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Killing Bono
"The best book I have ever read about trying to make it in the music business" - Elton John
"A fantastic book, which manages the difficult trick of being simultaneously very funny and very sad." - Bob Geldof
"I was Neil McCormick's fan in school. He was much cooler than me, a much better writer and I thought he'd make a much better rock star. I was wrong on one count. He's written a great book" - Bono
Fyfe Dangerfield: So much music, so little time …
Published: 27 Jan 2010
Fyfe Dangerfield: musical attention deficit disorder
Fly Yellow Moon (released by Geffen this week) is by far the simplest and most focused album he’s produced, a collection of perfectly formed songs, blending rich musicality with emotional authenticity. With hints of The Beatles (and particularly solo Lennon and McCartney, on Barricades and Firebird respectively), flashes of the exuberance of Motown and florid zest of ELO (on the uplifting She Needs Me), the intimacy of acoustic Neil Young (Livewire) and melancholy of Nick Drake (Don’t Be Shy), the songs sketch a history of classic singer-songwriting, yet present with a freshness, vigour and personality that stamp them as Dangerfield’s own. It is music that twists and turns without ever losing the core of the song.
Dangerfield is not satisfied, however. “I’m having a bit of a crisis,” he admits, twisting in his seat with pent-up agitation.
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