Video Slut: How I Shoved Madonna Off an Olympic High Dive, Got Prince into a Pair of Tiny Purple Woolen Underpants, Ran Away from Michael Jackson’s … So I Could Bring Rock Videos to the Masses Reviews
Video Slut: How I Shoved Madonna Off an Olympic High Dive, Got Prince into a Pair of Tiny Purple Woolen Underpants, Ran Away from Michael Jackson’s … So I Could Bring Rock Videos to the Masses
When video killed the radio star, Sharon Oreck was calling the shots. Video Slut takes an irreverent look behind the scenes of the music-video industry during its eighties heyday. Oreck, one of the top producers of all time, bluffed her way into the business with no experience whatsoever and went on to produce more than six hundred video shoots with Madonna, Sting, Mick Jagger, Prince, and several members of the increasingly unstable Jackson family—not to mention a cadre of delinquent caterers, deranged interns, self-absorbed record executives, and malfeasant animal trainers. Oreck also shares the at turns hilarious, biting, and poignant story of her origins as a single teen mother, disowned by her middle-class parents, and of her journe
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A ballsy woman,
A unique book that can be looked at from a few angles.
It is autobiographical and interlaced with her time in the unwed mothers home and shooting rock videos in the 1980′s.
I didn’t know she was the Producer on some of the more famous video’s such as Michael Jackson’s In the Closet, a Janet Jackson video and Madonna’s video, Like a Prayer. This is one very smart and hard working person, who overcame a difficult start in life (her pregnancy at 16)and she tells the story of this with self-effacing humour. However this can wear a bit thin and sometimes she is disrespectful to some of the artists, especially the Jacksons.
However this woman did triumph and it shows what a difficult place Hollywwod and those who work there can be.
You have to admire her for what she has achieved. The language is over the top and saccharine sometimes.
It is a quick read and gives some startling insights into music stars and super models. Sharon Orock rubbed shoulders with most of them.
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|Loved It!,
this book is a fun, funny, fantastic romp through the long-lost music business. It cleverly counterbalances the industry’s height of excess in the 80′s with sharon’s own journey as a single mom in post-punk los angeles. good stuff, and great insightful writing too!
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|Not What I Expected,
I purchased this book after hearing Ms. Oreck’s interview on a radio station. Having grown up with the early days of MTV, it sounded fascinating and I wanted to learn more. Unfortunately, the book was not what I expected at all, which was more about the videos and entertainers. There was very little written about that. It was mostly about her life story and although interesting, just not what I expected. I forced myself to finish it only so my $$ wouldn’t be a complete waste.
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