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paulm
Thanks for posting; looks interesting. Like Mark L. suggests, the Beatles are a historical, artistic, and cultural phenomenon. The Stones, and any other Brit invasion band, rode the coat tails. It's just not the same magnitude, and none of the other bands come close to the Beatles breadth, musically or lyrically. The Beatles transcended something.
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Title5Take1
I read a Paul interview and a George interview in the same year. Paul was asked a Beatles question and he answered, "Ask Mark Lewisohn!"
And then George said, "Everyone praises Mark Lewisohn as the great Beatles expert. But I randomly opened one of his books and immediately found things he got wrong."
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Title5Take1
I read a Paul interview and a George interview in the same year. Paul was asked a Beatles question and he answered, "Ask Mark Lewisohn!"
And then George said, "Everyone praises Mark Lewisohn as the great Beatles expert. But I randomly opened one of his books and immediately found things he got wrong."
Well that is George isn't it. Interesting watching The Beatles Anthology how sometimes all four would have a different account of an event. And at times the memory was tainted by opinion. I am sure Mark Lewisohn isn't perfect, but also he is an exhaustive researcher and seams to delve deeply into his projects.