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Average rating: 3.59 · 548 ratings · 72 reviews · 15 distinct worksSimilar authors
Bad Moon Rising: The Unoffi...

3.75 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 1998 — 10 editions
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Billy Joel: The Life and Ti...

3.20 avg rating — 105 ratings — published 2005 — 11 editions
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Every Little Thing Gonna Be...

3.89 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Billy Joel: The Life and Ti...

3.56 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Dirty Little Secrets of the...

3.67 avg rating — 39 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions
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The U2 Reader: A Quarter Ce...

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Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppeli...

3.61 avg rating — 31 ratings — published 2014 — 4 editions
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Turning Points In Rock And ...

3.77 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Noise of the World: Non-Wes...

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Green Day FAQ: All That's L...

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“We were ready to rock out and we waited and waited and finally it was our turn ... there were a half million people asleep. These people were out. It was sort of like a painting of a Dante scene, just bodies from hell, all intertwined and asleep, covered with mud. And this is the moment I will never forget as long as I live: A quarter mile away in the darkness, on the other edge of this bowl, there was some guy flicking his Bic, and in the night I hear, "Don't worry about it, John. We're with you." I played the rest of the show for that guy.

—John Fogerty recalling Creedence Clearwater Revival's 3:30 a.m. start time at Woodstock.”
Hank Bordowitz, Bad Moon Rising: The Unofficial History of Creedence Clearwater Revival

“In one of the most scathing of these reviews, New York Times critic Robert Palmer wrote: “He has mastered the art of making lyrics that are banal—and, when they are about women, frequently condescending—sound vaguely important. He has mastered the art of making the simplest drum accent sound as portentous as a peal of thunder and of introducing his side-men’s solos with such dramatic flourishes that they almost sound like gifted, sensitive musicians rather than like the hacks they are. He has won a huge following by making emptiness seem substantial and Holiday Inn lounge schlock sound special.”
Hank Bordowitz, Billy Joel: The Life and Times of an Angry Young Man Revised and Updated

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