{"product_id":"dreaming-the-beatles-the-love-story-of-one-band-and-the-whole-world-isbn-9780062207654","title":"Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn NPR Best Book of the Year \u003c\/strong\u003e• \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eVirgil Thomson Award for Outstanding Music Criticism\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“This is the best book about the Beatles ever written”  \u003c\/strong\u003e—\u003cstrong\u003eMashable\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRob Sheffield, the \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e columnist and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLove Is a Mix Tape\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e 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?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he did in his previous books,\u003cem\u003e Love is a Mix Tape, Talking to Girls About Duran Duran,\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eTurn Around Bright Eyes\u003c\/em\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003eFrom\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJohn, Paul, George, and Ringo remain the world’s favorite thing. Yet every theory ever devised to explain why has failed. It wasn’t their timing. It wasn’t drugs. It wasn’t that they were the voice of a generation. The vast majority of Beatles fans today weren’t born when the records came out—yet the allure \u003cbr\u003eof the music keeps on growing, nearly fifty years after the band split. The world keeps dreaming the Beatles, long after the Beatles themselves figured the dream was over. Our Beatles have outlasted theirs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is truly impossible to imagine a world without the Beatles. Yes, they are the biggest, most iconic rock band of all time. Their music continues to delight, define, and provide a soundtrack for fans all over the globe. It seems, however, that with each passing decade this band has become more popular, more influential, more ubiquitous, more beloved, just MORE, and in \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles,\u003c\/em\u003e the \u003cem\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/em\u003e columnist and bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eLove Is a Mix Tape\u003c\/em\u003e brings his singular voice to the most universal pop culture phenomenon in history, exploring what the Beatles mean today and why they still matter so intensely to a generation that has never known a world without them. This is not another biography of the band, or an exposé of how they broke up. It isn’t a history of their gigs or gear. It’s a fresh, unconventional look at the Beatles’ astounding story, from their early friendship to their Sixties creative explosion to their crazed solo years. And, as in his previous books like \u003cem\u003eTalking to Girls About Duran Duran \u003c\/em\u003eand\u003cem\u003e On Bowie,\u003c\/em\u003e Sheffield focuses on the emotional connections we make to music. Chronicling his lifelong obsession with the Beatles along with the rest of the world’s, \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e is a passionate celebration of the band and their music, showing how John, Paul, George, and Ringo invented the future we’re living in today. It’s a book that is brilliant, fresh, and universal—kind of like the Beatles themselves.\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e | \u003cp\u003e“As he’s proven in, well, all of his books, Sheffield writes about fandom, about the condition of loving a thing, as well or better than anyone, which is no small thing for a critic as savvy as he is.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAustin American-Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The essential joy of \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e are these connections made between historical events, mythological band history, and the song itself—it’s sparkling, insightful, occasionally humorous writing unclouded by irony or cynicism about a capital-G Great Band.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSpin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“You’ll have a fantastic, joyous time reading \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e from cover to cover.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sheffield is the rare popular culture critic who is popular himself, and for his criticism at that — not bios or profiles or interviews or dumbed-down thumbs-ups, but the literate if colloquial and indecorously jocular analysis of an apostate English professor…So before I began writing this I paged through Ian MacDonald’s canonical \u003cem\u003eRevolution in the Head\u003c\/em\u003e and Devin McKinney’s renowned \u003cem\u003eThe Beatles in Dream and History\u003c\/em\u003e, both of which rocketed up my to-do list. But neither has a chance of topping Rob Sheffield’s \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Christgau, Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[B]efore I began writing this I paged through Ian MacDonald’s canonical \u003cem\u003eRevolution in the Head\u003c\/em\u003e and Devin McKinney’s renowned \u003cem\u003eThe Beatles in Dream and History...\u003c\/em\u003eBut neither has a chance of topping Rob Sheffield’s \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eRobert Christgau, Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the best book about the Beatles ever written…passionate and eloquent…If aliens land tomorrow, and demand to know why we keep on pumping this particular brand of music into space, this is the first book you would hand them.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMashable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“For Sheffield, a chronicler of pop culture whose work blends thoughtful criticism and unabashed fandom, the heart of the Beatles story is about relationships.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Half a century after their apogee...is there anything left to say about the most chronicled rock band in history? It turns out there is. Rob Sheffield’s new book \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e looks at the Fab Four from a fresh point of view.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“[Sheffield] offers enough memory-sparking to take Boomers back a few decades and plenty of insider gossip to satisfy younger readers...enjoy \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e,...You know you love the music, and you may have read other books about the Beatles, but in your life, you’ll love this more.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eJournal Sentinel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“wistful, elegiac...\u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e...[is] a strong and heartfelt appreciation of The Beatles...Sheffield has added an extended chord to this seemingly never-ending story of The Beatles that’s lush and resonant with infinite varied possibilities. ”  - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Filled with sharp criticism that challenges conventional wisdom. Once you know the history by heart, this is the place to understand what the Beatles mean now.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e “One of the best books about the band ever written…What interests Sheffield is the countless ways the band is alive.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eSean T. Collins, MTV.com\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Sheffield approaches the group with his trademark humor, intimate candor, encyclopedic knowledge of pop music, and unabashed enthusiasm for a subject that also endlessly fascinated John, Paul, George and Ringo: girls.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMary Elizabeth Williams, Salon\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“\u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e is the individual exploration of a universal pop experience—listening to the Beatles, thinking about the Beatles, reinventing the Beatles in your mind, listening to them again...explaining your own life through the only four people who will always belong to everyone.”\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChuck Klosterman, author of the New York Times bestseller But What If We’re Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Rob Sheffield’s unconventional rock-band bio is must-read material.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eForth Worth Star Telegram\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“The Beatles are everything, and this is everything about the Beatles. \u003cem\u003eDreaming the Beatles\u003c\/em\u003e is the individual exploration of a universal pop experience—listening to the Beatles, thinking about the Beatles, reinventing the Beatles in your mind, listening to them again, rethinking whatever it was you thought before, joking about them forever, and explaining your own life through the only four people who will always belong to everyone.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eChuck Klosterman, author of the New York Times bestseller But What If We’re Wrong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Usually hilarious, always surprising.” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eGriel Marcus, author of Mystery Train\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“This is the definitive Beatles book, the only one that comes close to the rush of listening to \u003cem\u003eRubber Soul\u003c\/em\u003e or \u003cem\u003eRevolver\u003c\/em\u003e for the first time...It’s a 318-page-long ‘yeah, yeah, \u003cem\u003eyeeeeah\u003c\/em\u003e.’” - \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“One of the most original and insightful books ever written about the Fab Four. 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