Melissa Etheridge

i really love her music (and seeing her in concert about 11 years ago was still the best concert - that isn't one of those multimedia performances - i've ever seen) but this is not a good book. the very best parts of it were the musical interludes or the guitar riffing she did while reading sometimes. the book itself, though, here and there had some nice insight into the songs and why she wrote them or what she was going through when she did. but other than that, there wasn't anything to this. it was a weird spiritual message, which in the opening scene she shares is kickstarted by taking an enormous amount of marijuana. and how she was shown that the way to live is through love; the rest of the book is kind of her trying to do this. but other than this spiritual epiphany, there really wasn't anything in this book that wasn't in the tabloids or that someone with very cursory knowledge of her past wouldn't already know.

i was annoyed by the spiritual tone so maybe was put off by it from the get-go, but other than the music in the audio version, i don't really see value in this.… (plus d'informations)

1 I'm The Only One 4:54
2 If I Wanted To 3:54
3 Come To My Window 3:57
4 Silent Legacy 5:23
5 I Will Never Be The Same 4:41
6 All American Girl 4:05
7 Yes I Am 4:23
8 Resist 2:58
9 Ruins 4:53
10 Talking To My Angel 4:48
Credits:
Accordion – James Fearnley (tracks: 10)
Acoustic Guitar – Melissa Etheridge
Bass – David Sutton (tracks: 6), Kevin McCormick, Pino Palladino (tracks: 1 to 3, 7)
Drums – Mauricio Fritz Lewak*
Electric Guitar – Melissa Etheridge, Waddy Wachtel
Keyboards – Scott Thurston
Organ – Ian McLagen* (tracks: 5)
Percussion – Mauricio Fritz Lewak*
Vocals – Melissa Etheridge
Written-By – Melissa Etheridge… (plus d'informations)

INFORMATION: This compilation contains the following:
Chapter One - VH1 Lifebeat Concert (1994)
- Come to My Window
- I'm the Only One
- Like the Way I Do
- What's New Pussycat? (k.d. lang)
- You Can Sleep While I Drive (with k.d. lang)
Chapter Two - VH1 to One (10-28-95)
Run up to the release of Your Little Secret
Interview with other musicians & band members
Clips of recording of YLS
Photo session for YLS
Chapter Three
CBS Morning News clip
- I'm the Only One video
Chapter Four
Commercial for Lifebeat
Chapter Five
MTV Video Awards
MLE & Brendan Fraser present Best New Artist 1994 to Counting Crows
Chapter Six
- Burning Love (Elvis Tribute)
- One Night with You (Elvis, incomplete)… (plus d'informations)

This was another book I picked up unexpectedly. Even more unexpectedly I could hardly put it down. Not that this is the best written autobiography ever but ME recalls her story in a very down-to-earth and engaging way - without really holding back on challenging memories.

What was also most interesting was that ME provides a lot of context to her music and many background stories to songs.

An excellent read.

Review first posted on BookLikes: rel="nofollow" target="_top">http://brokentune.booklikes.com/post/993950/the-truth-is… (plus d'informations)