Memoirs of a Rock n' Roll Muse
source: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/28/books/review/Zacharek-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin
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This is an interesting review of model/muse/rocker wife Pattie Boyd's memoir, "Wonderful Tonight".
As a never realized rocker-wife myself (I never did get to meet Van Halen when they were touring...but then again, I was only 6), I look forward to this read.
Here's a snippet of the review:
"In Wonderful Tonight, Boyd seems like a real person who happened to be lucky enough to live shoulder to shoulder with rock deities. The prose is clear and unpretentious, and although she writes candidly about the pain her husbands infidelities caused her particularly Harrisons affair with Ringo Starrs first wife, Maureen this isnt a bitter tell-all screed. Theres an aura of sweetness around Boyds approach. Her early years with Harrison, who comes off as a relatively gentle man, clearly were happy ones, and she rather openly states that she regrets leaving him although shes quick to acknowledge she would have regretted missing out on the passion she felt for Clapton. The Clapton chapters are the dreariest in the book, through no fault of Boyds: at the time they were married, Clapton suffered from a serious drinking problem, and he appears to be a total pill, which may be a harsh blow to those who still like to think of him as God. (Claptons own memoir has just been published, so perhaps God will have the last word after all.)"
As a never realized rocker-wife myself (I never did get to meet Van Halen when they were touring...but then again, I was only 6), I look forward to this read.
Here's a snippet of the review:
"In Wonderful Tonight, Boyd seems like a real person who happened to be lucky enough to live shoulder to shoulder with rock deities. The prose is clear and unpretentious, and although she writes candidly about the pain her husbands infidelities caused her particularly Harrisons affair with Ringo Starrs first wife, Maureen this isnt a bitter tell-all screed. Theres an aura of sweetness around Boyds approach. Her early years with Harrison, who comes off as a relatively gentle man, clearly were happy ones, and she rather openly states that she regrets leaving him although shes quick to acknowledge she would have regretted missing out on the passion she felt for Clapton. The Clapton chapters are the dreariest in the book, through no fault of Boyds: at the time they were married, Clapton suffered from a serious drinking problem, and he appears to be a total pill, which may be a harsh blow to those who still like to think of him as God. (Claptons own memoir has just been published, so perhaps God will have the last word after all.)"
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capricorn76
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It's ironic that she'd inspire 3 such amazing love songs and yet be cheated on by both of the men who wrote them. Particularly if you listen to the lyrics of "Something"....with variations of "I don't need no other lover" throughout. Ah, the perils of being married to rockstars.
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capricorn76
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joshuaheller
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She was married to both George Harrison and Eric Clapton.
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