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Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan – A Single Notes Book by [Lyndsey Parker]

Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan – A Single Notes Book Kindle Edition

by Lyndsey Parker (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

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If you ever paused your VCR so you could kiss John Taylor's freeze-framed face...if you ever named your Cabbage Patch Doll after Nick Rhodes...if you ever pored over Simon Le Bon's "Union Of The Snake" lyrics in search of clues to the universe...if you can pinpoint the onset of your puberty to the time when you saw the uncensored "Girls On Film" video for the very first time...then you will relate to this ultimate chronicle of one girl's very unglamorous, totally one-sided love affair with the 1980s' most glamorous band. In Careless Memories of Strange Behavior: My Notorious Life as a Duran Duran Fan, Yahoo! Music managing editor, unabashed Anglophile, and recovering Duranie Lyndsey Parker chronicles her hilarious and often embarrassing journey from a childhood spent in her Duran-postered bedroom, watching MTV and penning hate mail to crotchety anti-Duran music critics, to her own adulthood as one of Duran Duran's most outspoken professional champions. And along the way, she makes a very strong case for the beloved but misunderstood Boys On Film's place in rock history.

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June 12, 2012
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Publisher : Rhino (June 12, 2012)
Publication date : June 12, 2012
Language : English
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Bookity-Book Girl

Seemed too much like a Diss

Reviewed in the United States on July 1, 2012

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I was so excited when I read the description of this ebook. I am a HUGE Duran Duran fan and have been for the last 30 years. The description hooked me with MANY memories I related to.... ("If you ever paused your VCR so you could kiss John Taylor's freeze-framed face...if you ever named your Cabbage Patch Doll after Nick Rhodes...if you ever pored over Simon Le Bon's "Union Of The Snake" lyrics in search of clues to the universe...then you will relate to this ultimate chronicle of one girl's very unglamorous, totally one-sided love affair with the 1980s' most glamorous band.")

However,when I read the ebook, there were WAY too many negatives stated for someone who was ever a Duranie. In fact later in the decription,the writer lists herself as a "Recovering Duranie". There are digs throughout the book about Andy Taylor, which is UNCOOL to say the least. Andy was an integral part of the band and should never be disrespected. There are also ugly statements made about some of the music and even the way the guys look now...HONESTLY, who still looks like they did 30 years ago??

There were things I related to and even smiled over in this ebook. However, being the fan I am of this AMAZING GROUP OF MUSICIANS, it fell short for me.

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Michael R. Sanders

Five Stars

Reviewed in the United States on May 30, 2018

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Great purchase

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Michael Orlosky

A View to a Killer Read

Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2014

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Excellent mini memoir that brought me lots of memories as an 80s kid. Ms. Parker is a fantastic writer with a very relatable style. This was a fun read.

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cheryl hanzel

this is a great easy read book

Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2015

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If you were a Duran fan back in the 80's, this is a great easy read book. Good job writer of true Duran nostalgia for me.

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Tyler L Hargett

Duranie for life

Reviewed in the United States on July 14, 2012

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Even though I don't agree with all of it (I like Seven and the Ragged Tiger album and White Lines rocks) I loved reading this book from a fellow Duranie. The words on the pages are as if i had wrote them myself! DD were great and still are, All you need is now is a fantastic album and A Diamond in the Mind is a rocking live DVD!

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ms claire l gould

Strange behaviour indeed

Reviewed in the United States on February 3, 2013

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This is a cheap book so won't break the bank but I would steer clear. I'm a hardcore Duranie from way back and found it really tough to read.
It told the story of one fans fanaticism with Duran Duran but it was drab.

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Kevin

A true Duranie would never utter some of the things in this "book"

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2012

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Although I respect the fact that this short book is one fan's view of loving Duran Duran, I found several things in it rather annoying or disturbing. The main thing is her repeated claim that Duran Duran didn't have many guy fans. Perhaps it was where she lived, but I grew up in a very rural small town in middle America and liking Duran Duran just meant you were cool. There was no negative stigma that came with liking them if you were a guy where I grew up. (She uses a word that begins with "f" and rhymes with "shaggy"- it's offensive.) Having said that, Duran Duran were a very important part of a lot of gay males lives, who grew up in the 80's. Although it's not her experience, it's rather sad she didn't do her homework. Even Nick Rhodes himself has said in interviews that "Duran Duran is a band for girls AND boys..." I have been to many Duran Duran concerts, and yes... there are a lot of female audience members- but there are a lot of guys there, too. Guys who want to be there, who aren't husbands who were dragged along.

I can't imagine anyone who reads this book would not be a diehard Duranie. The author makes it sound like their album "Liberty" is some giant rarity, as if not many people know it exists. All diehard Duranies have it. She just says a lot of negative things that a true fan would never say. I don't even want to repeat what she compared Nick Rhodes current look to. It's not very nice at all.

One last thing: parachute pants were made of nylon, not plastic.

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Donna Beasley

Reads more like an easy than a book and I was disappointed ...

Reviewed in the United States on September 4, 2014

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Disappointing. Reads more like an easy than a book and I was disappointed that I paid for it. I read other DD memoirs, etc and this left me unimpressed

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Tib

good book

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 18, 2015

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You can't go wrong with Duran, It's a good book, ...little bit too short though

Suej

And I thought I had it bad

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on April 19, 2013

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This made me chuckle. Many of the reference points and experiences are very American but the vehemency of conviction that you are destined to be Mrs Taylor/ Rhodes/ Le Bon is all too familiar - though I never forced myself to eat lime marmalade, snogged the TV, or considered taking out a hit on Nick 's girlfriend (John fans like Lyndsey were always a little more unhinged).
This is not a book, this is only a brief essay, but it is a fun flashback.

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HWR

Interesting but more for the US

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 5, 2013

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I found this book interesting but do feel that the experiences and details towards the end of the book to be far more related to that of a reader in the US and not the UK.

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Mumoftwoteens

Very short

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 15, 2013

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This book is only 45 pages. It is great but I would love it to be much longer. Good writing style

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Duranie66

so many memories

Reviewed in Australia on July 6, 2014

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Fabulous memories and many laughs. Totally enjoyed it. Oh and by the way I am a Roger girl agh love

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