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    In the Pleasure Groove: Love, Death, and Duran Duran

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    About this audiobook

    John Taylor, Duran Duran's co-founder, takes the reader on a wild ride through his life. From the eighties through today, from Rio to All You Need is Now, John writes about the music, the parties, and the MTV videos that made millions swoon.

    With Duran Duran, John Taylor has created some of the greatest music of our time. From the disco dazzle of debut single 'Planet Earth' right up to their latest number one album, All You Need is Now, Duran Duran has always had the power to sweep the world onto its feet.

    It's been a ride - and for John in particular, the ride has been wild, thrilling... and dangerous. Now, for the first time, he tells his incredible story. A tale of dreams fulfilled, lessons learned and demons conquered.

    A shy only child, Nigel John Taylor wasn't an obvious candidate for pop stardom and frenzied girl panic. But when he ditched his first name and picked up a bass guitar, everything changed. John Formed Duran Duran with his friend Nick Rhodes in the summer of 1978, and they were soon joined by Roger Taylor, then Andy Taylor and finally Simon Le Bon. Together they were an immediate, massive global success story, their pictures on millions of walls, every single a worldwide hit.

    In his frank, compelling autobiography, John recounts the highs -hanging out with icons like Bowie, Warhol and even James Bond; dating Vogue models and driving fast cars - all the while playing hard with the band he loved. But there were tough battles ahead - troubles that brought him to the brink of self-destruction - before turning his life around.

    Told with humor, honesty and hard-won wisdom, and packed with exclusive pictures, In the Pleasure Groove is a fascinating, irresistible portrait of a man who danced into the fire... and came through the other side.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 16, 2012
    ISBN9781101579510
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    • 5/5
      Wow. This is such a wonderful book, and so important to me. I was finding excuses to to drive around and listen to it, but now that I've finished, I'm sad that I'm done. I hope to be able to write a review in awhile, but I need to think about it, right now my thoughts and emotions are spinning, but I feel very connected to my teenage idol as a person, in a way I never could have been back then. But we're both older now. Thank you so much John for sharing your story in such a respectful and honest way. So meaningful listening to him read it himself, I will treasure this.
    • 4/5
      Though I enjoyed this book a great deal, I was more than a little frustrated by it. John says it best toward the end when he apologizes for being a bit of a tease, but that he has to think about his friendships-- he can't reveal too much of the backstage drama. The problem is that the genre of the bio, especially the band member bio, is set up to dish.
      Despite that, John writes really well. The book hums along because Taylor pays attention to something so few life writers remember: pacing. Rather than long, drawn out meditations on fourth grade, John gives emotional vignettes. He trades detail for pace. While this isn't always fully satisfying, it is entertaining.
      Recommended.
    • 4/5
      John Taylor of Duran Duran was born Nigel John Taylor and he was an only child. He and his best friend, Nick, later formed what would become Duran Duran. This book looks at John’s life. I enjoyed more of his childhood and personal life than the details of Duran Duran, to be honest. He did mostly keep to his own life and didn’t share too much of the other guys’ lives beyond the group (so no “dirt” dished out in this book!). John shared more of his seemingly happy childhood than details on the alcohol, drugs, and women as he got older (and successful!), though there was some of that, as well. However, despite being short on details, I still really enjoyed this. There were lots of photographs spread throughout the book and it was quick to read.
    • 3/5
      Had to read this because John Taylor was THE heart-breaker dude of the Eighties to me. Was pleased to find out that there really is some personal liking for him available to me - if I ever meet JT at a cocktail party, I am prepared with actual, relevant chat: One: What is the name of your black cat? Two: Books? You like to read? I knew I was right to love you, even if you never said what exactly you were reading!!!!! Tell me! Did you read "Game of Thrones????" Heh heh heh. I clearly have very fond memories of my D2 phase.Reads more like carefully-crafted PR designed not to offend other band members than a tell-all tale. I don't know who designed the book, but whatever they got paid was way too much. For one thing, the un-captioned pictures were annoying and insufficiently informative. Ten points off for that. Who, where, when? Was that really Andy Warhol? The reader will never know. Two hundred points off for the blurry, artsy photos between chapters: the designer forgot what the fan base wanted to see (nice clear pictures of their beloved idol) and substituted a misguided "creativity" instead. Didn't like it one little bit. I rather thought my own first draft for captions and pictures would have been much better if I had created it while quite drunk and half asleep.However, the account of building the band like a business seemed so well thought out, their story might be a case history for a business class. Very smart the way the band was put together and made democratic by the sidemen. The addiction story read well enough to sound honest and leave this reader glad that JT didn't end up as a washed-up, fat and greasy alcoholic the way he might have if he'd kept up with the vodka. Remember that Andy Taylor's nickname was "Sniffer," so it's a big surprise to hear that John had him beat with the Bolivian Marching Powder. Hadn't thought it could be done!As a longtime fan, I have two complaints to present about my Duran Duran fan experience; and both of them are about the band failing to realize my expectations as a fan. One: they released a video way back when. I think it was "Sing Blue Silver.:" Anyway, we were rabid to see it. We were SO excited! And then the whole darn VHS tape was of blonde bimbos in lacy underwear doing roller derby. We were disappointed and confused. Surely there was some band footage? We fast-forwarded to no avail. The band had mistaken what they wanted to see with what we wanted to see. We never watched that piece of crap ever again.Secondly, I wish someone had apologized for substituting Michael Des Barres for Robert Palmer when the Power Station toured in 1985. Fans liked Robert Palmer because he was suave and sexy, suit-wearing and the epitome of cool. We felt like we had classed up our rock and roll addiction by liking him. Imagine our horror to see des Barre running around the stage, sweating, shrieking, grabbing his head and acting like a monkey on speed, ruining all the songs. (Did John and Andy prepare him for the show with that cocaine habit?) Legions of fans hated the tour and kept on loving the album. That at least has held up nicely and sounds good today.So, if I ever attend that cocktail party: I may confess that I started my career as a doll maker with my Anatomically Correct John Taylor Rag Doll. He was soft and cuddly and went to a lot of parties with us and everyone wanted their turn to have him sit on their lap. It was fun to be a fangirl, back in the day!

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    • 5/5
      I enjoyed this much more than I thought I might. It's a very honest look back at his rise to fame and struggles with addiction. Helped bring back memories for me as the various songs, bands and albums are discussed. Nicely done.