Mick Jagger, Philip Norman
Mick Jagger, Philip Norman
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Mick Jagger

Author: Philip Norman

Narrator: James Langton

Unabridged: 48 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ecco

Published: 10/02/2012

Synopsis

Author Phillip Norman, whose previous bestseller, John Lennon: The Life, was praised as a “haunting, mammoth, terrific piece of work” (New York Times Book Review) and whose classic Shout! is widely considered to be the definitive biography of the Beatles, now turns his attention to the iconic front man of the Rolling Stones, “the greatest rock ’n’ roll band in the world.” Norman’s Mick Jagger is an extraordinarily detailed and vibrantly written in-depth account of the life and half-century-long career of one of the most fascinating and complex superstars of rock music—the most comprehensive biography to date of the famously enigmatic musician. Keith Richards had his say in Life. Now it’s time to get to know intimately the other half of the duo responsible for such enduring hits as “Paint It Black,” “Sympathy for the Devil,” “Gimme Shelter,” and “(I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction.” Mick Jagger is a must read for Stones fans, and everyone who can’t get enough of the serious memoirs and biographies of popular musicians, like Patti Smith’s Just Kids, Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? by Steven Tyler, and the Warren Zevon story, I’ll Sleep When I’m Dead.

About Philip Norman

Philip Norman is a novelist, biographer, journalist, and playwright. He is the author of the bestselling biography John Lennon: The Life and the history of The Beatles Shout!: The Beatles in Their Generation. Norman has also published biographies of Buddy Holly, the Rolling Stones, and Elton John, as well as six works of fiction and two plays, The Man That Got Away and Words of Love. He lives in London.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Peebee on January 01, 2013

I don't like it when biographers have an agenda, and Philip Norman clearly had an agenda when writing this book. This was clearly written as a response to Keith Richards' Life which was released to considerable critical acclaim and a hefty advance. It's not a news flash to anyone that 1) Keith is le......more

Goodreads review by Carol on December 13, 2017

One of my all time favorite guilty pleasures from the Nineties is the movie YOUNG GUNS II with Emilio Estevez as Billy the Kid and Kiefer Sutherland as Doc Scurlock. At one point Doc tells Billy if they don't stop acting recklessly they're all going to die. Billy's comeback is "you killed half the m......more

Goodreads review by Peter on February 21, 2015

Every few years a new Jagger biography comes out but pick any book from any decade and the story is the same - 1. Jagger is a self obsessed mysoginist 2. He has only had one real relationship in his life and that is with Keith Richards. Keith claims to no longer know or understand him. 3. Money is Jag......more

Goodreads review by John on July 06, 2013

First of all, this is a well researched and written book. The amount of detail about Jagger and his friends is amazing. Unfortunately, with all of that detail, it slooooowws the book down to a crawl. Even though I have been a Rolling Stone fan since 1967, it was almost too much detail to absorb or e......more

Goodreads review by James on November 21, 2018

This should have been titled 'Mick Jagger's Sex Life' because that seems to be Norman's primary focus. I love the Rolling Stones as a band, just as I do the Beatles, the Beach Boys, and any number of others, but I've yet to read a biography that makes the characters seem interesting or even someone......more

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