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Reckless
- Narrated by: Rosanna Arquette
- Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
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Summary
By the time she was 14, Chrissie Hynde knew she had to get out of Akron, Ohio. Her perfect '50s American childhood upturned by a newly acquired taste for rock 'n' roll, motorbikes and the ‘get down boys' seen at gigs in and around Cleveland - Mitch Ryder, the Jeff Beck Group, the Velvet Underground and David Bowie among the many.
Wrapped up in the Kent State University riots and getting dangerously involved in the local biker and drug scenes, she escaped - to Mexico, Canada, Paris and finally London, where she caught the embryonic punk scene just in time not only to witness it first-hand, but more importantly to seize the opportunity to form her own band, The Pretenders.
Iggy Pop, The Sex Pistols, The Clash, Vivienne & Malcolm, Ray Davies...on every page household names mingle with small town heroes as we shift from bedroom to biker HQ; from squat to practice room; from pub gig to Top Of The Pops - the long and crooked path to stardom, and for The Pretenders, ultimately, tragedy.
That Chrissie Hynde is alive to tell the tale is, by her own admission, something of a miracle. Throughout she is brutally honest, wryly humorous, and always highly entertaining. She has written one of the most evocative and colourful music memoirs to be published in recent years.
Narrated by Rosanna Arquette.
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- Stephanie
- 08-07-22
loved it
Very Rock and Roll such an interesting story Chrissie has such a tale to tell highly recommend
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- mandy easter
- 25-10-15
Brilliant Book!!!
Wonderful slice of life from the late sixties( hippy era) early seventies( punk era) Chrissies style of writing is strong, poetic and melodic...and captures the realities of over excess, creativity and how perhaps the one depends on the other..or drives the other. Difficult to know for sure...this is a very real memoir! She says basically..."This is how it was"
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- E. McLaughlan
- 13-12-17
Set up for a sequel?
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Yes if you're interested in the subject matter.
Do you think Reckless needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes, it stops in about 1982.
Any additional comments?
I was really looking forward to this but I came away a bit disappointed. I love Hynde and her music and I was looking for insight into the life behind the performance. It's good as far as it goes, concentrates a bit too much on her life before the Pretenders and stops in about 1982 after the deaths of Jimmy and Pete. It therefore misses out about two thirds of her career and scarcely touches on her marriages.
Could have been so much better.
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- Kaizersoza
- 05-08-21
enjoyed listening to this book
really enjoyed listening to this book, well narrated and an interesting life Chrissie had
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- Robert
- 24-11-17
Artful and gripping
Truly awesome and fateful story - a dreamer and mystic - I wish there was a part 2
xx ya Chrissy hope to catch you along on the journey
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- G Flook
- 25-08-16
Fascinating story, shame about the narration
The Pretenders were a band of my formative youth, at an age when i had no conception of the non-music side of rock and roll. I later heard stories of what was happening behind the scenes and when i saw this book i couldn't wait to hear the truth. It was eye-opening, frank and revealing, also shocking, terribly sad but educational. The only thing which spoiled it a bit for me was the narration, which lacked rhythm and feel for the text, often the pace and tone were out of sync with the flow of the story and placed inappropriate punctuation in the sentences. That said, this deficiency should not ruing enjoyment of the book, i still highly recommend
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- Karen Stevens
- 15-04-20
Oh dear!
The pronunciation of English words is terrible and the attempt at accents awful. Sorry I love both these women so feel bad about giving a negative comment. Surely the book once read is actually listened to by someone with some knowledge.
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- Jeremy Bayley
- 19-01-23
Excellent
This book is excellent, very well written and narrated, a fascinating life in rock n roll
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- D. J. Dubery
- 27-02-19
Excellent reading of a fascinating life story.
Really engaging if you are in any way interested in music in the 70s and early 80s. Great reading too.
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- jo G
- 09-02-23
What a roller coaster ride!
I thoroughly enjoyed this audiobook, not only how it was written but how it was performed. I was fascinated, I chuckled away at the outrageous stories, embraced the rebellious spirit and even shed a tear at the most poignant of moments.
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