The Words and Music of John Lennon by Ben Urish, Ken Bielen (2007) [EPUB] [PDF] {VTS}

Title: The Words and Music of John Lennon
Author: Ben Urish, Ken Bielen
Series: The Praeger Singer-Songwriter Collection
Hardcover: 208 pages
Publisher: Praeger; annotated edition edition (June 30, 2007)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0275991806
ISBN-13: 978-0275991807



Promotional info/Publisher's summary - "Despite John Lennon's immense popularity, little attention has been paid to the overall efforts of his work apart from the Beatles. Yet his solo artistry not only illuminates what he gave to the Beatles (and what the Beatles experience gave to him), but also constitutes a significant contribution to popular music in general. Lennon was able to fuse experiments in technology, instrumentation, lyrics, and musical form into recordings that were both artistically and commercially successful. Whether expressing emotions, explaining philosophies, protesting social situations, or ruminating on the joys and pains of personal entanglements, few singer-songwriters have been his equal. In this long overdue investigation, authors Ben Urish and Ken Bielen give Lennon's artistry the opportunity to speak for itself. After a brief biographical introduction, chronologically arranged chapters discuss his incredible body of work album-by-album and single-by-single. A discography and annotated bibliography conclude the book.

Although he is often lauded as a spokesperson for his generation, this praise, however intended, is far too limiting. Lennon was able to transform the intensely personal into the deeply universal (as well as the reverse), often with humor and pointed insight. At their core, his songs are simultaneously humanistic and transcendent. And as such, they-and he-continue to be relevant, and will certainly remain a valuable part of our cultural heritage for a long time to come."

Review from Record Collector Magazine:

"The Beatles have been the focus of numerous scholarly researchers--among them Ger Tillekens, K. G. Johansson, Wilfrid Mellers, Russell Reising, and Allan Moore--not to mention an academic conference held in Finland in 2000. But little has been written about the music of the group's individual members, particularly following the band's 1970 breakup. Urish and Bielen's treatment, which fills this void, looks not only at the music Lennon wrote after the group's demise but also at his solo work while the Beatles were still together and at posthumous releases of his material. The authors reveal details about the lyrical content, recordings, and performance practice of Lennon's songs, and they identify musicians involved in recording sessions of Lennon's music. They also offer insight onto Lennon's personal life, providing contextual information about how the songs reflected his ideas on life and relationships…. This accessible book will be useful to those interested in music, mass media, and popular culture. Recommended. Lower-division undergraduates and above."

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*NOTE - I made an error in the author's name on the folder and file titles - it is Ben Urish, not Urich. I guess I was thinking of the Marvel Comics character, lol. My mistake!

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