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Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 3. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 01, David Glenn Dixon rated it it was ok. I've been reading and writing about Pavement since '94, and I give up. No one's gonna crack that nut. Aug 15, Leah Weyandt rated it really liked it. Feb 06, Jason Coleman rated it liked it Shelves: greatest-hits , musique. Almost the book this great, departed band deserves.
The design, with its scribbled-in footnotes and 'zine-inspired layout, captures the graphic attitude of that era and of this band in particular, right down to the Steve Keene painting on the cover. Author Jovanovic does a lot of things right: he spoke to virtually all the players and brought back lots of good war stories, from the desolate suburbs of Stockton to the fertile Charlottesville scene of the late '80s that also included David Berman's Almost the book this great, departed band deserves.
Author Jovanovic does a lot of things right: he spoke to virtually all the players and brought back lots of good war stories, from the desolate suburbs of Stockton to the fertile Charlottesville scene of the late '80s that also included David Berman's Silver Jews to the Hoboken apartment from which these Whitney Museum security guards and future rock stars created the wild white noise that fed into the later Pavement sound and which they sometimes played into Thurston Moore and Kim Gordon's answering machine when they somehow got hold of the Sonic Youth leaders' private number.
His portrait of original drummer and confessed alcoholic mess Gary Young is unforgettable. But Jovanovic is otherwise slight on psychology, meager on analysis of the songs, and his heart is clearly with the early history, leaving the later work short-changed.
The book badly runs out of steam. I feel there is still a great Pavement story waiting to be written, one that joins the banal upbringings with the surreal, uncanny rightness of their art—as well as an era that may have felt great but, to the participants' bewilderment, "came too late. View all 3 comments. Jan 22, Patrick rated it liked it Shelves: Gets three stars just for the subject matter, but there was something underwhelming about this book.
It didn't really go into too much depth about the songs and lyrics and stuff, it seemed like just "then this person met that person living there, then this album came out, they they toured, then they broke up, the end. Feb 03, J. Coates rated it really liked it. If you love Pavement, this is a good book and worth a read. It's not literature, but it's a nice look into a band that spent the nineties being weird and cryptic while making weird and cryptic music.
If you don't like Pavement, you have bigger issues than this book. You should reevaluate your life decisions and ponder how you became such a joyless human being. Jul 05, Brian rated it liked it. Mar 07, Sophia Ordaz rated it liked it. I love Pavement! The scans of fanzines and band memos really brought the band's era to life and made for a fun, engaging read. Mar 11, dirt rated it really liked it Recommends it for: 90's kids. A nice little history of Pavement done through interviews of band members.
The over all message of the book is that we are lucky that Pavement existed. What started out as a lark for two dudes in a garage ended up leaving an indelible mark on music. Thank goodness or we would not have this little ukulele cover of Zurich is Stained. Just listen to this version once and it makes you want to go run out and do something beautiful!
Though Pavement has not become quite as big a mark as Jovanovic foreto A nice little history of Pavement done through interviews of band members. Though Pavement has not become quite as big a mark as Jovanovic foretold. Back in when Perfect Sound Forever was published, he made the prediction that soon nostalgia for the 90's would kick in and that Pavement would be seen as the second most influential band of the 90's, right behind those Nirvana kids.
Though he was prescient about the retro 90's revival I often feel like I am being sold my childhood back to me , sadly Pavement has not received quite the notoriety. On a tangent, it is weird how the past is remembered.
Lots of people have jumped on this Neutral Milk Hotel bandwagon. If all these people had listened to Neutral Milk Hotel, maybe they should have called up the radio station and requested a song or two.
Then we would not have been bombarded by the umpteenmillionth play of some Eve 6 song. Yeah, that was what was actually in heavy rotation, but no one is claiming they were the biggest Eve 6 fan back in the day. Can't sweep that one under the rug. Other reviewers have complained how straight forward Perfect Sound Forever is written.
This guy met this guy then and then they recorded that album. What did they want? Song analysis? That's like explaining why the joke is funny. Jovanovic does do an interesting balancing act with S. On one hand he reveres him as Stephen "He is a Genius" Malkmus, on the other he portrays him as a prissy little control freak who broke up the band. If you have half an hour to kill, check out this Soft Focus interview with Stephen Malkmus for a good time..
Overall, author Robbie "Jojo" Jovanovic lets the band speak for themselves and tell their story in their own words.
Surprisingly, almost all of them were huge Echo and the Bunnymen fans. Jan 07, Maarten Wagemakers rated it really liked it Shelves: music-biographies. This pretty decent biography on one of my favourite bands reads away like an extended magazine article - high on talking heads, somewhat light on the analysis.
And that's alright with me. Rock biographers usually tend This pretty decent biography on one of my favourite bands reads away like an extended magazine article - high on talking heads, somewhat light on the analysis. Do It Clean Read It In Books Simple Stuff Villiers Terrace Early Version Pride Early Version Simple Stuff Early Version Crocodiles Live Zimbo Live All That Jazz Live Grande banda.
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