One Last Song, Mike Ayers
One Last Song, Mike Ayers
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One Last Song
Conversations on Life, Death, and Music

Author: Mike Ayers, Jim James

Narrator: Paul Heitsch

Unabridged: 3 hr 46 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 08/27/2024

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

An ironically upbeat book that asks some of today's most inimitable musicians which song they would choose to be the last one they ever hear

If you could choose the last song you'd hear before you died, what would it be and why? Your favorite song of all time? Perhaps the one you danced to at your wedding? The song from that time you got super stoned and just let the chords speak to you? It's a hard question that Mike Ayers has thought about for years.

In One Last Song, Ayers invites thirty musicians to consider what song they would each want to accompany them to those pearly white gates. Weaving together their explanations with evocative illustrations and poignant interludes—what your song to die to says about you, what songs famous people have died to, and more. The book offers insight into the minds of famous artists and provides an entry point for considering how integral music is to our own personal narratives.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joachim

All filler, no killer. I know it's all about taste, but I had higher expectations about the death bed music choice. Firework by Katy Perry? Baker 'the absolute low of 80's sax playing' Street by Gerry Rafferty? Perfect day by Lou Reed? Girls just want to have fun? by Cyndi Lauper. Of course one would......more

Goodreads review by Mike

Mike Ayers has created a fantastic homage to one of the only things that truly helps us cope with existential dread — music. One Last Song is the natural next step from a former Rolling Stone editor and author who has been listening to, thinking about and writing about music for years. If you want a......more

Goodreads review by Diane

It's always interesting to read what others think would be the first song they remember, enjoyed dancing to, ones that bring back a flood of memories, what they want played at their funeral should they decide to have one and in this case what song they want to hear just before they die. Several of th......more