On Oct 29, 5:17=A0pm, rforma...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> On Oct 29, 11:55=A0am, "Mister Charlie" <widi...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
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> > Last night I tried to sit down and take a few extracts from the best
Be=
atle
> > book I may have ever read, Can't Buy Me Love by Jonathon Gould, 2007,
s=
o I
> > could share this amazing Beatle book with others. =A0But there were so
=
many
> > instances I gave up. =A0I could spend a whole day or two typing
extract=
s.
> > He combines a brief bio (thank God, we already know the story) with
poe=
tic
> > and cogent musical critiques on the songs themselves (again, not
boring=
ly,
> > indecipherably, ridiculously so, just enough in my opinion) and then
ti=
es it
> > all together with what was going on in the UK at the time...the
influen=
ces
> > for and by the Fabs, and also the US impact, all of which really
begins=
to
> > put into focus some of the reasons they hit success so hard and so
stro=
ng
> > 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
3=
or 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
vir=
tually
> > unanimous in their positive praise when it came out.
>
> > I heartily recommend this book for everyone who is into the group (I
fo=
und
> > mine at the library), it is up there in the top 3 with any of the best
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books
> > on the Beatles.
>
> Hmm, thanks, I've got a little family vacation coming up this month
> with some airplane and beach time and wanted to pick up a book for the
> occassion, had been thinking about this one anyway, think I'll seek it
> out.
>
> richforman
>
Been reading it for a few days now (couldn't even wait until my
Thanksgiving vacation!) and REALLY enjoying the first few chapters,
very nice read and indeed, special among the millions of Beatles books
out there, just based on those first 3 or 4 chapters I'd recommend it
to really anybody, I don't think you'd have to even be a big Beatles
fan to enjoy it.
richforman
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