{"product_id":"i-shoot-rock-stars-the-wild-adventures-of-a-music-video-director-paperback","title":"I Shoot Rock Stars: The Wild Adventures of a Music Video Director - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Pope\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert Smith\u003c\/b\u003e (Foreword by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA Top 5 UK \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e Bestseller!\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\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. \u003c\/p\u003e\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.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 08, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46184766930988,"sku":"9798895152140","price":21.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/gSnWMftgAV9798895152140.webp?v=1789609884","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/i-shoot-rock-stars-the-wild-adventures-of-a-music-video-director-paperback","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}