Here jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four. Jonathan gould gives the fab four yet another makeover in cant buy me love, but this time its worth it, says jon savage. Delaware county district library ohio scanned in china. Jonathan gould is a writer and a former professional musician. With the beatles, jonathan gould, chris ingham, tony bramwell. The beatles, britain, and america by jonathan gould the beatles in scotland by ken mcnab magic circles. Cant buy me love, subtitled the beatles, britain, and america, is a book by american author jonathan gould that was published in october 2007. Nov 06, 2008 jonathan goulds cant buy me love is, hands down, the best beatles book since ian macdonalds revolution in the head. The author jonathan gould is a former musician who has found a way to communicate with someone like myself who has no musical background. The beatles, britain, and america jonathan gould download bok.
Cant buy me love by author and musician jonathan gould. Oct 28, 2007 this gets at the greatest virtue of goulds book, for if youve already read a decent beatles book there can be only one real reason to read another. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould explains why, placing the fab four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise. I cannot read music, although my teachers tried, i know nothing about the jargon used to explain the technicality of making music but in reading mr. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both their rise and their demise. The beatles, perhaps more than any act before or since, were a quintessential product of their time, and gould brilliantly blends cultural history, musical. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read cant buy me love. The subject is pretty much inexhaustible if the writer is good enough, and gould is very good. Nearly twenty years in the making, cant buy me love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history.
The beatles, britain, and america, which took him nearly twenty years to write, was published in 2007. Jun 02, 2017 jonathan goulds otis redding is the story of a great performers life cut tragically short. On january 1 1962, the beatles trooped down to london for an audition with decca records. Jonathan gould, who by his account spent some two decades writing this, his first book, might have felt a certain despair when spitzs near1,000. The beatles, britain, and america by jonathan gould by charlie clark, aarp the magazine, november 2007 comments. Nov 04, 2008 in cant buy me love, freelance writer jonathan gould has produced the best book ever written about the beatles. Jonathan gould is a former professional musician and the author of cant buy me love. Publication date 2007 topics beatles, rock music united states history and criticism, rock music great britain history and criticism publisher harmony books. Jonathan gould is the author of cant buy me love 4. In cant buy me love, freelance writer jonathan gould has produced the best book ever written about the beatles. A biography of the english rock band the beatles, it provides a musicological assessment of their work and a study of the cultural impact they had during the 1960s. It was the only authorised biography of the beatles written during their career. It was written with the full cooperation of the beatles and chronicles the bands career up until early 1968, two years before their breakup. As i mentioned the other day, ive just finished jonathan goulds cant buy me love, which is one of the best books about the beatles ive ever read and ive read more of them than i probably should have.
The beatles music paul mccartney john lennon albums. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social. Nov 06, 2014 jonathan goulds cant buy me love is more than just a book on the beatles. Jonathan goulds cant buy me love is, hands down, the best beatles book since ian macdonalds revolution in the head. Jonathan goulds beatles biography cant buy me love is that book and, aware as it is of the fact that even titling the book cant buy me love is something so completely simple and banal, it tells the sprawling, complicated beatles story in a refreshingly straightforward manner. Gould, author of the insightful beatles history can. An elegant and economical stylist, gould is a brilliant narrative historian, with an archaeologists ability to recreate the world inhabited by his subjects. Cant buy me love, jonathan gould an excellent book similar in style to philip normans shout.
In cant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in the broad and tumultuous panorama of their time and place, rooting their story in the social context that girded both. Oct 21, 2019 jonathan gould is the author of cant buy me love. He studied music under the wellknown jazz drummer alan dawson and spent several years working in bands and recording studios. Nearly twenty years in the making, cant buy me love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism. Cant buy me love by jonathan gould overdrive rakuten. Ray ellis, culture salad online in cant buy me love, freelance writer jonathan gould has produced the best book ever written about the beatles. Cant buy me love by jonathan gould books the guardian. The beatles, britain, and america ebook written by jonathan gould. The authorised biography is a book written by british author hunter davies and published by heinemann in the uk in september 1968. Gould did not grow up with this music but got a box set and a complete beatles song book and listened to each track consecutively without taking into account the temporal distance and circumstance when each song was written and recorded. Nearly 20 years in the making, cant buy me love is a masterful work of group biography, cultural history, and musical criticism.
So what on earth does jonathan gould think hes doing by adding to the. Not quite as good on the music as ian macdonalds dazzling revolution in the head, and a bit less precise in its focus than it might be from time to time im not convinced. As seen through the prism of the beatles and their music, an entire generations experience comes astonishingly to life. Jonathan goulds otis redding is the story of a great performers life cut tragically short. But as jonathan gould states in his brilliant biography of the beatles, the. Gould has been working on his magnum opus of the fab four these 20 years, and it was 20 years well spent. Suing the beatles for fun and profit by stan soocher the beatles.
Jonathan goulds cant buy me love is more than just a book on the beatles. This is the best beatle book that anyone has ever written. Publication date 2007 topics beatles, rock music united states history and criticism, rock music. Incant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in the broad and. The beatles, britain and america, and otis redding. Cant buy me love is a magical mystery tour that must not be missed. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in the. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould seeks to explain why, placing the fab four in.
The beatles, britain and america by jonathan gould 576pp, portrait. A new book about the beatles examines their music as well as their. Jan 23, 2009 jonathan gould, who by his account spent some two decades writing this, his first book, might have felt a certain despair when spitzs near1,000page biography of the band came out in 2005. This list of beatles books is the result of many happy hours of reading the best beatles books the ones that best told the story of john paul, george and ringo. He divides his time between a home in brooklyn and a house near hudson, ny. Beautifully written, consistently insightful, and utterly original,cant buy me love is a landmark work about the beatles, britain, and america.
The history of the beatles and their influence on everything from music, art. Jonathan goulds beatles biography cant buy me love is that book and, aware as it is of the fact that even titling the book cant buy me love is something. Nov 04, 2008 jonathan gould is a former professional musician and the author of cant buy me love. This gets at the greatest virtue of goulds book, for if youve already read a decent beatles book there can be only one real reason to read another. In cant buy me love, jonathan gould explains why, placing the fab four in the broad. The history of the beatles and their influence on everything from music, art, and culture to fashion and politics.
525 1547 807 811 10 791 95 308 1238 471 237 1539 234 112 1554 1228 622 1403 996 540 593 213 362 1061 1326 1118 211 302 349 179 464 1222 526 379 483 1 1091