[2018-11-27] John Lennon "Being John Lennon" hardcover by Ray Connolly

Linda · **Posted:** Sun Jul 08, 2018 9:35 pm

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An intimate yet unsparing biography of one of the greatest and most mythologized musicians of the twentieth century.

What was it like to be John Lennon? What was it like to be the castoff child, the clown at school, and the middle-class suburban boy who pretended to be a working-class hero? How did it feel to have one of the most recognizable singing voices in the world, but to dislike it so much he always wanted to disguise it?

Being John Lennon is not about the whitewashed Prince of Peace of Imagine legend―because that was only a small part of him. The John Lennon depicted in these pages is a much more kaleidoscopic figure, sometimes almost a collision of different characters.

He was, of course, funny, often very funny. But above everything, he had attitude―his impudent style somehow personifying the aspirations of his generation to question authority. He could, and would, say the unsayable. Though there were more glamorous rock stars in rock history, even within the Beatles, it was John Lennon’s attitude which caught, and then defined, his era in the most memorable way.

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Geff R. · 27 Sep 2006

I'm currently reading this & preparing to review for Vine. It's quite good; though it is not geared towards Beatles collectors. It's much more written from a human perspective side. I'm about 1//2 way through, & so far it's the most enjoyable Beatles related book I've ever read.

[2018-11-27] John Lennon "Being John Lennon" hardcover by Ray Connolly

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