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Beatles forums => Books, Magazines, Articles => Topic started by: Euan Buchan on June 19, 2017, 10:33:00 AM
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Thought this would be interesting this morning I finished Phillip Norman's The Life of John Lennon and I'm now started reading George Harrison Behind The Locked Door.
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Thought this would be interesting this morning I finished Phillip Norman's The Life of John Lennon and I'm now started reading George Harrison Behind The Locked Door.
Is the George one by Graeme Thompson? (There are two similarly named book on George). If it is I liked that one. A good bio.
I've just started Maximum Volume, the first part of a two book bio of George Martin.
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This past weekend, I started reading "Once there was a way: What if the Beatles stayed together," by Bryce Zabel (2017).
My only problem is accepting his imaginary assumptions which not only project into the future but somewhat modify what actually had already happened. I won't give any clues but I intend to finish the book. I really want to read about what he imagines they might have done further down the road.
I'm also wondering if Yoko remains in the picture or not. I haven't read that many pages yet.
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I just noticed there's a books thread in Different Conversations. Where should we post to??
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I just noticed there's a books thread in Different Conversations. Where should we post to??
That’s a general book discussion thread.
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Oh, okay. That makes sense. Thanks and good morning to you! Happy Sunday.
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Below I was talking about the book that speculates about the Beatles having remained together and never breaking up. I felt that a lot of people could write a book like this because it's just your theories anyway. So, I thought I'd try my hand at it. Here is a brief story I came up with. I hope someone out there enjoys reading it.
Return of the Beatles. (by loco mo)
The Beatles had broken up and it seemed it would be permanent. As much as fans hoped they’d get back together, an overall feeling of pessimism tended to overshadow that hope.
Many believed that as long as John remained with Yoko the Beatles could never re-band.
In this imaginary history, however, something strange and unexpected happened. Yoko disappeared.
That’s right. She just disappeared. At first, John thought she had left him or just went away for a while in order to have some distance from him. Their relationship had seen some difficult times so a temporary separation would not seem too unusual.
But time passed, weeks and then months and no word from Yoko. At a point, John alerted law enforcement and the search was on for Yoko. Had she been abducted by a crazed fan who blamed her for breaking up the Beatles? Did she just decide to go somewhere and live an anonymous life apart from the unrelenting and oftentimes negative celebrity spotlight?
There were no notes or messages left for John. There were no clues. John was distraught. Some people even speculated that John had done her in during a fight. He had a somewhat turbulent and violent period in his life when he was younger. Was he capable doing this and then covering it up somehow by paying accomplices to keep the crime a secret?
After trying to avoid publicizing Yoko’s disappearance for some time, word got out and everyone was talking about Yoko being missing. Many fans who didn’t like Yoko nevertheless sympathized with John and offered notes of empathy and letters of support. No one wished her ill in terms like this. Fans really just wanted the Beatles back together. Now, many were saying that they just wanted John to be happy and if that meant Yoko’s return in his life, then so be it.
But more time went by and the missing Yoko became a cryptic mystery which many people the world over were trying to solve. It was a fascinating puzzle because it didn’t make much sense that Yoko would have chosen to remove herself from the public eye. Because of this, most speculators envisioned foul play as the cause. Maybe a crazed fan believed that if he got rid of Yoko, the Beatles would get back together. That was a very popular theory.
Even so, John held out hope. He offered a reward to anyone who could help unravel her whereabouts or lack of whereabouts (assuming the worst case scenario of a terminated life).
But John grew increasingly gloomy as time passed by and he began to feel very alone. It was during this time that John thought about his stint as a Beatle. He began to remember the affinity they shared together. They were family to him at one time, not just band mates. John was starting to miss what they used to have together.
John felt like giving up on everything. He felt like his life was empty without Yoko. He was so attached to her. There was no one to take her place and he wasn’t looking for anyone to do that.
But John kept thinking about the Beatles and wondered if it would help if he and they got together and sang a few songs. So, John got on the phone. “Hey, Paul, this is John.”
Months afterward, a rumor was spreading wildly that the Beatles had gotten together and recorded some new songs. Maybe they recorded an album. And Yoko was still missing.
To be continued maybe.
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Oh, okay. That makes sense. Thanks and good morning to you! Happy Sunday.
You’re welcome.
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This past weekend, I started reading "Once there was a way: What if the Beatles stayed together," by Bryce Zabel (2017).
My only problem is accepting his imaginary assumptions which not only project into the future but somewhat modify what actually had already happened. I won't give any clues but I intend to finish the book. I really want to read about what he imagines they might have done further down the road.
I'm also wondering if Yoko remains in the picture or not. I haven't read that many pages yet.
I read this a while back. It was only $1.99 on kindle or something. The author is doing a series of “what if” novels. He did another on JFK surviving the assassination attempt. It’s pretty cheesy but fun enough for a light read. It lost me a bit when they had Steve Jobs working for the Beatles’ Apple (how did they think of that) in the 70s and him referring to things like “social networks” literally in quotation marks.
You’re right that, once you get past the early seventies where you can postulate on potential next moves by the Beatles with some confidence, the plot points descend into just making sh*t up (pardon my French).
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Below I was talking about the book that speculates about the Beatles having remained together and never breaking up. I felt that a lot of people could write a book like this because it's just your theories anyway. So, I thought I'd try my hand at it. Here is a brief story I came up with. I hope someone out there enjoys reading it.
Return of the Beatles. (by loco mo
(...)
To be continued maybe.
I’m liking your plot better than the other book Loco. It makes the central issue the mystery of the disappearance of Yoko, with the reunion sort of a sideline.
Of course isn’t it obvious they’ll eventually find Yoko tied up in Paul’s basement. Next to the real Paul. Because of course it’s been Faul all this time.
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I’m liking your plot better than the other book Loco. It makes the central issue the mystery of the disappearance of Yoko, with the reunion sort of a sideline.
Of course isn’t it obvious they’ll eventually find Yoko tied up in Paul’s basement. Next to the real Paul. Because of course it’s been Faul all this time.
Real Paul is dead Moog. roll:)
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Real Paul is dead Moog. roll:)
Maybe ... glassesslip
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Real Paul is dead Moog. roll:)
Maybe ... glassesslip
https://youtu.be/7cqHtGb9WYM (https://youtu.be/7cqHtGb9WYM)
https://youtu.be/wI-rIE23D54 (https://youtu.be/wI-rIE23D54)
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I found that one of the creepiest clues when I was a youngun.
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Yeah, Moog. And a couple of months later when we played the Yellow Submarine LP backwards, we heard this...
https://youtu.be/73lj5qJbrms (https://youtu.be/73lj5qJbrms)
https://youtu.be/qsBk8iaPAVc (https://youtu.be/qsBk8iaPAVc)
https://youtu.be/TOb0giGydZc (https://youtu.be/TOb0giGydZc)
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And they sound so cheerful about it ha2ha
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And they sound so cheerful about it ha2ha
The crowd sounds even more cheerful when you listen to them chanting backwards at the end of I Am The Walrus...
https://youtu.be/vpoY3awRPmY (https://youtu.be/vpoY3awRPmY)
Ha ha Paul is dead...Ha ha Paul is dead...
;D
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Moog: I like your plot twist about my story in which Yoko is found tied up in a basement next to the real Paul. This made me think instantly of Scooby Doo where they had the craziest plots and where the most zany, magical and improbable situations could happen. For example, they could change into amazing disguises in an instant.
If I wrote the story plot line you suggest, it'd probably be very silly and comical. Now that's not at all me, Loco Mo, who is by nature very introspective, withdrawn, socially isolated and somewhat diffident. Why, I'm too shy to look at myself in the mirror. But let me ask you this, who can face the man in the mirror?
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Moog: I finally finished reading "Once there was a way." I put it away for weeks and then picked it up and couldn't stop reading it. The more I read it the more I felt like the Beatles could never have gotten back together. There was just too much stuff going on.
The author takes a certain approach with the Beatles in which they work together despite all their differences. We didn't see this in real life but in a book of fiction, you can imagine it.
I'd like to read more books of this type. I read that there's one called "Paperback Writer" that's supposed to be very good. Trouble is it's out of print and copies of it on Amazon are expensive.
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Moog: I finally finished reading "Once there was a way." I put it away for weeks and then picked it up and couldn't stop reading it. The more I read it the more I felt like the Beatles could never have gotten back together. There was just too much stuff going on.
The author takes a certain approach with the Beatles in which they work together despite all their differences. We didn't see this in real life but in a book of fiction, you can imagine it.
I'd like to read more books of this type. I read that there's one called "Paperback Writer" that's supposed to be very good. Trouble is it's out of print and copies of it on Amazon are expensive.
I’ve heard about Paperback Writer too but never read it. It’s supposed to be more funny/satirical and by all accounts is very good. It’s a pity it’s not out at least on a kindle version.
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I'm plodding through Joshua M. Greene's Here Comes the Sun: The Spiritual and Musical Journey of George Harrison, which is so-so. (I've already complained about the author's errors in a different thread.) I'm enjoying learning about Hinduism and George's experience of same; it's always great to expand one's knowledge base. The pace of the text, however, is slow; the book could benefit from stronger verbs and text that is a little more sprightly. I'm nearly done and am glad to have read it, especially given that it's my first George bio.
I'm not sure if I'd recommend this one or not given my lack of experience with George books.
Has anyone read this? Thoughts?
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I Haven’t seen that one. I looked it up in kindle and it’s currently unavailable. I’ve mentioned elsewhere that George is yet to get a really good biography. It would be good to see an accomplished biographer take on the job. Instead there’s several average (or worse) efforts by people who simply might not be the greatest of writers. Sounds like this could be another example.
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I’ve mentioned elsewhere that George is yet to get a really good biography. It would be good to see an accomplished biographer take on the job.
Sure would. I'll keep my fingers crossed. At least I do now have a bit more knowledge of George.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts, Moogmodule.
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Just ordered And in the End by Ken McNab, from a third-party seller on Amazon, and on the basis of the Amazon reviews, because I was concerned about pestering for more specific reviews (i.e., from posters on here). So . . . fingers crossed, twice: that (a) it'll arrive on time and (b) be worthy.
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Give us a review after you've finished reading And In The End, Kathy.
This video has commentary but it gives a more complete dialog that occurred during the Get Back Sessions in January 1969. We saw just a part of it in the Let It Be movie. The Beatles were working on Two Of Us and I've Got A Feeling. Let's try to ignore the commentary and concentrate on how Paul, George and John were interacting...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwdX2-FRRE8# (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwdX2-FRRE8#)
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This video has commentary but it gives a more complete dialog that occurred during the Get Back Sessions in January 1969.
Interesting, Barry; thanks for sharing that.
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“Try washing it” ha2ha
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Give us a review after you've finished reading And In The End, Kathy.
Will do. The book just now arrived. I see the author is listed as "Ken McNab, Record Collector." ha2ha Well, heck, I'm a record collector, so that doesn't inspire much confidence. No author bio. An online search revealed he's a Glasgow-based journalist.
I've made some lousy Beatles book choices lately. I hope this isn't another one.
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OK, Graeme Thomson's Behind the Locked Door just arrived, so I'm reading that instead.
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I'm not a big fan of best-of lists, but just stumbled across this and thought I'd throw it out there:
https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-best-beatles-books-73116/ (https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-best-beatles-books-73116/)
I'd never heard of their No. 1 pick.
OK, Graeme Thomson's Behind the Locked Door just arrived, so I'm reading that instead.
I've actually shoved both tomes aside in favor of something more escapist.
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I'm not a big fan of best-of lists, but just stumbled across this and thought I'd throw it out there:
[url]https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-best-beatles-books-73116/[/url] ([url]https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-lists/10-best-beatles-books-73116/[/url])
I'd never heard of their No. 1 pick.
Love Me Do is great. As the review says it’s unique as it’s an unfiltered look at them by a good writer/journalist when they were in the initial Beatlemania stage. There’s lots of reporting of the banter between them and with fans. And the mundanity of lots of it. Such as Paul and Ringo in a hotel dressed in those old flannel pyjamas. Like kids on a sleepover. It’s before all the myth making started and is only a year or so on from when they were unknown so you have a sense of getting closer to their real personalities as young men..
I wouldn’t have Shout on that list. How you could put that on and leave off Lewisohn’s Tune In is beyond me.
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Love Me Do is great.
I think I'm gonna swap out And in the End for that one. And in the meantime I'll stick with ocean liner books. I can vet the authors much better.
I wouldn’t have Shout on that list. How you could put that on and leave off Lewisohn’s Tune In is beyond me.
Agreed.
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I think I'm gonna swap out And in the End for that one. And in the meantime I'll stick with ocean liner books. I can vet the authors much better.
Love me Do is pretty short too. Not much of a time commitment. I noticed also that there’s quite a few quotes pulled from it for other Beatle bios. Including Lewisohn’s.
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Just realized I have Ian Macdonald's Revolution in the Head (No. 2 on this list) in my Beatles collection. And Peter Brown's The Love You Make (No. 3) on the list) was the first Beatles book I read, after my aborted attempt at The Lives of John Lennon. I believe it was Brown's book that said John definitely was intimate with Brian on their trip to Spain. I recall raising my eyebrows at that, and now, 30 years later, I'm even less inclined to believe it. In fact, I don't believe it. Unfortunately I no longer have the book in hand because, given that it was during my impoverished-student days and I was still a new fan, I borrowed it from the library.
I have my fingers crossed that Macdonald's book won't be too technical for me.
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I have my fingers crossed that Macdonald's book won't be too technical for me.
That's immaterial now because the formatting is so annoying. Every song name is in smallcaps. Very distracting.
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I ended up keeping and reading And in the End, and I'm enjoying it so far. I just came across the following sentence about Timothy Leary:
In 1966, [Leary] had declared Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr to be like the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse who would usher in a new world order. His precise words were: "I declare that The Beatles are mutants. Prototypes of evolutionary agents sent by God, endowed with a mysterious power to create a new human species, a young race of laughing freemen."
I always thought that the whole "Four Horsemen" thing was Charles Manson's schtick. I specifically recall reading in Helter Skelter that he believed that he and the four Beatles were actually the alleged "Five" Horsemen who would usher in a new world order. I suppose Manson got that from Timothy Leary, but I don't believe Vincent Bugliosi (author of Helter Skelter) ever mentioned this, which, if true, is an editorial oversight. I did not keep my copy of the book, so I can't verify this.
I just thought I'd throw that out there and see if anyone wanted to share their thoughts.
I'd highly recommend Helter Skelter (the book not the movie) to any Beatles fan. Despite its unsettling, tragic nature, the descriptions of Manson's twisted interpertations of the White Album songs would intrigue any Beatles fan, I believe. They certainly fascinated me.
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Thanks for reminding me of Helter Skelter (the book). I need reading ideas.
Timothy Leary’s quote does suggest he had taken his experimentation with LSD a little far.
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Timothy Leary’s quote does suggest he had taken his experimentation with LSD a little far.
ha2ha That's exactly what I was thinking.
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Love me Do is pretty short too. Not much of a time commitment.
This just now arrived. It does look like an easy read, which is good because I have quite the stack of books waiting to be read. :) I'm looking forward to reading it.
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This just now arrived. It does look like an easy read, which is good because I have quite the stack of books waiting to be read. :) I'm looking forward to reading it.
I just started this, and it's great. An easy, but kind of choppy, read. I love the candor. I keep having to remind myself of when it was written (i.e., in the early days of Beatlemania). I laughed out loud from this quote from John in Chapter 1: "Women should be obscene and not heard." ha2ha As a woman, I should probably take umbrage at that, but it cracked me up.
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Goldman's The Lives of John Lennon just arrived. Yikes, what a tome! 714 pages. Between that, my 1,463-page unabridged version of Les Misérables (I think I already mentioned on here that I devoured this book back in the 90s and then, to my dismay, discovered it was an abridged version [ >:( ] ), and the 443-page (in 9-point type) On A Sea of Glass: The Life and Loss of the RMS Titanic, I think I am all set for the entire North Dakota winter regardless of how many storms we have. :) And I still haven't started Graeme Thomson's Behind the Locked Door.
Come at me, blizzards!
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Interested in your views on the Goldman book. I’ve made some comments on it previously under a dedicated thread under John. But from the sounds of things we might be waiting for a while unless North Dakota gets snowed in very quickly. ;)
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Interested in your views on the Goldman book. I’ve made some comments on it previously under a dedicated thread under John. But from the sounds of things we might be waiting for a while unless North Dakota gets snowed in very quickly. ;)
Well, you never know. :) Back in 2019 we got slammed very early in the season: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/us/north-dakota-weather-blizzard.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/11/us/north-dakota-weather-blizzard.html)
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Goldman's The Lives of John Lennon just arrived.
I'm nearly done with this. It's taken me awhile because I've been interleaving it with other, less weighty (literally and figuratively) books, but I wanted to flag that Goldman's depiction of the debacle in Manila took me by surprise. I had no idea that situation was that bad. I mean, I knew the band offended Imelda Marcos and were then hounded by police force/security agents, and that does sound unnerving, but Goldman's account really made me nervous, especially his description of them at the airport. What a scary experience! (I assume Goldman wasn't exaggerating.)
The other thing that jumped out at me was Goldman's assertion that John had dissociative identity disorder, aka multiple personality disorder. I didn't find his "evidence" for this convincing at all, and as a Beatles fan I was offended that he'd mention this and then fail to supply a convincing case for it. I couldn't help but compare it—here comes an ocean liner reference, so you might want to stop reading here—with Dan Butler's argument in The Other Side of the Night that Stanley Lord, captain of the Californian, met the criteria for sociopathy, which I thought was compelling and well thought out.
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The other thing that jumped out at me was Goldman's assertion that John had dissociative identity disorder, aka multiple personality disorder. I didn't find his "evidence" for this convincing at all, and as a Beatles fan I was offended that he'd mention this and then fail to supply a convincing case for it.
It sounds a bit typical of Goldman to throw something out like that and then not back it up. He was looking for the headline I suppose.
John Lennon suffered from split personality! (says a biographer with no psych qualifications)
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It sounds a bit typical of Goldman to throw something out like that and then not back it up. He was looking for the headline I suppose.
Yes, that seems to be the case. As a matter of fact, the whole book seems to be aimed toward shock value. I skimmed his book on Elvis and got the same impression.
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I was planning on reading Fred Seaman's book next but decided I needed a bit of a Beatles reading break. However, I just read online a comment that Seaman's book "makes Goldman's look tame," and that piqued my interest enough that I'll be cracking it open tonight. glassesslip
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I was planning on reading Fred Seaman's book next but decided I needed a bit of a Beatles reading break. However, I just read online a comment that Seaman's book "makes Goldman's look tame," and that piqued my interest enough that I'll be cracking it open tonight. glassesslip
Its an interesting read, he hates Yoko ha2ha
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My daughter got me "Love me do" by Michael Braun.
Supposed to have good "fly on the wall" stories from the early days I believe
I will start it this week sometime
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My daughter got me "Love me do" by Michael Braun.
Supposed to have good "fly on the wall" stories from the early days I believe
I just read that a few months ago; I thought it was really good.
My younger daughter got me Hunter Davies' book, and I'm looking forward to that.
Its an interesting read, he hates Yoko ha2ha
Wow, he sure does! He doesn't seem terribly fond of John, either. I almost feel guilty for reading this book.
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My daughter got me "Love me do" by Michael Braun.
I have to say, the subtitle of that book bugs me because it just leaves the reader hanging: "The Beatles' Progress." The Beatles' Progress. . . what? Their progress in the early 60s? Their progress as Beatlemania took off?
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I just read My Ticket to Ride by Janice Mitchell, which was amazing. And for Christmas I got The Lyrics by Paul McCartney! What an awesome collectible item and beautifully packaged. So I've been flipping through that lately. It weighs about a thousand pounds. I'm so afraid of something happening to the books too! Don't want any coffee spills or nicks and creases on the edges! Haha
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I just finished Fred Seaman's book and enjoyed it a lot.
There is definitely no love lost between Fred and Yoko. :)
Seaman offered so many personal details about John that I felt a bit unclean after reading the book, like I needed a long, hot, soapy shower afterward. But I'd recommend it to fellow Beatles fans.
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Starting to re read John Lennon 1980 The Last Days In The Life
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After the Get Back series I decided to read The Roof: The Beatles Final Concert, a short book by Ken Mansfield. Mansfield was head of Apple in the US and also a capitol exec. It's not really the story of the roof concert. More a memoir of being in and around Apple around the time. Although Mansfield was on the roof for the show he rather inexplicably hands the detailed description of the show to another writer. There's some nice anecdotes of the Beatles anda bit more on Alan Parsons and Kevin Harrington then you usually get in Beatle biographies. He also jumps ahead to give a sad description of Mal Evan's death. Mansfield was who Mal called just before being shot by police.
Overall though he tries for too much faux literary flourishes in his writing. The rather laboured metaphors and attempts at humour get a bit much. I wished he'd written lots of it in a more straightforward fashion. All in all didnt add a lot to my knowledge of the Get Back project.
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Overall though he tries for too much faux literary flourishes in his writing. The rather laboured metaphors and attempts at humour get a bit much. I wished he'd written lots of it in a more straightforward fashion.
Sounds like an interesting book, but I'm glad you added that last part. I'll steer clear of it because I am not a fan of that style of writing. I'm reading a book on the death of JFK Jr. and the author has a similar style. I'm struggling to get through it.
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I thought I had already posted about this, but I can't seem to find it. Anyway, apologies if I'm repeating myself.
I'm wrapping up The Day John Met Paul: An Hour-by-Hour Account of How the Beatles Began, by Jim O'Donnell. I'd started it months ago but put it aside in favor of a different book.
I'd been so looking forward to this, but it's been a frustrating read. The sentences are short and choppy, almost like an elementary school primer. (The Baltimore Catechism comes to mind.) Nearly every sentence is either a simile or a metaphor; they're definitely overused. Also, the author clearly likes alliteration and overuses that device as well, which I found irritating.
I hate to criticize, because O'Donnell is clearly an enthusiastic fan, and it's not like I've ever written a Beatles book—or any book, for that matter. That said, although I can't say I learned anything new about this day, I appreciate his efforts to impart details that try to place one in the time and place. Overall, I wouldn't recommend this; not at full price, anyway.
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My daughter got me "Love me do" by Michael Braun.
Supposed to have good "fly on the wall" stories from the early days I believe
I will start it this week sometime
Have you read it yet?
What did you think?
I have never read it myself so this is a genuine question.
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I’m now reading All We Are Saying The Last Major Interview with John Lennon & Yoko Ono by David Sheff.
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This just popped up on my news feed, and because I respect Ken Womack as an author and historian, have pre-ordered it from Amazon. Some fans tend to bypass these accounts—that is, of people who were tangential (for lack of a better word) to the Beatles—but I find them (well, most of them) interesting:
https://www.amazon.com/Living-Beatles-Legend-Untold-Story/dp/0063248522/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LKVATF0PNP30&keywords=mal+evans+book&qid=1673925244&sprefix=%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-2 (https://www.amazon.com/Living-Beatles-Legend-Untold-Story/dp/0063248522/ref=sr_1_2?crid=1LKVATF0PNP30&keywords=mal+evans+book&qid=1673925244&sprefix=%2Caps%2C132&sr=8-2)
When ordering it, I also noticed this one, from 2015: https://www.amazon.com/Death-Life-Mal-Evans-Novel/dp/0996512713/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1673925277&sr=8-1
But, because I did not recognize any of the reviewers' names—which doesn't necessarily mean it's not a good book—decided to pass for now. If anyone has read it, I'd love to hear your opinion.
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Thing is with Mal, he’s someone who was in the inner circle from pre-fame to the end. So he’s pretty integral to their story. And Ken Womacks stuff is good.
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Thing is with Mal, he’s someone who was in the inner circle from pre-fame to the end. So he’s pretty integral to their story.
That's exactly what I was thinking.
It struck me in the middle of the night last night, haven't I heard about this before? ;)
. . . I just read this on Wikipedia (so, a grain or two of salt is needed) last night: "In December 2021 it was reported that a biography of Evans, written by Beatles scholar Kenneth Womack, was to be published by HarperCollins' Day Street [imprint] in 2023, followed the next year by material from Evans' diary and archives." Something to look forward to.
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It struck me in the middle of the night last night, haven't I heard about this before? ;)
Don't feel bad. That type of thing is a regular occurrence in my brain. The good side to that is that I enjoy making new discoveries. ;) The name Ken Womack didn't ring a bell but an I do recognize one of his titles on Amazon. I'm glad to see that Mal is going to be recognized and his story told.
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About to start reading George Harrison The Reluntant Beatle by Phillip Norman.
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Maximum Volume
Kenneth Womack
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This should be good..
The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack,
Out this week.
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This should be good..
The Untold Story of Mal Evans by Kenneth Womack,
Out this week.
I just caved and ordered this, even though money is quite tight and the holidays are just about here (and I'm still getting through Philip Norman's book on George). It just looks so appealing.
This suggestion popped up on Amazon: My first present for my first not-yet-conceived grandchild. ;D
(https://i.ibb.co/Kzh7pX8/Little-Golden-book2.png)
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I just caved and ordered this, even though money is quite tight and the holidays are just about here (and I'm still getting through Philip Norman's book on George). It just looks so appealing.
This suggestion popped up on Amazon: My first present for my first not-yet-conceived grandchild. ;D
([url]https://i.ibb.co/Kzh7pX8/Little-Golden-book2.png[/url])
They showed that to me, too. They know us so well. ;)
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Going to start reading The Last Days Of John Lennon by James Paterson
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Going to start reading The Last Days Of John Lennon by James Paterson
I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it, Euan, after you finish.
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I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on it, Euan, after you finish.
I think it's more for the casual fan that us geeks ha2ha
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I think it's more for the casual fan that us geeks ha2ha
That's what I'd been thinking given that Patterson is generally known for fiction.