"The Sweet Smell of Success" is both a history of and a guide to the art of hustling in the worlds of music, film, and fashion by the man hailed as 'without doubt the most flash personality that British Pop has ever had, the most anarchic and obsessive and imaginative hustler of all'. From Bob Dylan to Malcolm McLaren, Andy Warhol to Alan McGee, David Bailey and Phil Spector to Marlon Brando and The Smiths, "The Sweet Smell of Success" is an appreciation of those who made their own luck and changed the rules of whatever world they moved in. Moving from Serge Diaghilev and the Ballet Russe to the celluloid giants of the 1940s, 50s and 60s, through the legendary svengali figures of all the pop eras, and on to those who have survived at the top of the fickle worlds of fashion and photography, "The Sweet Smell of Success" asks what made them different and how they sold the world their greatness. About hero-worship, myth-making, and getting ahead, "The Sweet Smell of Success" pays homage to the people Andrew Loog Oldham learned from at long range, those he knew and admired at close range, and those who learned from him.
It is a captivating masterclass in how to leave a mark upon the world.
- ISBN10 0436206072
- ISBN13 9780436206078
- Publish Date 1 January 2099
- Publish Status Cancelled
- Out of Print 8 February 2010
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Vintage Publishing
- Imprint Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd
- Format Paperback
- Pages 320
- Language English