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Per i Beatles, scrivere canzoni era un processo creativo che poteva aver luogo ovunque, in qualsiasi momento: i testi che tutti noi conosciamo a memoria sono spesso nati un po' per caso, scritti sul retro di una busta o sui block notes degli hotel. Questi documenti sono finiti in giro per il mondo, conservati come cimeli da musei e università, oppure da amici e collezionisti; molti non sono mai stati pubblicati. Ma oltre al valore commerciale, i testi delle canzoni dei Beatles hanno un valore poetico forse non ancora compiutamente apprezzato. Questo, almeno, è il giudizio di Hunter Davies, amico personale dei Fab Four e autore dell'unica biografia autorizzata del gruppo, che racconta la genesi di ogni singolo pezzo ripercorrendo in ordine cronologico l'uscita di tutti i 45 giri e dei tredici album. Da una paziente ricerca dei testi autografi, o loro frammenti, tra collezionisti, case d'asta, biblioteche, nasce una nuova lettura della carriera beatlesiana narrata attraverso la miniera, davvero inesauribile, della loro musica e dei loro testi. Dall'analisi della grafia, dei ripensamenti, dei significati nascosti, e persino degli errori di ortografia, emergono le ragioni profonde del loro successo epocale, le differenti personalità di John, Paul, George e Ringo, l'affiatamento e le gelosie, i retroscena familiari, le amicizie e gli amori, le reazioni di fronte a piccoli e grandi eventi, esaminata qui in ogni dettaglio, eppure sempre misteriosamente incredibile.
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- Pagine: 366
- Data di uscita: 05-04-2016
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Davies has known the Beatles since the mid 1960s and wrote their only authorized biography. They gave him many of their handwritten written lyrics which had no value at the time. Many of these pieces of paper can now been seen at the British Museum and are worth millions. The book re-prints many of
Why oh why is Hunter Davies compelled to offer analysis on Beatle songwriting? He's no musicologist, and his opinions are appalling. What a pity, this could have been such a fascinating book. It still is, in small parts.
You really do lose a lot in a joke by explaining the mechanics. Unraveling generally does teach something, you usually get that at least. There is one really good reason to get this book. The photos of the authentic lyrics and pictures of the Beatles. Really does give a glimpse to the creative proces Leggi tutto
Not much new here. Davies presents the lyrics of all of the Beatles' songs but really doesn't add anything to the conversation. Davies wrote a Beatles biography in 1968 but it's difficult to take him seriously on this subject when he says things such as, "I'd forgotten 'Rain'" (one of the first pre- Leggi tutto
The pictures of the handwritten drafts were what was interesting. Hunter Davis' bland comments about the lyrics themselves offered no insight whatsoever. There was way too much, "Hey, remember me. I'm the guy who hung out with the Beatles for part of a year in the '60s and wrote a biography".
Since Hunter Davies was a friend and contemporary of the Fab Four, this is not a scholarly book. Thank goodness. I hate scholarly evaluations of song lyrics because they tend to be off-base and self-aggrandizing. In any event, Davies does a good job describing both the origin and evolution of The Be Leggi tutto
Do not waste your money with his book, if you really want to know about the Beatles lyrics just search on the internet and be happy. Hunter gives his own opinion and you can't trust anything. There's some good stuff because he actually lived around the Beatles for eighteen months and he tells us a l Leggi tutto
Davies wrote a bio of The Beatles in 1967. During the time he knew them, he collected their lyrics, scribbled on notepads and envelopes; those - as well as other work collected by other aficionados - are reproduced in this book. As a result of his interviews with the Beatles and his presence at recor Leggi tutto
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