AustLit

'A book of hilarious real-life anecdotes from Molly Meldrum, one of Australia's best-loved personalities.

''These things happen to Molly: magic coincidences, fateful happenings' - Daryl Somers

'There was once a boy from Quambatook called Ian Meldrum, who moved to the big city, got a job in a bank, and then became Molly, a music legend, writing for Go-Set, producing 'The Real Thing' and providing the soundtrack to our lives on Countdown and Hey Hey It's Saturday.

'It's a life where not everything has gone to plan, but Ah Well, Nobody's Perfect.

''Molly has done more for Australian music than anyone I know' - Michael Gudinski

'This book tells the funny, eye-opening and larger-than-life untold stories that happened along the way: the parties, the fights, the celebrity interviews, the madness and the music. Molly gives us his unforgettable encounters with The Beatles, Elton John, David Bowie, The Rolling Stones, Madonna, John Farnham, Bruce Springsteen, the Bee Gees, Rod Stewart, Russell Crowe, Oasis, Beyonce and Prince. As well as the tales that surround his other loves: the Australian cricket team, the St Kilda footy club and the Melbourne Storm.'

"I have a lot of love for the great Ian 'Molly' Meldrum" - Shane Warne

'No one has lived a life like Ian 'Molly' Meldrum. And no one can tell a story like Molly. (Publication summary)

'In these extracts from his new autobiography,to The Never, Um, Ever Ending Story, Molly Meldrum relives a pub brawl with the Sex Pistols’ Johnny Rotten and Sid Vicious and an excruciating Countdown interview with Prince Charles.'

'In 1974 Ian 'Molly' Meldrum was working as a record producer and music journalist when he was offered the chance to host a new music show called Countdown. It was a show that would run for the next thirteen years and become one of the most-loved and most-watched programs on Australian television. It also turned Molly into a national institution (or 'mental institution' as one of his friends put it). During that period he not only became the most influential voice in Australian music, he endeared himself to millions of viewers with a uniquely unpolished interviewing style and a tangible on-screen passion. For better or worse, whether interviewing Prince Charles or Sid Vicious, Molly was always Molly. Along the way he talked, partied, argued, exchanged blows and became firm friends with a rollcall of the world's greatest musical names. Filled with outrageous anecdotes, an incredible cast of musos, deadbeats, transvestites and international superstars, The Never Ever Ending Story is Molly's hilarious, vivid, warm and always compelling memoir of these incredible years.' (Publication summary)