- Gebundene Ausgabe: 322 Seiten
- Verlag: Citadel; Auflage: Reprint (1. Mai 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0806527544
- ISBN-13: 978-0806527543
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,1 x 16,5 x 3,6 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.906.820 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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This is the true story of an incredible romance, a penetrating memoir of two months in the last year of Judy Garland's life, told by her unlikely lover - a man who found himself suddenly in a relationship with his idol. "Will you marry me? I never asked anyone before...but...will you marry me?" The voice belonged to songwriter John Meyer: the woman asked, his idol; a tarnished icon flickering weakly in the shadows of self-destructive abuse. The answer? "Why, yes...if you want me." And so Judy Garland joined her life with John Meyer, a songwriter with an entertainment slot in a piano bar on Manhattan's Upper East Side. To many, she was the wistful girl dancing down the yellow brick road; the wondrous young woman singing on the St. Louis trolley or, smeared in tears, on the apron of a darkened stage. Meyer tells how he and Garland fell for each other: how he valiantly tried to save her from pills, alcohol and her own erratic behaviour. And, how he grappled with something he was totally unprepared for: romance with his idol - a near mythic, tragic figure who had become flesh and blood.
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A sad time
19. Juni 2006
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Well, it's not exactly a classic (for that, you'll need to go to Mel Torme's The Other Side of the Rainbow, now alas long out of print), but this book doesn't deserve the abuse that gets heaped on it by the other reviewers here. It's a little late to complain about kiss-and-tell scandal-mongering after almost 40 years and countless bios. Judy's tragedy was her ability to attract an endless stream of enablers (including Mr. Meyer), and it's fascinating to read the account from his point of view (I know it's a tired cliche, but I literally found this book hard to put down). Note that the book is a reprint: it originally came out in 1983, though I don't remember seeing it then. The CD isn't exactly studio-quality, but it doesn't claim to be: it's an eerie flashback to an evening in 1968...
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Disappointing
19. Juni 2006
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Mr. Meyer does not tell us anything new about Judy Garland. It is a short, rough read especially since the author got carried away several times with a thesaurus and used words that were more comical than literate.
Yes. Judy Garland had a drug/drinking problem. But what Meyer doesn't understand is that he was an enabler in that relationship. Although he professes his hatred for the other's who catered to Judy's destructive needs, he was no better. Yet he wrote a book about it and painted himself as a hero.
In all, this is a sad, pathetic attempt to turn a quick buck by using a dead celebrities known weaknesses to make money.
Yes. Judy Garland had a drug/drinking problem. But what Meyer doesn't understand is that he was an enabler in that relationship. Although he professes his hatred for the other's who catered to Judy's destructive needs, he was no better. Yet he wrote a book about it and painted himself as a hero.
In all, this is a sad, pathetic attempt to turn a quick buck by using a dead celebrities known weaknesses to make money.
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More Than I needed 2 Know
6. Juni 2006
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I found the John Meyer book slimy. Not that I doubt a word of it. I never thought I would say something like this, but it was just more than I needed to know. Not that there were any surprises. Cut off from her family, fans became her enablers. It's pathetic from everybody's angle, hers, theirs, hers again. It's not like a Hollywood movie like "Too Much, Too Soon." More like "Too Much, Too Late" directed by John Waters, but no poop eating. Judy's a hoot throughout, but it's not funny. Perhaps if there'd been poop eating.
I feel a kind of shame for being a witness to this. I have never wanted to feel personally involved in her instability. I respect her work. And I need to retain a professional registration. So it'll take a few days to shake off this feeling of, well, slime. (Surely the upcoming US Postal Stamp commemorative ceremony at Carnegie Hall plus Rufus Wainwright's Carnegie Hall tribute concerts will wash it away, and it will be all in good time.)
The CD disappoints, as the tape recorder is closer to the piano than to her voice. And it's just a rehearsal. He's unfamiliar with the arrangements, her keys; she doesn't know the words. But occasionally when she sings it's astounding. I had thought her voice was completely shot by that time, but she was still capable of singing well. And she learned a brand new song in a manner of minutes. Admittedly it's a simple song. But in the last few months of her life she could still sing well and learn new material at the lightning speed she'd always been known for.
I feel a kind of shame for being a witness to this. I have never wanted to feel personally involved in her instability. I respect her work. And I need to retain a professional registration. So it'll take a few days to shake off this feeling of, well, slime. (Surely the upcoming US Postal Stamp commemorative ceremony at Carnegie Hall plus Rufus Wainwright's Carnegie Hall tribute concerts will wash it away, and it will be all in good time.)
The CD disappoints, as the tape recorder is closer to the piano than to her voice. And it's just a rehearsal. He's unfamiliar with the arrangements, her keys; she doesn't know the words. But occasionally when she sings it's astounding. I had thought her voice was completely shot by that time, but she was still capable of singing well. And she learned a brand new song in a manner of minutes. Admittedly it's a simple song. But in the last few months of her life she could still sing well and learn new material at the lightning speed she'd always been known for.
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