The Rolling Stone Interviews: The 1980s

by Rolling Stone Magazine

Book Overview

From Publishers Weekly: This best-of- Rolling Stone compilation features a plethora of aging rock musicians, yet only two blacks and one woman. The cast is often predictable (Bruce Springsteen, Mick... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312029748
• ISBN13: 9780312029746
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: St. Martin's Press
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.15 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Pop Music Icons Spout the Truth in Varying Degrees

There are essentially three categories of interviewees here: 1. Those that are a bit too guarded, polite, and circumspect (e.g., Paul McCartney, Mick Jagger). 2. Those that let it all hang out (e.g., Keith Richards, Joan Baez, Bo Diddley). 3. Those that are somewhere between the two extremes mentioned above (e.g., Bruce Springsteen, Woody Allen, Tip O'Neill, Clint Eastwood). All in all, most everyone that falls into the second two categories are quite entertaining, if not occasionally revelatory. Out of 34 interviews, there are only a small handful of klunkers (e.g., McCartney and Jagger). An above average read.