That Was Me

Paul McCartney’s Career and the Legacy of the Beatles

Inbunden, Engelska, 2023

1 569 kr

Beställningsvara. Skickas inom 5-8 vardagar

Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.

Paul McCartney has lived an extraordinary life in popular music and popular culture. His careers as a Beatle, as a solo musician and band leader in Wings, and in areas outside music have varied tremendously and are well-documented. That Was Me explores the impact of Paul McCartney as a musician outside the Beatles, identifying the continued excitement in generations of fans and listeners, and his perennial efforts to perform and record music. Richard Driver argues that his solo career is multi-faceted and extremely diverse, ranging from breaking sharply with the style and output of the Beatles to experimenting in orchestral and operatic music and returning to music designed to emulate and reproduce the style, success, and popularity of the Beatles. Through McCartney we can literally and symbolically view and revisit the popular music phenomenon that was the Beatles, and popular music from the 1950s to today.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum2023-07-24
Mått158 x 237 x 27 mm
Vikt640 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SerieFor the Record: Studies in Rock and Popular Music
Antal sidor292
FörlagBloomsbury Publishing Plc
ISBN9781793632074

Tillhör följande kategorier

Musiker, sångare och grupper inom Kultur
Tonsättare och låtskrivare inom Kultur
Populärmusik inom Kultur
Kulturvetenskap inom Samhalle och politik

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction: That Was Me: Paul McCartney’s Career and the Legacy of the BeatlesChapter 1: The Beatles and Paul McCartney: A Historical and Cultural LegacyChapter 2: McCartney in the Wake of Let It Be: The Legacy of the BeatlesChapter 3: McCartney on the Run with Wings: The Career of Paul McCartneyChapter 4: Tragedy and Reunion for McCartney: “I Still Remember How It Was Before”Chapter 5: Re-Meet the Beatles: McCartney and the AnthologyChapter 6: McCartney and the Beatles Legacy: “The Same Me That Stands Here Now”Chapter 7: McCartney at Egypt Station: Anniversaries, Experimentation, and RejuvenationChapter 8: Made in Rockdown: McCartney III and Paul McCartney’s LegacyConclusion: McCartney Live: His Legacy in Concert, 2002-2022Appendix: Selected DiscographyBibliographyAbout the Author

A generous admirer of McCartney’s work, Driver surveys McCartney’s entire career to early 2023, commenting on songs, albums, concerts, and the public and critical reception of that work. Discussion of McCartney as part of the Beatles takes up almost a third of the book; the rest is devoted to the musician’s solo projects and his work with Wings and, to a lesser extent, other collaborators. Such an enduring and successful career calls for serious discussion. The legacy of the Beatles is inescapable, and Driver shows how McCartney, who initially tried to steer away from that legacy has come to embrace it and to reshape the Beatles’ narrative (the Anthology project being one example). Driver speaks glowingly even about less successful work. [McCartney’s] phenomenal talent as a writer and musician and his prodigious work ethic are obvious. Live performance and updated marketing are shown to be especially important in recent decades. Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates; graduate students; general readers.