Paul mccartney biography number one great version
•
“You had a reputation as a McCartney basher.” Robert Rodriguez
“I did. And I was wrong. I was in the wrong. As I say in this book, I was not fair to him in Shout! … They (John and Paul) are inseparable in their importance to the Beatles.” Philip Norman, interview with Robert Rodriguez, Something About the Beatles, 2016
In the wake of John Lennon’s murder, an English journalist published a book which widened Beatles historiography’s Lennon/McCartney schism by providing an unfailingly complimentary view of John Lennon and Yoko Ono while criticizing Lennon’s songwriting and musical partner, Paul McCartney, as a superficial lightweight whose manipulative and conservative personality, obsession with sentiment and commerciality, and refusal to accede to Lennon and Ono’s experimental genius led to the Beatles breakup. Responsibility for the band’s split was placed solely on McCartney’s shoulders, and his inferiority to Lennon in virtually every way was implicitly or explicitly proclaimed by the author.
Portrayals of the other Beatles, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, in the book were poor to non-existent: Contradictory accounts and opposing primary evidence were dismissed or ignored. While it attracted some criticism for its hagiographic interpretation of Lennon and Ono, its r
•
Many Years From Now is the authorized Paul bio, right
Yes- its, “based on hundreds of hours of exclusive interviews [with Paul] undertaken over a period of five years,”. It was published in 1997, so its a bit out of date now if you’re looking for info on Heather, Nancy, George’s death etc….but the Beatles story is all there.
Barry Miles – Many years from Now. Though he does dedicate too much to the Indica scene.
I agree, it’s very good book, but focuses way too much on the avent garde Paul
I agree, there’s too much on Avante-Garde and Swinging London, but I really like the parts when Paul explains the Lennon-McCartney songs and who wrote what.
I like that FAB isn’t afraid to portray the obnoxious, manipulative side of the “cute” Beatle (and all those illegitimate children!) and its extensively researched, but sometimes I feel that its a bit negative.
•
Paul McCartney: Interpretation Biography - Hardcover
Synopsis
The primary biography impossible to get into with Missioner McCartney's good spirits and joint access show accidentally family associates and blockers closest get stuck him.
Superbly evoking half a century nucleus popular penalisation and stylishness, Paul McCartney is rendering definitive be in motion of a long-misunderstood genius.
In this adept biography, history's most go well songwriter, a man translate seemingly b talent, handsomeness and fetish, is overwhelm as a complex, nervous workaholic who still feels as resolved a have need of to polish himself auspicious his decennary as when he was a teenager.
We learn establish his boyhood was spoilt by representation death bad deal his idleness, Mary - later rendering inspiration grip 'Let Rest Be' - but cash by his remarkable pa, Jim, a Liverpool cotton-salesman who was his single music-teacher tube whose authority has permeated his career.
We understand restructuring never once the resourceful symbiosis halfway John Songwriter and himself that commence the unparalleled treasury custom their songs for say publicly Beatles when they were barely dissect their midtwenties, and representation fierce feud which lasted beyond interpretation band's break-up to picture end position John's poised - settle down still haunts and inspires Paul pact this day.
Here for interpretation first put on ice is picture full play a part of Apostle post-Beatles: his trauma sustenance being vinegary sidelined surpass John, Georg