Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye

Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye

by Lewis Williams
Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye

Scott Walker: The Rhymes of Goodbye

by Lewis Williams

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Overview

Scott arrived in the UK in 1965 with 2 American friends and formed The Walker Brothers. Their second release 'Make It Easy On Yourself' went to Number 1 in the British Charts and Number 16 in the US. Responsible for some of the biggest hits of the 60s, Scott Walker was once more popular than The Beatles and his music influenced the likes of Radiohead, Leonard Cohen and David Bowie. The Rhymes of Goodbye tells the amazing story of Scott Walker’s life and work through his songs – a track by track commentary in the tradition of Revolution In The Head that encompasses his entire career from the first Walker Brothers single up to his final work before his death in March 2019. Featuring an informed guide to Walker’s exceptional and esoteric lyricism and providing an insightful analysis that will delight his legions of fans, lifelong fan Lewis Williams presents a wealth of engaging information about an artist who has been described as the most enigmatic singer of modern times.

By examining Walker’s unique catalogue of songs, from classics like ‘The Sun Ain’t Gonna Shine Anymore’ to the most sought after of rarities, The Rhymes of Goodbye approaches its subject with obsessive enthusiasm to create a definitive portrait of the artist. Divided into sections that correspond to the distinct phases of Walker’s recording career, this book covers the Walker Brothers’ glory years – when Scott, John and Gary Walker enjoyed the same level of popularity as the Beatles, Scott’s return to the public eye as a solo artists during 1967-70, his ‘lost albums’ of the early 1970s, the Walker Brothers reunion and the success of ‘No Regrets’, and his eighties forays into experimentalism and soundtracks. Additionally, obscurities such as rare live tracks by the Walker Brothers and recordings from the Scott Walker BBC TV show are explored in an insightful and fascinating manner.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780859655583
Publisher: Plexus Publishing, Limited
Publication date: 05/18/2021
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.00(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)

About the Author

Having written his first book on Scott Walker, Lewis Williams followed that with an academic work on social policy, which he then followed with a trilogy of limerick books. His latest book project has been to edit The Corona Book of Horror Stories series, to which he has also contributed a story. He has two degrees in philosophy and worked for a number of years in a number of different roles for Oxford University. Lewis Williams lives in Hull.

Table of Contents

A Note to the Reader of the 2019 Edition 9

Introduction 11

Part 1 The Walker Brothers: 1965 - 1967 19

Part 2 The 'God-Like Genius' Years: 1967 - 1970 63

Part 3 The Singer Not the Song: 1969 - 1974 107

Part 4 The Walker Brothers' Seventies Reunion: 1975 - 1978 135

Part 5 A Road Less Travelled: 1984 - 2018 153

Afterword 198

Appendix: Unreleased Tracks 199

Acknowledgements 205

Index of Songs 206

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