staceyjade92's review
3.0
While this book provided a broad overview of Michael’s life and music career, it failed to tell me anything I didn’t already know. There was none of the intricate detailed memories found in the INXS biography Story to Story, or close personal insights like those in Tina Hutchence’s Just A Man. However it was a quick and easy read, and I found myself playing each of the albums as the writing and production process was covered in the book. Overall it wasn’t a book to capture my imagination and indeed a lot of the descriptions went over my head as they compared INXS to artists and bands I’ve never heard of.
The last chapter left me feeling empty and full of regret that at the end Michael Hutchence was reduced to such a pale imitation of his former larger than life self. The author tried to paint a picture of Paula Yates as a person, but I can’t think of her as anything other than the reason that brilliant musician is no longer with us. To include a run down of her life story just feels distasteful, she might be dead now too but she wasn’t a victim in any of what went on.
The last chapter left me feeling empty and full of regret that at the end Michael Hutchence was reduced to such a pale imitation of his former larger than life self. The author tried to paint a picture of Paula Yates as a person, but I can’t think of her as anything other than the reason that brilliant musician is no longer with us. To include a run down of her life story just feels distasteful, she might be dead now too but she wasn’t a victim in any of what went on.
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