Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love (eBook)

Kathryn B. Cox, Kenneth Womack (Herausgeber)

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2017
254 Seiten
Lexington Books (Verlag)
978-1-4985-3475-8 (ISBN)

Infos

As we mark the fiftieth anniversary of the most momentous year in the life of the Beatles, the contributors to The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love perform wide-ranging analyses of the group’s enduring sociocultural influence and achievements.

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For the Beatles, 1967 marks a signal crossroads that would both transform the group's career and place them on a trajectory towards their eventual disbandment. It was a year in which they exploded prevailing rock music demographics through the global onslaught and international success of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band beginning in June 1967. Yet it was also a period that saw them in a precarious state of flux throughout the summer and fall months, as the band attempted to recapture their artistic direction in the wake of Sgt. Pepper and the untimely death of manager Brian Epstein. The Beatles, Sgt. Pepper, and the Summer of Love draws readers into that pivotal year in the life of the band. For the Fab Four, 1967 would see the band members part ways with psychedelia and the avant-garde through the trials and tribulations of the Magical Mystery Tour, a project that resulted in a series of classic recordings, while at the same time revealing the bandmates' aesthetic vulnerabilities and failings as would-be filmmakers and auteurs.

Autor

Kenneth Womack is professor of English and dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University.Kathryn B. Cox is doctoral candidate in historical musicology at the University of Michigan.

Inhalt

Introduction: It Was 50 Years Ago Today! - Kenneth WomackI. A Splendid Time Is Guaranteed for AllSgt. Pepper—with a Little Outsider Help—Taught the Band to Play - Jerry ZoltenTurning Us On: Artifice as Authenticity in Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band - Mark OsteenThe Sitar, Eastern Music and Philosophy, and the Beatles’ Progress Towards Rishikesh - Kathryn B. CoxThe Act You’ve Known for All These Years: Discord and Harmony in the Third Space - Jacqueline EdmondsonII. The Summer of Love (and Commerce) “All You Need Is Love”: The Beatles in the Global Village - Kit O’TooleGolden Blunders: The Fall of the Beatles’ Apple and Its Unlikely Seed - Joe RapollaThe Wretched Life of a Lonely Heart: Sgt. Pepper’s Girls, Fandom, the Wilson Sisters, and Chrissie Hynde - Katie Kapurch “You Say You Want a Revolution”: The Beatles and the Political Culture of the 1960s - Kenneth L. CampbellIII. The Magical/Tragical History TourDying To Take You Away: The Beatles as Cinematic Auteurs - Robert RodriguezThe End of Fantasy: The Beatles, Magical Mystery Tour, and the Counterculture - Michael FrontaniMagical Mystery Tour: From EP to LP to CD - Bruce Spizer

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 3.7.2017
• Reihe/Serie: For the Record: Lexington Studies in Rock and Popular Music
• Co-Autor: Kenneth L. Campbell, Jerry Zolten, JACQUELINE EDMONDSON, Michael Frontani, Katie Kapurch, Kit O'Toole, Mark Osteen, Joe Rapolla, Robert Rodriguez, Bruce Spizer
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Pop / Rock
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Freizeit / Hobby ► Singen / Musizieren
• Themenwelt: Sozialwissenschaften
• Schlagworte: British Literature • British Music • Cultural Studies • George Harrison • John Lennon • music • Paul McCartney • popular music • Psychedelia • Ringo Starr • Summer of Love • The Beatles
• ISBN-10: 1-4985-3475-9 / 1498534759
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4985-3475-8 / 9781498534758