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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut, Rob Sheffield. Hardcover. 4 out of 5 stars.
From amazon:
"Growing up in the eighties, you were surrounded by mysteries. These were the years of MTV and John Hughes movies, the era of big dreams and bigger shoulder pads. Like any teenage geek, Rob Sheffield spent the decade searching for true love and maybe a cooler haircut. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is his tale of stumbling into adulthood with a killer soundtrack. Inept flirtations. Dumb crushes. Deplorable fashion choices. Girls, every last one of whom was madly in love with the bassist of Duran Duran.
In his first book, the national bestseller Love Is a Mix Tape, Sheffield shared a heartbreaking true story of love and grief. With Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, he returns with a smart, funny, and emotionally pitch-perfect trip through the music and memories of the eighties. As a confused teenager stranded in the suburbs, mowing lawns, and playing video games, Rob had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself. But he was sure his radio had all the answers, whether he was driving an ice cream truck through Boston to "Purple Rain," slam dancing to The Replacements, or pondering the implications of Madonna lyrics.
From Bowie to Bobby Brown, from hair metal to hip-hop, he loved them all. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is a journey through pop culture of an American adolescence that will remind you of your first crush, first car, and first kiss. But it's not just a book about music. This is a book about moments in time, and the way we obsess over them through the years. Every song is a snapshot of a moment that helps form the rest of your life. Whenever you grew up, and whatever your teenage obsessions, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran brings those moments to life."
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This was a great book! It was a sort of prequel to his first book "Love is a Mix Tape". Again, each chapter was sub-titled with a song title that was pertinent to the contents of the chapter, which I still think is pretty cool. I actually remembered most of the songs he mentioned in each chapter, too! :) Wow, that alone was a trip down memory lane for me! This book made me remember so much of my own life back in the 80s, especially the music and all the emotions that came along with all the music Mr. Sheffield talked about. It was so easy to relate to all of the characters he talked about in the book, and to him, too. If you're a purveyor of all things 80s, this book is probably a good one for you. :)
From amazon:
"Growing up in the eighties, you were surrounded by mysteries. These were the years of MTV and John Hughes movies, the era of big dreams and bigger shoulder pads. Like any teenage geek, Rob Sheffield spent the decade searching for true love and maybe a cooler haircut. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is his tale of stumbling into adulthood with a killer soundtrack. Inept flirtations. Dumb crushes. Deplorable fashion choices. Girls, every last one of whom was madly in love with the bassist of Duran Duran.
In his first book, the national bestseller Love Is a Mix Tape, Sheffield shared a heartbreaking true story of love and grief. With Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, he returns with a smart, funny, and emotionally pitch-perfect trip through the music and memories of the eighties. As a confused teenager stranded in the suburbs, mowing lawns, and playing video games, Rob had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself. But he was sure his radio had all the answers, whether he was driving an ice cream truck through Boston to "Purple Rain," slam dancing to The Replacements, or pondering the implications of Madonna lyrics.
From Bowie to Bobby Brown, from hair metal to hip-hop, he loved them all. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran is a journey through pop culture of an American adolescence that will remind you of your first crush, first car, and first kiss. But it's not just a book about music. This is a book about moments in time, and the way we obsess over them through the years. Every song is a snapshot of a moment that helps form the rest of your life. Whenever you grew up, and whatever your teenage obsessions, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran brings those moments to life."
~~~
This was a great book! It was a sort of prequel to his first book "Love is a Mix Tape". Again, each chapter was sub-titled with a song title that was pertinent to the contents of the chapter, which I still think is pretty cool. I actually remembered most of the songs he mentioned in each chapter, too! :) Wow, that alone was a trip down memory lane for me! This book made me remember so much of my own life back in the 80s, especially the music and all the emotions that came along with all the music Mr. Sheffield talked about. It was so easy to relate to all of the characters he talked about in the book, and to him, too. If you're a purveyor of all things 80s, this book is probably a good one for you. :)
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