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Este es un libro sobre freaks y para freaks pergeñado por un freak mayúsculo. En su última locura, Luke Haines traza una historia secreta y subterránea del rock a partir de sus más eminentes tarados. Con un humor desquiciante y acidisimo y una lucidez prodigiosa, el otrora lider de The Auteurs y Black Box Recorder entre otras muchas encarnaciones ha escrito un manifiesto para enmarcar y probablemente uno de los volumenes mas divertidos de la literatura musical. Por estas paginas reptan bichos raros de la talla de Gene Vincent, los Shadows, la Incredible String Band, Jim Morrison, T. Rex, Gary Glitter, Lou Reed, Morrissey, The Fall, los Go-Betweens, las chicas Manson y un hatajo de villanos de lucha libre ataviados con leotardos, amen de otras criaturas espeluznantes. "Freaks Out!" es una reivindicacion maravillosa de la otredad y la anomalia que sin duda alguna es lectura no apta para la gente normal.

The instant Sunday Times bestseller A straight talking yet frequently astonishing memoir The Times A book as idiosyncratic as it is nostalgic The Observer When Never Gonna Give You Up propelled Rick Astley into the pop stratosphere it irrevocably changed his life Nothing could have prepared the boy from Lancashire for what was in store for him At just nineteen years old Rick agreed to sign with legendary production team Stock Aitken Waterman giving him a peek into the mechanics of the music industry and eventually leading him to platinum selling albums and global tours To outsiders it would appear that the world was at Rick s feet Then suddenly at the height of his fame it wasn t Behind the hits and the glitz and glamour was a young man coming to terms with his new found fame the realities of a career in the pop music machine and the pressures of life on the road not to mention the fallout from a childhood spent torn between divorced parents in a volatile family dynamic Time away from the industry offered Rick room for much needed reflection and unknowingly helped set the stage for his triumphant return to music This is Rick s story in his own words

If you re a passionate Swiftie who wants to know EVERYTHING about your favorite icon especially her music this luxuriously illustrated deep dive should take center stage Featuring fresh insights from all eleven studio albums from Taylor Swift to The Tortured Poets Department Taylor Swift Album by Album mines her life lyrics and music like nothing else before it This book also features several chapters on all the Taylor s Version albums released to date with panel discussions from noted Swift scholars accompanied by vibrant photography that captures Swift in each and every era from an aspiring country musician to the dominant global force she is today Swift s artistry awards and accolades are hard to encompass from the youngest artist with a No 1 song on the Hot Country chart to the first recipient of Billboard s Woman of the Decade award Swifties will find that and more inside including Fresh insight into her lyrics life and loves from her earliest days as a recording artist Tons of sidebars that explore her influences lyrical references musical knowledge and more Details on album personnel special guests awards and tours A special section on the Taylor s Version albums that explains how they came about and why they matter to Taylor and scores of