Post by LUCY on Nov 30, 2005 0:29:01 GMT
The story about DOT, the girlfriend of Paul's who he was going to marry, then dumped when she miscarried was interesting..............
"Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography
by Terry Gross
Fresh Air from WHYY, November 29, 2005 · Rockjournalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story in The Beatles: The Biography.
The nearly 900-page biography of the Fab Four is based in part on hundreds of interviews with family members, friends, fellow performers and colleagues of the Beatles.
The research offers new details of the influential band's career, from the earliest efforts at writing music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the 1950s to the group's dissolution in 1970. Along the way, The Beatles depicts a quartet of young, extremely talented musicians struggling to adjust to their own fame."
Hear Excerpts
Alfred Molina reads from the 'Beatles' audiobook:
• Fate and the Skiffles
• Learning to Rock
• TV -- and Making a Record
• 'A Hard Day's Night'
• The Bob Dylan Effect
• New Rules: 'Sgt. Pepper'
• Drugs and Pressure
Hear the Music
Samples of songs discussed by Bob Spitz:
• 'Taxman'
• 'No Reply'
More Beatles
• The Birth of Beatlemania
• See a Beatles Concert on NPR
Author Bob Spitz has documented several icons of 20th-century music, including Bob Dylan and Woodstock. Simon and Schuster
more, with audio files www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5029971
"Behind the Myth: A New Beatles Biography
by Terry Gross
Fresh Air from WHYY, November 29, 2005 · Rockjournalist Bob Spitz's new biography of the Beatles is decidedly not prettified: venereal disease, drugs, and bad business are all part of the story in The Beatles: The Biography.
The nearly 900-page biography of the Fab Four is based in part on hundreds of interviews with family members, friends, fellow performers and colleagues of the Beatles.
The research offers new details of the influential band's career, from the earliest efforts at writing music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney in the 1950s to the group's dissolution in 1970. Along the way, The Beatles depicts a quartet of young, extremely talented musicians struggling to adjust to their own fame."
Hear Excerpts
Alfred Molina reads from the 'Beatles' audiobook:
• Fate and the Skiffles
• Learning to Rock
• TV -- and Making a Record
• 'A Hard Day's Night'
• The Bob Dylan Effect
• New Rules: 'Sgt. Pepper'
• Drugs and Pressure
Hear the Music
Samples of songs discussed by Bob Spitz:
• 'Taxman'
• 'No Reply'
More Beatles
• The Birth of Beatlemania
• See a Beatles Concert on NPR
Author Bob Spitz has documented several icons of 20th-century music, including Bob Dylan and Woodstock. Simon and Schuster
more, with audio files www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5029971