![]() ![]() I find it hard to believe that anyone interested enough in the Beatle to consider buying this book could fail to hear the virtues of this song. Failing to grasp the importance of layered thematic riffs in popular music (and frankly, failing to grasp what a musical hook is) he thinks this is merely a 12-bar blues variant that the Beatles rushed out in an uninspired moment. A perfect example is the song Day Tripper, which he pans rather ruthlessly. That said, he's also sometimes annoyingly stupid on strictly musical elements, making some technical musical errors and overlooking critical details. He's also *sometimes* brilliant in his musical analyses - often enough to warrant 5 stars across the board. The writer is very intelligent and almost invariably brilliant in terms of his analyses of the lyrics and the broader role of the group in the culture of the 20th Century. After an introduction it traverses the Beatles recording career song by song - going session by session rather than album by album, including unreleased oddities. This is a fascinating book - lovingly narrated by an ensemble cast - all listenable, and a couple of them exceptional. ![]()
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