Author: Ray Dexter
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244992711
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Big music, raggle taggle, sonic rock, spiritual visionaries: the music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys has meant many things to different people over the last forty yeatrs. They can rock with the best of them, play folk tunes that bring admiration from the purists. They can make you laugh, they can make you cry. What is certain is that they have never been boring. In the first of two volumes Ray Dexter analyses every song the Waterboys have recorded and in doing so provides an insight that now other work on the band has provided. Essential reading for the true fan.
The Waterboys: Song-by-Song: Volume 1: Angst, big music, raggle taggle and rock
Author: Ray Dexter
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244992711
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Big music, raggle taggle, sonic rock, spiritual visionaries: the music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys has meant many things to different people over the last forty yeatrs. They can rock with the best of them, play folk tunes that bring admiration from the purists. They can make you laugh, they can make you cry. What is certain is that they have never been boring. In the first of two volumes Ray Dexter analyses every song the Waterboys have recorded and in doing so provides an insight that now other work on the band has provided. Essential reading for the true fan.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 0244992711
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 184
Book Description
Big music, raggle taggle, sonic rock, spiritual visionaries: the music of Mike Scott and the Waterboys has meant many things to different people over the last forty yeatrs. They can rock with the best of them, play folk tunes that bring admiration from the purists. They can make you laugh, they can make you cry. What is certain is that they have never been boring. In the first of two volumes Ray Dexter analyses every song the Waterboys have recorded and in doing so provides an insight that now other work on the band has provided. Essential reading for the true fan.
The Hungarian Girl Trap
Author: Ray Dexter
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847281389
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Boy meets girl. Boy is English, girl Hungarian: boy has a good job at a very well-known boarding school in England; girl is an au pair who wants to get back to Hungary as soon as possible. Boy descovers he knows a man who is running an International school in Hungary and he is desperate for boy to work for him. Boy decides you can't fight that sort of coincidence, chucks in the good job at the well-known boarding school and follows the girl to Budapest ... This is a book about real life in one of Europe's most fascinating cities. Ray Dexter shows us deep inside the Hungarian soul and also inside the minds of the expats who have also ended up in the Hungarian Girl Trap"--P. [4] of cover.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1847281389
Category : Travel
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
"Boy meets girl. Boy is English, girl Hungarian: boy has a good job at a very well-known boarding school in England; girl is an au pair who wants to get back to Hungary as soon as possible. Boy descovers he knows a man who is running an International school in Hungary and he is desperate for boy to work for him. Boy decides you can't fight that sort of coincidence, chucks in the good job at the well-known boarding school and follows the girl to Budapest ... This is a book about real life in one of Europe's most fascinating cities. Ray Dexter shows us deep inside the Hungarian soul and also inside the minds of the expats who have also ended up in the Hungarian Girl Trap"--P. [4] of cover.
Gaz's Rockin Book
Author: Gaz Mayall
Publisher: Trolley Press
ISBN: 9781907112157
Category : Blues (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded by Gaz Mayall on July 3, 1980, Gaz's Rocklin Blues is an institution and London's longest running one-nighter club. This book is released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the club and features all the flyers and posters made for the night over the years, as well as photos, anecdotes and everything you wanted to know about this legendary and well-loved night.
Publisher: Trolley Press
ISBN: 9781907112157
Category : Blues (Music)
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Founded by Gaz Mayall on July 3, 1980, Gaz's Rocklin Blues is an institution and London's longest running one-nighter club. This book is released to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the club and features all the flyers and posters made for the night over the years, as well as photos, anecdotes and everything you wanted to know about this legendary and well-loved night.
IMPERIAL PHASE - THE RISE & FA
Author: Ray Dexter
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781326941932
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A man with a quiff and a hearing aid twirls around with a bunch of gladioli sprouting from his trouser pocket. Two sullen Scotsmen deafen you with descanting feedback. Jackson Pollock paint-splattered mods in flared trousers become the sound of Ecstasy.Five lads from Burnage standing still and playing football style anthems to hundreds of thousands of people. Common People! Bez! Parklife! The -Imperial Phase- is a term defined by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys to describe a time in an artists' career when they were at their commercial peak - when they could do nothing wrong. This book describes the imperial phase of British indie music from the end of the Smiths to the death of Britpop. In 45 coruscating essays Ray Dexter analyses the records that told the story. Artists covered include the Smiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead, The Verve and many, many more.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 9781326941932
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
A man with a quiff and a hearing aid twirls around with a bunch of gladioli sprouting from his trouser pocket. Two sullen Scotsmen deafen you with descanting feedback. Jackson Pollock paint-splattered mods in flared trousers become the sound of Ecstasy.Five lads from Burnage standing still and playing football style anthems to hundreds of thousands of people. Common People! Bez! Parklife! The -Imperial Phase- is a term defined by Neil Tennant of the Pet Shop Boys to describe a time in an artists' career when they were at their commercial peak - when they could do nothing wrong. This book describes the imperial phase of British indie music from the end of the Smiths to the death of Britpop. In 45 coruscating essays Ray Dexter analyses the records that told the story. Artists covered include the Smiths, Jesus and Mary Chain, Stone Roses, Happy Mondays, Primal Scream, New Order, My Bloody Valentine, Blur, Pulp, Radiohead, The Verve and many, many more.
The Magnificent Seven
Author: Mike Scott
Publisher: Flood Gallery
ISBN: 9781838345518
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This 240-page book contains a 50,000 word narrative from Waterboys founder/leader, Mike Scott telling the story of the Waterboys great seven-piece band from 1989 through to the release of their 1990 album, Room to Roam. Covering the band members backgrounds, places they played, how they discovered traditional songs & recording at Spiddal House in the West of Ireland. The also features contributions by band members, an incredible collection of photographs, maps, lyrics, manuscripts, master tapes and other archival material.
Publisher: Flood Gallery
ISBN: 9781838345518
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
This 240-page book contains a 50,000 word narrative from Waterboys founder/leader, Mike Scott telling the story of the Waterboys great seven-piece band from 1989 through to the release of their 1990 album, Room to Roam. Covering the band members backgrounds, places they played, how they discovered traditional songs & recording at Spiddal House in the West of Ireland. The also features contributions by band members, an incredible collection of photographs, maps, lyrics, manuscripts, master tapes and other archival material.
A Billion Years
Author: Mike Rinder
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982185767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Gallery Book. Gallery Books has a great book for every reader.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1982185767
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
A Gallery Book. Gallery Books has a great book for every reader.
Death to Trad Rock
Author: John Robb
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901447361
Category : Alternative rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
History of the "post-post-punk scene" of the 80s.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781901447361
Category : Alternative rock music
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
History of the "post-post-punk scene" of the 80s.
The Undertaking of Lily Chen
Author: Danica Novgorodoff
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435860
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Fictional graphic novel telling a magical realist story set in the world of the black market for deceased brides in China"--
Publisher: Macmillan
ISBN: 1596435860
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
"Fictional graphic novel telling a magical realist story set in the world of the black market for deceased brides in China"--
Strange Boat
Author: Ian Abrahams
Publisher: SAF Publishing
ISBN: 9780946719921
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Renowned rock writer Ian Abrahams - Classic Rock, Record Collector, Mojo - assembles the definitive story of the legendary post-folk gypsy-rock literati The Waterboys and their gently stellar frontman, Mike Scott. Abrahams follows the progress of a band and a man often cited by rock and folk critics alike as both hugely influential and praiseworthy in their own rights, examining the role of Scott as he emphasises a continuity between The Water Boys and his solo work over the last 25 years.
Publisher: SAF Publishing
ISBN: 9780946719921
Category : Rock musicians
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Renowned rock writer Ian Abrahams - Classic Rock, Record Collector, Mojo - assembles the definitive story of the legendary post-folk gypsy-rock literati The Waterboys and their gently stellar frontman, Mike Scott. Abrahams follows the progress of a band and a man often cited by rock and folk critics alike as both hugely influential and praiseworthy in their own rights, examining the role of Scott as he emphasises a continuity between The Water Boys and his solo work over the last 25 years.
IB Chemistry Revision Guide
Author: Ray Dexter
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1785270826
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A very challenging subject IB chemistry requires tremendous effort to understand fully and attain a high grade. ‘IB Chemistry Revision Guide’ simplifies the content and provides clear explanations for the material.
Publisher: Anthem Press
ISBN: 1785270826
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
A very challenging subject IB chemistry requires tremendous effort to understand fully and attain a high grade. ‘IB Chemistry Revision Guide’ simplifies the content and provides clear explanations for the material.