World Within a Song
Music That Changed My Life and Life That Changed My Music
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An exciting and heartening mix of memories, music, and inspiration from Wilco front man and New York Times bestselling author Jeff Tweedy, sharing fifty songs that changed his life, the real-life experiences behind each one, as well as what he’s learned about how music and life intertwine and enhance each other
What makes us fall in love with a song? What makes us want to write our own songs? Do songs help? Do songs help us live better lives? And do the lives we live help us write better songs?
After two New York Times bestsellers that cemented and expanded his legacy as one of America’s best-loved performers and songwriters, Let’s Go (So We Can Get Back) and How to Write One Song, Jeff Tweedy is back with another disarming, beautiful, and inspirational book about why we listen to music, why we love songs, and how music can connect us to each other and to ourselves. Featuring fifty songs that have both changed Jeff’s life and influenced his music—including songs by the Replacements, Mavis Staples, the Velvet Underground, Joni Mitchell, Otis Redding, Dolly Parton, and Billie Eilish—as well as Jeff’s “Rememories,” dream-like short pieces that related key moments from Jeff’s life, this book is a mix of the musical, the emotional, and the inspirational in the best possible way.
* This audiobook edition includes a downloadable PDF with song credits and permissions.
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For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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love you Ursher
- De Amazon Customer en 02-06-25
De: Usher, y otros
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Country Music
- A History
- De: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Narrado por: Brian Corrigan, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Duración: 18 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the 20th century - based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019.
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Immersed in country music!
- De Lori Hanson en 09-30-19
De: Dayton Duncan, y otros
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How to Write One Song
- Loving the Things We Create and How They Love Us Back
- De: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrado por: Jeff Tweedy
- Duración: 3 h y 8 m
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There are few creative acts more mysterious and magical than writing a song. But what if the goal wasn't so mysterious and was actually achievable for anyone who wants to experience more magic and creativity in their life? That's something that anyone will be inspired to do after listening to Jeff Tweedy's How to Write One Song. Why one song? The idea of becoming a capital-S songwriter can seem daunting, but approached as a focused, self-contained event, the mystery and fear subsides, and songwriting becomes an exciting pursuit.
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Practical and actionable recipes for songwriting
- De Dry Toast Fan en 11-20-20
De: Jeff Tweedy
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Let's Go (So We Can Get Back)
- A Memoir of Recording and Discording with Wilco, Etc.
- De: Jeff Tweedy
- Narrado por: Jeff Tweedy
- Duración: 8 h y 12 m
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Few bands have inspired as much devotion as the Chicago rock band Wilco, and it's thanks, in large part, to the band's singer, songwriter, and guiding light: Jeff Tweedy. But while his songs and music have been endlessly discussed and analyzed, Jeff has rarely talked so directly about himself, his life, and his artistic process.
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A best book of the year
- De jdukuray en 11-30-18
De: Jeff Tweedy
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The Coen Brothers
- De: Adam Nayman
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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From such cult hits as Raising Arizona and The Big Lebowski to major critical darlings Fargo, No Country for Old Men, and Inside Llewyn Davis, Ethan and Joel Coen have cultivated a bleakly comical, instantly recognizable voice in modern American cinema. Film critic Adam Nayman carefully sifts through their complex cinematic universe in an effort to plot, as he puts it, "some Grand Unified Theory of Coen-ness." The book combines critical text with a visual aesthetic that honors the Coens' singular mix of darkness and levity.
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Brilliant companion!
- De Buretto en 12-05-18
De: Adam Nayman
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I Hope I Screw This Up
- How Falling in Love with Your Fears Can Change the World
- De: Kyle Cease
- Narrado por: Kyle Cease
- Duración: 5 h y 31 m
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After 25 years of achieving what he thought were his dreams of being a headlining touring comedian and actor, Kyle Cease suddenly discovered that the belief that "when something happens, I will be happy" is a complete lie. With nothing more than an intuition, he decided to quit his stand-up career at its peak, and now - as a transformational comedian - he brings his one-of-a-kind self-help wisdom to sold-out audiences in his Evolving Out Loud Live stage show.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Wanders, Hits A Truth, Then Wanders Again
- De Gillian en 11-22-17
De: Kyle Cease
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The Last Showman
- Words + Music, Vol. 41
- De: Usher, Gerrick Kennedy
- Narrado por: Usher
- Duración: 1 h y 12 m
- Grabación Original
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For the past 30 years, Usher has exhilarated audiences with stadium-sized anthems, innovative choreography, and dazzling charm that has made him a once-in-a-generation superstar. The Last Showman is an introspective look into the past, present, and future of a beloved global R&B icon. Usher opens up about the inspirations, heartache, and growth that fueled the creation of his record-breaking magnum opus, Confessions, while revisiting some of its most iconic tracks.
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5 out of 5 stars
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love you Ursher
- De Amazon Customer en 02-06-25
De: Usher, y otros
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Country Music
- A History
- De: Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Narrado por: Brian Corrigan, Dayton Duncan, Ken Burns
- Duración: 18 h y 14 m
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The rich and colorful story of America's most popular music and the singers and songwriters who captivated, entertained, and consoled listeners throughout the 20th century - based on the upcoming eight-part film series to air on PBS in September 2019.
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Immersed in country music!
- De Lori Hanson en 09-30-19
De: Dayton Duncan, y otros
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Songs of America
- Patriotism, Protest, and the Music That Made a Nation
- De: Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw
- Narrado por: Jon Meacham, Tim McGraw
- Duración: 7 h y 40 m
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From “The Star-Spangled Banner” to “Born in the USA”, Jon Meacham and Tim McGraw take listeners on a moving and insightful journey through eras in American history and the songs and performers that inspired us. Meacham chronicles our history, exploring the stories behind the songs, and Tim McGraw reflects on them as an artist and performer. Their perspectives combine to create a unique view of the role music has played in uniting and shaping a nation.
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Great Book & Storytelling, Wish Songs Were Sung
- De Caitlin en 06-13-19
De: Jon Meacham, y otros
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Beastie Boys Book
- De: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz
- Narrado por: Michael Diamond, Adam Horovitz, various
- Duración: 12 h y 41 m
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A panoramic experience that tells the story of Beastie Boys, a book as unique as the band itself - by band members ADROCK and Mike D, with contributions from Amy Poehler, Colson Whitehead, Wes Anderson, Luc Sante, and more.
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License to Listen - The Illest Communication
- De J. Combs en 12-12-18
De: Michael Diamond, y otros
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A Woman First: First Woman
- A Memoir
- De: Selina Meyer
- Narrado por: Selina Meyer
- Duración: 6 h
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The long-awaited memoir of her tumultuous year in office, A Woman First: First Woman is an intimate first-person account of the public and private lives of Selina Meyer, America's first woman president.
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Go. Get it. Now.
- De Sookie M en 04-24-19
De: Selina Meyer
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The Philosophy of Modern Song
- De: Bob Dylan
- Narrado por: Bob Dylan, Jeff Bridges, Steve Buscemi, y otros
- Duración: 6 h y 38 m
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Dylan, who began working on the book in 2010, offers his insight into the nature of popular music. He writes over sixty essays focusing on songs by other artists, spanning from Stephen Foster to Elvis Costello, and in between ranging from Hank Williams to Nina Simone. He analyzes what he calls the trap of easy rhymes, breaks down how the addition of a single syllable can diminish a song, and even explains how bluegrass relates to heavy metal. These essays are written in Dylan’s unique prose. And while ostensibly about music, they are really meditations on the human condition.
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Needs chapter headings
- De kaon en 12-22-22
De: Bob Dylan
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The Rasputin File
- De: Edvard Radzinsky, Judson Rosengrant - translator
- Narrado por: Edoardo Ballerini
- Duración: 22 h y 26 m
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For almost a century, historians could only speculate about the role Grigory Rasputin played in the downfall of tsarist Russia. But in 1995 a lost file from the state archives turned up, a file that contained the complete interrogations of Rasputin's inner circle. With this extensive and explicit amplification of the historical record, Edvard Radzinsky has written a definitive biography, reconstructing in full the fascinating life of an improbable holy man who changed the course of Russian history.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good old Radzinsky
- De Babs en 03-13-18
De: Edvard Radzinsky, y otros
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A Kim Jong-Il Production
- The Extraordinary True Story of a Kidnapped Filmmaker, His Star Actress, and a Young Dictator's Rise to Power
- De: Paul Fischer
- Narrado por: Stephen Park
- Duración: 12 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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Before becoming the world's most notorious dictator, Kim Jong-Il ran North Korea's Ministry for Propaganda and its film studios. Conceiving every movie made, he acted as producer and screenwriter. Despite this control, he was underwhelmed by the available talent and took drastic steps, ordering the kidnapping of Choi Eun-Hee (Madam Choi) - South Korea's most famous actress - and her ex-husband Shin Sang-Ok, the country's most famous filmmaker.
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Absolutely terrifying
- De Anonymous en 02-19-15
De: Paul Fischer
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Church of Spies
- The Pope's Secret War Against Hitler
- De: Mark Riebling
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 10 h y 5 m
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The Vatican's silence in the face of Nazi atrocities remains one of the great controversies of our time. History has accused wartime pontiff Pius the Twelfth of complicity in the Holocaust and dubbed him "Hitler's Pope". But a key part of the story has remained untold. Pius ran the world's largest church, smallest state, and oldest spy service. Saintly but secretive, he skimmed from church charities to pay covert couriers, and surreptitiously tape-recorded his meetings with top Nazis.
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Pius XII Vindicated
- De James Clark en 04-17-16
De: Mark Riebling
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The Confidence Men
- How Two Prisoners of War Engineered the Most Remarkable Escape in History
- De: Margalit Fox
- Narrado por: Richard Elfyn
- Duración: 9 h y 54 m
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Imprisoned in a remote Turkish POW camp during World War I, having survived a two-month forced march and a terrifying shootout in the desert, two British officers, Harry Jones and Cedric Hill, join forces to bamboozle their iron-fisted captors. To stave off despair and boredom, Jones takes a handmade Ouija board and fakes elaborate séances for his fellow prisoners. Word gets around, and one day, an Ottoman official approaches Jones with a query: Could Jones contact the spirit world to find a vast treasure rumored to be buried nearby?
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home run as usual
- De thaichicken en 01-17-23
De: Margalit Fox
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All About Me!
- My Remarkable Life in Show Business
- De: Mel Brooks
- Narrado por: Mel Brooks
- Duración: 15 h y 6 m
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At 95, the legendary Mel Brooks continues to set the standard for comedy across television, film, and the stage. Now, for the first time, this EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, Tony) winner shares his story in his own words.
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Wonderful and nostalgic
- De GAT en 12-07-21
De: Mel Brooks
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Mother, Nature
- A 5,000-Mile Journey to Discover If a Mother and Son Can Survive Their Differences
- De: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Narrado por: Jedidiah Jenkins
- Duración: 6 h y 53 m
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When his mother, Barbara, turns seventy, Jedidiah Jenkins is reminded of a sobering truth: Our parents won’t live forever. For years, he and Barbara have talked about taking a trip together, just the two of them. They disagree about politics, about God, about the project of society—disagreements that hurt. But they love thrift stores, they love eating at diners, they love true crime, and they love each other. Jedidiah wants to step into Barbara’s world and get to know her in a way that occasional visits haven’t allowed.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A roadmap to a peaceful heart
- De Michael J Collins en 11-18-23
De: Jedidiah Jenkins
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3 Shades of Blue
- Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans, and the Lost Empire of Cool
- De: James Kaplan
- Narrado por: Dion Graham
- Duración: 14 h y 7 m
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In 1959, America’s great indigenous art form, jazz, reached the height of its power and popularity. James Kaplan’s magnificent 3 Shades of Blue captures how that golden era came to be, and its pinnacle with the recording of Kind of Blue. It’s a book about music, and business, and race, and heroin, and the cities that gave jazz its home, and the Black geniuses behind its rise. It’s an astonishing meditation on creativity and the strange environments where it can flourish most.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great deep dive into a pinnacle of jazz, marred by author bias against later jazz years
- De Michael J. Anderson en 04-08-24
De: James Kaplan
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The Job
- True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop
- De: Steve Osborne
- Narrado por: Steve Osborne
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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Steve Osborne has seen a thing or two in his 20 years in the NYPD - some harmless things, some definitely not. In "Stakeout" Steve and his partner mistake a Manhattan dentist for an armed robbery suspect and reduce the man down to a puddle of snot and tears when questioning him. In "Mug Shot" the mother of a suspected criminal makes a strange request and provides a sobering reminder of the humanity at stake in his profession.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great Book for Traveling
- De Johnnie Walker en 05-15-16
De: Steve Osborne
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- Anonymous User
- 01-09-24
Jeff is an interesting and captivating storyteller. I enjoy listening to him read his books. I’ve listened to all of his.
Self deprecating, funny, poignant, painful. Just like life. Try to keep it light but it’s dark a lot of the time.
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- Anonymous User
- 02-20-24
Tweedy is the Man
A candid and thoughtful account of not only the songs that have shaped Tweedy’s approach of songwriting and life, but a brilliant consideration of why we as humans love listening to music. I highly recommend this book.
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- Foobin
- 07-05-24
Loved it
Jeff is so down to earth, listening to this felt like hangin out with a friend.
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- A Picky Reviewer
- 02-10-24
Jeff Tweedy’s Plain Spoken, Direct, Funny, Touching, Vulnerable, & Honest Meditation on Music is Perfection
To kibble about his choices or omissions misses the whole point. This book is not so much about the list itself, but rather the way music moves us and why, and illustrates why Jeff Tweedy is just so damn good at making it. The guy can really write too. I didn’t want it to end.
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- Bryan
- 01-24-24
Music is Life
Interesting stories on the music that shaped or had profound impact on Mr. Tweedy. He could easily do 4 more volumes of this type of song realted story telling. Great listen/read!
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- Big D
- 05-02-24
I could listen to Jeff all day
This was my third Tweedy book after the memoir and How to Write One Song. As usual, solid insights and storytelling.
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- Amazon Customer
- 11-14-23
Keep it coming, Jeff!
I just finished listening. This audiobook kept me company on my commute and - as always - I found myself sitting in the parking lot wanting just a few minutes more. Tweedy’s dry sense of humor really shines through. I have the book, too (my wife bought it for me), and I’ll read that next, but listening to Jeff’s narration really lets you know how it’s intended to sound. And, let’s face it, sound matters. Thanks, Jeff!
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- Dan Fenyvesi
- 12-25-23
Great window into Jeff’s mind
Fun, insightful deep dive into music by one of our great modern songwriters. Easy listen and rewarding.
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Jeff’s willingness to share his inner and outer worlds of life and music
We all have a private and personal relationship with music. Jeff does a quite a good job at sharing his with us.
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- John B Allnutt
- 11-10-23
Great one
If you are a Tweedy fan or a fan of music this is a great book. So many great stories in here as well. You are in for a treat.
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