Research Catalog

Title

Talking to girls about Duran Duran : one young man's quest for true love and a cooler haircut / Rob Sheffield.

Author

Sheffield, Rob

Publication

New York : Dutton, ©2010.

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Details

Description

ix, 274 pages; 22 cm

Summary

"The author of Love is a Mix Tape returns to share the soundtrack to his eighties adolescence. When he turned 13 in 1980, Sheffield had a lot to learn about women, love, music and himself, and here he offers a glimpse into his transformation from pasty, geeky "hermit boy" into a young man with his first girlfriend, his first apartment, and a sense of the world. It's all here: Inept flirtations. Dumb crushes. Deplorable fashion choices. Members Only jackets. Girls, every last one of whom seems to be madly in love with the bassist of Duran Duran. Sheffield's coming-of-age story has a playlist that any child of the eighties or anyone who just loves music will sing along with. These songs--and Sheffield's writing--will remind readers of that first kiss, that first car, and the moments that shaped their lives."--Publisher description.

Subject

• Sheffield, Rob
• Music critics > United States > Biography
• Journalists > United States > Biography
• Rock music > History and criticism
• Journalism
• Rock music > History and criticism
• Critiques musicaux > États-Unis > Biographies
• Journalistes > États-Unis > Biographies
• Rock (Musique) > Histoire et critique
• Journalisme
• journalism
• Journalists
• Music critics
• Rock music
• United States

Genre/Form

• Rock music – History and criticism.
• Biography
• Autobiography
• autobiographies (literary works)
• Rock music
• Autobiographies
• Biographies
• Criticism, interpretation, etc.
• Biographies.
• Autobiographies.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Go-Go's, "Our lips are sealed" -- David Bowie, "Ashes to ashes" -- Ray Parker, Jr., "A woman needs love" -- The Rolling Stones, "She's so cold" -- The Human League, "Love action" -- Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark, "Enola Gay" -- Culture Club "I'll tumble 4 ya" -- Hall & Oates, "Maneater" -- Roxy Music "More than this" -- Bonnie Tyler, "Total eclipse of the heart" -- Haysi Fantayzee, "Shiny shiny" -- A Flock of Seagulls, "Space age love song" -- Chaka Khan, "I feel for you" -- Prince, "Purple rain" -- Paul McCartney, "No more lonely nights" -- Madonna, "Crazy for you" -- The Replacements, "Left of the dial" -- The Smiths, "Ask" -- The Psychedelic Furs, "Pretty in Pink" -- Lita Ford, "Kiss me deadly" -- Tone Loc, "Funky cold medina" -- New Kids on the Block, "Hangin' tough" -- Big Daddy Kane, "Ain't no half steppin'" -- L'Trimm, "Cars with the boom" -- Duran Duran, "All she wants is."

ISBN

• 9780525951568
• 0525951563

LCCN

2010018636

OCLC

• 456171766
• SCSB-12218885

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library