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Book Review
Dec. 2nd, 2013 10:37 pmLet It Be
by Colin Meloy
This is another in the 33 1/3 series. I was especially interested in this volume because the author is the lead singer of the Decemberists, one of my favorite bands, and the subject is not the Beatles album, but the one by The Replacements, which I'd always quite enjoyed. Meloy does not offer any analysis or history of the band or the songs, however. Instead, he gives the reader a poignant memoir of growing up in Helena Montana during the 1980s, focusing on his discovery of The Replacements his relationship with Let It Be. Meloy and I are about the same age and I also grew up in a very ordinary small-ish town, so his story really resonated with me. It's such a bittersweet remembrance of what it's like to grow up and the role music can play in forming identity and coping with all the pains and joys of early adolescence.
by Colin Meloy
This is another in the 33 1/3 series. I was especially interested in this volume because the author is the lead singer of the Decemberists, one of my favorite bands, and the subject is not the Beatles album, but the one by The Replacements, which I'd always quite enjoyed. Meloy does not offer any analysis or history of the band or the songs, however. Instead, he gives the reader a poignant memoir of growing up in Helena Montana during the 1980s, focusing on his discovery of The Replacements his relationship with Let It Be. Meloy and I are about the same age and I also grew up in a very ordinary small-ish town, so his story really resonated with me. It's such a bittersweet remembrance of what it's like to grow up and the role music can play in forming identity and coping with all the pains and joys of early adolescence.
