Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
- Author David Hepworth
- Narrator David Hepworth
- Publisher Transworld
- Publish Date 17 September 2020
- Run Time 11 hours and 42 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Biography: arts and entertainment, Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Social and cultural history.
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What to expect
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The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution nobody predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest, most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and the modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times.
The resulting fusion of American can-do and British fuck-you didn't just lead to rock and roll's most resonant music. It ushered in a golden era when a generation of kids born in ration card Britain, who had grown up with their nose pressed against the window of America's plenty, were invited to wallow in their big neighbour's largesse.
It deals with a time when everything that was being done - from the Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage - was being done for the very first time.
Rock and roll would never be quite so exciting again.
© David Hepworth 2020 (P) Penguin Audio 2020
Critics Review
David Hepworth’s books go against one of the core rules of rock & roll. You are supposed to get worse the more you release. He doesn’t seem to get that. This latest may be his best. Where’s the tradition in that?
Hepworth’s ability to mock subjects he has a clear affection for and cast well-worn anecdotes in a fresh light makes his history of rock’n’roll’s special relationship a zippy delight
A waspish and witty book
Fascinating and entertaining
Another tremendously enjoyable read, full of good stories, expertly told: in other words, satisfaction guaranteed
| Author | David Hepworth |
|---|---|
| Narrator | David Hepworth |
| Duration | 11 hours and 42 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781473581203 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Transworld |
| Genre | Biography: arts and entertainment, Music, Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Social and cultural history |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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