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    Lips Unsealed: A Memoir

    Written by Belinda Carlisle

    Narrated by Belinda Carlisle

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    About this audiobook

    The women of the iconic eighties band the Go-Go's will always be remembered as they appeared on the back of their debut record: sunny, smiling, each soaking in her own private bubble bath with chocolates and champagne. The photo is a perfect tribute to the fun, irreverent brand of pop music that the Go-Go's created, but it also conceals the trials and secret demons that the members of the group-and, in particular, its lead singer, Belinda Carlisle-struggled with on their rise to stardom.

    Leaving her unstable childhood home at the age of eighteen, Belinda battled serious weight issues, having been teased for her pudginess throughout grade school, and grappled with her confusion about being deserted by her biological father as a child. This talented but misguided teen found solace in the punk rock world that so openly welcomed misfits-even though acceptance had its price.

    Not long after forming, the Go-Go's became queens of the L.A. punk scene-they sold out venues, attracted a fiercely loyal fan base, and outpartied almost every male band they toured with-and in the process kicked down the doors to the all-boys' club of eighties rock and roll. With a chart-topping debut album, Belinda found herself launched to international superstardom-and with that fame came more access to A-list parties, and even more alcohol
    and drugs to fuel Go-Go's mania. Inevitably, Belinda began to self-destruct.

    Lips Unsealed is filled with the wild stories that Belinda Carlisle fans are dying to hear-stories about the band's crazy days on tour with acts like the Police and Madness and the fabulous parties and people to whom the Go-Go's had exclusive access. But more than that, this candid memoir reveals the gritty flip side to the glitz, as Belinda shares her private struggles with abusive relationships, weight, and self-esteem, and a thirty-year battle with drug and alcohol addiction.

    This spellbinding and shocking look at her rise, fall, and eventual rebirth as a wife, mother, and sober artist will leave you wistfully fantasizing about the eighties decadence she epitomized, but also cringing at the dark despair hidden behind her charming smile. One of the rare adventures through rock stardom told by a woman, Lips Unsealed is ultimately a love letter to music-to the members of the Go-Go's, who've maintained lifelong friendships, and to the beloved husband and son who led Belinda to sobriety-and the story of a life that, though deeply flawed, was, and is still, fully lived.


    From the Hardcover edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJun 1, 2010
    ISBN9780307704689
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    • 4/5
      Undistinguished memoir; notable only for the author's confession of the undeserved attention to most lead singers, when the other musicians and songwriters are ignored.
    • 3/5
      the beginning of the book was good, where she wrote about her early years. but i think she glossed over too much of the 'on the road' antics. and she doesnt even bring up any of the plastic surgery she had. the book could have been so much more.
    • 3/5
      All I can say is I think she was much too kind to herself in this book.
    • 3/5
      I was (and remain) a HUGE fan of the Go-Gos. My cousins and I used to dress up and sing and dance to their records; I wanted to be Belinda Carlisle. No surprise, then, that when I found out this book existed, I was dying to read it.

      Well...meh. It was good, and I learned a lot about Belinda Carlisle that I never knew - that woman has done some serious cocaine, for example. Whoa. But I was ultimately disappointed, because I felt like she glossed over a large part of the Go-Gos' career. She does tell about the drug problems some of them had, and some of the crazier times they experienced touring, and she touches on their internal conflicts, but she never really tells any real stories. She doesn't really delve into how the conflicts began, why Jane really left the band, personal details regarding their relationships. It's almost like they were 5 girls who happened to meet, hit it off, started a band, did pretty well, started hating each other, and kept breaking up and getting back together. End of story. I felt like there was MUCH more to the story overall that she just wasn't telling.

      Otherwise, the main thing(s) that I took away from this book were that she fought, and eventually beat, a serious addiction to drugs, and her husband is quite obviously a saint.

      Pretty good. Could've been a lot better.

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    • 3/5
      Engaging in a tabloid -magazine -kind -of -way. I did enjoy this read, (since I grew-up listening to the Go-Go's and idolizing Belinda Carlisle-- at least when I was in 6th grade). Interesting to see the path her life took her on.

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    • 2/5
      Typical rock star redemption story, filled with name-dropping and "personal demons". Mildly interesting, but not very compelling.