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Post by brittany on Dec 17, 2014 23:07:25 GMT
Wonder if anyone can recommend any bios for me to read. I read Dear Boy, which I really enjoyed, but am currently reading Richard Eubanks bio of Roger but I'm not really noting it much. There seems to be lots of either unattributed, or repeated from elsewhere, comments. He doesn't appear to have talked to anyone directly for the book- he's merely lifted material from elsewhere. I'm not finnished it yet, so maybe it'll improve. im particularly keen to read other views of Kieth Moon. I've never read anything else as I've kind of come back to them in my old age  any suggestions? |
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Post by Ineedanewname on Dec 18, 2014 2:52:23 GMT
You've probably experienced both extremes of the spectrum there. The Moon book was an in-depth work of well-researched excellence, the Daltrey book a cut-n-paste job. Every other Who biography sits somewhere in between.
If you're looking for books specifically about Keith Moon, you've already read the definitive article. You're not going to find anything better. The only real alternative is Moon The Loon by Moon's assistant Dougal Butler, but that's more of a tabloid style account of sex and drink and drugs antics than anything of depth.
Unfortunately Who fans aren't that well served when it comes to individual band member biographies.
If you're looking for biographies about the band as a whole a good place to start for a novice would be Dave Marsh's Before I Get Old, it's a relatively big book but an easy read. Maximum R&B by Richard Barnes, a personal friend of Townshend, is another good starter, although much heavier on pictures.
Once you step away from biographies there's a pile of great Who books out there specific to areas such as the music, the concerts, the memorabillia etc, it all depends what you're after.
That's my very brief overview of the situation. I'm sure someone else will throw their opinion into the ring....the more the merrier for this type of advice!
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Post by peteisgod on Dec 18, 2014 6:35:23 GMT
There is the Mark Wilkerson's book about Pete : "Amazing Journey : The Life Of Pete Townshend", 650 pages.
Neill & Kent's "Anyway Anyhow Anywhere : The Complete Chronicles Of The Who 1958-1978". Ok, it's not a bio boo but it's full of interesting stories and facts about the band on the road during the Moon years from small clubs to stadiums. Roger said that it was one of the best books about the Who ever written.
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Post by Yellow Printer on Dec 18, 2014 21:46:07 GMT
Anyway anyhow anywhere was supposed to be getting revamp this year??
I would put this head and shoulders above a straight biography.
Full of facts and rare photos
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Post by brittany on Dec 18, 2014 22:09:20 GMT
Thanks for the prompt replies. I'll have a look at those suggestions.
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Post by brianinatlanta on Dec 20, 2014 13:18:58 GMT
Anyway anyhow anywhere was supposed to be getting revamp this year?? I would put this head and shoulders above a straight biography. Full of facts and rare photos The last I heard, Matt & Andy were working on the sequel that would take The Who story up to date. |
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Post by brittany on Dec 22, 2014 22:09:34 GMT
Currently reading Pete Townsends autobiography and enjoying it.
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Post by Yellow Printer on Dec 22, 2014 23:14:23 GMT
Anyway anyhow anywhere should be a revised version from 1964 to 1978
Nothing more.
Who cares what happened in 1981?
Or any other time after...
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Post by Ineedanewname on Dec 23, 2014 3:43:40 GMT
Anyway anyhow anywhere should be a revised version from 1964 to 1978 Nothing more. Who cares what happened in 1981? Or any other time after... Maybe those fans who only discovered the band after 1981? I didn't get to first see The Who until the 1990s, so that period would be of interest to me. Likewise there are younger fans who's first live experiences of the band came during the 2000's, so that period would be of interest to them. |
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Post by brianinatlanta on Dec 23, 2014 13:52:07 GMT
There are always people who say The Who weren't worth seeing after a certain point.
When I first went to see them in 1973, people at my high school said, "Why bother? They don't smash their instruments anymore."
I've met long-time British fans who thought "Magic Bus" was their last good record and couldn't stand them once they got into that "rock opera sh**".
Irish Jack almost dropped interest in the band after they went for psychedelic clothing in 1967.
I've read more than once that The Who said it all with their first three singles and should have hung it up after that.
I swear if I met Pete's grandmother, she'd say Pete was only good playing that Italian-restaurant guitar she bought for him and was worthless once he went electric.
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