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Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: mitchflorida ()
Date: November 2, 2010 21:38

I am sorry, but Johnny Depp is about the worst narrator of an audio-book that I have ever heard of. He speaks in a boring mono-tone. I basically stopped listening to it.

Richards should have narrated the darn book by himself . .I guess he was too busy to do that?

The whole audiobook leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Plus I find Keith Richards' constant chatter about his drug use boring.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-11-02 21:39 by mitchflorida.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: LeonidP ()
Date: November 2, 2010 22:08

Odd, I am fascinated by his reading, although I think his voice imitation sounds more like Ronnie than Keith. I can't stop listening to it (I'm on ch. 9 so far).

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Title5Take1 ()
Date: November 2, 2010 22:49

I just heard a short sample, but I liked how when he's speaking as Keith in dialogue bits he sounds like Capt. Jack Sparrow.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: riffhard72 ()
Date: November 2, 2010 23:23

Quote
mitchflorida
I am sorry, but Johnny Depp is about the worst narrator of an audio-book that I have ever heard of. He speaks in a boring mono-tone. I basically stopped listening to it.

Richards should have narrated the darn book by himself . .I guess he was too busy to do that?

The whole audiobook leaves a bad taste in my mouth. Plus I find Keith Richards' constant chatter about his drug use boring.

I thought exactly the same when i heard a free sample of it.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Justin ()
Date: November 2, 2010 23:26

Wasn't thrilled about the job he did on The Doors' doc, myself. Didn't jive with the "attitude" his voice had.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: VOODOOSEBI ()
Date: November 2, 2010 23:41

how big is keith part?

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: mitchflorida ()
Date: November 3, 2010 00:17

Keith Richards narrates the preface to the book .. about 8 mminutes worth I would say. Keith has a very good speaking voice and he made it interesting.

What would it have taken for Keith to read the entire book, it is his story after all. I mean the the run time is only 4 hours total. It couldn't have taken Keith more than 20 hours to do it himself.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: marchbaby ()
Date: November 3, 2010 00:21

Quote
mitchflorida
Keith Richards narrates the preface to the book .. about 8 mminutes worth I would say. Keith has a very good speaking voice and he made it interesting.

I'm reading Life right now, and I do not remember a preface, only the first chapter 1975 US tour

Mick's rock, I'm roll.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: TippyToe ()
Date: November 3, 2010 01:32

I thought Depp did alright. I liked him much better than the guy (Joe Hurley) who took over at chapter 5. I think Keith reading it himself would have been a bad idea.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Doctor Dear! ()
Date: November 3, 2010 01:50

how much is the audio version??

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: LeonidP ()
Date: November 3, 2010 07:33

Quote
mitchflorida
Keith Richards narrates the preface to the book .. about 8 mminutes worth I would say. Keith has a very good speaking voice and he made it interesting.

He also reads chapter 13, or at least he does in the beginning (I didn't get to that chapter yet, so not sure if he does the whole chapter or not)

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: with sssoul ()
Date: November 3, 2010 07:54

>> the run time is only 4 hours total <<

?! you got some sort of abridged version, in that case - the unabridged one is 22 hours:
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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 2010-11-03 08:19 by with sssoul.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Green Lady ()
Date: November 26, 2010 00:49

Beware of Amazon's "Audible" download version of the unabridged book. This is in a special Audible format which is only playable on ITunes and certain other non-PC devices. It is claimed that the downloaded file "can be easily burned to CD" - but in fact you can't do so with Windows Media Player or with any software that I currently own. So I can only play the damn thing on my PC, not on my CD player or mp3 player. Which was not the object of the exercise.

If I want to listen in my car, I've now got to spend out another £15 or so on the physical CD version.

Snarl curse mutter mutter mumble grumble moan groan....

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: StonesJunkie ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:14

I used Audacity to put it into MP3 format and now I can listen to it where I wish. It's a free program and easy to use. I personally enjoyed Depp's narration much more than Hurley's. Keith does narrate all of chapter 13.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rolling Hansie ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:25

I enjoy listening to the audio as much as I enjoyed reading the book

Keep On Rolling smoking smiley

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: scottkeef ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:27

you can get the audio or written file at demonoid

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rockman ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:28

If I want to listen in my car, I've now got to spend out another £15 or so on the physical CD version.



Bite the bullet and get it Green Lady 'cause it's a great 22 hour listen .....

PS: take food... booze...extra $$ for fuel and tell ya family ya won't be back till just after daybreak

ROCKMAN

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rolling Hansie ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:39

I agree with Rockman. It is also a nice box with 20 CD's

Keep On Rolling smoking smiley

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: ChefGuevara ()
Date: November 26, 2010 01:54

I was really surprised to find out that the third voice that
Narrates the audio book is Joe Hurley. He was my best friend
when I was at college in Boston and we lost contact many years
ago. We got back in touch after I read the news of the audio book.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rolling Hansie ()
Date: November 26, 2010 03:29

Alright ChefGuevara. That's great

Keep On Rolling smoking smiley

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rockman ()
Date: November 26, 2010 03:41

Joe Hurley


[www.nypost.com]

ROCKMAN

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: ChefGuevara ()
Date: November 26, 2010 05:30

Thanks for that article Rockman.
Great read and great to see Joe
getting this opportunities.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rockman ()
Date: November 26, 2010 06:29

.....any time Chef

ROCKMAN

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Carnaby ()
Date: November 26, 2010 07:32


Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Harm ()
Date: November 26, 2010 07:57

Can you buy it in the store as well? I'll be in London next week

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Braincapers ()
Date: November 26, 2010 10:19

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Harm
Can you buy it in the store as well? I'll be in London next week

Waterstones had both CD and book displayed a few days ago.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: LeonidP ()
Date: November 26, 2010 15:06

Quote
Green Lady
Beware of Amazon's "Audible" download version of the unabridged book. This is in a special Audible format which is only playable on ITunes and certain other non-PC devices. It is claimed that the downloaded file "can be easily burned to CD" - but in fact you can't do so with Windows Media Player or with any software that I currently own. So I can only play the damn thing on my PC, not on my CD player or mp3 player. Which was not the object of the exercise.

If I want to listen in my car, I've now got to spend out another £15 or so on the physical CD version.

Snarl curse mutter mutter mumble grumble moan groan....

You can easily point out to Amazon that they state "can be easily burned to CD" but it can't ... and tell they you want another format. They will refund for the 1st purchase. I've contacted them recently on a faulty mp3 purchase and got a quick refund.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: CindyC ()
Date: June 18, 2012 19:27

I'm listening to the audiobook now and am very much enjoying it. I like both Johnny and Joe Hurley's voices.

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Rolling Hansie ()
Date: June 18, 2012 20:52

Good for you Cindy. Better late than never

Keep On Rolling smoking smiley

Re: Johnny Depp and Keith Richard's Life audio book
Posted by: Claire_M ()
Date: June 18, 2012 23:28

I listened to the unabridged version and Keith reads several chapters at the end. He scared me with his imitation of the Rasta woman in his band. There were also "guests" who spoke about their Keith encounters: I remember Tom Waits and... maybe Waddy Wachtel. My memory isn't what it used to be.

I liked Johnny's narration - low-key is good, you don't want a narrator who is too dramatic, it's tiresome and detracts from the book, IMO.



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