Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.32 (998 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0062207652 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-06-18 |
| Language | : | English |
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He is the author of the national bestsellers Love Is a Mix Tape and Talking to Girls About Duran Duran. He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his wife.. Rob Sheffield is a contributing editor at Rolling Stone, where he writes about music, TV, and popular culture
Dreaming the Beatles Ben Dugan I enjoyed this book. I'm not the biggest fan of the Beatles and as such I haven't read a lot of books about them so a lot of the information here was pretty new to me.But this isn't a biography about the Beatles and really shouldn't be treated as such. This isn't the book to read if you want the story of the band. Rather this is a collection of essays about aspects and times in the Beatles catalog and their career. And as s. ""Move along, nothing new to see here"" according to K. Pelletier. I really didn't learn anything new. The writers cliched use of song titles and lyrics got tiresome and added nothing to the narrative. Not a fan of this writing"style", and I could have done without the lengthy asides. I totally do not understand why the book is titled as it is.. "Good read about the Fabs" according to gary markwood. A different angle to the Fabs. Not another factoid with wrong facts, pictures identified wrong. Enjoyed it quite a bit. Got a whole library of books about Beatles.,very good.
Dreaming the Beatles tells the story of how four lads from Liverpool became the world’s biggest pop group, then broke up—but then somehow just kept getting bigger. In his singular voice, he explores what the Beatles mean today, to fans who have learned to love them on their own terms and not just for the sake of nostalgia. It isn’t another exposé about how they broke up. It isn’t a history of their gigs or their gear. This time, he focuses on the biggest pop culture phenomenon of all time—The Beatles. At this point, their music doesn’t belong to the past—it belongs to right now. This book is a celebration of that music, showing why the Beatles remain the world’s favorite thing—and how they invented the future we’re all living in today.. What do the Beatles mean today? Why are they more famous and beloved now than ever? And why do they still matter so much to us, nearly fifty years after they broke up?As he did in his previous books, Love is a Mix Tape, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, and Turn Around Bright Eyes, Sheffield focuses on the emotional connections we make to music. “This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —MashableRob Sheffield, the Rolling Ston
“You’ll have a fantastic, joyous time reading Dreaming the Beatles from cover to cover.” (USA Today)“Before I began writing this I paged through Ian MacDonald’s canonical Revolution in the Head and Devin McKinney’s renowned The Beatles in Dream and HistoryBut neither has a chance of topping Rob Sheffield’s Dreaming the Beatles.” (Robert Christgau, Village Voice)“This is the best book about the Beatles ever written…passionate and eloquent…If aliens land tomorrow, and demand to know why we keep on pumping this particular brand of music into space, this is the first book you would hand them.” (Mashable)“The essential joy of Dreaming the Beatles are these connections made between historical events, mythological band history, and the song itself—it’s sparkling, insightful, occasionally humorous writing unclouded by irony or cynicism about a capital-G Great Band.” (Spin)“Rob Sheffield’s unconventional rock-band bio is must-read material.” (Forth Worth Star Telegram)“As he’s proven in, well, all of his books, Sheffield writes about fandom, about the condition of loving a thing, as well or better than anyone, which is no small thing for a critic as savvy as he is.” (Austin American-Statesman)