The Beatles, Popular Music and Society A Thousand Voices
More has been written about the Beatles than any other performing artists of the twentieth century. Accounts of their lives and times have been retold, reproduced and reinvented to the extent that their achievements have passed into contemporary folklore
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The Beatles, Popular Music and Society A Thousand Voices
Edited by
Ian Inglis Senior Lecturer in Sociology University of North umbria Newcastle upon Tyne
Palgrave
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Selection, editorial matter, Introduction and Chapter 1 © Ian Inglis 2000 Chapter 2 © Mike Bracken 2000 Chapter 5 © Guy Cook and Neil Mercer 2000 Chapter 7 © Martin Cloonan 2000 Chapter 11 © Andy Bennett 2000 Chapters 3, 4. 6. 8-10 © Macmillan Press Ltd 2000 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No paragraph of this publication may be reproduced. copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright. Designs and Patents Act 1988, or under the terms of any licence permitting limited copying issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency. 90 Tottenham Court Road. London W1P 9HE. Any person who does any unauthorised act in relation to this publication may he liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages. The authors have asserted their rights to be identified as the authors of this work in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988. First published 2000 by
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For my own Fab Four Annette, Eleanor, Christopher and Susannah
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Contents List of Tables and Figures
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Acknowledgements
X
Notes on the Contributors
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Introduction: A Thousand Voices Ian Inglis
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1
Men of Ideas? Popular Music, Anti-intellectualism and the Beatles Ian Inglis
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Coming out of the Rhetoric of 'Merseybeat': Conversations with Joe Flannery Mike Bracken
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3
The Beatles and the Spectacle of Youth John Muncie
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4
Lennon-McCartney and the Early British Invasion,
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1964-66
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Jon Fitzgerald
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From Me to You: Austerity to Profligacy in the Language of the Beatles Guy Cook and Neil Mercer
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The Postmodern White Album Ed Whitley
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You Can't Do That: the Beatles, Artistic Freedom and Censorship Martin Cloonan
126
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Tell Me What You See: the Influence and Impact of the Beatles' Movies Bob Neaverson
150
9
The Celebrity Legacy of the Beatles P. David Marshall
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Refab Four: Beatles for Sale in the Age of Music Video Gary Burns
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'Sitting in an English Garden': Comparing Representations of Britishncss in the Songs of
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