...Ohhh, painful, no not the staples, but that soul racket.
Yes this is the subject of Irish writer Roddy Doyle’s first novel, called the Commitments, an Irish Soul band and yes of course Alan Parker made it into a classic movie of the same name.
Plot
The book is centred in Dublin’s working class district, Barrytown (I do not know whether Barrytown is a fictional location or not) and focuses on the formation and dissolution of an Irish ... ...the Commitments.
The founder of the band is a Jimmy Rabittee, who is to his friends the fountain of knowledge for music and what is cool and not cool, he even has an album called “scrapping foetus off the wheel”, so to his friends he must be cool. Two other original members of a group called And And! And Outspan, a novice guitar player and Derek a bass player (who has never played the bass), approach Jimmy to manage them and the wheels ...
KingHerrod 07.03.2001
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Committments - Roddy Doyle
Advantages: Very realistic and well-formed characters Disadvantages: Topic can become slightly uniteresting after prolonged reading
...hope to shoot to fame. The story details the trials and tribulations of the journey to success and the troubles success can bring for different people. Roddy Doyle creates well-built characters that have different levels that develop with the interaction of the characters and the development of the plot. The writing style creates an enthusiasm in you to read till the end and the end provides a very satisfying feeling of completion. ...
fkeay 20.09.2000
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of The Committments - Roddy Doyle
...book, full of imagery, especially the music. It is the story of a group of varied Dublin kids (mostly) who get together and create a band which then explodes. Having seen a couple of excellent bands who never made it past the first row and therefore out of the back room of the pub, this book had resonances for me. It has a genuine soul feel to it, and not just in the way that the lyrics of the songs are shouted out of the page.
The film is equally ...
Saturn 14.08.2000
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Barrytown Dublin has something to sing about. The Commitments are spreading the gospel ... more
of the soul. Ably managed by Jimmy Rabitte brilliantly coached by Joel 'The Lips' Fagan their twin assault on Motown and Barrytown takes them by leaps and bounds...
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