披头士 The Beatles
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作者： Bob Spitz著
出 版 社： Oversea Publishing House
出版时间： 2006-10-1字数：版次： 1页数： 982印刷时间： 2006/10/01开本：印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780316013314包装： 平装内容简介
Starred Review. With this massive opus, veteran music journalist Spitz (Dylan: A Biography) tells the definitive story of the band that sparked a cultural revolution. Calling on books, articles, radio programs and primary interviews, Spitz follows the band from each member's family origins in working-class Liverpool to the band's agonizing final days. Spitz's unflinching biography reveals that not only did the Beatles pioneer a new era of rock but they also were on the cutting edge of rock star excess, from their 1961 amphetamine-fueled sets in the clubs of Hamburg to their eventual appetites for stronger drugs, including marijuana, LSD, cocaine and, eventually for John Lennon, heroin. Sex was also part of the equation; in 1962, when the band cut its first audition for Sir George Martin, all four members had a venereal disease, and both John's and Paul McCartney's girlfriends were pregnant. Spitz details the tangled web of bad business deals that flowed from novice manager Brian Epstein (though the heavily conflicted Epstein can be forgiven since he was in uncharted territory). Although this is a hefty volume steeped in research, Spitz writes economically, and with flair, letting the facts and characters speak for themselves. In doing so, he captures an ironic sadness that accompanied the Beatles' runaway success—how their dreams of stardom, once realized, became a prison, forcing the band to spend large parts of their youth in hotel rooms to avoid mobs and to stage elaborate escapes from literally life-threatening situations after appearances. As with all great history writing, Spitz both captures a moment in time and humanizes his subjects. While some will blanch at the unsettling dark sides of the Beatles, most will come to appreciate the band even more for knowing the incredible personal odysseys they endured. 32 pages of b&w photos.
目录
Prologue
MERCY
1. A Proper Upbringing
2. The Messiah Arrives
3. Muscle and Sinew
4. The Showman
5. A Simple Twist of Fete
6. The Missing Links
7. A Good Little Sideshow
8. The College Band
9. Chalk and Cheese
10. Moondogs and Englishmen
11. Hit the Road: Jac
12. Baptism by Fire
13. A Revelation to Behold
14. Mr. X
15. A Gigantic Leap of Faith
16. The Road to London
17. Do the Right Thing
18. Starr Time
19. A Touch of the Barnum & Bailey
20. Dead Chuffed
MANIA
21. The Jungle Drums
22. Kings of the Jungle
23. So This Is Beatlemania
24. Once Upon a Time in America
25. Tomorrow Never Knows
26. In the Eye of a Hurricane
27. Lennon and McCartney to the Rescue
28. Into the Cosmic Consciousness
MASTERY
29. Just Sort of a Freak Show
30. A Storm in a Teacup
31. A Very Freaky Experience
32. The Summer of Love
33. From Bad to Worse
34. An Additional Act
35. Good-bye to the Boys in the Band!
36. Disturbing the Peace
37. And in the End...
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Discography
Index
