--- product_id: 127353407 title: "Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World Kindle Edition" brand: "rob sheffield" price: "16157CFA" currency: XOF in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.sn/products/127353407-dreaming-the-beatles-the-love-story-of-one-band-whole store_origin: SN region: Senegal --- # Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World Kindle Edition **Brand:** rob sheffield **Price:** 16157CFA **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World Kindle Edition by rob sheffield - **How much does it cost?** 16157CFA with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.sn](https://www.desertcart.sn/products/127353407-dreaming-the-beatles-the-love-story-of-one-band-whole) ## Best For - rob sheffield enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted rob sheffield brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Images ![Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World Kindle Edition - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41ZOzfAd5+L.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐ Not an essential book *by Z***Z on Reviewed in the United States on July 18, 2017* I bought this based on the recommendation of a friend who proclaimed that he learned so much new information about the Beatles (first chapter, according to him). I didn’t learn much I didn’t know already. The Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da story was new to me and I was happy to learn that one. I’m still not sure it was worth the price.While I can’t say I regret reading the book, I do kind of regret buying it. There’s not much new here. While it’s interesting to read another superfan’s opinions, he sometimes misquotes lyrics or proclaim’s a song’s meaning. For example, “Yes, It Is” has never been confirmed to be about a woman’s death. Neither Lennon nor McCartney have said that. It was merely some other author’s opinion). He dedicates several paragraphs though to that premise stating more or less unequivocally that is what they song is about.He pointlessly devotes an entire chapter to songs about the Beatles which is a complete waste of time since it includes such musical luminaries as The Muppets and Weird Al. Many of the songs are not about the Beatles at all and are simply songs the author seems to like.He also devotes an entire chapter for the tired Beatles versus the Rolling Stones debate. He paints Mick Jagger as an authentically dangerous, rebellious figure while Lennon (and the Beatles) were happy go lucky moptops. He conveniently ignores Mick’s public school education (7 O-levels, 3 A-levels) and phony working class accent (find old interviews to hear his real accent). John didn’t fake any of that (failing all his O-levels) rebellion. John was actually violent (even Ringo was in a gang). The Stones had an image, played up by their brilliant management. But John was right, every thing the Beatles did the Stones tried to copy musically up until they figured out they were better by just being the Stones. I love both bands, but it’s a tiresome argument that even a little research should dispel.Something other reviewers have mentioned is his annoying (cloying) habit of constantly quoting Beatles lyrics throughout every single chapter. Often several times in a paragraph. It got old in the first chapter. It never stopped. It’s throughout the book and is maddening.I did find his take on why the Beatles seem to go from peak to peak, even years after their breakup, to be interesting and insightful.Give it a pass. There are much better books out there. There are better fan sites out there. There are better Reddit posts out there. ### ⭐⭐⭐ Fun Fan Fluff to Read But Don't Expect to Learn Anything About Beatles Music or Culture *by Z***G on Reviewed in the United States on November 9, 2019* Despite the sizzling jacket blurbs to this effect, this is definitely not THE book about the Beatles to read. There are redeeming features: most notably, the book is well-written and pleasurable (for Beatles fans) to read (hence 3-stars). It contains good comments about Ringo, and dubious, unoriginal ones about Paul. The satisfaction was more of the kind you get reading People Magazine than serious reflection on who the Beatles were and why their influence remains so great. For a book whose purported aim was to address just this question--on behalf of the whole world, no less--there was little musical, historical or cultural insight. The leitmotif of Sheffield's story is that the Beatles were all about girls--copying girl band music, wooing, talking to/about and appealing to girls, and so on. He develops this in a way that makes it seem less-self-evident than you'd think, but in any case it's hardly a basis to explain why, half a century after their breakup, the public remains fascinated by the Beatles and their music. Sheffield is a fanboy magazine reporter, no more.Along these lines, as his editor, I would have insisted on several alterations:1. Get a co-writer who understands music so you can address the musical aspect of the music, duh.Sheffield doesn't seem to know much about music beyond his own tastes, about which he is surprisingly inarticulate. One of his girlfriends liked this one, he was going through puberty when he discovered that one, and so on.(For the reader who wants to learn something about Beatles music, see Ian MacDonald's song-by-song analysis in Revolution in the Head. MacDonald also has much deeper insights about the cultural place and impact of the Beatles, as do other writers.)2. Cut the fanboy crap by 50%.I love the Beatles and I rarely get bored hearing about them, listening to outtakes, seeing them in pictures and following each of their post-Beatles careers. Still I found this book cloying. Use your own words instead of Beatles song quotes. It's cute only once or twice.3. Get over yourself, in fact, pretty much forget yourself except maybe in the foreword.This book is about 10%-15% about Sheffield himself. Personal anecdotes can be a useful device, but Sheffield's serve no purpose other than to explain how he came to prefer this song or that. I personally found some of his choices perverse, but I wouldn't burden my review explaining the autobiographical provenance of my preferences--as Sheffield has done.4. Know that when you rank The Rolling Stones’ and Taylor Swift’s music alongside that of the Beatles, you compromise your credibility. Absolutely no insult intended to those other artists. But the correct comparison with the Beatles is to songwriting geniuses such as Rodgers/Hart/Hammerstein, George & Ira Gershwin, Johnny Mercer, Irving Berlin, Ellington/Strayhorn and similar artists whose compositions (though not the story of their fame) also have proven to have lasting virtue (they became jazz standards). As as Leonard Bernstein put it, The Beatles were Schuberts of our time and the best songwriters since Gershwin.The story of The Beatles astounding personal fame is yet a different story, one not really told well in Sheffield's book either.Unlike some of the other more substantive musical and cultural biographies of the Beatles, Sheffield's book will not long accompany the Fab Four in their continued reputation as the most influential band of the second half of the 20th century. But as a fun read for Beatles gossip-obsessed fans, I can recommend...borrowing it from the library. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great Read. Higly Recommended! *by T***S on Reviewed in the United States on June 8, 2017* I was born in late 1959 and my earliest memory is watching the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show. Their music is the soundtrack to my childhood and I've never stopped listening to them. I just finished reading the "Beatles: 1966" and "Dreaming the Beatles" back to back. Both books are phenomenal reads, totally different in style and content. 1966 is a historical account of the year the Beatles changed from being pop stars to being artists and changed musical history. Sheffield's book is told from the point of view of a fan who came to love the Beatles years after they split up. It is told with such humor and wit, with lines like "[George] won custody of Dylan in the Beatles divorce" - priceless, that I cannot wait to read it again. Do not let these ridiculous negative reviews dissuade you. Dreaming The Beatles is the book I always hoped someone would write. His thoughts on how Rubber Soul influenced Blonde on Blonde is worth the price of admission. 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