Sheffield, Rob. Talking to Girls About Duran Duran: One Young Man’s Quest for True Love and a Cooler Haircut. Dutton.
This year’s Academy Awards and a recent Film Society of Lincoln Center gala both paid tribute to the late director John Hughes and his iconic 1985 creation “The Breakfast Club.” Sheffield, a rock and pop culture critic for Rolling Stone, also gives a nod to the Eighties and the part its hit tunes played in his personal development. Each chapter owes its title to a song from that decade. Madonna’s “Crazy for You” heads a visit to Lourdes, France and an analysis of how Catholicism provided a viewpoint to approaching rock music. Paul McCartney and Hall and Oates became “good imaginary friends,” while the alien in “E.T.” was remembered as “a sad muppet who thought he was David Bowie.” Bad wardrobe choices (Members Only jackets), first jobs, being a summer exchange student in Spain and winless on a high school wrestling team all have a soundtrack in this memoir. Anyone who feels critics are made and not born will have plenty of supporting ammunition in these pages.
Reviewed by Librarian Bob.
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