The Gospel according to the Beatles / Steve Turner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turner, Steve, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Beatles--Influence.

Beatles.

Beatles--Religion.

Rock music--Religious aspects.

Rock music.

Rock musicians--Great Britain--Biography.

Rock musicians.

Religion.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Biographies.

Physical Description:

x, 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Louisville, Ky. : Westminster John Knox, 2006.

Summary:

The spiritual journey of the Beatles from fun-loving agnostics to drug-inspired mystics was a microcosm of the pilgrimage taken by a generation. Whether the Fab Four were pied pipers or simply the most high-profile participants in a massive cultural shift, the changes they went through tell us a lot about what happened in the 1960s and therefore help us to understand where we are today.

The Gospel according to the Beatles looks in depth at the development of the group's philosophy and at how it affected their lives, their music, and their audience. Through rare interviews, never-before-published archive material, and newly discovered photographs, acclaimed music journalist and author Steve Turner traces the Beatles odyssey from the churches of Liverpool to the temples of India and Japan via the vision-inducing sacraments of marijuana and LSD. In doing so he defines what the Beatles were all about and distills the message of love, peace, freedom, and transcendence that was at the heart of their gospel.

Contents:

1 Tell Me What You See 1

2 You Can't Do That 15

3 In My Life 37

4 Think for Yourself 56

5 Eight Days a Week 77

6 Nowhere Man 94

7 All You Need Is Love 111

8 The Inner Light 134

9 Let It Be 153

10 Carry That Weight 173

11 What Goes On 194.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-245) and index.

ISBN:

0664229832

OCLC:

70766122