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Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut - Rob Sheffield
Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
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From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment Weekly The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran.... show more
From the bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape, "a funny, insightful look at the sublime torture of adolescence".—Entertainment Weekly The 1980s meant MTV and John Hughes movies, big dreams and bigger shoulder pads, and millions of teen girls who nursed crushes on the members of Duran Duran. As a solitary teenager stranded in the suburbs, Rob Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music, and himself. And he was sure his radio had all the answers. As evidenced by the bestselling sales of Sheffield's first book, Love Is a Mix Tape, the connection between music and memory strikes a chord with readers. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran strikes that chord all over again, and is a pitch-perfect trip through '80s music-from Bowie to Bobby Brown, from hair metal to hip-hop. But this book is not just about music. It's about growing up and how every song is a snapshot of a moment that you'll remember the rest of your life.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780452297234 (0452297230)
Publisher: Plume
Pages no: 288
Edition language: English
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Lavinia
Lavinia rated it
Though dedicated to his second wife, the book is more about Rob's love for ('80s) music and his sisters, above anything else. I can totally understand his obsession for '80s, music since I'm a sucker for it myself (I can totally kick your ass at SongPop when it comes to '80s and '90s, thank you very...
purelynicole
purelynicole rated it
3.0 Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
Not as good as Love is a Mixtape, but very enjoyable none the less.
Kim
Kim rated it
Temporarily shelving this for now since my 10-minute drive to work isn't enough time to keep my attention.
cczarneckikernus
cczarneckikernus rated it
2.0 Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
Liked the parts of Duran Duran especially. Parts made me laugh out loud, or read them aloud to my husband.
Words, Words, Words
Words, Words, Words rated it
3.0 Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man's Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut
It took me less than three days to finish Rob Sheffield's equivalent of a sophomore album - his second book, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. I was a huge fan of his memoir, Love is a Mix Tape, so I had high hopes for this book too.Now I didn't live through the 80s, I'm not a Duran Duran fan, not...
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