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Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde - Cathay Che


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Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde - Cathay Che

 
Description: ISBN 0233999574 / Author: Cathay Che / Genre: Biography / Publisher: Andre Deutsch Ltd / First ever portrait of iconic pop star, written ... more
Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde - Cathay Che ... with Deborah Harry's co-operation. Written with Deborah Harry's co-operation Platinum Blonde is the first portrait of the original Rock Goddess. With her unapologetic sexuality and perfectly aggressive pop, Ms Harry has remained a lasting icon of cool, synonymous with New York City attitude and the intersecting worlds of punk, rock, rap, art, film and fashion. Though a mainstream pop star, Deborah was never predictable. Her punk sensibilities, her roots in bohemian, alternative culture and her friendships with controversial artists such as William Burroughs and Andy Warhol set her apart from the archeypal sex symbol and pin-up girl. As bold and uncensored as the women herself, this quirky, broad sweeping biography, filled with new insights from Deborah, her friends, family and peers, is seeped in the vitality of down town New York and spiked with anecdotes of a maverick musician at large in a world of fame.

Newest Review: ... where a Blondie tribute band is playing. This is 1998, almost two decades after the bands heyday but the crowd are still ... more

 ... ecstatic over the tracks that are being belted out. Meanwhile Harry and Stein stand at the back of the room, they are heavily disguised and go unnoticed. Harry explains that they she still likes to go to see as many live bands as possible to keep her finger on the pulse. The couple are impressed by the quality of the act and presumably feel quite smug with themselves at the legacy they have left a new generation of performers. Platinum Blonde is the frank story of Debbie's rise to fame and draws heavily on the only Blo...more

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Crowned Review Deborah Harry: Platinum Blonde - Cathay Che: A frank portrait of Deborah Harry (1241 words)
by - written on 11/03/08 (Very useful, 149 readings)
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OK so I'll let you all into a little secret - Debbie Harry was my very first childhood crush. Parallel Lines was the first album that I ever purchased with my pocket money and I still have a vivid memory of Blondie's front woman parading around a stage on Top of the Pops wearing a ripped plastic bin liner and not a lot else. Oh those were the days of my twisted, adolescent fantasies..... When I recently stumbled across a biography on the pop icon that is Debbie Harry in a charity shop it was inevitable that I was going to part with my 50p, if only to try and recapture some of my childhood dreams and besides I had four plane journeys in a week ahead of me so I ...  Read the complete review

 

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