In the Pleasure Groove
Love, Death, and Duran Duran
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John Taylor
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John Taylor
Summary
With Duran Duran, John Taylor has created some of the greatest songs of our time. From the disco dazzle of debut single "Planet Earth" right up to their latest number-one album All You Need is Now, Duran Duran has always had the power to sweep the world onto its feet. It's been a ride - and for John in particular, the ride has been wild, thrilling...and dangerous. Now, for the first time, he tells his incredible story - a tale of dreams fulfilled, lessons learned and demons conquered.
A shy only child, Nigel John Taylor wasn't an obvious candidate for pop stardom and frenzied girl panic. But when he ditched his first name and picked up a bass guitar, everything changed. John formed Duran Duran with his friend Nick Rhodes in the spring of 1978, and they were soon joined by Roger Taylor, then Andy Taylor and finally Simon Le Bon.
Together they were an immediate, massive global success story, their pictures on millions of walls, every single a worldwide hit.
In his frank, compelling autobiography, John recounts the highs - hanging out with icons like Bowie, Warhol, and even James Bond; dating Vogue models and driving fast cars - all the while playing hard with the band he loved. But he faced tough battles ahead - troubles that brought him to the brink of self-destruction - before turning his life around. Told with humour, honesty and hard-won wisdom, and with a PDF of exclusive pictures, In the Pleasure Groove is a fascinating, irresistible portrait of a man who danced into the fire...and came through the other side. Read by the author.
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©2012 John Taylor (P)2012 Penguin AudiobooksWould recommend to anyone with a love of the eighties, Duran Duran or JT. It's a great book!
Brilliant!
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Great book
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Brum boy
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Those of us that are of a similar vintage will particularly enjoy this tale of growing up in the 60s with parents, and household rules of that era. Taylor’s relationship with his parents is especially well written, and being an only child myself, I can feel their pride, joy and disappointment, throughout.
Would love a Volume 2 now, John, where you go into much greater detail about your life after Duran.
Highly entertaining
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The tale of an only child totally dedicated to his art; one who lived a childhood obsessing over music and grew into a band member of group that dominated the most popular genre of pop music for many years. The tale of a man totally dedicated to his art AS he tried to struggle with adoring fans; addictions and a sense of normality.
I found his life both sad because he struggled with normality and fascinating because he refuses to be normal. Yet throughout he stays as normal as he can with his Mum, Dad and cousin as well as his commitment to Duran Duran.
It's an extraordinary tale of how this artist from working class 1960s Birmingham turns himself into 1980s pop royalty and then moves on to become a respected artist across many genres over many years.
By the end of the book I was humbled by just how "nice" this chap remains after all of the ups and downs he describes.
What a nice guy!
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