Wie geht's?
Recently, on the three amigos' latest playlist (WTWMC - Tragically unhip), I chose a song by Rick Astley. It was Never Gonna Give You Up, of course. It's by no means his best song, but it's mos def his best known.
Coincidentally, I saw his autobiography, Never, in Whitcoulls and decided to have a flick through it. It looked pretty good so I bought a copy.
Blimey - I can't put it down. I started alternating chapters with My Mutual Friend but I enjoyed his company via Never so much that I'm exclusively reading Never.
As is my wont, I also created a playlist of the songs he mentions along the way - Wozza - Never (Rick Astley). There is also a playlist out there created for the book that is worth a listen as it features a lot of the prog stuff he grew up with (as did I).
He has a wonderful dry northern sense of humour that comes through in his writing (he was assisted by Alexis Petridis but it feels like Rick is the writer). He's also not a former drug addled rock star which is a very refreshing change.
I notice he has a podcast that I must check out next, and Never is available as an audiobook. I prefer to read rather than listen but it might be fun.
Love and peace - Wozza