The Wedding Present - Sometimes These Words Just Don't Have To Be Said

by Richard Houghton, David Gedge

From David Gedge's school days through to concerts in 2016, the book is packed with full colour images, including many from David s personal archive. It contains stories from a host of celebrity fans, including Gaz Coombes (Supergrass), Mark Burgess (The Chameleons), Martin Noble (British Sea Power), Emma Pollock (The Delgados), John Robb (The Membranes), William Potter (CUD), Rolo McGinty (The Woodentops), Ben Lambert (Carter USM), and bands who have performed at David s annual At The Edge Of The Sea festival.

Genres: Music

450 pages, Paperback

Published July 31, 2019

Reviews

[Alister Betts · Rating 5 out of 5]

My favourite band, my favourite book, my favourite dress....

[Mancman · Rating 5 out of 5]

How can you fail to give this five stars? Let’s face it, you have to be a fan of The Wedding Present to read this, and if you’re that, then most things in here will chime with you.
It’s a fascinating insight into people’s devotion and joy, and the myriad of facts that tumble through the book enlightened me frequently.
It’s a book full of warmth, happiness, nostalgia and occasionally bathos. Isn’t that a perfect mix for a book? Or a song? Or a group?

[Steve Gillway · Rating 5 out of 5]

In some ways this is a very life affirming book. You can hear how countless people fell in love with The Wedding Present. Plus, you get a small snapshot of that person, which tells you the importance of music, booze, shyness etc in Bristish culture. Ostensibly, it goes through the gigs and the records, but the gigs are key. It is great to listen along to the band while reading.

[Mick Ingleson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Not to be missed for any fans of the weddoes with more than a causual interest

[Betheliza · Rating 3 out of 5]

I found it interesting to read where the various contributors’ appreciation of the band started, and to identify my own within that. To clarify: which song / recording they started with or within which era / incarnation of the band. I very much enjoyed many contributors’ recollections of how they had embarrassed themselves in front of their idols.
An enjoyable read.

The formatting is not great on Kindle, and there is one sentence seemingly left hanging at the end of 1995: Cooking on Vinyl.

[Iain Cargill · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great read, typical David Gedge

Bloody fantastic, not a biography, but a great book with a lot of fan input. Its entirely difficult to not love The Wedding Present