On Oct 29, 8:55=A0am, "Mister Charlie" <widi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Last night I tried to sit down and take a few extracts from the best
Beat=
le
> book I may have ever read, Can't Buy Me Love by Jonathon Gould, 2007, so
=
I
> could share this amazing Beatle book with others. =A0But there were so
ma=
ny
> instances I gave up. =A0I could spend a whole day or two typing
extracts.
> He combines a brief bio (thank God, we already know the story) with
poeti=
c
> and cogent musical critiques on the songs themselves (again, not
boringly=
,
> indecipherably, ridiculously so, just enough in my opinion) and then
ties=
it
> all together with what was going on in the UK at the time...the
influence=
s
> for and by the Fabs, and also the US impact, all of which really begins
t=
o
> put into focus some of the reasons they hit success so hard and so
strong
> and so swiftly (alliteration alert!).
>
> While I found maybe 3 errors in the whole book (an almost amazing lack
of
> wrongness given most Beatle book histories) and I disagree with about
3or=
so
> songs he chose to interpret or denigrate contrary to my thoughts...this
> whole book resonates on so many levels.
>
> And I just happened across it, I'd never heard of it before, which is a
> terrible waste. =A0In looking back over reviews on Google they were
virtu=
ally
> unanimous in their positive praise when it came out.
>
> I heartily recommend this book for everyone who is into the group (I
foun=
d
> mine at the library), it is up there in the top 3 with any of the best
bo=
oks
> on the Beatles.
I absolutely and whole-heartedly agree. I read it when it first came
out and found it a compelling read.
www.Shemakhan.com
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