Beatles vs. Stones Hardcover - 2013
by McMillian, John
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- Title Beatles vs. Stones
- Author McMillian, John
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition First edition
- Condition Used - Very Good
- Pages 304
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Simon & Schuster, New York
- Date 2013-10-29
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # BOS-V-15h-01010
- ISBN 9781439159699 / 1439159696
- Weight 1.1 lbs (0.50 kg)
- Dimensions 9.32 x 6.37 x 1.14 in (23.67 x 16.18 x 2.90 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Rock music - 1961-1970 - History and, Nineteen sixties - History
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
In the 1960s the two biggest bands in the worldâÈ'the lovable Beatles and the bad-boy Rolling StonesâÈ'waged an epic battle. âÈêThe Beatles want to hold your hand,âÈë wrote Tom Wolfe, âÈêbut the Stones want to burn down your town.âÈë Both groups liked to maintain that they werenâÈçt really âÈêrivalsâÈëâÈ'that was just a media myth, they politely saidâÈ'but on both sides of the Atlantic, they plainly competed for commercial success and aesthetic credibility. In Beatles vs. Stones, John McMillian gets to the truth behind the ultimate rock âÈçnâÈç roll debate.
McMillian reveals how music managers helped to construct the Beatles-Stones rivalry as they set out to engineer moneymaking empires. He explores how the Beatles were marketed as cute and amiable, when in fact they came from hardscrabble backgrounds in Liverpool. By contrast, the Stones were cast as an edgy, dangerous group, even though they mostly hailed from the London suburbs. Although the Beatles always sold more records than the Stones, the Stones seemed to win greater credibility with the âÈêrightâÈë types of fans: discerning bohemians, as opposed to hysterical teenyboppers. Later, the Beatles embraced Flower Power, while the Stones briefly aligned themselves with New Left militance. Ever since, writers and historians have associated the Beatles with the gauzy idealism of the âÈêgoodâÈë sixties and portrayed the Stones as representatives of the dangerous and nihilistic âÈêbadâÈë sixties. Beatles vs. Stones explodes that split.
In a lively narrative that whisks readers from Liverpool to London to New York CityâÈ'and to various recording studios, nightclubs, concerts, courtrooms, and protest rallies in betweenâÈ'McMillian also delves into the personal relationships between the two groups. In one chapter we see Lennon and McCartney huddle up in a rehearsal space and show the Stones how to write their own material; in another we eavesdrop on Jagger and Richards as they watch the Beatles play Shea Stadium from the visitorsâÈç dugout. McMillian also shows us how the two groups feuded about which act would headline a legendary Poll WinnersâÈç concert and the pernicious effect that the American businessman Allen Klein had on both bands.
Based on exhaustive research in primary sources, including overlooked teen magazines and underground newspapers, Beatles vs. Stones tells a vital story of the 1960s through the lens of musicâÈçs greatest rivalry. Spirited, insightful, and gracefully written, this is the definitive account of the friendship and rivalry between the Beatles and the Rolling Stones.