Jackson Browne: His Life and Music

by Mark Bego

Solid copy with some shelf wear and/or markings scattered throughout.

Genres: Music, Biography

Paperback

First published May 3, 2005

Reviews

[Mike Makin · Rating 3 out of 5]

Love J.B. and his music even up to his latest album.
However this book is more of a chronicle of dates about his various appearances and albums.
I would like to have read more about him as a person and his relationships with the other artists of that generation. Would only recommend for diehard J.B fans.

[Raquel · Rating 5 out of 5]

"Looking through some photographs I found inside a drawer
I was taken by a photograph of you
There were one or two I know that you would have liked a littlemore
But they didn't show your spirit quite as true
You were turning 'round to see who was behind you
And I took your childish laughter by surprise
And at the moment that my camera happened to find you
There was just a trace of sorrow in your eyes

Now the things that I remember seem so distant and so small
Though it hasn't really been that long a time
What I was seeing wasn't what was happening at all
Although for a while our path did seem to climb
When you see through love's illusions, there lies the danger
And your perfect lover just looks like a perfect fool
So you go running off in search of a perfect stranger
While the loneliness seems to spring from your life
Like a fountain from a pool


Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes, but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight

Now for you and me it may not be that hard to reach our dreams
But that magic feeling never seems to last
And all the future's there for anyone to change, still you knowit seems
It would be easier sometimes to change the past
I'm just one or two years and a couple of changes behind you
In my lessons of love's pain and heartache school
Where if you feel too free and you need something to remind you
There's this loneliness springing up from your life
Like a fountain from a pool

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to hide sometimes but now you're all right
And it's good to see your smiling face tonight

Fountain of sorrow, fountain of light
You've known that hollow sound of your own steps in flight
You've had to struggle, you've had to fight
To keep understanding and compassion in sight
You could be laughing at me, you've got the right
But you go on smiling so clear and so bright"


~

Um prolífico compositor. Uma visão (des)assombrada da vida. Um desencanto um pouco "bittersweet" mas que nos faz querer regressar a ele.

Este livro revela-nos a vida e obra deste notável cantor e compositor norte-americano, cuja obra intimista e crítica nos revela os encantos e desencantos quotidianos, enquanto esperamos que soprem os ventos das mudanças políticas e sociais.

A sua obra, embora permaneça desconhecida para muitos, é guardada com carinho por quem o ouviu em "primeira mão". Todos aqueles que o descobrem acidentalmente (como eu) sentem necessidade de compreender o homem por detrás das canções. E este livro, em particular, tem esse mérito.

[Paul Olkowski · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is an excellent reference for his recordings. It gives dates , times, musicians, studios, everything except the life of Jackson Brown. I really didn't know too much more about him after I read the book than I did before I read it. The title should have been My Life in Music, not my life and music. I somehow got the feeling that Jackson Brown really didn't want a book written about him. There really isn't more than a few paragraphs of his actual words about his life and his music; and they were taken from old interviews from music magazines and showbusiness mags like PEOPLE .
I was disappointed after reading this book. I thought I would finally find out something about a very low key guy. I was wrong. If you want to know what a particular song meant, this is your book. It gives a review for every song he released up to the time of the publication of the book. This is NICE . However, the book is not a great book on an important album oriented Classic rocker and California Country rocker from the L.A. music scene. It Should Have Been.
3-1/2 stars for Jackson Brown.

[MaryB. · Rating 4 out of 5]

Informative and enjoyable. Browne is a prolific and talented songwriter! Material presented well by Mark Bego.

[Geoff · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book captures Jackson up to 2005, and includes his newest album, and his introduction into the rock n' roll hall of fame. I liked the book a lot, and found out a lot more about him than I knew through his music.

[Howie Dodds · Rating 4 out of 5]

If you don't know much about Jackson Browne then this is a very good book as you'll find it very informative, but as with all these books it draws on various interviews that he has done over the years. So if you have follwed Jackson's career through the decades you may not pick up a lot of new stuff.