Editorial Reviews. About the Author. Paul Lester was Features Editor of Melody Maker before Lowdown: The Story of Wire - Kindle edition by Paul Lester.
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Have you seen their red bags? And whether these bags have inspirational messages, wildlife patterns or hard-to-decipher-but-still inspiring yoga terms, they have become indispensable accessories among some students. It could be the complimentary yoga classes that are held weekly at stores.
These ubiquitous red bags are seen all over our campus and they are used to carry everything from books to lunches. With every purchase at the store, customers get one of these red bags.
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And what started off as mere proof of purchase, has become a fashion must have for some students. But what makes them so different from a purse of any other bag? Granted, these are the records that cemented Wire's reputation and which continue to sell in the highest numbers; but the author does his subject a disservice by pushing the point that Wire's later work was unjustly ignored and then proceeding to more or less do so himself.
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I realize now that this was likely due to the constraints imposed by Omnibus Press. Another issue I had with the book is that there is relatively little new information contained herein. If you've read these, then "Lowdown" is unlikely to make you aware of anything you didn't already know about the band's early days. The author had access to Wire's members and conducted interviews with them, which is the true gem here; getting the individuals' subjective perspectives on the band's somewhat tumultuous career trajectory is a treat, even if Colin Newman tends to dominate the text.
No offense intended toward Mr. Newman, an artist whom I greatly admire and whose recollections are in fact a highlight of this book. All in all, "Lowdown" would make a reasonably good introduction to the work of this most singular of bands for, say, a new fan who hasn't encountered any of the other available literature.
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Not Enabled Word Wise: Not Enabled Screen Reader: To ask other readers questions about Lowdown , please sign up. Lists with This Book. This book is not yet featured on Listopia. Oct 09, Edmole rated it it was ok. I hesitated to pick this up as a so often when you read a band biog you like a band less once you've read it and b I've never got past Pink Flag and Chairs Missing with Wire.
Wire at least the Wire that I am familiar with are a band that make paranoid I hesitated to pick this up as a so often when you read a band biog you like a band less once you've read it and b I've never got past Pink Flag and Chairs Missing with Wire. Wire at least the Wire that I am familiar with are a band that make paranoid and awkward songs which are leavened by beauty and brilliance. This book repeatedly talks to the paranoid and awkward aspect of Wire.
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The interviews Lester has carried out with all of the members of the band seem to dredge up miserable, frustrated recollections; of band politics, of tantalising glimpses of thwarted success, of four men able to make art with each other but not peace. It makes sense that this would produce what Wire produced, but it's very frustrating to have each chapter of their story punctuated with inevitable laments. I think, though, that even being tarred as guitar-playing punks frustrated them - being bayed at for one song for thirty years would have just made them more bitter.
Maybe the beauty among the paranoia and politics is that they kept going, kept changing, kept being awkward artists in the face of their own awkward feelings on failure. All bands, singers, songwriters and musicians should be issued with a pamphlet when they start out. And in it should read 1 This won't work out. Apr 12, Monty rated it did not like it. I love wire, but this was SO. Jul 28, Richard rated it did not like it. Totally lacking in original insight, this is unlikely to give anyone fresh insight into one of the most consistently innovative band still recording.
To be charitable to the author I suspect that the band members aren't the most colourful of characters and only Graham Lewis seems willing to offer and critical analysis of the band's oeuvre, but that cannot excuse the repetition within the conte oh dear. To be charitable to the author I suspect that the band members aren't the most colourful of characters and only Graham Lewis seems willing to offer and critical analysis of the band's oeuvre, but that cannot excuse the repetition within the content which all to often appears to be a way to pass out what is essentially a very thin tome.
Jan 23, David Lamerton rated it did not like it. David Biasotti rated it it was amazing Jun 03,