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The Beatles Are Here!: 50 Years after the Band Arrived in America, Writers, Musicians & Other Fans Remember

door Penelope Rowlands

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"This compulsively readable personal history . . . gathers the recollections of fans, writers, musicians, and artists" about the enduring impact of The Beatles (Publishers Weekly).
The arrival of the Beatles in America was an unforgettable cultural touchstone. Through the voices of those who witnessed it or were swept up in it indirectly, The Beatles Are Here! explores the emotional impact—some might call it hysteria—of the Fab Four's February 1964 dramatic landing on our shores. Contributors, including Lisa See, Gay Talese, Renée Fleming, Roy Blount, Jr., Greil Marcus, and many others, describe in essays and interviews how they were inspired by the Beatles.
This intimate and entertaining collection arose from writer Penelope Rowlands's own Beatlemaniac phase: she was one of the screaming girls captured in an iconic photograph that has since been published around the world—and is displayed on the cover of this book. The stories of these girls, who found each other again almost fifty years later, are part of this volume as well. The Beatles Are Here! gets to the heart of why, half a century later, the Beatles still matter to us so deeply.

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Meh. I so much wanted to like this book but found that it read as a random collection of essays, email, and articles reminiscing about The Beatles first arrival in the US. There was no real cohesion to these pieces which made it an uneven read. ( )
  AuntieClio | Mar 31, 2015 |
Hard to believe its been 50 years, but what a great way to celebrate this heartbreaking anniversary.
I was just a young boy when the Beatles came to the USA, but I still remember it well. Music is always so closely tied to powerful and emotional memories, and the Beatles music was the perfect soundtrack for a young persons childhood and coming of age transitions.
This book is a beautiful tribute to the band, as its a collection of memories from the people just like you and I...where they were, how the band affected them.
Make no mistake, the Beatles affected EVERYONE in one way or another, and this is the real treasure of the band.
This book focuses on that issue specifically and does so in a wonderful way. Time and money allowing, this book could and should be thousands of pages long, as each of us has something to remember and most of us just love sharing it with others.
Great book. Thank you very much. ( )
  pife43 | Jul 23, 2014 |
The Beatles are yesterday's news. This book, maybe intentionally, made that clear. It's a collection of sound bites and essays that tries to forward the firsthand impression of the Beatles arriving in the U.S and what it meant to the locals. I liked some of the entries but no way does this book deserve 4.12 stars. I don't know why, but all non fiction is insanely overrated here. I thought my Beatles fatigue would be marginalized and my clinically dead interest in the Beatles would be galvanized by reading this book, but that didn't happen. I'm rating this book a 3 stars as a sign of respect for the ladies that suffered in their long life...people who just happened to be there back in 1964. ( )
  Jiraiya | May 19, 2014 |
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Since I'm still waiting for the book to arrive, I went to the library and borrowed it. The book is a series of essays (and some inaccuracies are present) about the Beatles arrival in America 50 years ago. I've been a Beatles fan as long as I can remember but I wasn't all that impressed with the book. It's interesting to read the memories of famous and everyday people but a lot of it is old hat from previous books, television specials, and so on. Still the book is readable, what some might call a "popcorn book", and a view of a point in history some of us are too young to remember. ( )
  PropLady67 | Apr 14, 2014 |
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This book of short essays reflecting on the Beatles' importance in various people's lives is surprisingly readable - the quality of writing is high throughout and each person has something unique to contribute. I was a little too young to participate directly in the earliest Beatle frenzy (although like all my friends I chewed innumerable sticks of Beatles gum, accumulated a heavy shoebox full of gum-scented Beatles cards, and had a Favorite Beatle). Thus the book was a revelation to me. Reading it made me realize for the first time how deeply the Beatles affected America, not just the culture, but untold numbers of individuals. ( )
  muumi | Mar 26, 2014 |
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Essays. History. Music. Nonfiction. HTML:

"This compulsively readable personal history . . . gathers the recollections of fans, writers, musicians, and artists" about the enduring impact of The Beatles (Publishers Weekly).
The arrival of the Beatles in America was an unforgettable cultural touchstone. Through the voices of those who witnessed it or were swept up in it indirectly, The Beatles Are Here! explores the emotional impact—some might call it hysteria—of the Fab Four's February 1964 dramatic landing on our shores. Contributors, including Lisa See, Gay Talese, Renée Fleming, Roy Blount, Jr., Greil Marcus, and many others, describe in essays and interviews how they were inspired by the Beatles.
This intimate and entertaining collection arose from writer Penelope Rowlands's own Beatlemaniac phase: she was one of the screaming girls captured in an iconic photograph that has since been published around the world—and is displayed on the cover of this book. The stories of these girls, who found each other again almost fifty years later, are part of this volume as well. The Beatles Are Here! gets to the heart of why, half a century later, the Beatles still matter to us so deeply.

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