
In The Complete Beatles Songs , Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy. This beautifully packaged book examines every Beatles-penned song and the inspiration behind them all; with fresh research and packed with new information, there are revelations aplenty. The book covers the Fab Four's entire output chapter by chapter and includes a complete set of printed lyrics to accompany each song, used with exclusive permission from the band's music publishers. Who was 'just seventeen' and made Paul's heart go 'boom'? Who was 'Lady Madonna'? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What inspired 'Happiness is a Warm Gun'? Why was Paul the 'walrus' and what inspired the lyrics to Ringo's 'Octopus's Garden'? Review: Great for a gift, good quality - Bought as a Christmas present for my teenage son who lives music and has collected all Beatles albums. Hes already read up around different albums/tracks but he lived this. Nicely presented. Good quality. Review: Lovely book - It’s a lovely big book very pleased thank you .
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| Customer Reviews | 4.7 out of 5 stars 507 Reviews |
S**A
Great for a gift, good quality
Bought as a Christmas present for my teenage son who lives music and has collected all Beatles albums. Hes already read up around different albums/tracks but he lived this. Nicely presented. Good quality.
M**N
Lovely book
It’s a lovely big book very pleased thank you .
A**R
Perfect fit a Beatles fan!
Perfect for the Beatles fan who has everything. Good quality print. Given as a gift and the donees entire family loves it! Recommended.
K**V
A must have for Beatles fans
This was bought as a present, and I love it. Lyrics to all the songs, with information with regards the songs. I enjoyed reading this book and recommend it.
L**E
Husband loved it
Bought as i present for my husband. He's mad on the Beatles,and it was a great addition to his collection of books.
A**R
Beatles
Loved this book full of interesting information and facts
S**L
Great for a Beatles fan.
This book arrived promptly and well packaged. A great gift for a Beatles fan.
A**E
Lovely Read
My Grandson is really into the Beatles he is only 9 years old !!!!!!! he loves it.
J**P
La genèse et le sens de toutes les chansons enfin décryptées.
Un ouvrage complet sur toutes les chansons des Fab Four. Tout y est expliqué, exploré, élucidé: la genèse des chansons et le sens des paroles qui, pour certaines, pourraient paraître sibyllines. Excellent. je recommande vivement.
A**L
Fabulous!
Fantastic buy. The stories behind the songs added to the value of the song......even after so long. And a catalogue of lyrics. Truly a great purchase.
A**A
Excellnt
I love this book, great insights easy to read.
F**D
It's all too much !
A lavishly illustrated coffee table book, featuring every self-penned Beatle lyric in big type accompanied by background information, some speculative ( "mays", "coulds" "probablys" abound ),some based on sold fact. Of "Sun King" we are helpfully reminded that Louis XIV of France was called the Sun King, and told that Nancy Mitford had recently published a book about him ( actually, three years earlier ) "and John may have come across it". Yes he may. Or may not. Turner then adds, perhaps in desperation, that "It may also have been a jokey reference to George's song "Here Comes the Sun" Indeed. It may...who knows ? Who cares ? It's only a northern song, after all. Of course there is more to the book than vast amounts of guesswork and trivia. For example, we are told that "She Loves You" was written in The Imperial Hotel, Jesmond and not at The Royal Turk's Head in Newcastle as "had previously been thought". How do we know ? Well, in 1992 it was reported that "local man Bernard Armstrong had drunk with them at the hotel and could remember unloading equipment with them from their van" Good to get that cleared up ! If you need to know how many people named Mustard are on the electoral roll, or that after appearing on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1964, the group spent four additional nights at the Deauville Hotel on Collins Avenue, then this is the book for you.
C**R
Lyrics Of The Beatles Songs 🎵 🎶
This is a great book about the Beatles songs 🎵 their background and the lyrics to them. I'd forgotten about a lot of how those songs 🎵 go. As I said this is a great book.My favorites are Drive My Car I Want To Hold Your Hand I Saw Her Standing There Please Please Me Norwegian Wood The Night Before I Should Have Known Better Yellow Submarine Nowhere Man Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds With A Little Help From My Friends All My Loving From Me To You You Won't See Me I'll Follow The Sun Here Comes The Sun She Loves You Maxwells Silver Hammer and many others .You should get this.
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