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| From | "Matt Whitby" <matt.whitby@gmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: Revolution in the head |
| Date | Mon, 15 Oct 2007 10:39:15 +0100 |
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An interesting book, but...
I remember reading an interview with McCartney who didn't really like
the book and said something along the lines of "How does he know what
he were thinking when we wrote a song? He wasn't there."
Which - I think - is a fair point.
On 15/10/2007, Alan Haber <zoogang@cox.net> wrote:
> Uh, beware of Mark Lewisohn? Seriously? Ya know, the Quiet One only said to
> beware of darkness, not Mark Lewisohn. Gary, what is your beef with the
> Beatle Brain? And of Emerick, I thought his book was pretty good. Of course,
> he had an agenda--why write a book in the first place?
>
> Has anyone mentioned the great what-if novel, Paperback Writer? Long out of
> print, but a great, great read. And I also don't always agree with Rev in
> the Head, but the book sure made me rethink some things.
>
> Alan
>
> http://www.buhdge.com (coming soon--the all-new buhdge!)
> http://www.purepopradio.com
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: audities-owner@smoe.org [mailto:audities-owner@smoe.org] On Behalf Of
> garypig@aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, October 14, 2007 6:55 PM
> To: audities@smoe.org
> Subject: Re: Revolution in the head
>
>
> << The only truly good Beatles books are the Beatles' own Anthology,
> the
> fascinating Recording the Beatles, anything by Mark Lewisohn and, if
> you're
> truly interested in a critic's opinions (why, exactly?), Tim Riley's
> Tell Me
> Why -- guilty of a few of the same things, but at least more thorough,
> well
> written and positive. >>
>
>
> And may I claim:
>
> Beware of ANY biographies
> (especially "authorized" ;-)
>
> whose authors have built-in loyalties
> (eg: Mark Lewisohn and Geoff Emerick,
> both long on the McCartney payroll)
>
> and/or self-preservation
> (or should I say self-mythology)
> as a primary agenda
> (compare, f'rinstance,
> the original cut of that Beatles Anthology
> vs. the post-Beatle-viewed version
> they ultimately released).
>
>
> In this same vein,
> I only hope the forthcoming Stones and Harrison documentaries
> by Martin Scorsese
> aren't as history- and fact-bending as, say,
> "No Direction Home,"
>
>
> Gary "dear sir or madam" Pig
>
>
>
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