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Klappentext When the Beatles touched down in New York on February 7, 1964, for their first visit to America, they brought with them a sound that hadn't been heard before. By the time they returned to England two weeks later, major changes in music, fashion, the record industry, and the image of an entire generation had been set into motion. Coming less than three months after the assassination of President Kennedy, the Beatles' visit helped rouse the country out of mourning. A breathless and condescending media concentrated on the band's hairstyles and their adoring fans, but their enduring importance lay in their music, their wit, and style, a disconnect that signaled the beginning of the generation gap. In this intriguing cultural history, Martin Goldsmith examines how and why the Beatles struck such a lasting chord.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
1. Forever.
2. "Genius Is Pain".
3. A Fleming Pie.
4. Laboratory and Conservatory.
5. The Toppermost of the Poppermost.
6. "O Come All Ye Faithful, Yeah, Yeah, Yeah!"7. "Such a Feeling".
8. "The Beatles Are Coming!"
9. "A Vision of the Ecstasy of Life".
10. The Children of Bishop Martin.
Acknowledgments.
Select Bibliography and Videography.
Index.
Bericht
"... fascinating ... quotations from those fusty Americans..." (New Statesman, 12th April 2004)
"...a breezily intelligent biography...perhaps the first serious Beatles history to have a truly happy ending." (Entertainment Weekly, February 6, 2004)
"(...) The book does offer many fascinating details related to their arrival (such as negative reviewsof the band from mainstream newspapers including the New York Times and the Washington Post). Goldsmith never explores in-depth some of the "lasting changes" that he says the Beatles' arrival made in "music, broadcasting, journalism and fashion." A little less Beatles history and more material on their actual arrival would have made this a more effective narrative." (Publishers Weekly, January 19, 2004)
