New Book: Paul McCartney, The Life
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It's been serialised in the Daily Mail newspaper the last few weeks... unless it's just the way it's been cut out it seems very tabloidly written - and some bits of the Linda article below are wrong (completely ignores the bag o nails meeting for example), but i'll reserve judgement til i read the book (prob from the library first!) part 1 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3554500/Launching-unmissable-series-Philip-Norman-provides-jaw-dropping-insight-greed-lies-Heather-Mills.html part 2 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3558700/Linda-McCartney-not-groupie-liberated-sex.html part 3 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-3556870/A-four-bed-romp-pregnancy-nearly-ended-Macca-s-career-began-truth-Sir-Paul-s-rise-charts.html
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After reading the parts in the Daily Mail, I will not be reading this book.
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Once upon a long ago, I realised it was prudent to ignore the credentials of the English press. I recall one moment, when I was in the bosom of the the great "homeland" (as in I was there long enough - two weeks), reading how the English cricket team, needing a meager total to finally defeat the all-conquering West Indies on Day Five, were being lauded.... Graeme Hick was on the front pages of those papers,... they all of a sudden were loving the guy.... the same guy they had bagged relentlessly..... the English press LOVED their cricket team... it was a certainty.... how much the press loved this team.... Alas, the English cricket team were bowled out for a ridiculous amount and that same English press that lauded individuals turned on them quicker than an old hooker picking up her false teeth. Never trust the English press.
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We had this same debate on another forum I frequent...those excerpts in the Mail are taken so badly out of context it's like they're from a different book. Don't judge whether or not to read it based on those.
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My copy arrived at lunchtime it's very good what I've read so far. In terms of the photos in the book there is little new.
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Thisbe211:
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-fullest-biography-of-paul-mccartney-ever/2016/05/03/dc0da324-0ca5-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
That reviewer makes it seem like Macca hasn't done anything great since the Fabs and Wings This critic doesn't appreciate Paul solo songs.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Thisbe211:
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-fullest-biography-of-paul-mccartney-ever/2016/05/03/dc0da324-0ca5-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
That reviewer makes it seem like Macca hasn't done anything great since the Fabs and Wings This critic doesn't appreciate Paul solo songs.
What a scathing review. Its the same old argument, expect 40 years later. In the 70s, reviewers were basically saying, "Yeah, Wings is o.k., but it's not inventive like the Beatles. Paul could do so much better." Today, reviewers are saying. "Paul's solo output is o.k., but nothing like he did with Wings." Paul can't win!!
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DrBeatle:
Here's my review...I had to sit on it (by request of the publisher) until today when the book was released here in the US http://rnrchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-review-paul-mccartney-life.html
Honestly, I'm surprised Paul gave his "blessing", with all the details about his girlfriends (McGovern, Lipton, etc. ) while dating Jane, paternity suits, etc.
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JoeySmith:
DrBeatle:
Here's my review...I had to sit on it (by request of the publisher) until today when the book was released here in the US http://rnrchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-review-paul-mccartney-life.html
Honestly, I'm surprised Paul gave his "blessing", with all the details about his girlfriends (McGovern, Lipton, etc. ) while dating Jane, paternity suits, etc.
None of that is new info.
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prudence1964:
JoeySmith:
DrBeatle:
Here's my review...I had to sit on it (by request of the publisher) until today when the book was released here in the US http://rnrchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-review-paul-mccartney-life.html
Honestly, I'm surprised Paul gave his "blessing", with all the details about his girlfriends (McGovern, Lipton, etc. ) while dating Jane, paternity suits, etc.
None of that is new info.
Exactly...and it's been out there in some form or other, if not in as much fine detail, for at least 30 years. It doesn't really matter because it all changed when he met Linda, anyway.
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DrBeatle:
prudence1964:
JoeySmith:
DrBeatle:
Here's my review...I had to sit on it (by request of the publisher) until today when the book was released here in the US http://rnrchemist.blogspot.com/2016/05/book-review-paul-mccartney-life.html
Honestly, I'm surprised Paul gave his "blessing", with all the details about his girlfriends (McGovern, Lipton, etc. ) while dating Jane, paternity suits, etc.
None of that is new info.
Exactly...and it's been out there in some form or other, if not in as much fine detail, for at least 30 years. It doesn't really matter because it all changed when he met Linda, anyway.
But it didn't change when he met Linda in May 1967. It only changed over a year later when she came to London in Sept. 1968 and they were then together ever since. Even after he & Linda's weekend together in Beverly Hills in late June 1968, he was still with Francie Schwartz, Maggie McGivern and numerous groupies that summer.
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Ah, you obviously know what I meant!
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I'm just gonna read this book and enjoy it without reading any reviews first. I will decide for myself if I like it. And so far, so good.
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SusyLuvsPaul:
Thisbe211:
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-fullest-biography-of-paul-mccartney-ever/2016/05/03/dc0da324-0ca5-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
That reviewer makes it seem like Macca hasn't done anything great since the Fabs and Wings This critic doesn't appreciate Paul solo songs.
Yes! And if lennon is his hero go and write more boooks about him. And let Paul alone.
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ValeRigby:
SusyLuvsPaul:
Thisbe211:
From the Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/the-fullest-biography-of-paul-mccartney-ever/2016/05/03/dc0da324-0ca5-11e6-a6b6-2e6de3695b0e_story.html
That reviewer makes it seem like Macca hasn't done anything great since the Fabs and Wings This critic doesn't appreciate Paul solo songs.
Yes! And if lennon is his hero go and write more boooks about him. And let Paul alone.
Then that's what the critic is saying, because that ain't what's in the book.
beatlesfanrandy:
I'm just gonna read this book and enjoy it without reading any reviews first. I will decide for myself if I like it. And so far, so good.
I wish more people did this, instead of declaring judgment on something without experiencing it for themselves.
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DrBeatle:
Ah, you obviously know what I meant!
Yeah I did, but some people think he met Linda and boom, he completely changed his "wild oats" ways.
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Has this already been posted here?
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It really bothered me to read on the dust jacket that this book is "...the last word..." on Paul. I just don't like the sound of that; couldn't they have phrased it differently?