I’m a huge Beatles fan, so I really liked the idea of this
book. What it basically consists of is a collection of Beatles lyrics written
by the Beatles themselves. And also a discussion of their lyrics in general and
how they progress. I had already read “A Hard Day’s Write” (which I highly
recommend) that talks about the inspiration for every song that the Beatles
ever wrote, and the two books go nicely together.
Seeing the words written out in their own hand is pretty
interesting, you can see what their handwriting’s like, what parts are John and
which are Paul’s, and can tell that Ringo was not the best speller.
What could have made the book a little better was focusing
on the lyrics entirely, and not getting sidetracked by the history of the
Beatles (although to some extent that does play into it, which I understand) or
what the editor of the book was doing at the time (which was sometimes a little
annoying, even though the author was the biographer of the Beatles towards the
end of their career).
I would highly recommend this for any Beatles fan, it’s
illuminating and keeps the focus on the music, which is the most important
aspect of them, in the end.
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