14 enero, 2012

Nuevo libro sobre Neil Young

Mientras nosotros comentamos el tema de si existe o no existe una traducción de la biblia Shakey, si de verdad es Shakey o un resumen o si es sólo un globo sonda de si merece la pena ponerse a traducir un ladrillo de esas características, una conocida tienda online ha puesto a la venta un libro hasta ahora desconocido del Tío Neil.

Se trata del titulado Neil Young FAQ (Todo lo que deberías conocer del icónico y mitológico rockero), a cargo del teclado de Glen Boyd.

imageNeil Young has had one of the most remarkable careers in the history of music. He hasn't just outlived many of his contemporaries - some of whom were great inspirations for him ("From Hank to Hendrix," as one of his own songs says); his artistry lives on through those he has inspired (Pearl Jam, Radiohead), and he remains relevant and vital well into his fifth decade of making music. Young also continues to crank out records at a rate that would kill most artists half his age. Between his solo and live albums, and his work with Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, his remarkable career has spanned well over 50 albums. Although he has experimented in genres from syntho-pop to rockabilly, Neil Young is best known for the fully cranked, feedback-laden noise he makes with Crazy Horse (Rust Never Sleeps and Ragged Glory) and the more introspective folk-pop (Harvest). The glue that binds his work together is the songwriting. Because when it comes to writing great, timeless songs, Neil Young has few equals. Neil Young FAQ is the first definitive guide to the music of this mercurial and methodical, enduring, and infuriating icon. From the Archives to Zuma and from the Ditch Trilogy to the Geffen years, this book covers every song and album in painstaking detail-including bootlegs and such lost recordings as Homegrown, Chrome Dreams, Toast, and Meadow Dusk. Obscure facts and anecdotes from the studio to the road, along with dozens of rare images, make this book a must-have for Young fans.

Como ves no tienen empacho en anunciarlo como el imprescindible para los nuevos fans: la primera guía definitiva de su música, que cubre todos sus discos, incluidos bootlegs y algunos de sus “desaparecidos”. Ya veremos.

De momento, 400 páginas por algo menos de $20 que será puesto a la venta a partir del 1 de mayo, en inglés, naturalmente.

Por si te interesa… ISBN-10: 1617130370 e ISBN-13: 978-1617130373.

Glen Boyd parece ser un excelente music-blogger que escribe bastante bien del tema. Al parecer es un buen fan de Neil, tanto que algunos consideran que está mejor informado que el propio  McDonough. Y por lo visto ha realizado una investigación muy exhaustiva para componer esta nueva obra. Lo dicho, ya veremos.

1 comentario:

manologranpa dijo...

a la cola que todavía me quedan 300 pgs de Shakey pero caerá de todas todas.
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