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! Read * Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles by Kenneth Womack ↠ eBook or Kindle ePUB. Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles An Essential Book About The Beatles As a somewhat obsessive fan of the Fab Four, I've read dozens of books about them. Books about their public personas and private lives, about how some of their songs came to be written and experiences they shared as a group of young men in one of the most exciting periods of rock history. But aside from George Martin's slim journal about the making of t. "A wish for more focus on the music itself, and less on the lyrics" according to ABQChris. I wanted to love
| Title | : | Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.41 (751 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0826417469 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 336 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-20 |
| Language | : | English |
An Essential Book About The Beatles As a somewhat obsessive fan of the Fab Four, I've read dozens of books about them. Books about their public personas and private lives, about how some of their songs came to be written and experiences they shared as a group of young men in one of the most exciting periods of rock history. But aside from George Martin's slim journal about the making of t. "A wish for more focus on the music itself, and less on the lyrics" according to ABQChris. I wanted to love this book; I might have approached it with unfair expectations, but one is led to believe that Womack shares some original insights on the Beatles' music. The book is merely a cursory overview of the Beatles' backgrounds (again?), private lives (again?), and recorded output, with a couple of long detours to discuss the band's image; it'. William Baker said Long and Winding Road. Superbly written this insightful study draws upon neglected materials and a thorough comprehensive knowledge of the Beatles.Interweaving chronology, personal biography with background, the author produces the best study of the Fabulous Four. He explains their iconic status in our culture and their universality.We now know so much more about the Long and
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In addition to considering the band's increasing self-consciousness about the overall production, design, and presentation of their art, Womack explores the Beatles' albums as a collection of musical and lyrical impressions that finds them working towards a sense of aesthetic unity. In Long and Winding Roads: The Evolving Artistry of the Beatles, Kenneth Womack brings the band's story vividly to life-from their salad days as a Liverpool Skiffle group and their apprenticeship in the nightclubs and mean streets of Hamburg through their early triumphs at the legendary Cavern Club and the massive onslaught of Beatlemania itself. He investigates the origins and creation of the group's compositions, as well as the songwriting and recording practices that brought them to fruition. By mapping the group's development as an artistic fusion, Womack traces the Beatles' creative arc from their first, primitive recordings through Abbey Road and the twilight of their career.In order to communicate the nature and power of the band's remarkable achievement, Womack examines the Beatles' body of work as an evolving art object. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, the White Album, and Abbey Road-albums that collectively required literally thousands of hours to produce. Womack's analysis of th
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