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Sweet Dreams Are Made of This

By: Dave Stewart
Narrated by: Dave Stewart,Mick Jagger (Foreword)
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Summary

A no-holds-barred look into the remarkable life and career of the prolific musician, songwriter, and producer behind Eurythmics and dozens of pop hits.

Dave Stewart’s life has been a wild ride - one filled with music, constant reinvention, and the never-ending drive to create. Growing up in industrial Northern England, he left home for the gritty London streets of the 70's, where he began collaborating and performing with various musicians, including a young waitress named Annie Lennox.

The chemistry between Stewart and Lennox was undeniable, and an intense romance developed. While their passion proved too much offstage, they thrived musically and developed their own sound. They called themselves Eurythmics and launched into global stardom with the massively popular album Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This).

For the first time, Stewart shares the incredible, high-octane stories of his life in music - the drug-fueled adventures, the A-list collaborations and relationships, and the creative process that brought us blockbusters from Eurythmics like “Here Comes the Rain Again” and “Would I Lie to You” as well as Tom Petty’s “Don’t Come Around Here No More”, No Doubt’s “Underneath It All,” Golden Globe winner “Old Habits Die Hard” with Mick Jagger, and many more.

From great friendships and creative partnerships including the group SuperHeavy along with Jagger, Joss Stone, Damian Marley, and A. R. Rahman, to inspired performances and intimate moments in the studio - Stewart highlights the musicians he admires and calls friends, from Bob Dylan, Stevie Nicks, Elton John, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr to Bono, Bon Jovi, and Katy Perry.

With a behind-the-scenes look at Stewart’s innovative endeavors that keep him on the cutting-edge of the music business, Sweet Dreams Are Made of This is a one-of-a-kind portrait of the creative heart of one of its most gifted and enterprising contributors

.With a Foreword by Mick Jagger!

©2016 Dave Stewart (P)2016 Penguin Audio

Critic reviews

"The Eurythmics’ Stewart looks back on a charmed life in this satisfying memoir." (People)

"He's the musician's musician." (Rolling Stone)

"Dave is a dreamer and a fearless innovator, a visionary of high order, [and] an explosive musician [who] innately recognizes the genius in other people and puts it into play without being manipulative." (Bob Dylan)

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Genius person genius life = genius book

Any music lover, writer,singer, musician or just someone that adores an amazing story must read this book. Certainly the best memoir I have read, full of laughter, sadness, madness and talent. Get it you won't regret it. (That rhymes 🤔)

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First Half is Good

This book suffers from the delusion shared by many other music stars that people are interested equally in the whole of their lives.

The sections of this autobiography that recount Dave Stewart’s early musical career, meeting with Annie Lennox and the Eurythmics years are compelling, if seeming a little sanitised.

However, the last half of the book details a series of collaborations and charity initiatives that barely seem to have troubled the charts or public consciousness and reading about them is about as interesting as reading the author’s shopping list. They’re not relatable.

Dave Stewart is also a compulsive name dropper - and many of his references to the likes of the Beatles, Tony Blair, Bryan Ferry and countless others seem to serve no purpose beyond saying they’re great mates. That’s just boring and wearing after a while.

The self-absorption also extends to the many passages about drugs. Altering one’s own psychological state isn’t that interesting to people who aren’t you.

There are some interesting sections about his health scares and issues but these stand alone and the effect on his musical career isn’t explored.

Probably a book better read in physical form where it’s easier to skip through the boring bits.

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A masterclass in pop history

A superb journey through the life of this extraordinary musician, told by the man himself. A masterclass for any aspiring artist who wants advice on how to live, breathe and eat music.

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At Times A Frustrating Listen

Having previously read the excellent biography of Annie Lennox by Anthony Sutherland & Lucy Ellis, I purchased this Audible title in the hope that it would add another perspective to the Eurythmics - and for that I was not disappointed.
Much of the narrative around the vast and varied solo work that Dave undertook was equally interesting and often interjected with snippets of the music.
And credit to Dave for narrating his autobiography.
So why just three stars?
Unfortunately, during most chapters, listening became a challenge - almost a chore at times, with seemingly never ending lists of names and an irritating over use of superlatives.

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inspiring around the early years

Beautiful, entertaining and inspiring about his lifelong love of music, Annie Lennox and mind altering substances. Gets a little unfocused in the last third.

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Oh dear :-(

I love music, I love autobiography's and I love a lot of the Eurythmics work. Unfortunately I do not love this one little bit. I accept Dave Stewart is an excellent musician, a good producer and a generally bright bloke so why don't I like it.

I don't like DS's monotone delivery, its flat and dull, the book starts off ok apart from DS describing himself as having a working class upbringing, this delusion hints at the self obsessed nonsense to come.

I am confident that if you live to be a thousand you will not read anything with so much blatant name dropping and whilst I acknowledge that the performing arts produces more than its fair share of precious people DS is definitely one of the most precious, he is truly self obsessed and I eventually gave up on the book with circa two hours to go.

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The complete Dave

I enjoyed this book so much, and even more so because he read it himself. An amazing life told so well… he sounds almost like his life of meeting the great and the hugely talented was a massive fluke. When really I feel Dave was the magnet that drew them to him, so many times in this book I felt he was the magic fairy dust they needed, not the other way around. Through this book I am discovering more music touched by him that I find I love.
If anyone reading this is deciding whether to buy it or not!… don’t hesitate, you won’t regret it.

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A great story and a helluva nice bloke

Listening to DS tell his life story is a pleasure. He’s such an unassuming fellow and has enriched my life for many years with his unfailingly brilliant music. This humble and informative account of his life is fascinating and is a worthy addition to his recorded works.

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Great storytelling

Loved this book, and especially loved the narration by Dave himself. He is a great storyteller and there are many moments where he is clearly amusing himself recounting some funnies (Clam Chowder being the best!). Highly recommended.

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Dave Stewart

absolutely brilliant loved the story well told what a interesting life story well done

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