James dean best biography of george michael

The 1980s produced a plethora of memorable pop stars: Michael Jackson, Madonna, Prince, and countless others.

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Most are still remembered today while some have been long forgotten. (Kim Carnes, where did you go?) And then there’s George Michael, who is remembered but usually for the wrong reasons: his drug use, his well-documented arrest in a public bathroom, his subsequent outing by the press, and health problems at the end of his life.

Yet what should be remembered is his music, which is far richer and more lasting than commonly believed.

James Gavin’s superb book, George Michael: A Life, not only successfully makes the case for George Michael the musician, particularly his later albums Older and Patience, but also George Michael the man, who was tortured by the pop star image he created early in his career and spent the rest of remainder of his life trying to destroy.