Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke
Language: English
Published by It Books, 2013
- Hardcover
- New
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288 pages. 8.50x6.00x1.25 inches. In Stock.
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- Title
- Turn Around Bright Eyes: The Rituals of Love and Karaoke
- Author
- Sheffield, Robert J.
- Publisher
- It Books
- Publication year
- 2013
- Condition
- Brand New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0062207628
- ISBN 13
- 9780062207623
- Item weight
- 0.41 kilograms
Once upon a time I was falling apart. Now I'm always falling in love.
Pick up the microphone.
When Rob Sheffield moved to New York City in the summer of 2001, he was a young widower trying to start a new life in a new town. Behind, in the past, was his life as a happily married rock critic, with a wife he adored, and a massive collection of mix tapes that captured their life together. And then, in a flash, all he had left were the tapes.
Beyoncé , Bowie, Bon Jovi, Benatar . . .
One night, some friends dragged him to a karaoke bar in the West Village. A night out was a rare occasion for Rob back then.
Turn around
Somehow, that night in a karaoke bar turned into many nights, in many karaoke bars. Karaoke became a way out, a way to escape the past, a way to be someone else if only for the span of a three-minute song. Discovering the sublime ridiculousness of karaoke, despite the fact that he couldn't carry a tune, he began to find his voice.
Turn around
And then the unexpected happened. A voice on the radio got Rob's attention. The voice came attached to a woman who was unlike anyone he'd ever met before. A woman who could name every constellation in the sky, and every Depeche Mode B side. A woman who could belt out a mean Bonnie Tyler.
Bright Eyes
Turn Around Bright Eyes is an emotional journey of hilarity and heartbreak with a karaoke soundtrack. It's a story about finding the courage to move on, clearing your throat, and letting it rip. It's a story about navi- gating your way through adult romance. And it's a story about how songs get tangled up in our deepest emotions, evoking memories of the past while inspiring hope for the future.
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Review
"Rob Sheffield understands music's power to not only individuate ourselves, but to connect people to one another. His prose keeps such kind, sharp company. In Turn Around Bright Eyes he writes about what, and who, he loves without sentimentality. The world is a better place with Rob Sheffield."--Julie Klausner, comedian, host of the comedy podcast How Was Your Week and author of I Don't Care About Your Band
"Turn Around Bright Eyes is a touching homage to '99 Luftballoons' and other important chunks of our cultural heritage."--Gary Shteyngart, bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story and Absurdistan
"Romantic and addictive, Turn Around Bright Eyes is the most passionate and energetic performance. It could just be the funniest book ever written about music."--John Taylor, bassist of Duran Duran and New York Times bestselling author of In the Pleasure Groove
"Part love story, part ode to music by a lifelong fan...Sheffield doesn't just know about songs, he feels them and what they do to him, and his fervent writing--part disciple, part critic-makes you feel the music, too. His insights into music's importance for life and love are refreshing."--Booklist
"In Sheffield's hands, pop music is more than an object of cultural consumption--it becomes the language through which to navigate and negotiate his most intimate moments."--The Atlantic
"Sheffield explores the healing properties of the much-mocked, beloved karaoke culture. He turns the ridiculousness of the aural horror show into something noble and meaningful."--USA Today
"[What's] remarkable about Sheffield's new book is how deep he gets writing about how karaoke--bellowing pop songs to the accompaniment of canned backing tracks in front of supportive friends and drunken strangers--lifted him out of his existential gloom....He examines the healing power of communal singing."--Los Angeles Times
"Sheffield is fundamentally a gifted essayist."--Entertainment Weekly
"Sheffield comes across as an impressive storyteller, encyclopedic in his knowledge of both high and low culture and convincing in his presentation of loss and redemption through music."--Time Out New York
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Revaluation Books
Exeter, United Kingdom
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