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Does the Noise in My Head Bother You?
by
Steven Tyler
"I've been mythicized, Mick-icized, eulogized and fooligized, I've been Cole-Portered and farmer's-daughtered, I've been Led Zepped and 12-stepped. I'm a rhyming fool and so cool that me, Fritz the Cat, and Mohair Sam are the baddest cats that am. I have so many outrageous stories, too many, and I'm gonna tell 'em all. All the unexpurgated, brain-jangling tales of debauche...more
Hardcover, 390 pages
Published
May 3rd 2011
by HarperCollins Canada / Non-Fiction
(first published January 1st 2011)
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Dear Steven Tyler;
The noise in your head doesn't bother me so much, I get a lot of noise in my own head so I can relate, to a degree, but the words in your book really bothered me. A lot. Because the words in your book are a poorly put together bunch of sentences and nonsensical tripe. Way worse than almost any noise. Except for maybe that noise Jim Carey makes in "Dumb & Dumber" when they are having that most irritating noise contest.
Your anecdotes aren't even funny or entertaining. Also -...more
The noise in your head doesn't bother me so much, I get a lot of noise in my own head so I can relate, to a degree, but the words in your book really bothered me. A lot. Because the words in your book are a poorly put together bunch of sentences and nonsensical tripe. Way worse than almost any noise. Except for maybe that noise Jim Carey makes in "Dumb & Dumber" when they are having that most irritating noise contest.
Your anecdotes aren't even funny or entertaining. Also -...more
Opening line: “Life is short. Break the rules, forgive quickly, kiss slowly, laugh uncontrollably, and never regret anything that makes you smile.”
Reading about rock stars and their insane lives of excess is one of my guilty pleasures. I find the rise to success intriguing and then there are always the drugs, the girls, the inevitable rehab, more rehab and the stories behind the story. You know, how a song originated, what the lyrics really mean, why he fell off the stage. Then there’s also the...more
Reading about rock stars and their insane lives of excess is one of my guilty pleasures. I find the rise to success intriguing and then there are always the drugs, the girls, the inevitable rehab, more rehab and the stories behind the story. You know, how a song originated, what the lyrics really mean, why he fell off the stage. Then there’s also the...more
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Just started it, having waited months for the library copy to be available. Yes, I'm thrifty, but I'm also the only person I know who had read/bought "Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith"--so I'm sure my Rock god will forgive me.
INTRO/CH.1 The first almost-20 pages of the book make my brain hurt. A little less stream-of-consciousness from a rocker who has done 50 years worth of drugs would assist readers who are not a)poets and b)drooling Tyler fans like myself. I love ya, Baby, but Ye...more
INTRO/CH.1 The first almost-20 pages of the book make my brain hurt. A little less stream-of-consciousness from a rocker who has done 50 years worth of drugs would assist readers who are not a)poets and b)drooling Tyler fans like myself. I love ya, Baby, but Ye...more
I haven't finished this book yet. The book sounds like Steven Tyler. ADHD and wild and crazy, just like Steven Tyler is. I was more interested in his childhood and his recovery. He is a phenomenal artist and like many is plagued with addiction. It is worse for those who are put on pedestals and have access to all the drugs that they could possibly want.
He also talks about how insane it was to be on the road. The artists, musicians make a lot of money and are pushed to make more for those who re...more
He also talks about how insane it was to be on the road. The artists, musicians make a lot of money and are pushed to make more for those who re...more
This book was a little better than merely okay (which is the two star rating here at Goodreads). I actually give this book two and a half stars. Steven is a great front man and rock singer, but not much of a writer. His voice and style are too much like the way he actually talks and after a while that makes for sordid reading. I enjoyed the history of his band Aerosmith; I've been a fan since 1977. I also enjoyed his own history, the descriptions of how he developed his music, touring, bands he...more
Steven said it best, "like most rock stars I suffer from Terminal Adolescence." And I felt like I was reading the diary of a 13-year-old. His story has become cliche: sex, drugs, and (a little bit of) rock n' roll.
There's no revelation here. No deep insight into him, his songs, or the band. In fact, you could probably guess and come close to writing the book yourself, but it'd probably be better written and less juvenile and vulgar.
There's no revelation here. No deep insight into him, his songs, or the band. In fact, you could probably guess and come close to writing the book yourself, but it'd probably be better written and less juvenile and vulgar.
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I give up.
I like Steven Tyler and Aerosmith--that's more than I can say for Bob Dylan, yet as a writer, Dylan is better than 100 Steven Tylers---and Tyler employed a ghost writer. He could not have made this mess alone.
Of course, a memoir by the lead singer of a rock group like Aerosmith is going to have a lot of baggage, a lot of wild and crazy living. But it's the mixed messages that bothered me. Tyler loves taking acid. He misses it. He claims to have "seen God" while on drugs, but then says...more
I like Steven Tyler and Aerosmith--that's more than I can say for Bob Dylan, yet as a writer, Dylan is better than 100 Steven Tylers---and Tyler employed a ghost writer. He could not have made this mess alone.
Of course, a memoir by the lead singer of a rock group like Aerosmith is going to have a lot of baggage, a lot of wild and crazy living. But it's the mixed messages that bothered me. Tyler loves taking acid. He misses it. He claims to have "seen God" while on drugs, but then says...more
I found this autobiographical memoir very interesting. Sometimes the dialogue was very raunchy and rough (sex, drugs and rock & roll!) and other times very heartfelt. Steven Tyler, lead singer of Aerosmith chronicles his life and his rise to fame in the music industry. When detailing the early years and musical influences it was very captivating reminiscing about bands, culture and songs. Sometimes he can be very frank about the people he worked with. He varied his emotions on his relationsh...more
Loved this book! The noise in Steve Tyler's head turns out not to be such a bother. In fact, it really is kind of marvelous to be inside Tyler's mind. Of course, Tyler's story-telling takes a little bit of effort to get used to but once you get into his rhythm, his words written are just as wonderful as his words sung.
There aren't a lot of shockers or big reveals in this autobiography; instead, Tyler gives readers a front row seat into his life past and present. Reading about Tyler's life is exc...more
There aren't a lot of shockers or big reveals in this autobiography; instead, Tyler gives readers a front row seat into his life past and present. Reading about Tyler's life is exc...more
I've never been a big Aerosmith fan, but an autobiography by one of the Me Decade's foremost hedonists was just too good to pass up. My expectations for a volume brimming with tales of coke-fueled foursomes and fivesomes or wretched junkie-depravity were left tragically unmet. By all accounts, Tyler's appetite for the devil's various dandruffs was unquenchable, but merit few tales of its own in this work. Save for numerous rehabs and relapses that punctuate the final chapters, refreshingly told...more
For the record: I love Aerosmith. I became sexually active to the tunes of Aerosmith, Boston, and Journey. Not gonna lie. Aerosmith has always embodied sex to me. Steven Tyler was always the long haired, sexy-ugly rock god and like many of the girls in my junior high, I wore a black armband when he married Cyrinda.
Later in my young adulthood, I saw them during the Get a Grip Tour. My ex-husband and I were devout dirt rockers and had been on a grand concert rodeo of Guns N Roses, The Rolling Sto...more
Later in my young adulthood, I saw them during the Get a Grip Tour. My ex-husband and I were devout dirt rockers and had been on a grand concert rodeo of Guns N Roses, The Rolling Sto...more
Steven Tyler is no doubt one of America's most talented rock entities. He is the reason that Aerosmith has survived and continued to create music against all odds for over forty years. The Bad Boys From Boston have persevered.
His tumultuous relationship with Joe Perry is reminiscent of the troubled relationship between Jagger and Richards. Even through Tyler's struggles with heroin addiction he has pushed hard to keep Aerosmith afloat. This was even after the band tried to replace him as front m...more
His tumultuous relationship with Joe Perry is reminiscent of the troubled relationship between Jagger and Richards. Even through Tyler's struggles with heroin addiction he has pushed hard to keep Aerosmith afloat. This was even after the band tried to replace him as front m...more
The noise didn't bother me as much as some of the jibberish. I am the same age as Steven Tyler and dated boys in bands when I was in high school. Additionally, I also spent summers in New Hampshire when I was growing up so appreciate the the duality/dichotomy of his two lives. Although I was familiar with some of his music, I couldn't have told you that they were "Aerosmith" songs or that he was their lead singer - this could be that by time he was famous I was into other groups?
I actually wante...more
I actually wante...more
Steven Tyler’s main challenge is to make us care. Sure, he’s been in the spotlight for nigh on 40 years, and that holds intrinsic interest. How do you do that? But Tyler’s band never did anything historically important. Aerosmith came along three or four years too late to make an original contribution to the rock era – not that they would have been capable it. Tyler grasps that what we really want to know is what it’s like to be a rock star. So the book could have been written by any of a dozen...more
(I wrote this for Surrey Libraries' Book Blog)
After I finished this book, I couldn’t decide whether or not I loved Aerosmith rock god Steven Tyler even more, or whether I thought him rather a jerk. But I think I have to keep my major crush on him, because really, I shouldn’t be surprised that drug-addled rock stars aren’t always the nicest guys around. The book feels very much like a conversation (well, a one-sided one!) with Tyler – it’s frenetic and jumps around a lot, though it’s loosely chro...more
After I finished this book, I couldn’t decide whether or not I loved Aerosmith rock god Steven Tyler even more, or whether I thought him rather a jerk. But I think I have to keep my major crush on him, because really, I shouldn’t be surprised that drug-addled rock stars aren’t always the nicest guys around. The book feels very much like a conversation (well, a one-sided one!) with Tyler – it’s frenetic and jumps around a lot, though it’s loosely chro...more
The answer to the title is YES!!! We may be of the same generation but we are worlds apart! I read the first 1/4 of the book before I made a decision to skim the remainder.
His writing is so poor [more like a 4th grader whose sniffed glue and is flunking English]. If you take out the 'f' word you have eliminated at least 50 pages of a ridiculous book written about nothing but sex and drugs [also about songs full of sex and drugs] There is absolutely nothing worth noting in this book.
As to why I...more
His writing is so poor [more like a 4th grader whose sniffed glue and is flunking English]. If you take out the 'f' word you have eliminated at least 50 pages of a ridiculous book written about nothing but sex and drugs [also about songs full of sex and drugs] There is absolutely nothing worth noting in this book.
As to why I...more
Aerosmith is one of my favorite bands of all time. They were my first concert (I was 15) and I have yet to see a concert where a band's album lives up to their live vocals as much as them.
He's a genius lyricist, and his twisting of lyrics to play with a melody is the same way he tells you his life story in his memoir. It's sing-songy. It's funny. There's irony, honesty, humility, mistakes, regrets and growth. He doesn't hold back with his feelings or stories-whether they be good, bad or ugly.
I...more
He's a genius lyricist, and his twisting of lyrics to play with a melody is the same way he tells you his life story in his memoir. It's sing-songy. It's funny. There's irony, honesty, humility, mistakes, regrets and growth. He doesn't hold back with his feelings or stories-whether they be good, bad or ugly.
I...more
I am a big Aerosmith fan. I've been known to repeat songs like "Angel" and "Crazy" 10 times in a row. My "angry" song is "Walk on Water". And pink is my new obsession. So it was natural that I would want to read the autobiography (memoir?) of the man who started it all.
I had an idea of what I was getting myself into here (read: lots of sex, drugs, and rock & roll), but I was hoping that it would get toned down a bit to tell the story. Turns out that sex, drugs, and rock & roll IS the sto...more
I had an idea of what I was getting myself into here (read: lots of sex, drugs, and rock & roll), but I was hoping that it would get toned down a bit to tell the story. Turns out that sex, drugs, and rock & roll IS the sto...more
Music documentaries and biographies (auto or otherwise) are my guilty pleasures. I cannot get enough. That is, perhaps, until now. Steven has the gift of gab as we've all seen who have tuned in to American Idol 2.0. However, the problem is that his publisher and editor do not limit the verbosity. Not even the most ardent music and Aerosmith fan wants to read or listen to the minute details of his upbringing and the endless stories of his rock n roll debauched lifestyle.
What makes matters worse...more
What makes matters worse...more
Does the Noise in My Head Bother You? By Steven Tyler (pp. 400)
Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler tells his story in his own words. Always colorful and irreverent in his interviews, expectations for 400-pages of Tyler’s interesting word choice, rhyming combinations, overt strange, and likely indecipherable tall tales are understandably high. But with 40 years of material, a world-class rock band, drug addictions, and many front page romances, Tyler glosses over most of it.
The memoir reads mostly...more
Aerosmith frontman, Steven Tyler tells his story in his own words. Always colorful and irreverent in his interviews, expectations for 400-pages of Tyler’s interesting word choice, rhyming combinations, overt strange, and likely indecipherable tall tales are understandably high. But with 40 years of material, a world-class rock band, drug addictions, and many front page romances, Tyler glosses over most of it.
The memoir reads mostly...more
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If you're looking for an education in sex, drugs, and rock'n roll, then this book will not disappoint. Steven (please don't call him Steve) goes into all aspects of his over 40 years of "living the dream" and some of his recounts are very graphic.
This book isn't as much an autobiography as it is a response to all of the people who have written or shared info about him in the past. It's more of a "well yeah, but you were doing drugs too," kind of thing.
This book reads like a school boy's recount...more
This book isn't as much an autobiography as it is a response to all of the people who have written or shared info about him in the past. It's more of a "well yeah, but you were doing drugs too," kind of thing.
This book reads like a school boy's recount...more
Holy What-it-is-ness! That was a wild and crazy ride! Never would have picked this up if I hadn't loved him so much on American Idol...I did not listen to much of their music. Heck I was just a baby (wink, wink). Aerosmith has only had a 40+ year career!!
On AI, I fell in love with his big heart, his style and sense of humor! I had no idea what a genius he is. It was very interesting learning about this legendary performer and what makes him tick. But seriously, how has he survived? He was totall...more
On AI, I fell in love with his big heart, his style and sense of humor! I had no idea what a genius he is. It was very interesting learning about this legendary performer and what makes him tick. But seriously, how has he survived? He was totall...more
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Yes, I gave it five stars. I loved this book. Most people look at me as though I am crazy for having even bought it, much less read it, and no one thinks he has the brains to write a book and don't believe that he did so. But he has a very powerful voice, and I don't mean a singing one.
As someone who has created a public persona, Steven Tyler is a bit over the top. But he is also Steven Tallarico; a boy who grew up summers in Sunapee, N.H. There is no doubt that the tie-in of living in the same...more
As someone who has created a public persona, Steven Tyler is a bit over the top. But he is also Steven Tallarico; a boy who grew up summers in Sunapee, N.H. There is no doubt that the tie-in of living in the same...more
I probably would never have picked up this book if I hadn't enjoyed Steven Tyler so much on American Idol (and there's a good chance that Steven Tyler saw American Idol as a good way to promote his boko and upcoming solo album). I also enjoyed Keith Richards' autobiography, and thought this might be another worthy read. However, I thought this one was just okay. For one thing, it's pretty raunchy, and seems filled with locker room talk of sexual conquests and "can you believe I did this and I'm...more
Oh, Steven.
I was torn as to whether or not to bother with this book. On the one hand, I love Aerosmith. I'm not a big fan of their comeback era (Permanent Vacation through today) and albums like Night In The Ruts, Rock In A Hard Place and Done With Mirrors do not have homes on my shelves, but the first six Aerosmith LP's rock my world. On the other hand, the demon of screamin', the rhyme-a-holic, the dancing, prancing rock 'n' roll front man, can be kind of annoying. You've seen it a million tim...more
I was torn as to whether or not to bother with this book. On the one hand, I love Aerosmith. I'm not a big fan of their comeback era (Permanent Vacation through today) and albums like Night In The Ruts, Rock In A Hard Place and Done With Mirrors do not have homes on my shelves, but the first six Aerosmith LP's rock my world. On the other hand, the demon of screamin', the rhyme-a-holic, the dancing, prancing rock 'n' roll front man, can be kind of annoying. You've seen it a million tim...more
*Back-dating reviews based on snips I find*
I’d been wanting to read this book for a while because, much like with Ozzy Osbourne, I’ve been a fan of his for years and had the book sitting around doing nothing. And, much like Ozzy, I did find myself getting annoyed at how he explained certain things. I mean, it’s like what Gene Simmons does in his book too – there’s more times in life where he has obviously been the dick in a situation, but he defends his stance and goes ‘Well, Joe Perry did this…...more
I’d been wanting to read this book for a while because, much like with Ozzy Osbourne, I’ve been a fan of his for years and had the book sitting around doing nothing. And, much like Ozzy, I did find myself getting annoyed at how he explained certain things. I mean, it’s like what Gene Simmons does in his book too – there’s more times in life where he has obviously been the dick in a situation, but he defends his stance and goes ‘Well, Joe Perry did this…...more
Buku ini tentang rock star Steven Victor Tallarico, Steven Tyler. Dan dalam kehidupan rock star selain ada musik dan proses mencipta lagu, di situ juga ada cerita tentang groupies dan drugs. Sepertinya ada satu tema umum dalam pembicaraan di kalangan rock star yaitu tema "riding the train of sobreity" misalnya apakah sedang clean, sudah berapa lama sober, apa iya nyiptain lagu itu dalam kondisi sober. Sedangkan soal groupies... yah begitulah.
Selama ini mengenal single-single Aerosmith dan suka,...more
Selama ini mengenal single-single Aerosmith dan suka,...more
I can't believe I read the whole thing! I wasn't planning on it but it did hold my interest and made me want to keep reading. This book is free-flowing thoughts that run through Steven Tyler's head. And the noise in his head did not bother me. I think Steven Tyler wrote from his heart and told it the way it was. I appreciate his honesty. But it is a rock stars head. So expect a lot of drugs and sex and wildness.
I picked up this book because I really liked Steven Tyler on American Idol. I did...more
I picked up this book because I really liked Steven Tyler on American Idol. I did...more
Wow - there should be a disclaimer on this book that says if you are offended by ANYTHING, you better not read it! It is very raw and a bit shocking in some parts (but it's Steven Tyler, should I have been surprised???).
That being said, Steven Tyler really is talented. I was impressed to learn that he's not just some that screams into a mic - he's a musician! I enjoyed his descriptions of how they mixed the songs and how he came up with a bunch of his lyrics.
That being said, Steven Tyler really is talented. I was impressed to learn that he's not just some that screams into a mic - he's a musician! I enjoyed his descriptions of how they mixed the songs and how he came up with a bunch of his lyrics.
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Stephen Victor Tallarico, better known as Steven Tyler, is an American musician with Italian ancestry (His grandfather was Giovanni Tallarico, born and raised in Nicotera, Calabria), songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the frontman and lead singer for the Boston-based rock band Aerosmith.
In the 1970s and early 1980s, Tyler was also known for his heavy drug and alcohol abuse,...more
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