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caddysnack's review against another edition
5.0
hands down one of the best music biographies i've ever read. a must read for any airplane fan!
v_eda's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
3.0
Boring and a little paint-by-numbers
nealumphred's review
5.0
Trying to explain her song White Rabbit, Grace Slick told author Jeff Tamarkin:
"It's an interesting song, but it didn't do what I wanted it to do. What I was trying to say was that between the ages of zero and five the information and the input you get is almost indelible. In other words, once a Catholic, always a Catholic.
And the parents read us these books, like Alice In Wonderland, where she gets high, tall, and she takes mushrooms, a hookah, pills, alcohol. And then there's The Wizard Of Oz, where they fall into a field of poppies and when they wake they see Oz. And then there's Peter Pan, where if you sprinkle white dust on you, you could fly.
And then you wonder why we take it. Well, what did you read to me?"
If that was all that was in Got A Revolution!, it would be worth the price of admission. It's not, as there's lots more. Jeff's descriptions of individual album tracks are excellent, especially if the reader is familiar with those tracks. He will make you nod your head in agreement while thinking, "Huh! I hadn't thought of it that way."
It's a good book not only on Jefferson Airplane—and there's no "the" before Jefferson Airplane—but also on the '60s and what followed (some of which is still following).
Read Got A Revolution! and feed your head . . .
"It's an interesting song, but it didn't do what I wanted it to do. What I was trying to say was that between the ages of zero and five the information and the input you get is almost indelible. In other words, once a Catholic, always a Catholic.
And the parents read us these books, like Alice In Wonderland, where she gets high, tall, and she takes mushrooms, a hookah, pills, alcohol. And then there's The Wizard Of Oz, where they fall into a field of poppies and when they wake they see Oz. And then there's Peter Pan, where if you sprinkle white dust on you, you could fly.
And then you wonder why we take it. Well, what did you read to me?"
If that was all that was in Got A Revolution!, it would be worth the price of admission. It's not, as there's lots more. Jeff's descriptions of individual album tracks are excellent, especially if the reader is familiar with those tracks. He will make you nod your head in agreement while thinking, "Huh! I hadn't thought of it that way."
It's a good book not only on Jefferson Airplane—and there's no "the" before Jefferson Airplane—but also on the '60s and what followed (some of which is still following).
Read Got A Revolution! and feed your head . . .