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Includes the name: Marcus Gray

Obras por Marcus Gray

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The Big Book of Urban Legends (The Big book Series) (1995) — Ilustrador — 313 exemplares

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Conhecimento Comum

Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
USA
País (no mapa)
USA
Locais de residência
Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK

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I'm now officially on an early R.E.M. binge. This is scattershot, but well worth it for fans.
 
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squealermusic | 1 outra crítica | Mar 16, 2023 |
Marcus Gray's It Crawled from the South is an exceptionally well-researched book that is, unfortunately, deeply in need of an editor.

The book is a logjam of facts, divided into categorical chapters ("the meaning of Michael's lyrics", "the political causes that R.E.M. has supported over the years"), and then presented in chronological order. It is as though Gray decided that all facts gathered during his research needed to be included in the finished book.

The result is a tiresome read, with the author often bogged down by the minutia of R.E.M.'s night-by-night setlists. Pages and pages are dedicated to describing the slight changes in setlist order that occurred on each night of their European tours, as well as which cover songs were attempted on particular nights, and chronological accounts of the band's media appearances on their tour legs. I found myself desperate to skip ahead and put myself out of my misery.

My edition of the book is from 1992, so perhaps this "factual overload" approach was corrected in later editions of the book, but I suspect not. I suggest readers try Tony Fletcher's Perfect Circle: The Story of R.E.M. instead of this biography.
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aneurysm1985 | 1 outra crítica | Dec 27, 2016 |
big book about the Only Group That Matters
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drongozone | Aug 15, 2007 |

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Obras
12
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Membros
356
Popularidade
#67,310
Avaliação
½ 3.7
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3
ISBN
22
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