Beatlefan

Beatlefan
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Total Pages: 36
Release: 1989
Genre: Rock music
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The Beatles as Musicians

The Beatles as Musicians
Author: Walter Everett
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 422
Release: 1999
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780195129410

Given the phenomenal fame and commercial success that the Beatles knew for the entire course of their familiar career, their music per se has received surprisingly little detailed attention. Not all of their cultural influence can be traced to tong hair and flashy clothing; the Beatles had numerous fresh ideas about melody, harmony, counterpoint, rhythm, form, colors, and textures. Or consider how much new ground was broken by their lyrics alone -- both the themes and imagery of the Beatles' poetry are key parts of what made (and still makes) this group so important, so popular, and so imitated. This book is a comprehensive chronological study of every aspect of the Fab Four's musical life -- including full examinations of composition, performance practice, recording, and historical context -- during their transcendent late period (1966-1970). Rich, authoritative interpretations are interwoven through a documentary study of many thousands of audio, print, and other sources.

Get Back

Get Back
Author: Doug Sulpy
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 340
Release: 1999-01-15
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780312199814

Hailed as one of the most in-depth portraits of a band ever presented, "Get Back" traces, minute-by-minute, every move that the Beatles made during the fateful month of January 1969.

The Beatles, Lennon, and Me

The Beatles, Lennon, and Me
Author: Pete Shotton
Publisher: Scarborough House
Total Pages: 399
Release: 1984-02-01
Genre: Rock musicians
ISBN: 9780812880724

Biography of John Lennon told by his "best friend."

That Was Me

That Was Me
Author: Richard D. Driver
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 293
Release: 2023-07-24
Genre: Music
ISBN: 1793632081

Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.

A Twist of Lennon

A Twist of Lennon
Author: Cynthia Lennon
Publisher: Avon Books
Total Pages: 204
Release: 1980
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780380454501

The Beatles in Comic Strips

The Beatles in Comic Strips
Author: Enzo Gentile
Publisher: Skira
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2012
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 9788857208114

A collection of some two hundred cartoons dedicated in various ways to the Beatles from all latitudes. A subtle thread links the Beatles to comic strips. And not just because the four musicians had always been fanatic readers of those comics printed on cheap paper. Genuine icons of pop culture, like Marilyn and Coca-Cola, they were fated to meet up with the most classic means of expression, with a clear popular bent, a medium with great narrative and entertainment capacities that easily grabbed the attention of teens of both sexes. The book for the first time investigates and documents the interest that cartoonists, publishers and enthusiasts have shown in their special relationship with the universe of comic strips; a rich and variegated relationship with thousands of publications, in every part of the world, and a production that continues to the present day. In some stories the Beatles are the protagonists, in others they make cameo appearances, while others feature their lyrics transformed into comic strips. Published on the 50th anniversary of the Fab Four first single (Love Me Do) at the beginning of September 2012, the book celebrates the band with a festive, fun and original product, conveying a dimension that does not age, transmitting the legend that endures through the years and changing fashions.