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Post by personunknown on Mar 11, 2020 13:59:00 GMT
About forty pages in and though not a literary classic still a riveting read. Hard to believe he was once a tie dyed hippie following the Khatamandu trail.
A honest and engaging read.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Mar 12, 2020 15:06:39 GMT
I'm keen to read that one PU
The Julien Temple documentaries are riveting
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Post by personunknown on Mar 12, 2020 21:02:04 GMT
Just finished it. Last half doesn't concentrate much on the music, more about the death of his wife and his own illness. Slightly bitter on his departure from the Feelgoods, though reading between the lines it was inevitable, Lemmy is succinct on the incompatibility of speed freaks (Wilko) and boozers (Brillaeux). Has its humour though when he joins Ian Dury and the Blockheads, fights in the hotel, on the bus, on the stage. Topper Headon projectile vomiting from behind his kit, yet not missing a beat.
Not a classic by any means but if you like the music, it will be for you.
PS Roxette was a completely made up name by Wilko for the song of the same name. The Swedish band took their name from the tune also.
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Nov 4, 2020 15:53:01 GMT
Roxette was a completely made up name by Wilko for the song of the same name. The Swedish band took their name from the tune also. WTF? I never knew that bit about the Swedish Roxette How flipping weird Marie Fredriksson, singer of Roxette, died aged 61 last December |
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Post by stu77 on May 18, 2021 15:58:57 GMT
Wilko taking about astronomy with John Robb
Obsessions | Wilko Johnson & Astronomy
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Post by Lord Emsworth on May 18, 2021 16:49:22 GMT
Looks good Stu
Thanks
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Post by zeopold on Sept 24, 2021 7:47:36 GMT
Just finished this... a well-written and thoroughly enjoyable account of an eventful life
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Sept 24, 2021 8:51:49 GMT
Gotta gotta gotta read this
Thanks for the prompt
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 14, 2021 14:20:48 GMT
I'm on page 84 of
'Don't You Leave Me Here: My Life' by Wilko Johnson Totally agree with everything PU has said above Very enjoyable read  |
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Post by Billy Idle on Oct 16, 2021 7:41:05 GMT
Very good book .
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 16, 2021 12:36:54 GMT
Just read the section where Wilko’s life partner dies of cancer after 40 years together
Heartbreaking
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Post by Lord Emsworth on Oct 17, 2021 14:29:49 GMT
Very enjoyable and moving read
The section following the death of Irene, the love of his life, killed me
His miraculous escape from a terminal diagnosis of pancreatic cancer is the stuff of Hollywood scripts
What emerges from this book is a passionate, private, intelligent, funny, eloquent and warm human being
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