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Bezig met laden... Stories to Tell: A Memoirdoor Richard Marx
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HTML:A 2022 Audie Award Finalist National Bestseller Legendary musician Richard Marx offers an enlightening, entertaining look at his life and career. Richard Marx is one of the most accomplished singer-songwriters in the history of popular music. His self-titled 1987 album went triple platinum and made him the first male solo artist (and second solo artist overall after Whitney Houston) to have four singles from their debut crack the top three on the Billboard Hot 100. His follow-up, 1989's Repeat Offender, was an even bigger smash, going quadruple platinum and landing two singles at number one. He has written fourteen number one songs in total, shared a Song of the Year Grammy with Luther Vandross, and collaborated with a variety of artists including NSYNC, Josh Groban, Natalie Cole, and Keith Urban. Lately, he's also become a Twitter celebrity thanks to his outspokenness on social issues and his ability to out-troll his trolls. In Stories to Tell, Marx uses this same engaging, straight-talking style to look back on his life and career. He writes of how Kenny Rogers changed a single line of a song he'd written for him then asked for a 50% cutā??which inspired Marx to write one of his biggest hits. He tells the uncanny story of how he wound up curled up on the couch of Olivia Newton-John, his childhood crush, watching Xanadu. He shares the tribulations of working with the all-female hair metal band Vixen and appearing in their video. Yet amid these entertaining celebrity encounters, Marx offers a more sobering assessment of the music business as he's experienced it over four decadesā??the challenges of navigating greedy executives and grueling tour schedules, and the rewards of connecting with thousands of fans at sold-out shows that make all the drama worthwhile. He also provides an illuminating look at his songwriting process and talks honestly about how his personal life has inspired his work, including finding love with wife Daisy Fuentes and the mystery illness that recently struck himā??and that doctors haven't been able to solve. Stories to Tell is a remarkably candid, wildly entertaining memoir about the art and business Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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 Google Books — Bezig met laden...GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)781.63092The arts Music General principles and musical forms Traditions of music Non-western popular music {equally instrumental and vocal} Biography And HistoryLC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde: (3.79)
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And he's got some stories to tell. Granted, he never really does that super satisfying deep dive into any of them, just mostly a quick, surface-only anecdote. But it's still interesting just from not only the sheer number of people he's gotten to know and/or work with, but across how many musical genres.
I know some have complained about his not mentioning his wife of 25 years that much in this volume, but when he talks about how, when they separated, it was a private affair that he doesn't want to discuss, I get it. If you're going to talk about all the good times over the 25 years, then everyone's also going to want to know where it all went wrong and he doesn't want to go there. I respect that.
And while I did enjoy the book, it was only toward the ending that a couple of things began to irritate slightly. The first is the repetition of the, "I just attract the people I need. If I want to meet them, then I'll meet them" mantra. He talked about it at the beginning, but he brought it up at least one time too many throughout the book.
The second was something I felt was kind of unnecessary. He highlights that he's had number one hits across four decades, which truly is an achievement and it's something he should highlight, and should be proud of. But then he digs in and almost seems a little too much, "I know you probably haven't heard me on the radio lately, but dammit, I'm still relevant!"
I think that was unnecessary, and maybe a touch whiny because, quite frankly, he laid out his case for relevancy far better throughout all the previous pages up to that point.
Regardless, these were minor quibbles. Overall, a fun and interesting book from a fun and interesting guy. (