Her life of sex, drugs and rocknroll was like a road movie. Uschi obermaier was born on september 24, 1946 in munich, bavaria, germany as ursula obermaier. Riemann verlag 20, isbn 9783570501566, uschi obermaier on imdb. Uschi obermaier before she became a sex symbol and an influential personality in the sexual revolution, the goddess from germany, uschi obermaier, was already a globally recognized model. A femininefeminist psychothriller on psilocybin, filmed in a seductively sweltering summer in southern france, with an irresistibly deadly. It was a time of free sex and mass protest that gave birth both to the. Ursula uschi obermaier september 24, 1946 is a former fashion model and actress. The it girl of 1968, uschi had affairs with everyone from mick jagger, to keith richards to jimi hendrix. The film and her book, which coincide with plans by chancellor angela.
In 1975, uschi accompanied the rolling stones on their 1975 tour and. In the latter she is considered an iconic sex symbol of the socalled 1968 generation and the protests of 1968. She slept her way to what looked like the top to her, but she was fiercely independent, rejected all offers of marriage, walked out on contracts to indulge her free spirit and lived the life all groupies dream about i guess. High times, naturally, deals with the 1960s and is the autobiography of german sex kitten uschi obermaier, who was involved, at various points, with mick jagger, keith richards and jimi hendrix. Their real intention was to persuade green to help arrange for jimi hendrix and the rolling stones to perform as headline acts at a woodstock styled festival, in bavaria.
Thin and petite just like twiggi, she represented a new type of model. See more ideas about style icons, famous groupies and keith richards. Obermaier had famous lovers mick jagger and keith richards, a highprofile career as a frequently nude model and a lifestyle that epitomised the dreams of a generation communedweller. The book reached third place on the best seller list and stayed. Jimi hendrix, mick jagger, keith richards uschi was craved by many. What kind of shape was peter green in circa end of the. When she was still residing in west berlin, in a place called kommune 1 a haven for the darker and more dangerous parts of the rock n roll lifestyle. The book is paperback and has 278 pages print length. Uschi obermaier mouth agape, eyes sleepily searing through you, chest pouting. A symbol of the german left, she and her first boyfriend rainer langhan became symbols of the sexual revolution. If you are a seller for this product, would you like to suggest updates through seller support. It was intended as a countermodel against the small middleclass family, as a reaction against a society that the commune. Kommune 1 or k1 was the first politically motivated commune in germany.
I adore jim morrison and i also like uschi obermaier. Akizs movie focuses on the restless life of uschi obermaier, the icon of the 1968 movement in germany and groupie. Its all encapsulated in a new german film, eight miles high, the story of a stunningly beautiful icon of rebellion called uschi obermaier, whose appeal was her very. Kommune 1 developed from the extraparliamentary opposition of the german student movement of the 1960s. The most legendary groupies in rock n roll history. Uschi obermaier was an actress, photomodel, protagonist of the 1968 leftwing movement in germany and is regarded as an iconic sexsymbol of the 1968 generation in europe. The temptation for most memoirists is to beef up, at times even to make up, life. Groupie, addict, and heroine of the left the independent. The authorized biography of oaiers life, high times, was written by obermaier and olaf kraemer. High was a hit when it came out earlier this year and high times, the.
The biography on uschi obermaier, high times, chronicles her wild, sexy life and times uschi obermaier was the erotic symbol of the counterculture, the pop icon of the sixties and seventies, a model, film star, groupie, and lover yet never let herself be pigeonholed or stereotyped. The extraparliamentary opposition of the german student movement of the 1960s developed. The return to the limelight of uschi obermaier, a name which for many germans. Communard rainer langhans mentions in his autobiography that he and uschi obermaier met green in munich, where they invited him to their highfischkommune. The birth, high times, and corruption of atlantic city was publsished, it has won the notable literary award in categories. His is an odd book for many reasons, among them its refusal to impute any meaning to the structure of experience, beyond its basic contingency. See more ideas about model, famous groupies and style icons. Eight miles high, based on the memoirs of uschi obermaier, wants to be both a tangy piece of eurosleaze and an overview of one womans transformations from the heady days of the 1960s onward. Uschi obermaier the biography on uschi obermaier, high times, chronicles her wild, sexy life and times uschi obermaier was the erotic symbol of the counterculture, the pop icon of the sixties and. It was created on 12 january 1967, in west berlin and finally dissolved in november 1969. The book reached third place on the best seller list and stayed there for five months. This biography was adapted into a film biopic, eight miles high original german title. When something was going on she was always there, right in the middle. She was born in munich on september 24th, 1946 and was discovered by twen magazine.
Uschi obermaier was the erotic symbol of the counterculture, the pop icon of the sixties and seventies, a model, film star, groupie, and lover yet never let herself be pigeonholed or stereotyped. Buy high times by uschi obermaier online at alibris. At the age of 16, uschi is bored by her job in a photo lab, but soon becomes the it girl of munichs club scene. In 1973, uschi obermaier fell in love with dieter bockhorn, the wealthy owner of a club in hamburgs reeperbahn redlight district she now was in love with two men at the same time, dieter and keith, and was always torn between the more personally fulfilling relationship with dieter and the exciting and very sexual life with richards. Alexander scheer as keith richards in eight miles high. Born in munich, germany on september 24, 1946, uschis career. Song bitch 2005 digital remaster artist the rolling stones. My german isnt perfect either, but its written in an easy, engaging style and a very distinct voice. This book has the setting in atlantic city, new jersey united states. Uschi obermaier is probably the prettiest stones goddess outside anita and marianne they were the zenith blend of classy, sassy, and gorgeous, and hardly anyone knows about her. Uschi disappeared from the public eye, until she reappeared in 2007 with her longawaited memoirs. Id rather read the discarded books, especially the autobiography of rock groupie uschi obermaier, high times. Will hodgkinson on uschi obermaier music the guardian. We believed in fabulous fairy tales, and so fairy tales are what we expe.
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