THE BEATLES Who Could Ask For More: Rock ‘n’ Reel Review The following review of WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE: RECLAIMING THE BEATLES appeared in Rock ‘n’ Reel magazine this month…. REPRODUCED WITH THE PERMISSION OF SEAN McGHEE (EDITOR) WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE: RECLAIMING THE BEATLES BEATLES SITES BEATLES LINKS BEATLES.COM BEATLES STORY...
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BOB DYLAN: ‘Cross The Green Mountain
BOB DYLAN: ‘Cross The Green Mountain …All must yield To the Avenging God… In the mud and the blood of the makeshift trench, the soldier boy from Belvedere, South Carolina, is about to breathe his last. The Yankee bullet which had pierced his groin had come from some anonymous source, from...
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MUSIC BOOK REVIEW: Million Dollar Bash by Sid Griffin
MUSIC BOOK REVIEW: Million Dollar Bash by Sid Griffin Year by year the legend of The Basement Tapes grows. Here’s a few personal memories. I remember reading about the legendary Great White Wonder when I was at school in the late ‘60s. A little later, as a spotty teenager, I acquired a copy of The...
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THE BEATLES: Dylan, The Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night Part Two
THE BEATLES: Dylan, The Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night Part Two The movie A Hard Day’s Night, despite being made in monochrome on a tiny budget, is decidedly cool, witty and fast moving. It has an ‘improvised’ atmosphere that recalls the contemporary methods of French Nouvelle Vague directors like Francois Truffaut and Jean-Luc Godard....
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BOB DYLAN: Waiting For You
Happiness is but a state of mind. Anytime you want, you can cross the state line…. Waiting For You was written for the soundtrack of Callie Khouri’s 2002 movie, Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, a wryly bittersweet and avowedly feminist tale centred around the complex relationship between a mother and daughter. As with...
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THE BEATLES: Who Could Ask For More extracts Part One: Dylan, The Beatles and A Hard Day’s Night
INTRODUCTION The idea that Bob Dylan was a key influence on The Beatles is very well-known and accepted one. Dylan is often credited with opening The Beatles’ minds to wider horizons and encouraging them by example to write more personal, meaningful lyrics. Yet most writers have approached this subject in a rather superficial and generalised...
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THE BEATLES: Who Could Ask For More: Overview and Chapter Summary
WHO COULD ASK FOR MORE: RECLAIMING THE BEATLES …When asked by a journalist whether the group intended writing any anti-war songs, John – without a moment’s hesitation – replied tartly that ALL their songs were anti-war songs. These songs articulated both the immense fear that lay just beneath the surface of the supposedly...
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RICHARD THOMPSON Sweet Warrior
Richard Thompson can transport you to places in his songs like no-one else. Drawing his inspiration from folk songs, oral tales, tattered history books, half remembered stories, bizarre websites and advertising catalogues, Thompson is a master of time and space. Many of his best songs place you in a specific historical context, then move...
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BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN Magic: A Review
BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: MAGIC: A REVIEW BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN: MAGIC Bruce Springsteen’s Magic is a journey into the darkness of the ‘American night’; a portrait of a country mired in confusion, its value-systems broken down, its soul in torment. As a writer, Springsteen is often misunderstood. This is partly because he often casts his narratives in...