The Definitive Beatles

This collection of Beatles works focuses on specific themes - their influence on the cultural revolution of the Sixties; their political self-expression; their personal philosophies; the impact of classic music on their own, and the influence they passed forward to create the progressive rock genre.

The Beatles Guide to Love & Sex: How the Fab Four Inspired a Cultural Revolution, 2nd edition

From the series: The Definitive Beatles, Book #1 from the series: on The Beatles

The Beatles left an indelible mark not only on music, but on the culture in which they created it. In a time of great and sudden change, they led a generation into new territory, redefining the social landscape as a place where men and women could try on new roles. They led this change through their music, their public personae, and - under...

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All We Are Saying: The Political Beatles

From the series: The Definitive Beatles, Book #2 from the series: on The Beatles

It’s nearly impossible to think of the Beatles in the context of their times without thinking of their politics: their positions on the Establishment, the counterculture, the Vietnam War, the Feminist Movement, the class struggle – we remember it all.

And yet… the fact is, they were constrained from sharing their political opinions either in...

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The Progressive Beatles: The Art Rock Hidden in the Canon of the World’s Greatest Band

From the series: The Definitive Beatles, Book #7 from the series: on The Beatles

If the Beatles hadn’t written and recorded “A Day in the Life”, “I Am the Walrus”, “Strawberry Fields Forever”, “Blue Jay Way”, “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds” and other proto-progressive songs - if they’d never cobbled together “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite”, applied Western tuning to a sitar on “Norwegian Wood”, flipped George’s guitar on...

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The Classical Beatles: Finding Mozart, Beethoven and Bach in the Fab Four Canon

From the series: The Definitive Beatles, Book #8 from the series: on The Beatles

In his previous book, The Progressive Beatles, Scott Robinson asserted that without the Beatles, there would have been no Yes, no ELP, no Genesis, no King Crimson - no progressive rock genre. In this new work, Robinson argues that without Bach, Beethoven, Chopin and other classical influences, there would have been no Beatles - or at least not...

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