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A review by arkrayder
In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs by Andrew Blauner
3.0
I was given an advanced copy of "In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs." by Netgalley and Blue Rider Press in exchange for a fair and honest review. Thank you!
I was interested in reading this book as I myself am a huge Beatles fan. I have many books about The Beatles and all their records, and was interested to know what other Beatle fans thought of the Fab Four. I have to admit that all but one (David Duchovny) of the writers in this book were unknown to me. The essays themselves are of different interest to me. Some writers deconstruct their chosen song, chord by chord, and give their opinion on what this means to them, others tell of their lives at the time of hearing their chosen song for the first time. And others tell of their memories of the time the song was released. The stories themselves are interesting to read, but some were less interesting to read than others, also mistaken facts about the Beatles pop up every so often which I was surprised weren't caught. Overall its an interesting read. But it needed more identifiable people to be involved.
I was interested in reading this book as I myself am a huge Beatles fan. I have many books about The Beatles and all their records, and was interested to know what other Beatle fans thought of the Fab Four. I have to admit that all but one (David Duchovny) of the writers in this book were unknown to me. The essays themselves are of different interest to me. Some writers deconstruct their chosen song, chord by chord, and give their opinion on what this means to them, others tell of their lives at the time of hearing their chosen song for the first time. And others tell of their memories of the time the song was released. The stories themselves are interesting to read, but some were less interesting to read than others, also mistaken facts about the Beatles pop up every so often which I was surprised weren't caught. Overall its an interesting read. But it needed more identifiable people to be involved.