibility into classic songs - like "Walk on the Wild Side" and "Sweet Jane" - and radically experimental albums alike, Reed remained desperately true to his artistic vision, wherever it led him.
Now, just a few years after Reed's death,Rolling Stonewriter Anthony DeCurtis, who knew Reed and interviewed him extensively, tells the provocative story of his complex and chameleonic life. With unparalleled access to dozens of Reed's friends, family, and collaborators, DeCurtis tracks Reed's five-decade career through the accounts of those who knew him and through Reed's most revealing testimony, his music. We travel deep into his defiantly subterranean world, enter the studio as the Velvet Underground record their groundbreaking work, and revel in Reed's relationships with such legendary figures as Andy Warhol, David Bowie, and Laurie Anderson. Gritty, intimate, and unflinching,Lou Reedis an illuminating tribute to one of the most incendiary artists of our time.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780316376563
ISBN-10: 0316376566
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
ISBN-10: 0316376566
Pagini: 528
Dimensiuni: 140 x 210 x 35 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Little, Brown and Company
Colecția Back Bay Books
Notă biografică
Anthony
DeCurtisis
a
contributing
editor
forRolling
Stone,where
his
work
has
appeared
for
more
than
thirty-five
years,
and
a
distinguished
lecturer
in
the
creative
writing
program
at
the
University
of
Pennsylvania.
He
is
the
author
ofIn
Other
WordsandRocking
My
Life
Awayand
the
cowriter
of
Clive
Davis's
autobiography,The
Soundtrack
of
My
Life,aNew
York
Timesbestseller.DeCurtis
is
a
Grammy
Award
winner
and
has
served
as
a
member
of
the
Rock
&
Roll
Hall
of
Fame
nominating
committee
for
twenty-five
years.
He
holds
a
PhD
in
American
literature
and
lives
in
New
York
City.
Recenzii
"If
the
goal
of
a
biography
is
to
bring
its
subject
backto
life,Lou
Reed,
DeCurtis's
sympathetic
but
never
fawning
book,succeeds...Carefully
researched
and
thoughtfully
written,Lou
Reedis
the
bestReed
biography
to
date."—New
York
Times
Book
Review
"DeCurtis has given us a thorough and vivid portrait of anartist who, he shows us, was even darker than we knew."—TheNew York Review of Books
"AnthonyDeCurtis was one of the few music critics Lou Reed read and whose company heenjoyed. After reading this sublime and subtle book, the mystery of Lou'srespect for Anthony is revealed.Anthony is a great story teller, a writer'swriter, turning pain into beauty the way Lou did in his songs."—Bono
"I am personallyfamiliar with the depth, seriousness and sensitivity of Anthony DeCurtis'swriting, and, of course, knew Lou Reed and felt the impact of his coruscatingwork.A brilliant artist has found a biographer with the insight to, as Lousaid, "pass through fire" and be a definitive interpreter of both his music andhis life."—Sting
"Lou Reedis Lou Reed!"—Iggy Pop
"An eloquent accountof a harrowing life transformed by love in the end.Anthony DeCurtis does abrilliant job of synthesizing the disparate parts of Lou Reed's life into aninsightful, moving narrative. I highly recommend it."—Suzanne Vega
"Whenmost people think of Lou Reed, they picture the black, rotting heart of rockand roll, full of dissonance, decadence and decay. Butas Anthony DeCurtismakes clear in his new book, behind the image and the rumors, Lou was onething: a writer, a man who spent his life telling the absolute, painful truthin his songs -the truth about himself, the scenes he observed, and the worldat large. His words were so powerful thatthe Velvet Underground had to invent a new musical language to match them. I'mnot the first musician to pledge allegiance to Lou and the Velvets, and I won'tbe the last.Read this book, and explore the f*cking genius that was Lou Reed."—Peter Buck, co-founder and lead guitarist of R.E.M.
"AnthonyDeCurtis captures the soul and the essence of Lou Reed in his terrific newbiographyof the brilliant, culture-shaping musician. DeCurtis' greatgift of storytelling gives fascinating insight and perspective to Reed'scomplex personality and cutting-edge musical talent. This is a must read."—Clive Davis
"The Reed of DeCurtis' exhaustively reported book is abrilliant artist who helped define hipness and the outer limits of rock forgenerations."—Rolling Stone
"Howdid a middle-class suburban boy grow up to be king of Manhattan's wild side?Thanks to thisgroundbreaking biography, now we know. Anthony DeCurtis handlesReed's often-misunderstood bisexuality and curiosity about transsexualism withparticular sensitivity, candor, and sophistication.A must-read for fans ofrock and roll, New York City, or sex."—Ada Calhoun, author ofSt. Marks Is Dead
"DeCurtis' biography makes a case for Reed's influencethat's as durable as black leather."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Lou Reed was one of music's mostbrilliant and complicated figures-an explorer, a provocateur, and always a trueartist.With grace and grit, Anthony DeCurtis has delivered a revelatory andinsightful chronicle of this most challenging rock & roll icon, and LouReed gets the biographer he deserves."—Alan Light, author ofThe Holy or the Broken
"Afascinating portrait. The unsurpassed voice of New York has found a worthybiographer."—Philip Norman,New York TimesBestselling author ofPaul McCartneyandJohn Lennon
"Focusing on the music as much as the singer's oftendissolute lifestyle and controversial opinions, the author makes a good casefor Reed's lasting significance. ... A well-written,valuable document of a major figure in the American rock scene, putting a humanface on a man who often seemed impossibly remote.Essential reading for Reedfans and strongly recommended for anyone interested in rock as art."—Kirkus(Starred Review)
"Eventhough he counted Reed among his friends in the music business, DeCurtis pullsno punches; for example, he talks about Reed's early sexual promiscuity inhighly critical terms and is equally frank in discussing Reed's drug andalcohol abuse. This isa rough-edged,straight-talking biography of a man who became a legend as much for his offstagelife as for his musical skills."—Booklist
"Amongthe first ambitious posthumous biographies of the sexually fluid queer icon,who died in 2013 at the age of 71. DeCurtis strives to take Reed's deepflaws into account along with his transgressive genius."—WMagazine
"Anabsorbing read, full of new insights delivered masterfully by DeCurtis."—Pitchfork
"A Lifeis comprehensive and sympathetic... For Mr. DeCurtis, Reed'sbiographical Rosebud was homosexual shame deriving from his upbringing. In theend, he didn't want to be the first gay rock star."—Wall Street Journal
"DeCurtis has given us a thorough and vivid portrait of anartist who, he shows us, was even darker than we knew."—TheNew York Review of Books
"AnthonyDeCurtis was one of the few music critics Lou Reed read and whose company heenjoyed. After reading this sublime and subtle book, the mystery of Lou'srespect for Anthony is revealed.Anthony is a great story teller, a writer'swriter, turning pain into beauty the way Lou did in his songs."—Bono
"I am personallyfamiliar with the depth, seriousness and sensitivity of Anthony DeCurtis'swriting, and, of course, knew Lou Reed and felt the impact of his coruscatingwork.A brilliant artist has found a biographer with the insight to, as Lousaid, "pass through fire" and be a definitive interpreter of both his music andhis life."—Sting
"Lou Reedis Lou Reed!"—Iggy Pop
"An eloquent accountof a harrowing life transformed by love in the end.Anthony DeCurtis does abrilliant job of synthesizing the disparate parts of Lou Reed's life into aninsightful, moving narrative. I highly recommend it."—Suzanne Vega
"Whenmost people think of Lou Reed, they picture the black, rotting heart of rockand roll, full of dissonance, decadence and decay. Butas Anthony DeCurtismakes clear in his new book, behind the image and the rumors, Lou was onething: a writer, a man who spent his life telling the absolute, painful truthin his songs -the truth about himself, the scenes he observed, and the worldat large. His words were so powerful thatthe Velvet Underground had to invent a new musical language to match them. I'mnot the first musician to pledge allegiance to Lou and the Velvets, and I won'tbe the last.Read this book, and explore the f*cking genius that was Lou Reed."—Peter Buck, co-founder and lead guitarist of R.E.M.
"AnthonyDeCurtis captures the soul and the essence of Lou Reed in his terrific newbiographyof the brilliant, culture-shaping musician. DeCurtis' greatgift of storytelling gives fascinating insight and perspective to Reed'scomplex personality and cutting-edge musical talent. This is a must read."—Clive Davis
"The Reed of DeCurtis' exhaustively reported book is abrilliant artist who helped define hipness and the outer limits of rock forgenerations."—Rolling Stone
"Howdid a middle-class suburban boy grow up to be king of Manhattan's wild side?Thanks to thisgroundbreaking biography, now we know. Anthony DeCurtis handlesReed's often-misunderstood bisexuality and curiosity about transsexualism withparticular sensitivity, candor, and sophistication.A must-read for fans ofrock and roll, New York City, or sex."—Ada Calhoun, author ofSt. Marks Is Dead
"DeCurtis' biography makes a case for Reed's influencethat's as durable as black leather."—San Francisco Chronicle
"Lou Reed was one of music's mostbrilliant and complicated figures-an explorer, a provocateur, and always a trueartist.With grace and grit, Anthony DeCurtis has delivered a revelatory andinsightful chronicle of this most challenging rock & roll icon, and LouReed gets the biographer he deserves."—Alan Light, author ofThe Holy or the Broken
"Afascinating portrait. The unsurpassed voice of New York has found a worthybiographer."—Philip Norman,New York TimesBestselling author ofPaul McCartneyandJohn Lennon
"Focusing on the music as much as the singer's oftendissolute lifestyle and controversial opinions, the author makes a good casefor Reed's lasting significance. ... A well-written,valuable document of a major figure in the American rock scene, putting a humanface on a man who often seemed impossibly remote.Essential reading for Reedfans and strongly recommended for anyone interested in rock as art."—Kirkus(Starred Review)
"Eventhough he counted Reed among his friends in the music business, DeCurtis pullsno punches; for example, he talks about Reed's early sexual promiscuity inhighly critical terms and is equally frank in discussing Reed's drug andalcohol abuse. This isa rough-edged,straight-talking biography of a man who became a legend as much for his offstagelife as for his musical skills."—Booklist
"Amongthe first ambitious posthumous biographies of the sexually fluid queer icon,who died in 2013 at the age of 71. DeCurtis strives to take Reed's deepflaws into account along with his transgressive genius."—WMagazine
"Anabsorbing read, full of new insights delivered masterfully by DeCurtis."—Pitchfork
"A Lifeis comprehensive and sympathetic... For Mr. DeCurtis, Reed'sbiographical Rosebud was homosexual shame deriving from his upbringing. In theend, he didn't want to be the first gay rock star."—Wall Street Journal