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While doing some collection development this morning, I found this…

Fandom and the Beatles

Summary: “More than 50 years after their breakup, the Beatles are still attracting fans from various generations, all while retaining their original fan base from the 1960s. Why have those first-generation fans continued following the Beatles and are now introducing their grandchildren to the group? Why
are current teens affected by the band’s music? And perhaps most importantly, how and why do the Beatles continue to resonate with successive generations?

Unlike other bands of their era, the Beatles seem permanently frozen in time, having never descended into “nostalgia act” territory. Instead, even after the announcement of the band’s breakup in 1970, the group has maintained its cultural and musical relevance. Their timeless quality appeals to
younger generations while maintaining the loyalty of older fans. While the Beatles indeed represent a specific time period, their music and words address issues as meaningful today as they were during the Summer of Love: politics, war, sex, drugs, art, and creative liberation. As the first anthology
to assess the nature of fan response and the band’s enduring appeal, Fandom and the Beatles: The Act You’ve Known for All These Years defines and explores these unique qualities and the key ways in which this particular pop fusion has inspired such loyalty and multigenerational popularity.”

Brings a tear to my eye. Beatles love everywhere. Group hug.

^ Or Forumpudlians can click on the Amazon link in my signature to buy the book so that Joe gets a portion of the sale.

Here’s one for you really deep music-understanding forumpudlians. 

The Beatles and Vocal Expression (by Bla?ithi?n Duggan)

The Beatles and Vocal Expression examines popular song through the topic of paralanguage – a sub-category of nonverbal communication that addresses characteristics of speech that modify meaning and convey emotion. It responds to the general consensus regarding the limitations of Western art music notation to analyse popular song, assesses paralinguistic voice qualities giving rise to expressive tropes within and across songs, and lastly, addresses gaps in existing Beatles scholarship.

Taking The Beatles’ UK studio albums (1963-1970), paralinguistic voice qualities are examined in relation to concepts, characteristics, metaphors, and functions of paralanguage in vocal performance. Tropes, such as rising and falling intonation on words of woe, have historical connections to performative and conversational techniques. This interdisciplinary analysis is achieved through musicology, sound studies, applied linguistics, and cultural history. The new methodology locates paralinguistic voice qualities in recordings, identifies features, shows functions, and draws aural threads within and across popular songs.

It comes out next year.

All You Need Is Love : The Beatles in Their Own Words by Peter Brown and Steven Gaines 

Coming April 9th – and it is already the #1 New Release in Rock Music on Amazon.com

features unreleased interviews with the band members, as well as new interviews with people who were close to the group

It is 30% off at Amazon right now.

https://www.gnbooks.co.uk/prod…..h-event/ 

Ooops, the launch event was earlier today. Should have read about this earlier to post it on the Forum.

With the Beatles: From The Town Where They Were Born To Now And Then
by Patrick Humphries

Contains EXCLUSIVE previously unpublished interviews with PAUL McCARTNEY, GEORGE HARRISON and RINGO STARR conducted by the author. 

 The first full biography of the group in nearly 20 years.

Written by bestselling author and music journalist Patrick Humphries.
Patrick Humphries was there for the 1963 tsunami of Beatlemania – he still has his Fan Club membership card. Today, he feels the Beatles’ UK origins have been overlooked for too long.

About theBook:

For the first time… 

• Paul talks about the controversial Lennon/McCartney songwriting credit!
• George reflects on Beatlemania!
• Ringo reveals his skiffle musical roots!
• Full details of the unmade Beatles’ film are revealed!

Also included:

• Plans for Lonnie Donegan to coax John Lennon out of his New York exile!
• First-hand accounts of Liverpool and Hamburg; the Beatles’ roots!
• An exhaustive analysis of how their American breakthrough was achieved!
• Fly-on-the-wall accounts of Paul rehearsing for a world tour!
• The Beatles’ Love musical in Las Vegas!

 Listen to what themen say:

• Never before printed insights with Producer George Martin, “fifth Beatle” Chas Newby and Cavern DJ Bob Wooler.
• E Street Band drummer Max Weinberg and his memories of Beatlemania.
• Tom Jones discussing plans for him and Elvis Presley to recruit the Beatles as their backing band!
• Read the very last words that JOHN LENNON said to PAUL McCARTNEY.

Further Information:

As well as telling the story from the birth of Ringo Starr in 1940 to the group’s break-up in 1970, Withthe Beatles also tells the story of how the Beatles’ brand continues to live on long after their demise. With unique access to archives, interviews and all media, Patrick Humphries traces the Beatles’ progress in cyberspace, on film, and in print. The author reveals how the group dominates auction house sales, including an interview with Hilary Kay from BBC’s Antiques Roadshow on the group’s enduring appeal. The long battle with Steve Jobs’ Apple is chronicled and how the Beatles’ own Apple meticulously guards their legacy with box sets, re-releases and documentaries.