John Lennon
The most recent in an apparently boundless reservoir of Beatles documentaries will “please please” their fans.
A new YA book about John Lennon and Paul McCartney will help fans know more about the friendship that changed pop culture.
A new documentary about the John Lennon and May Pang affair is insightful but not exactly unbiased
Who else, but The Beatles, could command this much attention, of this many people, for that long of a time, and still be interesting, even joyous?
After having diagnosed the ails of modernity, screamed out his most deeply held traumas, and shrugged off his role in the biggest band ever, John Lennon is content to have a riverside cuddle under a tree in the sun with the woman he loves. Amen.
In her search for John Lennon, the author follows her fancy and picks and chooses which rocks she wants to look under, all the while giving herself the space to wax poetic on whatever theme moves her. It’s an appealing approach. Too bad then that the book is a let down.
Unlike any other Beatles documentary, this one succeeds in presenting the hysteria of the few years when the band played live and toured the world.
Music Commentary: “Now and Then” — Nostalgia By and For the Beatles
In many ways, “Now and Then” is the fitting gift — a single closing bookend, which Paul McCartney has called the Beatles’ last record.
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