Smith delivers a humorous and edgy look at. Nick Hornbys Songbook originally came with a CD that featured many of the bands he wrote the book about. Former MTV music programmer and MTV blogger Courtney E. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title. Songbook by Nick Hornby available in Trade Paperback on, also read synopsis and reviews. charity for children with autism, and 826 Valencia, the nonprofit Bay Area learning center-add up to make Songbook a hit. Songbook Hornby, Nick Published by Brand: Mcsweeneys Books(2002) ISBN 10: 0971904774ISBN 13: 9780971904774 NewHardcoverQuantity: 1 Seller: Campbell Bookstore (Austin, TX, U.S.A.) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Condition: new. Overall, Hornby's pitch-perfect prose, the quirky illustrations from Canadian artist Marcel Dzama, and a good cause-proceeds benefit TreeHouse, a U.K. ![]() The 11-song CD that accompanies the book is a great touch, but it's too bad it doesn't contain all of the featured songs-most likely the unfortunate result of licensing difficulties. While Hornby was writing the book, his young son was diagnosed with autism-a fact that adds greater resonance to the seemingly unrelated song he hears much later: "I write a book that isn't about my kid, and then someone writes a beautiful song based on an episode in my book that turns out to mean something much more personal to me than my book ever did." Meandering asides and observations like this linger in your mind (just like a fantastic song) long after you've flipped past the final page. Especially poignant is his reaction to "A Minor Incident," a Badly Drawn Boy song written for the soundtrack of the film version of Hornby's book About a Boy. More than his humble disclaimer, he captures "the narcotic need" for repeat plays of Nelly Furtado's "I'm Like a Bird," and testifies that "you can hear God" in Rufus Wainwright's coy reinterpretation of his father Loudon's "One Man Guy" ("given a neat little twist by Wainwright Junior's sexual orientation."). "And mostly all I have to say about these songs is that I love them, and want to sing along to them, and force other people to listen to them, and get cross when these other people don't like them as much as I do," writes Hornby. Nick Hornby Songbook Paperback Octoby Nick Hornby (Author) 219 ratings See all formats and editions Kindle 8.99 Read with Our Free App Hardcover 28.93 41 Used from 1.50 4 New from 24.95 10 Collectible from 24.99 Paperback 17.00 96 Used from 1.18 12 New from 10.42 1 Collectible from 40. But then, who better to riff on 31 of his favorite songs than the author of that literary music-lover's delight, High Fidelity? It’s a song that should be listened to while jumping up and down in the arms of one’s lover/brand new husband/what have you.The personal essays in Nick Hornby's Songbook pop off the page with the immediacy and passion of an artfully arranged mix-tape. I swear there are places in the song where you can hear the shape of his mouth changing, smiling while he sings. A shrewd, funny, and completely unique collection of musings on pop music, why its good, what makes us listen and. "), he can hardly, like, you know, express himself adequately. ![]() He’s so happy, he can’t believe his luck ("When I was little I used to dream, and now that, you know, I’m older, well I still dream, and guess what? All my dreams are coming true. SONGBOOK CD Nick Hornby 5.00 Add To Cart Nick Hornby’s Songbook originally came with a CD that featured many of the bands he wrote the book about. ![]() “Well, what do you think? Do you think, like, I’m happy? Well, you’d be right,” he says. Um, like, you know, a cheerleader? No.”īut mostly because it’s one of the happiest love songs I know. “I have an angel,” Jad Fair says, and “I mean, like, you know, what’s better than an angel? A, a princess? Huh-uh. If I make a mix tape to play at my wedding (I’ve been thinking about it, but I have my doubts about whether I will get my act together enough to do it), one song that will certainly be on it, to play during the champagne-drunk-dancing-around part of the affair, will be “This Could Be The Night” by Half Japanese.īecause it’s got some of the things I really like in songs: talking, and spelling, and whistling as well as a saxophone that sounds like an accordion, multiple examples of the word “like” used as a slangy place-filler, and an incongruous “word” (Jad Fair doesn’t have the right kind of voice or delivery to say “word” convincingly, but the wrongness is what makes it so good).Īnd it’s about being with (not only sexually, which is pretty easy to find in pop songs, but also romantically in a way that resists sappiness) the most amazing, perfect person.
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