Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls, Lisa Robinson
Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls, Lisa Robinson
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Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls
Women, Music and Fame

Author: Lisa Robinson

Narrator: Lisa Robinson

Unabridged: 8 hr 48 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/10/2020


Synopsis

This program is read by the author.

"Indispensable [reading] about the feminine journey through a man's world" —USA Today

An intimate look at the lives of our most celebrated female musicians—and their challenges with fame—from a legendary music journalist

Over four decades, Lisa Robinson has made a name for herself as a celebrated journalist in a business long known for its boys’ club mentality. But to Robinson, the female performers who sat down with her, most often at the peak of their careers, were the true revelations.

Based on conversations with more than forty female artists, Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the effects of success on some of music’s most famous women. From Tina Turner, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Nicks, Donna Summer, Bette Midler, Alanis Morissette and Linda Ronstadt to Mary J. Blige, Lady Gaga, Jennifer Lopez, Adele, Beyoncé, Rihanna, and numerous others, Robinson reveals the private obsessions and public distractions that musicians contend with in their pursuit of stardom. From these interviews emerge candid portraits of how these women—regardless of genre or decade—deal with image, abuse, love, motherhood, family, sex, drugs, business, and age.

Complete with reflections from Robinson’s own career as a pioneering female music writer, Nobody Ever Asked Me about the Girls offers an overdue consideration of how hopes, dreams, and the drive for recognition have propelled our most beloved female musicians to take the stage and leave an undeniable, lasting musical mark on the world.

A Macmillan Audio production from Henry Holt and Company

About Lisa Robinson

For the past twenty years, Lisa Robinson has been a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where she produced music issues and profiled many major musicians. Prior to that, she was a columnist for the New York Times syndicate and the New York Post, the American editor of England’s New Music Express, and the editor of several rock magazines. Additionally, she has hosted various cable TV and radio shows, and published a memoir, There Goes Gravity, in 2014. She was born in New York City, where she still resides.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Christa on March 28, 2021

DNF. At about 30% I realized this book touting itself to be pro-woman was nothing but a judgmental laundry list meant to air the writer's credentials.......more

Goodreads review by Maria on February 12, 2021

2.5 stars. Eh, not really any new and/or interesting insights on what its like to be a woman music industry - past and present. To me, this book was just a compilation of all the Wikipedia pages and articles that I've already read about female musicians and their careers & personal lives. I would ag......more

Goodreads review by LAPL on May 19, 2021

With more than 40 years covering the world of rock music, chronicler and journalist Lisa Robinson knows very well what the situation was and is for female musicians who perform and record in this genre. She wrote about the rock music scene in her memoir, There goes gravity : a life in rock and roll,......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 26, 2021

The author clearly is an established music journalist and critic. Her expertise is there. Her writing is okay. This book was, quite honestly, about nothing. The chapters were based on subjects such as “Age”, “Sex” and “Business” and offered quaint anecdotes and quotes from women singers she has inte......more

Goodreads review by Marie on January 24, 2021

There are some fascinating stories in this book, but there are also a lot of strange and offensive remarks by the author that undermine the whole theme of the book. The amount of times she feels the need to very specifically dig at Madonna is baffling. You love Joni Mitchell, we get it. So do I! But......more