{"product_id":"i-shoot-rock-stars-the-wild-adventures-of-a-music-video-director-9798895152140","title":"I Shoot Rock Stars: The Wild Adventures of a Music Video Director","description":"\u003cb\u003eA Top 5 UK \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe outrageous inside story of the music video revolution, told by the maverick director who brought David Bowie, Queen, The Cure, The Bangles, Wam!, Hall \u0026amp; Oates, and more to our screens\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eTim Pope was there from the beginning, before music videos became slick corporate products, when anything felt possible. \u003ci\u003eI Shoot Rock Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is his music-obsessive-turned-guerrilla-filmmaker's wild ride inside the birth of the pop video--smuggled cameras, blown budgets, and no idea too strange to try. After breaking through with Soft Cell, Pope found himself at the center of a creative explosion, feeding the insatiable new machine called MTV, directing the artists and moments that defined a generation: dressing Freddie Mercury as a giant prawn; being called a \"funny little arsehole\" by David Bowie; hanging out with Neil Young on his ranch; and locking members of the Cure in a wardrobe and launching it off a cliff. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten with wit and unfiltered honesty, \u003ci\u003eI Shoot Rock Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is a riotous memoir of a time when image became inseparable from music.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Tim Pope\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Diversion Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/08\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798895152140\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/20\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTim Pope\u003c\/b\u003e is one of the most influential and distinctive music-video directors of the MTV era. Best known for his long-running creative partnership with The Cure, Pope also directed iconic videos for Queen, David Bowie, Wham!, Talk Talk, Siouxsie \u0026amp; the Banshees, Neil Young, Hall \u0026amp; Oates, and many others. His work helped define the visual grammar of pop music at a moment when image and sound fused into a new global art form. \u003ci\u003eI Shoot Rock Stars\u003c\/i\u003e is his candid, first-person account of that era and his life inside it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRobert Smith is the iconic frontman, songwriter, and creative force behind The Cure, one of the most influential bands of the post-punk and alternative rock era. Inducted into the Rock \u0026amp; Roll Hall of Fame in 2019, Smith's distinctive voice, visual style, and songwriting helped define a generation and reshape the sound and image of modern pop music.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"booksdeli.com","offers":[{"title":"Tim Pope \/ Paperback \/ English","offer_id":48912888692893,"sku":"9798895152140","price":23.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0619\/5648\/9373\/files\/img_3b39a6d6-c395-491d-a405-7da3d208d6f7.jpg?v=1789547838","url":"https:\/\/booksdeli.com\/products\/i-shoot-rock-stars-the-wild-adventures-of-a-music-video-director-9798895152140","provider":"booksdeli.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}