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Biografier
'The rock memoir of the decade' Daily Mail
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. ______________
Read by actor and star of Rocketman, Taron Egerton, with an introduction, new chapter and epilogue read by Elton John.
Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.
His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.
In Me Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend. ______________
'Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all' The Times
'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' Telegraph
© 2019 Macmillan (Ljudbok): 9781529010312
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 15 oktober 2019
4.6
Biografier
'The rock memoir of the decade' Daily Mail
In his first and only official autobiography, music icon Elton John reveals the truth about his extraordinary life, which is also the subject of the smash-hit film Rocketman. The result is Me - the joyously funny, honest and moving story of the most enduringly successful singer/songwriter of all time. ______________
Read by actor and star of Rocketman, Taron Egerton, with an introduction, new chapter and epilogue read by Elton John.
Christened Reginald Dwight, he was a shy boy with Buddy Holly glasses who grew up in the London suburb of Pinner and dreamed of becoming a pop star. By the age of twenty-three, he was performing his first gig in America, facing an astonished audience in his bright yellow dungarees, a star-spangled T-shirt and boots with wings. Elton John had arrived and the music world would never be the same again.
His life has been full of drama, from the early rejection of his work with songwriting partner Bernie Taupin to spinning out of control as a chart-topping superstar; from half-heartedly trying to drown himself in his LA swimming pool to disco-dancing with the Queen; from friendships with John Lennon, Freddie Mercury and George Michael to setting up his AIDS Foundation. All the while, Elton was hiding a drug addiction that would grip him for over a decade.
In Me Elton also writes powerfully about getting clean and changing his life, about finding love with David Furnish and becoming a father. In a voice that is warm, humble and open, this is Elton on his music and his relationships, his passions and his mistakes. This is a story that will stay with you, by a living legend. ______________
'Self-deprecating, funny . . . You cannot help but enjoy his company throughout, temper tantrums and all' The Times
'Chatty, gossipy, amusing and at times brutally candid' Telegraph
© 2019 Macmillan (Ljudbok): 9781529010312
Utgivningsdatum
Ljudbok: 15 oktober 2019
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Carina
13 juni 2020
Jag har lyssnat 3 gånger och nu vill jag lyssna igen.
AnnSofie
10 dec. 2021
Underbara Elton John. Otroligt rolig och fin bok.
Anna
19 dec. 2021
Jag hade inte förväntat mig en sådan ärlig självbiografi! Elton John beskriver sitt liv in i minsta detalj, oavsett hur osmickrande det är för honom själv. Du behöver inte vara ett stort fan för att uppskatta boken. Det här är inte bara ett stycke imponerande musikhistoria, utan även en intressant berättelse om en man som kom trasig ut ur en dysfunktionell familj, men som på ett nästan mirakulöst sätt lyckas överleva sin egen destruktivitet och skapa sig ett lyckligt liv till slut. Lysande inlöst av Taron Egerton, dessutom. Rekommenderas varmt.
Susanne
28 mars 2020
Fantastisk!
Ebba
6 feb. 2020
Very interesting and inspirational
Andrea
17 maj 2020
Underhållande, bisarr, känslosam, tankeväckande
Åsa
20 jan. 2020
Helt fantastisk bok.
Isabell
12 sep. 2021
En bra berättelse som gör att jag vill lyssna mera på Elton musik. Bra uppläsare.
Asd
6 feb. 2020
Nice
Vivi
1 feb. 2020
A very honest and heartwarming book about a musical genius! Loved it!
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