Careless Love: Unmaking of Elvis Presley
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| Rating | : | 4.16 (932 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0316644021 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 784 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Last Train to Memphis, the first part of Guralnick's two-volume life of Elvis Presley, received unprecedented accolades. Written with grace, sensitivity, and passion, Careless Love is a unique contribution to our understanding of American popular culture and the nature of success, giving us true insight at last into one of the most misunderstood public figures of our times.. Beginning with Presley's army service in Germany in 1958 and ending with his death in Memphis in 1977, Careless Love chronicles the unraveling of the dream that once shone so brightly, homing in on the complex playing-out of Elvis's relationship with his Machiavellian manager, Colonel Tom Parker. It's a breathtaking drama that places the events of a too often mistold tale in a fresh, believable, and understandable context. This concluding volume recounts the second half of Elvis's life in rich and previously unimagined detail, and confirms Guralnick's status as one of the great biographers of our time. This is the quintessential American story, encompassing race, class, wealth, sex, music, religion, and personal transformation
Still a Fan For several years I've considered reading this and "Last Train to Memphis". I kept putting it off because I knew the ending was, inevitably, the saddest possible ending anyone could ever write. Also, after reading other reviews and hearing what some people described as the most intimate, detailed book of the "real" Elvis, I was afraid it would leave me feeling like [less] of a fan than I'd been all these years. I just didn't want to face the truth and all of it's painful details. Gladly, it has not changed my mind about Elvis.Guralnick's stories . Covers a lot of bases, but misses The Man, The Person in many ways nothingt5 This book jumps all over the place with no cohesion. For example, the author randomly decides to review songs within a couple of recording sessions, which, totally interrupts the flow of the book and have absolutely nothing to do with anything, and frankly, I completely disagree with the author's reviews. This is a biography: who cares what the author thinks about a certain song? If the author wants to review songs, then why doesn't he do it throughout the book at every session? Why pick 2 sessions to suddenly decide that the audience wants to he. details, little analysis Higby This book is heavy on details (like, what Elvis was doing every day) and light on analysis. This part of Elvis's life takes place during the rise of the Beatles, Dylan, etc, when Elvis was still making terrible movies, then he finally got back to his roots then because a Las Vegas star. It's supposed to be a tragedy, according to the introduction, but there's no thread of tragedy, except for the pills, which are mentioned sometimes. Colonel Parker obviously had a bad effect on Elvis's career, but the book just gives details of what the Colonel wa
And while that summary isn't exactly false, Guralnick's account shows how little perspective we've had on Elvis's life until now, how a gross caricature of the final years has come to stand for the life itself. --Ron Hogan. More importantly, Careless Love continues to show that Guralnick "gets" what Presley was trying to do as an artist: "I see him in the same way that I think he saw himself from the start," the introduction states, "as someone whose ambition it was to encompass every strand of the American musical tradition." From rock to blues to country to gospel, Guralnick discusses how, at his finest moments, Elvis was able to fulfill that dream. Guralnick's exploration of Elvis's childhood and rise to fame was notable for its factual rigorousness and its intimate appreciation of Presley's musical agenda. Until Peter Guralnick came o