Author:Pattie Boyd, Penny Junor Binding: Paperback Published: 2008-05-27 ISBN: 0307407837 Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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"Before I Even Read it!"
"A disarray of disconnected details without any real story"
"A wonderful return to the 60s and 70s"
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Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller For the first time, rock music's most famous muse tells her incredible story Pattie Boyd, former wife of both George Harrison and Eric Clapton, finally breaks a forty-year silence and tells the story of how she found herself bound to two of the most addictive, promiscuous musical geniuses of the twentieth century and became the most legendary muse in the history of rock and roll. The woman who inspired Harrison's song "Something" and Clapton's anthem "Layla," Pattie Boyd has written a book that is rich and raw, funny and heartbreaking-and totally honest.
A Q&A with Pattie Boyd, Author of Wonderful Tonight
Why are you writing the book now?
I have been asked for the last 15 years to write a book, and it is only now that I feel the time is right. My confidence in myself was restored after two successful exhibitions of my photography, and it occurred to me that I was finally ready to take a look at the unique experiences of my life and to share them--including all the ups and downs. Tell us about the first time you met George Harrison. Working as a model, I occasionally went for castings, mainly for television commercials. I went for an interview with one of the directors I had worked with in the past, and he cast me in his first movie, A Hard Day's Night, to play the part of a schoolgirl. When I first saw George on the set, I thought he was the best-looking man I'd ever seen. I was so surprised when he asked me out on a date at the end of my first day of filming. Tell us about the first time you heard George Harrison's song, "Something." George said he had written a song for me, and he played it on the guitar at home without the words. Then when I heard the song after it had been recorded I couldn't believe how utterly beautiful it was. It was released on a single in October 1969, and I felt so thrilled and flattered. Tell us about the first time you heard Eric Clapton's "Layla." Eric invited me to his band's flat one day and played a rough recording of "Layla" on a cassette recorder. I was sitting on a sofa and he on the floor as it played, and he kept looking up at me for a reaction. I was stunned; the intensity, passion and tenderness came across so strongly--I knew, as he said, it was written for me.
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Avg. Customer Rating: 3.5 / 5.0
Before I Even Read it! It's been long overlooked that behind every great accomplished artist or musician, is The Woman. When I grew up in London and saw television footage of Pattie she looked so pretty. We called them "dolly girls" in those days...the British way of saying that a gorgeous (to begin with) and then "dolled up." Mary Quant, I think started the saying. Anyway, Cheers! to Pattie and I can not wait to read this book!
A disarray of disconnected details without any real story Her recollection of what they ate, what they wore, what color their furniture was was just remarkable but the book is nothing more than a string of disconnected details that don't tell any real story. Even that might be interesting if it were well written, but this reads like it was penned by a seventh grader. Skip it, that's all I can say. I have no real insight into who SHE was nor either of her famous musician husbands.
A wonderful return to the 60s and 70s While Wonderful Tonight is not what I would call a masterpiece, it provided a wonderful snapshot of that Golden Era of rock. The way it was narrated tended to be a little monotonous at times but her imagery was vivid and the memories flooded back to me...I was a fan of hers (and of Jean Shrimpton and Twiggy as well). I loved the fashions of the day and consequently I followed all the doings in the gossip rags faithfully living vicariously through them.
I wasn't shocked to read of the goings on in the... more info
Vapid This is a terrible book and it's disappointing to discover that this icon of the '60s is really a dumb blonde. How many times did she need to be abused by either George or Eric before she got the message that they were just using her? Most of all, this book made me angry that they could be such jerks and she could be such an idiot for not seeing their real personalities. This book must have been written for money since she wasn't smart enough to at least get some alimony from these morons. Love their music,... more info
