Can't Buy Me Love: The Beatles, Britain, and America
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A complex look at The Beatles
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This is a multi-dimensional look at The Beatles. Author Jonathan Gould puts The Beatles in context as he examines the social, political and musical forces in Britain and America. He studies why and how The Beatles were successful. In doing so, he invokes psychologist Sigmund Freud, sociologist Max Weber and other experts.
The most interesting part of the book for me was learning about the boyhoods of The Beatles, their musical influences and what the music scene in Liverpool was like as the group began to make its rise to fame. Gould captures the excitement of an extraordinary musical group making a name for itself.
Gould's book, which is thoroughly researched, is heavy on the musical analysis of each of the Beatles' albums and their individual songs. His analysis is in more depth than most readers prefer. For me, it wore thin quickly.
The final fourth of the book is depressing as the group grows apart and finally splits. The excitement and enthusiasm that is so evident early in the book is absent from the Beatles' final years.
Although this is an interesting book, it is written for the most die-hard Beatles fans. It is complex, detailed and hard to read. Most casual Beatles fans will never make it through half the 600-page book.
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