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Hope I Get Old before I Die

Why rock stars never retire

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Hope I Get Old before I Die

By: David Hepworth
Narrated by: David Hepworth
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From the author of Abbey Road: the story of how enduring rock icons like Pink Floyd, Bruce Springsteen and many more have remained in the ever-changing music game.

When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July 1985 we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was forty-three years old.

As the forty years since have shown he - and many others of his generation - were just getting started.

This was the time when live performance took over from records. The big names of the 60s and 70s exploited the age of spectacle that Live Aid had ushered in to enjoy the longest lap of honour in the history of humanity, continuing to go strong long after everyone else had retired.

Hence this is a story without precedent, a story in which Elton John plays a royal funeral, Mick Jagger gets a knighthood, Bob Dylan picks up the Nobel Prize, the Beatles become, if anything, bigger than the Beatles and it's beginning to look as though all of the above will, thanks to the march of technology, be playing Las Vegas forever.

©2024 David Hepworth (P)2024 Penguin Audio 20th Century 21st Century History & Criticism Modern Music

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This is one of those books that probably works best when the author is narrating. David Hepworth's is a familiar voice and he brings the same tone of wry amusement to this highly entertaining account that comprehensively answers the question in the sub-title, as he does to his radio and TV appearances. Never ever lapsing into cynicism or fawning admiration, it's an informative and cogently presented joy from start to finish.

A total delight for readers of a certain age...

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just because we get around……another work of genius from Mr Hepworth……so much new information to absorb with every new release!

People Try To Put Us Down

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A great listen. I particularly liked that last chapter and his more general personal reflections along with a curated playlist.

a whitty writer that knows his stuff

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Another superb book in the series but my first Audiobook version so shall likely revisit the earlier ones this way. Salutary lessons here even for us lesser mortals!

Great insight, great voice

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Having worked in the music biz it was a great summary of how things have changed since the 1950’s. Well done David.

A great listen and many good memories

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David Hepworth’s books just get better and better. The way he tells a story pulling on cultural references from the whole of the rock universe is unparalleled. Every chapter is fascinating and funny. His narration is also excellent. He’s one of only a few authors whose books I will go back to many times. Fantastic!

Absolutely fantastic

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This rumination of all things musical and the acceptance of lifes inevitable changes, endings and hopefully beginnings is a written prose-track somewhat related to my own thus far........to be continued.

To 're-tyre' is to roll on.

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When David Hepworth wrote 1971: Never A DullMoment, it chronicled the year that much of the best rock music albums were released. Many of the same artists from that year are still around today as septegenrians still plying their trade, such is the longevity of their popularity.

The fact that these same artists; Stones, McCartney, Elton John et al have created music which spans generations vindicates the points made in the book about 1971. I personally never get tired of reading about them or in this case hearing the ever-reliable David Hepworth reading these aloud.

Long May It Continue

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I could listen to David all day. So interesting and insightful. Looking forward to the next one.

Brilliant as always

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