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Overpaid, Oversexed and Over There
- Author
- David Hepworth
- Narrator
- David Hepworth
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Publish Date
- 17 September 2020
- Run Time
- 11 hours 42 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Brought to you by Penguin.
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
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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?
Danny Baker
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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
The Times
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A waspish and witty book
The Herald
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Fascinating and entertaining
Hot Press Magazine
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Another tremendously enjoyable read, full of good stories, expertly told: in other words, satisfaction guaranteed
The Spectator
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Details
- Author
- David Hepworth
- Narrator
- David Hepworth
- Duration
- 11 hours 42 minutes
- Release Date
- 17 September 2020
- ISBN
- 9781473581203
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Transworld
- Genre
- Musicians, singers, bands and groups, Music, Social and cultural history, Biography: arts and entertainment
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin. 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
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