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"In more ways than one, the BIG bestseller of 2000. A huge coffee-table size history of the Beatles, chockful of hundreds of photographs, color and black and white, with text consisting solely of interviews with and commentary by the lads themselves. Extensive print and broadcast interviews with Lennon are woven seamlessly into the mix, and there are contributions from some of the other players -- e.g., George Martin, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor. For someone who has read the Hunter Davies, Philip Norman, _Lennon Remembers_, _Apple to the Core_, _A Hard Day's Write_ and other accounts, perhaps the biggest surprise of this version is how sharp and independent George Harrison is (and was). Lennon always had the image of the working-class rebel, but even in the 1960s, he often sat docile for the stupid things the Beatles were expected to be and do, while Harrison sometimes said, "I don't have to do that." The book is especially illuminating for the period of touring Britain in 1963 between their first EMI sessions and heading to the U.S. Harrison is especially honest about drugs, McCartney remains somewhat coy. An enthralling book for any Beatles fan (tons more fodder for trivia challenges: which songs have only two Beatles playing on them? what did Paul buy John for his 21st birthday?) or child of the 1960s."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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"A big, bold coffee table extravaganza of a book, jammed with photos, this will entertain those who want a nostalgia session, and pleasantly inform anyone else on the life an times of the Fab Four. How did they rise to such fame and fortune? Why did everyone love them so much? I sometimes wonder how it is that a wander down the aisles of a British supermarket or music store will reveal that they are the only pop band in the world still selling albums at full price thirty-five years on. Then I start to recall the songs and go for just one more listen to Sgt. Pepper."
Michael JR Jose, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
job/profession:
- musician
Job/profession/poverty story
Yes
Story of entertainer?
- Singer/Dancer
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- musician
Age:
- 20's-30's
Biography of famous person?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 1 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Northeast
- Deep South
- California
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
City?
Yes
City:
- London
- dirty, grimy (like New York)
- wealthy
Misc setting
- Fancy Mansion
- resort/hotel
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Book makes you feel?
- very happy
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
- gentle
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- love/sex
- decency
- capitalism
Writer's slant towards subject:
- very favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More than 15 in color
How much dialogue in bio?
- mostly dialog
- significantly more dialog than descript
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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