Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music

I love Annie Lennox (not including her latest CD, Nostalgia, and some comments, ranging from hypocritical to ignorant, that she made while trying to promote it). You can’t love Annie Lennox without loving the Eurythmics, and you can’t love the Eurythmics without loving Dave Stewart. When I heard that Dave Stewart had written a memoir, I requested it from the library immediately.
Dave Stewart’s Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music is an interesting read, but if I knew more about song writing and music, I probably would have thought it was a masterpiece. Stewart mainly discusses his rambling, random life as he moves from one romantic situation to the other, one musical group to the other, one producing gig to the other, and one region to the other. Stewart’s undeniable and widespread influence on the music scene is encyclopedic. I had no idea the role that he played with Shakespears Sister-one of the singers was his wife, and he wrote my favorite song by the group, Stay. Stewart is an artist who lives in a world with few restrictions or rules so even romantic breakups and musical group splits are not accompanied by rancor. Everyone is still friendly. Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music may be a tell-all book, but it isn’t gossip if there are no bad feelings and everyone still likes everyone else. As you can probably tell by the cover of Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music, Stewart loves drugs, which means the book isn’t as structured and detailed as I would like, but it is still coherent and comprehensive.
Sweet Dreams Are Made of This: A Life In Music is a must read for any music makers, but can also be enjoyed by mere fans such as myself.