The Beatles In Japan

Author : Carolyn S. Stevens
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781315533032

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The Beatles in Japan by Carolyn S. Stevens Pdf

Following their first tour to Japan in 1966, the Beatles would become an important part of Japan’s postwar cultural development and its deepening relationship with the West. By the 1960s Japan’s dramatic rise in prosperity and the self-confidence of the country’s ‘economic miracle’ period were yet to come; it was not, at this stage, considered a fully-fledged partner of the West. All these potential developments were consolidating around the time of the 1966 tour. The Beatles' concerts in Tokyo contributed to the construction of a new Japanese national identity and introduced Japan as a new potential market to UK and US music producers, broadening the country’s transnational cultural links. This book explores the Beatles’ engagement with Japan within the larger context of the country’s increased global connection and large-scale economic, social and cultural change. It describes the great impact of the Beatles’ contentious 1966 tour, which took place amid public displays of both euphoric ‘Beatlemania’ and angry protests, and discusses the lasting impression of this tour on Japanese culture and identity to the present day. The Beatles’ relationship with Japan did not end after their departure; this book also examines the Beatles’ subsequent contacts with Japan, including John Lennon’s marriage and artistic partnership with Yoko Ono, and Paul McCartney’s later Japanese tours and the warm reception the ex Beatles and their musical legacy have received over the years.

Author : Jason Anjoorian
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1994-01-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 0964007908

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The Beatles Japanese Record Guide by Jason Anjoorian Pdf

Author : Haruki Murakami
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 307 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-11
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780307762719

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Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami Pdf

From the bestselling author of Kafka on the Shore: A magnificent coming-of-age story steeped in nostalgia, “a masterly novel” (The New York Times Book Review) blending the music, the mood, and the ethos that were the sixties with a young man’s hopeless and heroic first love. Now with a new introduction by the author. Toru, a serious young college student in Tokyo, is devoted to Naoko, a beautiful and introspective young woman, but their mutual passion is marked by the tragic death of their best friend years before. As Naoko retreats further into her own world, Toru finds himself drawn to a fiercely independent and sexually liberated young woman. Stunning and elegiac, Norwegian Wood first propelled Haruki Murakami into the forefront of the literary scene.

Author : Adrian Allan
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2019-07-10
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780244478544

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Paul McCartney After the Beatles: A Musical Appreciation by Adrian Allan Pdf

This is a musical analysis of Paul McCartney from 1970 to today. It is aimed at students of popular music theory; educators; musicians; and aspiring songwriters. It will also appeal to the general Beatles and McCartney fan who wishes to understand music on a deeper level - A beginner's guide to music theory and glossary are provided. Eighty of McCartney's post-Beatles songs are discussed in the format of short, but accessible essays. For each song, full details are provided concerning date of release; place of recording; instrumentation; and key signature. The description for each song details the musical techniques that McCartney uses, such as chord patterns; structure; use of instruments; vocal harmony; tonality; and key changes. In addition, every chapter details his life and work in each decade. A conclusion identifies the main characteristics of McCartney's style. The appendix details every recording location used. An invaluable guide to the music of the world's most successful songwriter.

Author : John Lennon
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2012-10-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780316200813

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The John Lennon Letters by John Lennon Pdf

A lifetime of letters, collected for the first time, from the legendary musician and songwriter. John Lennon was one of the greatest songwriters the world has ever known, creator of "Help!", "Come Together", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Imagine", and dozens more. But it was in his correspondences that he let his personality and poetry flow unguarded. Now, gathered for the first time in book form, are his letters to family, friends, strangers, and lovers from every point in his life. Funny, informative, wise, poetic, and sometimes heartbreaking, his letters illuminate a never-before-seen intimate side of the private genius. This groundbreaking collection of almost 300 letters and postcards has been edited and annotated by Hunter Davies, whose authorized biography The Beatles (1968) was published to great acclaim. With unparalleled knowledge of Lennon and his contemporaries, Davies reads between the lines of the artist's words, contextualizing them in Lennon's life and using them to reveal the man himself.

Author : Christopher T. Keaveney
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2020-08-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781793625267

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Western Rock Artists, Madame Butterfly, and the Allure of Japan by Christopher T. Keaveney Pdf

Using the framework of Edward Said’s Orientalism, this work examines how Western rock and pop artists—particularly during the age of album rock from the 1970s through the 1990s—perpetuated long-held stereotypes of Japan in their direct encounters with the country and in songs and music videos with Japanese content.

Author : The Beatles
Publisher : Hal Leonard Corporation
Page : 1164 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1993-06-01
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781495027031

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The Beatles - Complete Scores by The Beatles Pdf

(Transcribed Score). A fitting tribute to possibly the greatest pop band ever - The Beatles. This outstanding edition features full scores and lyrics to all 210 titles recorded by The Beatles. Guitar and bass parts are in both standard notation and tablature. Also includes a full discography. Songs include: All You Need Is Love * And I Love Her * Baby You're a Rich Man * Back in the U.S.S.R. * The Ballad of John and Yoko * Blackbird * Can't Buy Me Love * Come Together * Drive My Car * Eleanor Rigby * From Me to You * Glass Onion * A Hard Day's Night * Help! * Hey Jude * I Saw Her Standing There * I Want to Hold Your Hand * Michelle * Penny Lane * She Loves You * Twist and Shout * Yesterday * and many more! A must-own for any serious Beatles fan or collector!

Author : Julian Cope
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016-05-19
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781408880678

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Japrocksampler by Julian Cope Pdf

A unique account of the Japanese rock phenomenon from a legendary rock musician with an army of fans 'The most obscenely enjoyable book of the year ... enlightening, thrilling and occasionally hilarious ... Cope is a supremely engaging writer whose aim is to entertain, educate and freak out' Telegraph 'This book's astonishing blend of seriousness and hilariousness is testament to perhaps the most remarkable mind in rock today' Word Julian Cope, eccentric and visionary rock musician, follows the runaway underground success of his book Krautrocksampler with Japrocksampler, a cult deconstruction of Japanese rock music, and reveals what really happened when East met West after World War Two. It explores the clash between traditional, conservative Japanese values and the wild rock 'n' roll renegades of the 1960s and 70s, and tells of the seminal artists in Japanese post-war culture, from itinerant art-house poets to violent refusenik rock groups with a penchant for plane hijacking.

Author : SHIMPEI. ASAI
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1905662467

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HELLO, GOODBYE by SHIMPEI. ASAI Pdf

Author : Tony Barrow
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2012-06
Category : Music journalists
ISBN : 0233003274

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John Paul George Ringo and Me by Tony Barrow Pdf

The Beatles as they Really Were This is a unique memoir by Tony Barrow, the Beatles' Press Officer for six breakneck years during the Beatlemania era of the Sixties. He knew John, Paul, George and Ringo as, friends throughout the height of their fame as he worked within the group's closest circle. In this highly, acclaimed book he gives his insider's perspective on that four-way dynamic that spawned the greatest pop group the world has ever seen. Book jacket.

Author : George Cole
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Page : 570 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007-07-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 0472032607

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The Last Miles by George Cole Pdf

The story of the final recordings of one of the greatest jazz musicians of the twentieth century

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Global Oriental
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2007-05-31
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9789004217850

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Britain and Japan: Biographical Portraits, Vol. VI by Anonim Pdf

This sixth volume in the Britain and Japan series contains a total of thirty-three entries, thoughtfully and painstakingly compiled and edited by Hugh Cortazzi. The volume is divided up thematically and includes an Index of Biographical Portraits published to date by the Japan Society.

Author : Yoko Ono
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2000-10-10
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780743201100

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Grapefruit by Yoko Ono Pdf

"With a new introduction by the author"--Jkt.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:932853552

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The Beatles' Untold Tokyo Story by Anonim Pdf

Author : Rob Sheffield
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2017-04-25
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780062207678

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Dreaming the Beatles by Rob Sheffield Pdf

An NPR Best Book of the Year • Winner of the Virgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism “This is the best book about the Beatles ever written” —Mashable Rob Sheffield, the Rolling Stone columnist and bestselling author of Love Is a Mix Tape offers an entertaining, unconventional look at the most popular band in history, the Beatles, exploring what they mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them. Dreaming the Beatles is not another biography of the Beatles, or a song-by-song analysis of the best of John and Paul. It isn’t another exposé about how they broke up. It isn’t a history of their gigs or their gear. It is a collection of essays telling the story of what this ubiquitous band means to a generation who grew up with the Beatles music on their parents’ stereos and their faces on T-shirts. What do the Beatles mean today? Why are they more famous and beloved now than ever? And why do they still matter so much to us, nearly fifty years after they broke up? As he did in his previous books, Love is a Mix Tape, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran, and Turn Around Bright Eyes, Sheffield focuses on the emotional connections we make to music. This time, he focuses on the biggest pop culture phenomenon of all time—The Beatles. In his singular voice, he explores what the Beatles mean today, to fans who have learned to love them on their own terms and not just for the sake of nostalgia. Dreaming the Beatles tells the story of how four lads from Liverpool became the world’s biggest pop group, then broke up—but then somehow just kept getting bigger. At this point, their music doesn’t belong to the past—it belongs to right now. This book is a celebration of that music, showing why the Beatles remain the world’s favorite thing—and how they invented the future we’re all living in today.