Papa John by John Phillips Summary and Reviews
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Book Review: The unauthorized autobiography
Summary: 5 Stars
John Phillips, singer-songwriter most noteworthy for his quartet the Mamas and the Papas, cuts no corners in his mid-1980s autobiography PAPA JOHN. Mr. Phillips, who died in 2001, discloses information many would hide. Please note that while he tells all about others - Elvis Presley and especially Mick Jagger come across as righteous but Pete Townsend seems a jerk - the most embarrassing and personal truths the author tells regard himself. PAPA JOHN reads as though it's an unauthorized biography, yet it is an autobiography.
No one or two examples of John Phillips' remarkable candor would do justice to the details he shares in PAPA JOHN. But whether it results in his enviable accomplishments or heartbreaking failures, this man drives fast and doesn't know what the brake pedal's for.
PAPA JOHN's mid-80s publication proves a year or so too soon, as not long after the book came out the Beach Boys would incorporate the John Phillips tune "Kokomo" to make one of the biggest records of that decade. (By the way, Mr. Phillips wrote the melodic part of the song; someone else composed that grating, rugby chant-like chorus.) It would have made for a more satisfying conclusion, as by the 1980s the author was almost as well-known for his personal problems as for what first made him famous, his musical talent.
Read PAPA JOHN.
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