Sir paul mccartney biography books
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Description for Paul McCartney: The BiographyPaperback. Illuminating biography of legendary composer, musician and performer Paul McCartney. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
The first biography written with McCartney's approval and with access to family members and friends closest to him. In 2013, Sir Paul McCartney granted Philip Norman 'tacit approval' as his biographer. The result is a masterly and complex portrait of the most successful songwriter in history. It gives a unique insight into McCartney's childhood, blighted by the loss of his mother when he was fourteen, and into the creative symbiosis and fierce rivalry between John Lennon and himself that powered the Beatles' music. Here, too, for the first time, is the full story of ... Read moreMcCartney's triumphant but troubled post-Beatles
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5.0
Affectionate and immaculately researched biography of one of the most popular people on the planet.
McCartney comes across as charming, natural, witty and funny, only slightly straining under pressures of the fame (when he snaps at fans, it becomes front news) and by far the most likable of all his ex-colleagues. Most of the people, when faced with immense wealth and crazed adulation, found it very difficult but McCartney was apparently balanced enough to focus on his family, countryside life, occasional joint and lovely songs. I understand that because he is sunny and upbeat person, McCartney somehow appear less "artistic" and "serious" than John Lennon (who by all accounts was bitter, angry and cynical) but in my opinion world needs upbeat, energetic and sunny people more than moping and depressing ones, so here's my three cheers for McCartney.
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A Beatles Journey: Paul McCartney, A Life
In the summer of 2009, I re-discovered The Beatles after reading Larry Kane’s book Lennon Revealed. inom then moved on to Bob Gruen’s John Lennon: The New York Years, later journeying to New York to meet Mr. Gruen in person, and soon after to a Beatles event in Philadelphia where inom met Larry Kane. inom then read George Harrison’s autobiography I, Me, Mine, as well as a few other books about Harrison authored by people who knew him personally.
When I picked up Peter Ames Carlin’s book Paul McCartney: A Life, it was not only the first book I read specifically about Paul McCartney, but the first Beatle book written by an author who didn’t know the subject of the book personally. It was my first “unauthorized” biography on The Beatles.
I finished Carlin’s book yesterday, and I must say inom liked it. It was a good read.
I spent some time reading other reviews of Carlin’s McCar