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Attention QEII: Give this man a knighthood!, 29 Oct 2004
Midge Ure has succeeded in writing about his journey from a impoverished child in a Glasgow tenement to New Wave rock star, to humanitarian, to father of four working hard for his girls' future, to closet alcoholic, to a man revived and cured who is again preparing with long-time co-crusader Bob Geldof to "feed the world." Ure writes fluidly and conversationally, imparting the kind of tactile detail that takes readers to the place and time of which he speaks. Ure is astonishingly honest, yet never vindictive. He is, in his prose, much as he is in his lyrics--a good person trying to be a better one while hoping the same for us all.What drew me to Ure's music more than 20 years ago was a sense of his innate gentleness and unceasing self-reflection. On all of his CDs, striving to be a "better man" is an often-heard theme. Ure's book explains how he changed from someone to whom "better" meant more successful in the music industry to a man to whom it means something both physical and spiritual. It was especially hard for me, as a life-long fan, to read of his recent battles with alcoholism. Even from a fan's distance, in the last few years it was clear that something was wrong with Midge; I thank him for being so honest about his illness in his book. After years of trying to read Midge Ure through his lyrics and whatever press interviews I came across, it is fantastic to learn what has shaped him, what guides him, and where he sees himself going now. "If I was" far surpasses others of similar type.
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