Beatles vs. StonesSimon and Schuster, 29 ott 2013 - 320 pagine In the 1960s an epic battle was waged between the two biggest bands in the world—the clean-cut, mop-topped Beatles and the badboy Rolling Stones. Both groups liked to maintain that they weren’t really “rivals”—that was just a media myth, they politely said—and yet they plainly competed for commercial success and aesthetic credibility. On both sides of the Atlantic, fans often aligned themselves with one group or the other. In Beatles vs. Stones, John McMillian gets to the truth behind the ultimate rock and roll debate. Painting an eye-opening portrait of a generation dragged into an ideological battle between Flower Power and New Left militance, McMillian reveals how the Beatles-Stones rivalry was created by music managers intent on engineering a moneymaking empire. He describes how the Beatles were marketed as cute and amiable, when in fact they came from hardscrabble backgrounds in Liverpool. By contrast, the Stones were cast as an edgy, dangerous group, even though they mostly hailed from the chic London suburbs. For many years, writers and historians have associated the Beatles with the gauzy idealism of the “good” sixties, placing the Stones as representatives of the dangerous and nihilistic “bad” sixties. Beatles vs. Stones explodes that split, ultimately revealing unseen realities about America’s most turbulent decade through its most potent personalities and its most unforgettable music. |
Altre edizioni - Visualizza tutto
Parole e frasi comuni
album Allen Klein American Andrew andthe artists asked Asquoted atthe audience band band’s Beatles Anthology became began Bill Wyman blues Brian Epstein Brian Jones British Chrissie Club Coleman culture Decca drug England fans film fromthe Fuck George girl going Gomelsky guitar guys harmonica Harrison hewas interview inthe itwas John Lennon journalist Keith Richards Klein knew later Lennon Remembers Liverpool London looked Love manager Marianne Faithfull Meet the Beatles Melody Maker Mick Jagger Mick’s never NewYork night O’Mahony ofthe onthe Paul McCartney performed Phelge Playboy played popular quoted in Oldham quoted in Wyman quotedin recalled record released Revolution Ringo Rock and Roll Rolling Stones Rubber Soul seemed song studio teenage thatthe theBeatles thefirst there’s theRolling Stones theStones theywere thing tobe Tony Tony Barrow tothe tour underground wanted wasa What’s Yoko York young youths