Different Every Time

Posted on 03 October 2017 by Marcus O'Dair

This is the first and definitive biography of Robert Wyatt, Britain s greatest cult musician Robert Wyatt started out as the drummer and singer for Soft Machine, who shared a residency at Middle Earth with the Pink Floyd and toured America with Jimi Hendrix He brought a Bohemian and jazz outlook to the 1960s rock scene, having honed his drumming skills in a shed at the end of Robert Graves garden in Mallorca His life took an abrupt turn after he fell from a fourth floor window at a party and was paralysed from the waist down He reinvented himself as a singer and composer with the extraordinary album Rock Bottom that has brought him a loyal following not just in Britain but in France, Italy and Germany Today, Wyatt remains perennially hip, guesting with artists such as Bjork, Brian Eno, Scritti Politti, David Gilmour and Hot Chip Marcus O Dair has talked to all of them indeed to just about everyone who has shaped, or been shaped by, Wyatt over five decades of music history. Read Different Every Time – kino-fada.fr This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers To view it, click here view spoiler Bettie s Books hide spoilerThe life of Robert Wyatt through his music is masterfully presented in this thoroughly researched biography of his life There has been little documented regarding the Canterbury music scene in England This book takes a giant step forward to change that situation Robert Wyatt s involvement with bands such as Wilde Flowers , The Soft Machine , Matching Mole to name just a few from that era are well documented With the peripheral musicians from bands such as Caravan , National Health The life of Robert Wyatt through his music is masterfully presented in this thoroughly researched biography of his life There has been little documented regarding the Canterbury music scene in England This book takes a giant step forward to change that situation Robert Wyatt s involvement with bands such as Wilde Flowers , The Soft Machine , Matching Mole to name just a few from that era are well documented With the peripheral musicians from bands such as Caravan , National Health , Gong are also covered within this book as most of the members were friends or played within each others bands.The book, like a record, is divided into two main sections Side One The early year...Basterebbe la foto di copertina di questa bellissima monumentale e costosissima biografia Wyattiana a rendere inutili le 500 pagine a seguire e a esplicare da sola l essenza stessa del suo pensare di Wyatt Wyatt in foto e qui dentro ce ne sono centinaia tratte dal suo archivio personale non appare mai come la mancata rockstar che sempre stato, ma sembra altro, sempre, magari un ingegnere minerario, un risolutore di cruciverba, un questuante paralitico al mercato rionale o il centenario Basterebbe la foto di copertina di questa bellissima monumentale e costosissima biografia Wyattiana a rendere inutili le 500 pagine a seguire e a esplicare da sola l essenza stessa del suo pensare di Wyatt Wyatt in foto e qui dentro ce ne sono centinaia tratte dal suo archivio personale non appare mai come la mancata rockstar che sempre stato, ma sembra altro, sempre, magari un ingegnere minerario, un risolutore di cruciverba, un questuante paralitico al mercato rionale o il centenario capo del gruppo TNT.Ora dovrei parlare di queste belle pagine ma mi sovviene un sogno che feci anni fa e che per vie traverse...This is not really a biography on Robert Wyatt, butlike an intense love fest for the artist And really, who would want less than that Wyatt is one of the great music figures of the 20th century A great singer in that Chet Baker mode of intimacy, with a mind like Alfred Jarry and the politics of a hard left fellow The book is very strong with respect to the early world of The Soft Machine and Kevin Ayers another iconic wayward genius One gets detailed information about the making of Thi... From BBC Radio 4 Book of the WeekMarcus O Dair s biography of English musician Robert Wyatt Read by Julian Rhind Tutt.An exemplary biography of a great artist and national treasure Meticulously researched and written with the intention to inform rather than merely to impress the reader Highly recommended.ROBERT WYATT IS A GODDAMN GENIUS AND IF YOU DON T LOVE HIS WORK THEN YOU ARE NOT MY FRIEND or at least, you know, we differ in our opinions on this topicRobert has achieved spectacular success by another definition longevity without compromise In politics as in music, he has become a byword for integrity In fifty years of making music, there seems not to have been an insincere note. For once I agree with the critics Marcus O Dair s Different Every Time The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt 2015 won accolades from British music critics it was selected as the music book of the year by Guardian and Times, among other British nRobert has achieved spectacular success by another definition longevity without compromise In politics as in music, he has become a byword for integrity In fifty years of making music, there seems not to have been an insincere note. For once I agree with the critics Marcus O Dair s Different Every Time The Authorized Biography of Robert Wyatt 2015 won accolades from British music critics it was selected as the music book of the year by Guardian and Times, among other British newspapers Indeed it is an excellent book, extremely informative, well written and captivating.Robert Wyatt, one of the greats of English music, is mostly known as the drummer for Soft Machine, the extraordinary British ...really enjoying this musical biography,lots of musical connections from the seventies like everyone else, probably rushed to the part where he ended up paralysed in a wheelchair after the fall, fascinating how his music changed after too,and how relationship with Alfie grew too Back to Spoti...bbc BOW view spoiler 1 A happy childhood surrounded by influential family, plusa love of jazz and a sense of the absurd Then the young Wyatt starts to play drums.2 Wyatt perfects his drumming style, even practicing at the Mallorca home ofpoet Robert Graves Then he gets married and afterwards it s the emergenceof The Soft Machine, playing psychedelic pop happenings and freak outs.3 In 1970 Wyatt splits with Soft Machine and goes on to play with Matching Mole.Three years later, at a part bbc BOW view spoiler 1 A happy childhood surrounded by influential family, plusa love of jazz and a sense of the absurd Then the young Wyatt starts to play drums.2 Wyatt perfects his drumming style, even practicing at the Mallorca home ofpoet Robert Graves Then he gets married and afterwards it s the emergenc...

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03 October 2017

Marcus O'Dair