Lennon : the man, the myth, the music--the definitive life

Riley, Tim 1960- (Author).

Summary:

Eminent NPR critic Tim Riley takes us on the remarkable journey that brought a Liverpool art student from a disastrous childhood to the highest realms of fame. Riley portrays Lennon's rise from Hamburg's red light district to Britain's Royal Variety Show; from the charmed naïveté of "Love Me Do" to the soaring ambivalence of "Don't Let Me Down"; from his shotgun marriage to Cynthia Powell in 1962 to his epic media romance with Yoko Ono. This narrative draws on numerous new and exclusive interviews with Lennon's friends, enemies, confidantes, and associates. Riley explores Lennon in all of his contradictions: the British art student who universalized an American style, the anarchic rock 'n' roller with the moral spine, the anti-jazz snob who posed naked with his avant-garde lover, and the misogynist who became a househusband. What emerges is the enormous, seductive, and confounding personality that made Lennon a cultural touchstone.--From publisher description.

Contents:

Pre-Beatles, 1940-1959. No reply
Something to hide
She said she said
Nobody told me
Pools of sorrow
Beatlehood, 1960-1969. Well well well
I found out
A man you must believe
Isolation
Hold on
Thick of it
One sweet dream
Watching the wheels
Another kind of mind
In a play
I should have known better
How?
Thank you girl
Beyond Beatles, 1970-1980. Just we two
I'll cry instead
You can't do that
I'm a loser
Get back
Three of us.

Item details

ISBN: 1401324525 (hc)
ISBN: 9781401324520 (hc)
Physical Description: xiv, 765 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
print
Edition: First edition.
Publisher: New York : Hyperion, [2011]
Copyright: ©2011

Contents / Notes

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references, discography, and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Pre-Beatles, 1940-1959. No reply ; Something to hide ; She said she said ; Nobody told me ; Pools of sorrow
Beatlehood, 1960-1969. Well well well ; I found out ; A man you must believe ; Isolation ; Hold on ; Thick of it ; One sweet dream ; Watching the wheels ; Another kind of mind ; In a play ; I should have known better ; How? ; Thank you girl
Beyond Beatles, 1970-1980. Just we two ; I'll cry instead ; You can't do that ; I'm a loser ; Get back ; Three of us.