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Title: Shout : The Beatles in Their Generation by Philip Norman ISBN: 0-684-83067-1 Publisher: Fireside Pub. Date: 02 September, 1996 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.00

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 (22 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: FAB BOOK!
Comment: THIS BOOK IS THE BIBLE OF ALL THE BEATLE BOOKS I HAVE EVR READ. NOT ONLY DID IT CONTAIN FACTS,AND QUOTES FROM PEOPLE WHO KNEW THEM, BUT,QUOTES FROM THE BEATLES THEMSELF. IT CONTAIN AWSOME PICTURS OF THE FOURSOME AND PICTURES OF THE PEOPLE WHO KNEW THEM.I CARRY THIS BOOK WITH MY EVERY WHERE,I NEVER EVER LEAVE HOME WITH OUT,THAT'S HOW GOOD THIS BOOK IS. IT IS A MUST READ FOR ALL BEATLE FANS. THIS BOOK MADE ME RELIZE THAT THE BEATLES ARE JUST NOT POP STARS THAT THEY TOO ARE HUMANS WITH FEELINGS, AND THROUGHTS.THIS BOOK IS OUT-THERE. IT MADE ME CRY WHEN I READ ABOUT THE BEATLES BREAK UP AND JOHN LENNON'S DEATH WHICH THIS BOOK TALKS IN DEPTH ABOUT. WHEN THE CHICAGO SUN-TIMES WERE QUOTED AS TO SAY "BEST OF ALL THE BEATLE BIOGRAPHIES...." THEY WON'T LYING.

Rating: 4
Summary: If your name's not Paul McCartney you'll enjoy this bio.
Comment: Just when I thought I couldn't cram any more Beatle lore into my cranium, I read Philip Norman's biography of the four lads. The story of the Beatles is known worldwide and I'll not repeat any of it here, except to say that Norman gives each phase of the group's life and career equal time and equal detail. Showbiz bios too often linger on an act's childhood and background (to prove that they've researched extensively?) or are simply a cash-in on current success and add nothing to the story that one couldn't get from People Magazine (see bios of Selena, etc.). If the book has a fault, it is that Norman has obviously joined the "John was the real leader and only decent songwriter" camp and takes swipes at McCartney's personality and music early and often. This is another subject that has been covered ad infinitum, and I will add only that this bias detracts my overall rating of this otherwise excellent and detailed work.

Rating: 5
Summary: Meet the Beatles, and the people who colored their world
Comment: I first read this book as a young kid, when all I knew of the Beatles was their music... and John Lennon's murder a handful of years earlier. I've since returned to it many times - SHOUT is not only an informative and well researched piece, but a very poignant read. It's the women (and a few men) on the periphery who really stand out in my mind, rather than the Beatles themselves. Free-spirited Julia Lennon, the missing love in John's life; good mate Pete Wooley; sad Cynthia and sensible Jane Asher; the naive and beautiful space cadets running the Apple boutique. (Boy, did those clothes sound groovy!)

And while "Backbeat" was a good attempt at showing the Beatles' early years, nothing compares to Norman's description of their lives in Hamburg. I've remained fascinated and haunted by his view of Stu Sutcliffe and Astrid Kirchherr - not only their relationship cut tragically short, but the artistic heights both of them could have scaled.

A great read, worth every penny.

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