Beatlesongs

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Summary: A Closer Look at the Songs
Review: I realize I am in the minority, but I hated the Beatles Anthology Cd sets. The little music on the cd's was not worth the price. In contrast, this book is worth every penny for Beatles fans as it gives the reader a new look at the songs.

Dowlding takes a look at each Beatle song in this book and explains the authorship, meaning of the song, where it was recorded, quotes about the songs, as well as other miscellaneous information. I picked this book up several times at a book store. After reading through the book so many times in the store, I had to purchase and read the whole book. I was not disappointed.

While the book is not written in s story format, it is an easy read. You can skip around to your favorite Beatles songs and not miss a thing. I suggest reading the story behind "Octopus's Garden". It is a very interesting story as are many of the other stories.

Rating:
Summary: A Closer Look at the Songs
Review: I realize I am in the minority, but I hated the Beatles Anthology Cd sets. The little music on the cd's was not worth the price. In contrast, this book is worth every penny for Beatles fans as it gives the reader a new look at the songs.

Dowlding takes a look at each Beatle song in this book and explains the authorship, meaning of the song, where it was recorded, quotes about the songs, as well as other miscellaneous information. I picked this book up several times at a book store. After reading through the book so many times in the store, I had to purchase and read the whole book. I was not disappointed.

While the book is not written in s story format, it is an easy read. You can skip around to your favorite Beatles songs and not miss a thing. I suggest reading the story behind "Octopus's Garden". It is a very interesting story as are many of the other stories.

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Summary: This is the second best Beatles book ever written
Review: If not for the "Anthology," this book would be the best Beatles book ever written. However, the "Anthology," bumps this book down to No. 2. No shame, of course, to be author of one of the best books ever written by THE best musical group of the twentieth century!
This book has everything you'd want to know about each individual song. It has every single instrument or vocal and who performed it. It includes not only the dates each song was recorded but, (for most songs), what was recorded on each date. It includes the real authorship of each song. For example, it will say under "Can't Buy Me Love,":
"McCartney (.9) and Lennon (.1), meaning McCartney wrote 90% of the song, and Lennon 10%. The book includes information about each single and album, how it did on the charts, and roughly how many copies were sold. There are quotes by the Beatles and other musicians and people about songs. This is definitely one of the best Beatles book ever written. To quote the author in his introduction, "This is the book I always wanted to find in a bookstore." If you want to know the details about each Beatles song, this is the book for you.

Rating:
Summary: This is the second best Beatles book ever written
Review: If not for the "Anthology," this book would be the best Beatles book ever written. However, the "Anthology," bumps this book down to No. 2. No shame, of course, to be author of one of the best books ever written by THE best musical group of the twentieth century!
This book has everything you'd want to know about each individual song. It has every single instrument or vocal and who performed it. It includes not only the dates each song was recorded but, (for most songs), what was recorded on each date. It includes the real authorship of each song. For example, it will say under "Can't Buy Me Love,":
"McCartney (.9) and Lennon (.1), meaning McCartney wrote 90% of the song, and Lennon 10%. The book includes information about each single and album, how it did on the charts, and roughly how many copies were sold. There are quotes by the Beatles and other musicians and people about songs. This is definitely one of the best Beatles book ever written. To quote the author in his introduction, "This is the book I always wanted to find in a bookstore." If you want to know the details about each Beatles song, this is the book for you.

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Summary: Thanks fo a nice book!
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Summary: This is the second best Beatles book ever written
Review: The Beatles are, of course, one of the two best rock bands/artists ever (the other being Bob Dylan). This book makes listening to their tunes even more fun because you can find out exactly what went into the writing, recording, and packaging of each song. I have read through my copy of this book a number of times and the stories still have not gotten old. My only problem with the book is the way it totals the number of songs written by each Beatle and almost makes a contest out of it. That is not what the music is about. Other than that this is a fantastic book. Every Fab Four fan needs a copy.

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Summary: Good Beatle Book
Review: The Beatles are, of course, one of the two best rock bands/artists ever (the other being Bob Dylan). This book makes listening to their tunes even more fun because you can find out exactly what went into the writing, recording, and packaging of each song. I have read through my copy of this book a number of times and the stories still have not gotten old. My only problem with the book is the way it totals the number of songs written by each Beatle and almost makes a contest out of it. That is not what the music is about. Other than that this is a fantastic book. Every Fab Four fan needs a copy.

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Summary: Excellent
Review: This book is both informative and entertaining. The only other comparable book I've read is by Tim Riley, which contains so much of Tim's own interpretations (and a lot of them are, IMO, simply wrong or ridiculous).

An example of what's neat about Beatlesongs is the evolution of "Strawberry Fields" from an acoustic ballad by John (written while he was filming, "How I won the war") to the heavy, psychedelic version that emerged when the Beatles screwed around with it in the studio (and what a song it turned out to be!).

In short, this book is a very satisfying read for the total Beatles fan.

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Summary: I like it!
Review: This is a good book for "real" Beatle fans. It is quite similar to another book I read, Revolution In the Head." It's a good refrence book.

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Summary: Absolutely indispensible
Review: This is by far the most important book for any Beatlemaniac to own--from the burgeoning fan to the certified nut. Be it the album, the song, or informative quotes, this book has all the info you need. Excellent. My own copy is battered and worn from years of use.