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Summary: Music making a difference in the world
Review: Stand and Be Counted by David Crosby and David Bender has become my favorite book. It is about how music has influenced and changed the world. Including views from many popular artists from the 1960's and 70's to the present day. It tells about how musical activists effected major events in history, such as the civil rights movement, and the antiwar movement, and the efforts that are continuing today. It is also about how anyone, and everyone, can make a difference, even if they are not huge political figures. It is about normal, everyday people expressing what they believe in, and not giving into injustice, because "that's just the way things are". It is about the people making the world a better and more peaceful place to live, and how music helps tie it all together. Everyone relates to music. It has this way of making people aware of issues, and gaining attention to those issues. This book has helped inspire me not to sit back and watch the world go by. I know that I too have a voice, even if it's not a singing one, I can help make the world just a little happier. I can not stand for injustice, and people not excepting difference. I would recommend this book to anyone who truly love music, and what it is about. I would recommend it to anyone who believes, or wants to believe that there is good in every person.
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Summary: You Can't Hear A Book
Review: The big problem with this book is that you can't hear the music he describes, so it comes off a little like the old Chris Farley Show segment from Saturday Night Live. "Do you remember when Mick Jagger sang with Tina Turner? That was awesome!" There are some fun and interesting anecdotes, but not nearly enough of them. Too much of the book is just a listing of singers and songs, dates and concerts. He spends an unusual amount of time savaging a former drummer, Dallas Taylor, who sued him for back royalties and won an out-of-court settlement. It didn't really fit with the rest of the book, and was rather jarring. The topic was interesting, but would have been much better suited to television or radio- a medium where you could actually hear what he's talking about.
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Summary: You Can't Hear A Book
Review: The big problem with this book is that you can't hear the music he describes, so it comes off a little like the old Chris Farley Show segment from Saturday Night Live. "Do you remember when Mick Jagger sang with Tina Turner? That was awesome!" There are some fun and interesting anecdotes, but not nearly enough of them. Too much of the book is just a listing of singers and songs, dates and concerts. He spends an unusual amount of time savaging a former drummer, Dallas Taylor, who sued him for back royalties and won an out-of-court settlement. It didn't really fit with the rest of the book, and was rather jarring. The topic was interesting, but would have been much better suited to television or radio- a medium where you could actually hear what he's talking about.
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Summary: A Dissapointment
Review: This book was little more than a list of concerts and playlists. The book repeats itself and becomes a drudgery by the halfway point. I think the real point to the book was so David Crosby could pat his friends on the back and take cheap shots at his enemies.
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Summary: A Dissapointment
Review: This book was little more than a list of concerts and playlists. The book repeats itself and becomes a drudgery by the halfway point. I think the real point to the book was so David Crosby could pat his friends on the back and take cheap shots at his enemies.
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