David Hepworth on the glory, comedy and tragedy of rock stars who can't retire
David’s seventh book in his ‘orange series’ is just out and you’re guaranteed to love it. He and Mark discussed ‘Hope I Get Old Before I Die’ at a sold-out launch event at Waterstones in Piccadilly on the evening of September 3, recorded here. Among the highlights you’ll find …
… the rock career as a three-act play.
… the tour that started the Age Of Spectacle.
… why Live Aid was the dawn of pop nostalgia.
… the rock star who retired from retirement.
… Woodstock – “the Somme with Santana”.
… the terrible fallout in the Byrds.
… why no act is ever forgotten.
… Nick Lowe and the few others who got even better as they got older.
… band reunions are about symbolism not music.
… how the rock generation took power.
… why Ron Wood’s memoir can be read as either comedy or tragedy.
… bands that will achieve immortality.
… why Cameron Crowe’s Almost Famous seems like period drama.
… the worst group ever.
… and the only act that became bigger than the Beatles.
Order David’s new book here:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Hope-Get-Old-Before-Die/dp/1787632784
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Mark Ellen and David Hepworth have been talking about and writing about music together and individually for a collective eighty years in magazines like Smash Hits, Mojo and The Word and on radio and TV programmes like "Rock On", "Whistle Test" and VH-1.
Over thirteen years ago, when working on the late magazine The Word, they began producing podcasts. Some listeners have been kind enough to say these have been very special to them. When the magazine folded in 2012 they kept the spirit of those podcasts alive in regular Word In Your Ear evenings in which they spoke to musicians and authors in front of an audience.
Over these years they've produced hundreds of hours of material. As of the Current Unpleasantness of 2020, they've produced yet hundreds of hours more with a little help from guests kind enough to digitally show them around their attics such as Danny Baker, Andy Partridge, Sir Tim Rice and Mark Lewisohn. For the full span of the Word In Your Ear world, visit wiyelondon.com.
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