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This is the life story of a bright restless soul from a backwoods English town whose talent and drive escaped the workaday routine of everyday people but turns out in his self portrait to be just as down to earth as the man on the street.

It's a heartfelt makeshift autobio of an intensely introspective singer/songwriter evolving in study of life's intellectual meaning and not about to make his legacy all about the spoils of fame and fortune. He's much too deep or modest for that.

In this book the ego of Sting gave way to the humble humanity of Gordon Sumner. It's a fascinating read that reveals a soft rock legend who has realized his dreams yet is haunted by the sentimentalist mortality of life's uncertainty.

His 25 years on the road first as a blossoming musician, then as the iconic front man for The Police as well as a prolific soloist are covered herein almost as an impromptu coda after saging spirit over aspiration to soul search what really matters.

About those who helped make him who he is and of the fate that blessed his ambition, this memoir salutes his mercurial journey and not the epic destination of having become someone, which lends insight into why his music is so enlighteningly mystical.

Most of all, Broken Music is a tribute to those dear to him whom he has survived, old friends and family in the estranged late parents of a distant broken home. So much so, that he often identifies himself more by loved ones lost than success found.


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Broken Music A Memoir Sting 9780385338653 Books Reviews

Sting has really hit a home run with Broken Music. It was very interresting to see how a above average gradeschool kid from a disfunctional family, with little ambition, turned into one of the most recognized, rock and new-age composer/singers of the last thirty years. The only explanation has to be - 'he didn't have a choice, it was meant to be.'

Sting shows great skill in describing the settings, characters and events of various eras in his life. Unfortunately, this particular memoir only really takes you as far as the first Police album in the late 70s. It did leave me wishing for more however.

My only problem was the extremely abrupt ending. I was totally involved in the story, and I was looking forward to learning about how he and the band responded to super stardom - and it was over. The words stopped, and I was stunned.

The book contains some harsh language, but it only helps you understand the real conversations he was involved in during his life.
In my life, Sting stands alone among the singer/songwriters of whom I am a fan. I grew up listening to musicians like Simon & Garfunkel, the Beatles, Bob Dylan and James Taylor; however, they all were basically superstars before I was born. The Police were the first "contemporary" group to whom I listened, playing all five of their LPS until the grooves were worn, and I loyally followed Sting into his solo career. I believe Sting remains one of the best modern songwriters and I continue to be a fan.

I consider myself a passionate fan but my fandom is not rabid. I focus mainly on the work and generally have little interest in a star's private life. You can't help but pick up things in the midst of the media storm in which we live today but I do my best to keep my attitudes about a person's private life separate from my feelings about the work. My rare exception to this is when someone writes an autobiography. I rarely read biographies about living persons but I will often read an autobiography from someone whom I admire. Keeping in mind that no one is willing to reveal everything about themselves, it is often interesting to see what a person chooses to reveal. Such is the case with this book.

I am in no position to judge the factual content of Sting's story. On the other hand, I was surprised at how well Broken Music reflected what I would have expected from what appears to be Sting's personality. For fans, the most obvious thing that stands out is Sting's continued conflicted feelings about his success with the Police. Most obviously, this can be seen in the fact that this book covers Sting's life only up until the time of the formation of the Police. He still seems unwilling to really confront the meaning and experience of those years publicly. On the other hand, it is interesting in the final pages of the book to hear Sting tell of his first encounters with, in particular, Stewart Copeland and, later, Andy Summers.

The other big thing that stood out for me is how this book reflected a man's obsession with music and unrepentant drive for success. Granted, we do learn a lot about the simple facts of Sting's early life and relationships, his developing musical interest; however, underscoring it all is his need to do whatever it takes to win in the music world. As we've seen in his music, we also have Sting trying to self-analyze in this book and come to grips with his relationships with his mother, father, and a couple of early girlfriends but this stands in stark contrast to the ambition that underlies everything. It goes to show how even as writers try to present themselves in the best light, a certain amount of truth can't help but sneak through.

As a writer, Sting is quite good, as one might expect. Even if his experience centers mainly around 3 minute pop songs, he shows that he can write excellent extended prose as well. I was worried at first because the prose in his recollection of the ayahuasca experience is a little flowery but he quickly settles down into serious story-telling. Broken Music is certainly an appropriate title to this memoir as it is generally a linear story punctuated by the occasional flash forward and omniscient comment. (Not to mention the title's origin as I recall from the book, the boy Gordon would sometimes pound atonally on his grandmother's piano and she would ask him to "stop playing that broken music.")

All in all, Sting has written a wonderful little book here. Anyone remotely a fan of his or anyone simply interested in music history will find a lot worth reading here. Still, I have to admit to a desire to see a sequel to this book someday, covering his years with the Police and his solo career. As the years go by, facts get clouded by the darkening shroud of memory; however, as this book shows, apart from the facts there is a lot of truth to be mined. I hope we see more of this from Sting.
After I read it, I was wanting more. But it begins on a tangent to a trip in Brazil, which he never finishes the tale. Then when he tells the story when the Band The Police were together, he only goes into detail of the early years. Never going into any lengthy detail of most of the latter parts of their career. Just covering their first album and bits into their second album only. I was wanting more than I got, still it's great reading how his life turned out.
Written like a masterful novel, "Broken Music" is intelligent, insightful and continuously interesting, as Sting (or Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner, his real name) remembers his impoverished (both financially and emotionally) childhood and eventual break to stardom and fortune. He is fairly open and detailed with his impressions of growing up, and his lack of understanding his parents' tortured lives together, the early manual labor he inherited from his father's business of delivering milk and his awkward early school experiences. That he was able to find his way into the music industry and make such a success of it, is quite an adventurous against-all-odds story.
This is the life story of a bright restless soul from a backwoods English town whose talent and drive escaped the workaday routine of everyday people but turns out in his self portrait to be just as down to earth as the man on the street.

It's a heartfelt makeshift autobio of an intensely introspective singer/songwriter evolving in study of life's intellectual meaning and not about to make his legacy all about the spoils of fame and fortune. He's much too deep or modest for that.

In this book the ego of Sting gave way to the humble humanity of Gordon Sumner. It's a fascinating read that reveals a soft rock legend who has realized his dreams yet is haunted by the sentimentalist mortality of life's uncertainty.

His 25 years on the road first as a blossoming musician, then as the iconic front man for The Police as well as a prolific soloist are covered herein almost as an impromptu coda after saging spirit over aspiration to soul search what really matters.

About those who helped make him who he is and of the fate that blessed his ambition, this memoir salutes his mercurial journey and not the epic destination of having become someone, which lends insight into why his music is so enlighteningly mystical.

Most of all, Broken Music is a tribute to those dear to him whom he has survived, old friends and family in the estranged late parents of a distant broken home. So much so, that he often identifies himself more by loved ones lost than success found.