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Summary: Memories came flooding back.
Review: I loved this book and highly recommend it. I too was a Bay City Roller fanatic. It brought so many memories back for me, I actually pulled out my records and the Leslie M. socks my mom bought me in junior high. I also hid my "love" for BCR from my friends because they were way past that and I didn't want them to know what a dork I was. This was a poignant story in many ways for those of us who lost ourselves in music and didn't always come up for air in the "real" world. Boyfriends weren't that important and jobs only provided money to feed the vinyl habit. If you have ever been "in love" with a rock star read this book!!!!
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Summary: I Couldn't Put This Book Down!
Review: I read this book hoping to gain some insight into why I too was obsessed with this group. It was a great trip back to our teenage years before we got our drivers licenses and REAL boyfriends took over, right down to the "Gee Your Hair Smells Terrific" shampoo that we all used! It brought back so many memories for me, a fan whose actions went no further than to buy all of their albums and to attend their only concert in my state (both shows) in Milwaukee. Yes, I confess, I did wear tartan trimmed jeans to the show! The concert is notably etched in my mind today only because of the shock of the death of Elvis the next day. It was truly fascinating to learn how the concert tour worked and how one could travel with the band if one so desired. Enjoyed every word!!!
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Summary: I had to force myself to finish
Review: I so looked forward to reading this book! I lived through my own fascination with Herman's Hermits, and thought sure that I'd be able to relate. No way! The obsession here was over the top, and there was nothing redeeming about this crew of older teenagers/young adults to balance the extreme. The writing was mediocre, and the insight into these girls and what drove them was superficial, at best. I couldn't like any of them and was relieved when I turned that last page.
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Summary: Intrigued to read - disappointed with Sullivan
Review: I too was a huge fan of The Bay City Rollers in the 70's. This book brings back some of the thrill of seeing them on TV, hearing a new song, etc - But, that's about as big as the thrill gets. Sullivan called herself a fan? Get Real! I thought this book was supposed to be about this woman's love for BCR's - more like the love of her self centered bratty self. Way to go Leslie for saying the things you said to her. One thing that really jolted me was how she seemed to relish in putting them down when their popularity started to die down a little. They were NOT a one hit wonder. And Sullivan - they did make it to the top (for quite some time), one place you'll never find yourself babe (not even for a second). Book is unrealistic.
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Summary: Yikes! What a fun book!
Review: I was a COMPLETE BCR fan when i was a child, but i was much, much younger than the author...much too young to chase after them. so this was an incredibally entertaining read for me. i actually believed the whole 'milk drinking boys' thing at the time, and it was so funny to hear the REAL story. woody was my favorite Roller, and i'm guessing he was the author's as well, so this read was especially entertaining for me. can't wait for les' book to come out to get the story of being a BCR.
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Summary: Five Tartan Stars!
Review: I was never a fan of the Bay City Rollers, but a friend mailed me this book saying that it was a must read. It sat on the coffee table for a few weeks, but once I sat down to start reading it, I couldn't put it down! The writing style sucks you in, almost as if it was a friend casually telling you the story.What is the story? An out of control obsession with the Bay City Rollers, of course! You've got a group of friends who ban together in their love of the Rollers. They trick managers into telling them where the band is staying and airline agents into giving them info on flight times. They call the band members' mothers. They basically do anything they can to see and be near the Rollers. This book is amazing and for anyone who's ever been obsessed with a band - you can either read it and say "yeah, I did stuff like that too" or "at least I wasn't that obsessed!"
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Summary: If I could give this 10 stars, I would
Review: I worry that Carolline Sullivan has tapped into my brainwaves somehow. This amazing account of pure fandom had me salivating at the mouth at its extremely accuracy in portraying what it's like to love a pop band in your late teens/early 20s. Although I barely knew who the Bay City Rollers were when purchasing this book, I bought it anyway, anticipating some kind of insight into the world of not-quite-groupieness that similarly haunted my New Kids on the Block fan phase. What I discovered in reading this was truly scary -- to think that girls were doing and thinking almost the EXACT SAME THINGS about a group 10-15 years prior to the onslaught of NKOTB (and thereafter, mega boybands such as BSB and *NSYNC). No, I'm not talking about your typical gushing praise of horrible-sounding concerts or starstruck flattery of pinups. I'm talking about the reality of lobby-waiting, airline calling, and "stalking" that is now degradingly reserved for the likes of Bonny Lee Bakley. How strange is it that only the bands change, but not the techniques of gathering information, maintaining an in-the-know fan network, and insinuating oneself onto a band's road crew and security personnel? How absolutely uncanny would it be that the Bay City Roller fans of New Jersey not only share the same vocabulary, but the same philosophy about how ridiculous yet important it was to sit for endless hours outside a hotel, only to watch your favorite guy scoff at you as he disappeared into the elevator? Or the pettiness within competing fan factions? I suspect that this is an especially titillating read for BCR fans, but that Beatles, Elvis, Osmonds, David Cassidy, New Edition, and all of the latest boyband fan contigencies can surely relate to this tale of the absurd insanity that runs through one's early 20's (read: "older fan and proud of it") mind. Sullivan really drives it home with not only her to-the-minute descriptions of goings-on in Holiday Inns across the midwest, but nails the entire genre of boyband following with her frequent pensive musings of why we do it in the first place. If you are or ever were a fan of a boyband past or present, you MUST, MUST, MUST read this book. Do it now.
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Summary: A giddy pop culture must-read
Review: I'm much chagrined to admit that before an accidental viewing of one of VH1s seemingly never-ending repeats of a teen idol retrospective, I had never heard of the Bay City Rollers. Born in 1976, my own musical awakening didn't come until the era of Van Halen and Micheal Jackson. Having got this out in the open at the beginning, I feel completely comfortable recommending this book without reservation. Sure it's about a band, but way more importantly, it's about a fan. Having lived through a tragic "love affair" of my own, Sullivan's words ring incredibly true. She says the things that I haven't sufficiently grown up to phrase, but she said them exactly as I feel them. Bye Bye Baby should be required reading for passionate fans of any persuasion (be it for Nsync or, for God's sake, the cast of Rent or the Chicago Bulls). The sentiments and the sharing, the friendships these people formed and the goofy things they lived through, and occasionally lived for, make the book worth the read. And if you're not down with that, it's a fascinating sociological recounting of American pop culture in the 70s, spattered with Tab and Sid and Nancy and Elvis and Lennon.
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Summary: Rock-N-Roll Love Letter
Review: If not for the grace of God and strict parents, this could have been my story! For every fan who skipped school or work to chase the band across the country, there were thousands of us at home who loved the BCR just as deeply. This is a moving book not just about a band, or an fan, but a teen's first love.
A must read for anyone who ever wore Rollergear, and a good suggestion for anyone rearing a pre-teen girl!!
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Summary: Just kept you reading
Review: If you were a teenager loving the BCRs then this book is for you. Embarrassing though they are, I'm afraid to say that I'm actually envious of all the adventures Caroline had with her tacky tartan sisters,involving the Rollers. I'm sure for those of us who were sitting at home, loving these guys, we would have loved to have been out there doing what Caroline was doing. I can identify with alot of what Caroline and her friends did to meet the guys; leaving the shows early and racing them back to their hotels was just one of the things I and my friends did too. But I would have loved to have followed them across the country as she did. Loving the Rollers is something we don't readily admit, but Caroline's story almost makes it cool that we've got this secret. This book is NOT insulting and depressing, its pure fun and nostalgia and its telling it like it is. GET it and ENJOY. Hooray to Caroline for writing it!!!!
"Billy Don't Be a Hero" WAS recorded by Paper Lace.
I actually have the original record!!
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