The Beatles and Humour
The Beatles and Humour

Author: Katie Kapurch

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA

Published: 2023-08-10

Total Pages: 281

ISBN-13: 1501379380

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The Beatles are known for cheeky punchlines, but understanding their humor goes beyond laughing at John Lennon's memorable “rattle your jewelry” dig at the Royal Variety Performance in 1963. From the beginning, the Beatles' music was full of wordplay and winks, guided by comedic influences ranging from rhythm and blues, British radio, and the Liverpool pub scene. Gifted with timing and deadpan wit, the band habitually relied on irony, sarcasm, and nonsense. Early jokes revealed an aptitude for improvisation and self-awareness, techniques honed throughout the 1960s and into solo careers. Experts in the art of play, including musical experimentation, the Beatles' shared sense of humor is a key ingredient to their appeal during the 1960s-and to their endurance. The Beatles and Humour offers innovative takes on the serious art of Beatle fun, an instrument of social, political, and economic critique. Chapters also situate the band alongside British and non-British predecessors and collaborators, such as Billy Preston and Yoko Ono, uncovering diverse components and unexpected effects of the Beatles' output.

In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works
In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works

Author: John Lennon

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-10-05

Total Pages: 146

ISBN-13: 1451625995

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An omnibus edition of two works of John Lennon’s “fascinating…whimsy” (The Sunday Times, London) poetry, prose, and drawings that will “jolt [you] into gusts of laughter” (The Guardian). A humorous compilation of poetry, prose, and artwork from two of John Lennon’s classic works, In His Own Write and A Spaniard in the Works. Known as the Beatles’s Renaissance man, Lennon is widely regarded as one of the most impactful musicians in history. Originally published in 1964, this “quirky, funny collection of stories, poems, and drawings” (The New York Times) is a must-have for John Lennon and Beatles fans everywhere.

The Beatles (the White Album) - Book 1
The Beatles (the White Album) - Book 1

Author: Beatles

Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation

Published: 1999-02

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780793559107

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(Guitar Recorded Versions). This matching songbook to the first album of this double-album masterpiece. Includes 17 classic hits: Back in the U.S.S.R. * Blackbird * The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill * Dear Prudence * Happiness Is a Warm Gun * I'm So Tired * Martha My Dear * Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da * Rocky Raccoon * While My Guitar Gently Weeps * Why Don't We Do It in the Road * Wild Honey Pie * more.

Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God
Dylan, Lennon, Marx and God

Author: Jon Stewart

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2021-12-09

Total Pages: 253

ISBN-13: 1108489818

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Ground-breaking dual biography that explores pop music's two most influential songwriters, offering new insights into their creative thinking.

Funny, Peculiar
Funny, Peculiar

Author: Mark Lewisohn

Publisher: Pan Books Limited

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 528

ISBN-13: 9780330393409

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Benny Hill`s saucy smirks at underdressed women are relished the world over. Yet the comedian cut an unlikely figure of global admiration: unmarried and emotionally enfeebled in his few relationships, he was a deeply private individual uninterested in the trappings of success, a frugal man content to live in his humble childhood home flooded, freezing and burgled while his building society account bulged with millions of pounds he didn`t use and hadn`t wanted to earn. Funny, Peculiar is the first objective and full account of Benny Hill`s life and work. Tenaciously researched and yet sensitively reported, it charts the highs, lows and many paradoxes of a man whose professional strengths-observation, impression and mime-bought him unimagined success, and whose weakness, especially an inability to change, fashioned his ultimate downfall. - First in-depth biography since Benny`s death in April 1992. - A return to favour with audiences who are jaded with `alternative comedy`. - Existing biographies are unreliable, lightweight and out of date. - Benny has been screened in 109 countries, and enjoyed for over 50 years

The Beatles A Hard Day's Night
The Beatles A Hard Day's Night

Author: Mark Lewisohn

Publisher: Phaidon Press

Published: 2016-09-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780714871851

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In March of 1964 director Richard Lester began shooting A Hard Day's Night, a black-and-white feature film starring the Beatles. With slapstick humor and a fantastic soundtrack, the movie imagines the excitement and chaos of thirty-six hours in the life of the Fab Four, and stars John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, with Wilfrid Brambell portraying McCartney's grandfather. The Making of A Hard Day's Night is a collection of photographs and rare ephemera that documents the band on set and behind the scenes. This private archive captures the infectious energy and anarchic spirit of this groundbreaking film. An authoritative essay and lively captions by Beatles’ historian Mark Lewisohn provide context and explores its impact and enduring legacy.

How to Develop a Sense of Humor
How to Develop a Sense of Humor

Author: Jasmine Olio

Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform

Published: 2016-03-21

Total Pages: 104

ISBN-13: 9781530647293

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Learning to develop a great sense of humor is very important in our life activities. This book teaches you the same art in a simple and easy way

Come Together
Come Together

Author: Richard Courtney

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2011

Total Pages: 300

ISBN-13: 9781596528086

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As the greatest rock and roll band of all time, the Beatles rocketed to worldwide fame soon after their 1964 arrival in the United States. Much of their achievement can be attributed to the unique Beatle sound, but it was more than just the music that catapulted them to the summit of success, and kept them there even after the band ceased touring and broke apart. How the Beatles both failed and triumphed as businessmen and the lessons today's entrepreneurs and business leaders can draw from this unique journey is the subject of Come Together: The Business Wisdom of the Beatles. Authors Richard Courtney and George Cassidy recount the band's many exploits, from its early struggles in Hamburg to the success of Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band and beyond, revealing from a business perspective what worked and what didn't. More than the music, this book explores what it took to pass the audition.