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John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs
by Ian Leslie
Mini Audiobook Review: Thank you SO much to Celadon for a copy of this book!
I was exposed to The Beatles as a kid when my dad would listen to the oldies station out of Philly 98.1 and on Sundays would be Breakfast with the Beatles. And then in middle school, if you didn't have the "1" album, you weren't cool.
I am always fascinating with the songwriting process and in this case some of the most prolific songs of all time came from the minds of these two men. This is the first book I read about any of the Beatles (though I do have another thats been on my TBR) so I felt like I learned a lot about each of them. Like who knew John was very much a grump and was VERY competitive/jealous of Paul. I also learned that they would start to communicate to one another through songs towards the end of the Beatles but then continued on into their solo works.
What always boggles my brain is how YOUNG all of them were during their peak of fame. They had accomplished so much before the age of 30 and changed music forever. At one point the book states how Paul and John were purposely being so ridiculous in their writing and sounds and yet it became so popular! They tried to fail and just couldn't.
This is a long audiobook around 14 hours and I was doing chunks at a time. I felt that the pacing was pretty good and had a good mix of them as people, as a celebrity and as musicians.
I really enjoyed this one and I think anyone who enjoys the Beatles or music history would also enjoy this!
*I do not rate Non Fiction books.*
I was exposed to The Beatles as a kid when my dad would listen to the oldies station out of Philly 98.1 and on Sundays would be Breakfast with the Beatles. And then in middle school, if you didn't have the "1" album, you weren't cool.
I am always fascinating with the songwriting process and in this case some of the most prolific songs of all time came from the minds of these two men. This is the first book I read about any of the Beatles (though I do have another thats been on my TBR) so I felt like I learned a lot about each of them. Like who knew John was very much a grump and was VERY competitive/jealous of Paul. I also learned that they would start to communicate to one another through songs towards the end of the Beatles but then continued on into their solo works.
What always boggles my brain is how YOUNG all of them were during their peak of fame. They had accomplished so much before the age of 30 and changed music forever. At one point the book states how Paul and John were purposely being so ridiculous in their writing and sounds and yet it became so popular! They tried to fail and just couldn't.
This is a long audiobook around 14 hours and I was doing chunks at a time. I felt that the pacing was pretty good and had a good mix of them as people, as a celebrity and as musicians.
I really enjoyed this one and I think anyone who enjoys the Beatles or music history would also enjoy this!
*I do not rate Non Fiction books.*