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In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran [2012]
- GenresMusicAutobiography
Hardcover
Published January 1, 1994
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John Taylor
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March 6, 2026
I don't know how to rate a memoir. And I'm biased with this particular memoir, because of my insane obsession with Duran Duran in the 80's (okay, okay, and now too). I listened to this one in audiobook form, simply because I wanted to hear John Taylor's voice reading his own book. That was a pleasant bonus, I must admit.
My walls were absolutely covered in the band's posters over the years of my infatuation. My best friend and I wrote them fan letters once (we might have been eleven or twelve), and did pencil sketches of each member for hours on end, before sealing them up and mailing them to the fan club address listed in a teen magazine. What I wouldn't give to see those sketches today, and have a good laugh! And while we were fans of the music first, and the obvious good looks second, we were too young and naive to comprehend the wild lifestyle of an adult musician at the top of their game. Well, now I definitely know.
I truly admire the author for being so candid in his reflections. I felt the full gamut of emotions all the way through, and I wasn't quite prepared for that.
It was a really great walk down not just John Taylor's memory lane, but my own.
And now you'll have to excuse me so I can go text my old best friend who wrote a fan letter with me when we were young, and tell her she has to read this book! Though she was a Roger girl at the time, I think she'll still appreciate it.
My walls were absolutely covered in the band's posters over the years of my infatuation. My best friend and I wrote them fan letters once (we might have been eleven or twelve), and did pencil sketches of each member for hours on end, before sealing them up and mailing them to the fan club address listed in a teen magazine. What I wouldn't give to see those sketches today, and have a good laugh! And while we were fans of the music first, and the obvious good looks second, we were too young and naive to comprehend the wild lifestyle of an adult musician at the top of their game. Well, now I definitely know.
I truly admire the author for being so candid in his reflections. I felt the full gamut of emotions all the way through, and I wasn't quite prepared for that.
It was a really great walk down not just John Taylor's memory lane, but my own.
And now you'll have to excuse me so I can go text my old best friend who wrote a fan letter with me when we were young, and tell her she has to read this book! Though she was a Roger girl at the time, I think she'll still appreciate it.
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