
George Michael
A Life
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Narrated by:
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Paul Bellantoni
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By:
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James Gavin
George Michael was an extravagantly gifted, openhearted soul singer whose work was both pained and smolderingly erotic. He was a songwriter of true craft and substance, and his music swept the world, starting in the mid-1980s. His fabricated image—that of a hypermacho sex god—loomed large in the pop culture of his day. It also hid—for a time—the secret he fought against revealing: Michael was gay. Soon his obsession with fame would start to backfire. As one of the industry's most privileged yet tortured men began to self-destruct, the press showed little sympathy. George Michael: A Life explores the compelling story of a superstar whose struggles, as well as his songs, continue to touch fans all over the world.
Acclaimed music biographer James Gavin traces Michael's metamorphosis from the shy and awkward Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou into the swaggering, dominant half of the leading British pop duo of the 1980s Wham!; he then details Michael's sensational solo career and its subsequent unraveling. With deep analysis of the creative process behind Michael's albums, tours, and music videos, as well as interviews with hundreds of his friends and colleagues, George Michael: A Life is a probing, definitive portrait of a pop legend.
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heartbreaking
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Well researched
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For Paul to James!
"Outside"! Of this read I was a bit overwhelmed!
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Such talent from youth. Fame destroyed him.
Sadness Within
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The Legacy of George Michael
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Amazingly written and performed!
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Disappointed in the author
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If you’ve read up on George before, you’ll be familiar with the progression the book takes on his life/career events. But, the author went further by including many small details which brought new light on familiar subjects.
I really enjoyed it! Thank you for all of your hard work, James and Paul.
A Definitive Biography
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a beautiful man
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If you are a fan who believes GM was a perfect human being and don’t want to know anything different, this bio is probably not for you. But if you, like me, are a lifelong fan who is curious about all the complexities of George and how/why his life took the path that it did (and ended so many years before it should have), then you will learn a lot about the man and his choices. Warning: this is far from a lighthearted story. Be ready to hear some hard truths. But it does give a well-rounded picture of the man, and shines a light on many of his wonderful attributes and triumphs as well.
Note: Gavin interviewed over 250 people during his research. As you might expect, he could not get to people in the inner circle such as George’s close family members (his sister and father), Shirley and Martin Kemp, David Austin, Kenny Goss, or Andrew Ridgeley. But it’s a given that none of those people will ever say anything too negative (at least publicly) about George. They are longtime friends who want to protect him even in death, and I can’t blame them.
Well Researched, Fascinating, Comprehensive
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