Lennon and McCartney: Together Alone: A Critical Discography of the Solo Work (Book) Review

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(More customer reviews)John Blaney has written a book loaded with verifiable insights, revelations and little known facts about John Lennon and McCartney. To be honest I thought I was a master of knowledge in reference to McCartney. Blaney blows me way. I had no idea how many side projects and charitable musical ventures that McCartney has engaged in. He descibes the themes and nuances of all of McCartney's lyrics and songs. For example "Off The Ground" is by far Paul McCartney's most political album as he pontificates about universal peace, animal rights, protecting the environment, idyllic love and racial harmony. Blaney also unveils that McCartney is a very spiritual individual. The Firemen CDs and Paul's vegetarianism and classical works are thoroughly discussed. As for John Lennon, this book made me feel like he is still alive. EVery significant post 1980 John Lennon media and musical development or event is discussed in detail. A must have book for people who love John Lennon, Paul McCartney, both of them or only one of them.

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Two of popular music's greatest writers and performers,John Lennon and Paul McCartney both went on to intriguing solo careers after their work with the Beatles. This book chronologically tells the story of their post-Beatles music, starting with McCartney's soundtrack for the movieThe Family Way and Lennon's Unfinished Music No.1: Two Virgins with Yoko Ono. The book details Lennon and McCartney's creative highs and lows in an authoritative and engaging critical fashion. Information for collectors includes release dates, catalog numbers, composer credits, recording personnel, recording studios used, and producer credits. There is also a keyed index to help trace each song and the albums it appears on. Lennon and McCartney: Together Alone tells the stories behind the songs of two giants of modern music.

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From Liverpool to Abbey Road: A Guitar Method Featuring 33 Songs of Lennon & McCartney (CD) Review

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(More customer reviews)If you're beyond the absolute beginning stage of guitar or you're looking for a book with accurate guitar riffs like you hear in their songs, this is not it.

If you're just learning guitar and using a book like Hal Leonard's Guitar Method and you're tired of playing "Ode To Joy" and "Tom Dooley", this is a great compliment.It starts with notes on the 1st string and keeps building until you're playing all 6 strings while including some basic music theory and chords as you go.

The Beatles songs are very basic and easy.The first song in the book is "With a Little Help From My Friends" and is played with 6 notes on the first 3 strings.As I said before, this is a "learn to play guitar" book that uses Beatles songs instead of the standards in many other books (although it does have a few of the standards near the beginning).

The song list:*All My Loving*, *And I Love Her*, *Eight Days A Week*, *Eleanor Rigby*, *The Fool On the Hill*, *Here, There and Everywhere*, *Hey Jude*, *I Am the Walrus*, *It's Only Love*, *Michelle*, *Norwegian Wood*, *Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da*, *Paperback Writer*, *Penny Lane*, *Rain*, *Revolution*, *Sgt. Pepper*, *With a Little Help from My Friends*, *Yellow Submarine*, *Yesterday*, *You've Got To Hide Your Love Away*.

It also includes a 64 track CD that you can play along with (basic guitar and drums accompaniment, not the actual Beatle tracks).

Excellent book for the beginner if you want some song variety while learning. 4 stars because I would have liked to see a spiral binding

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A basic course designed to teach the fundamentals of guitar while playing 33 all-time Lennon & McCartney hits.Songs include: Yesterday; Michelle; Hey Jude; Yellow Submarine; Revolution; Here, There and Everywhere; Norwegian Wood; Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da;Eleanor Rigby and many others.The CD demonstrates songs in the styles of the originals.

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