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| From | "Andrew Hickey" <stealthmunchkin@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Revolution in the head |
| Date | Fri, 12 Oct 2007 16:02:10 +0100 |
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On 10/12/07, synthhtnys@comcast.net <synthhtnys@comcast.net> wrote:
> I've had it in the back of my mind to keep an eye out for it.
> I ran across it and initially almost put it back, thinking
> "Another song by song impression book.... no thanks".
> But I read one song's worth, then another and another
> and walked out with it. I haven't been able to put it down since.
> This really IS one of the best books about the Beatles.
It is. Some of MacDonald's opinions are, frankly, bizarre (Across The
Universe is dreadful while Yellow Submarine is great? I think not...)
but he was one of the tiny number of rock journalists who could write
about *music*, rather than just the lyrics... that book was invaluable
to me when I started writing songs for the way it took the Beatles'
ones apart to see what made them tick...
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