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　　Starred Review. With this massive opus, veteran music

journalist Spitz (Dylan: A Biography) tells the definitive story of

the band that sparked a cultural revolution. Calling on books,

articles, radio programs and primary interviews, Spitz follows the

band from each member's family origins in working-class Liverpool

to the band's agonizing final days. Spitz's unflinching biography

reveals that not only did the Beatles pioneer a new era of rock but

they also were on the cutting edge of rock star excess, from their

1961 amphetamine-fueled sets in the clubs of Hamburg to their

eventual appetites for stronger drugs, including marijuana, LSD,

cocaine and, eventually for John Lennon, heroin. Sex was also part

of the equation; in 1962, when the band cut its first audition for

Sir George Martin, all four members had a venereal disease, and

both John's and Paul McCartney's girlfriends were pregnant. Spitz

details the tangled web of bad business deals that flowed from

novice manager Brian Epstein (though the heavily conflicted Epstein

can be forgiven since he was in uncharted territory). Although this

is a hefty volume steeped in research, Spitz writes economically,

and with flair, letting the facts and characters speak for

themselves. In doing so, he captures an ironic sadness that

accompanied the Beatles' runaway success—how their dreams of

stardom, once realized, became a prison, forcing the band to spend

large parts of their youth in hotel rooms to avoid mobs and to

stage elaborate escapes from literally life-threatening situations

after appearances. As with all great history writing, Spitz both

captures a moment in time and humanizes his subjects. While some

will blanch at the unsettling dark sides of the Beatles, most will

come to appreciate the band even more for knowing the incredible

personal odysseys they endured. 32 pages of b&w photos.

Prologue

MERCY

1. A Proper Upbringing

2. The Messiah Arrives

3. Muscle and Sinew

4. The Showman

5. A Simple Twist of Fete

6. The Missing Links

7. A Good Little Sideshow

8. The College Band

9. Chalk and Cheese

　10. Moondogs and Englishmen

　11. Hit the Road: Jac

　12. Baptism by Fire

　13. A Revelation to Behold

　14. Mr. X

　15. A Gigantic Leap of Faith

　16. The Road to London

　17. Do the Right Thing

　18. Starr Time

　19. A Touch of the Barnum & Bailey

　20. Dead Chuffed

MANIA

　21. The Jungle Drums

　22. Kings of the Jungle

　23. So This Is Beatlemania

　24. Once Upon a Time in America

　25. Tomorrow Never Knows

　26. In the Eye of a Hurricane

　27. Lennon and McCartney to the Rescue

　28. Into the Cosmic Consciousness

MASTERY

　29. Just Sort of a Freak Show

　30. A Storm in a Teacup

　31. A Very Freaky Experience

　32. The Summer of Love

　33. From Bad to Worse

　34. An Additional Act

　35. Good-bye to the Boys in the Band!

　36. Disturbing the Peace

　37. And in the End...

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Discography

Index

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但并不是一切都已归为尘土。”披头士“的孩子们在出生，”披头士“歌迷们的孩子也在出生，成千上万的人们仍在毕生倾听那四个已经成长、已经离去的斯考萨小伙子们的音乐轨迹。随着演奏者们上了年纪，故事也发生了变化。保罗已不再是保罗——他成了保罗爵士，1997年女王授予他这一头衔。约翰也不再是约翰——他成了圣约翰，被世界上无数愤怒的摇滚青年视为典范。乔治不再是可有可无的第三人——他成了乔治.哈里森，一位有自己独特风格的艺术家，以及一个曾组织过无数旨在帮助穷人与改变世界的慈善演唱会的慈善家，除了《Something》还有其他的东西。之于林戈——好吧，他仍然是林戈。永远的林戈。是的，他娶了一位前任“邦女郎”，而他的儿子正如他自己最担心的，也成了一位鼓手，但他的人生仍然充满简单的快乐。这个体弱多病、曾经多次在生死边缘挣扎的男孩不仅活的比其他两个队友都长久，甚至也超过了这个故事当中的不少人。共同开始的人生注定分别结束，在任何地方都是如此，就算在流行歌曲的世界也不例外。但“披头士”早已不再是那些玩摇滚的男孩子们。当一切开始的时候，他们还只是孩子；当“披头士”分崩离析之时，麦卡特尼只有29岁，约翰30岁，乔治27岁，林戈31岁。但在影像里，在广播里，在长篇、卡带和CD里，他们不是四个孩子，不是一只乐队，甚至也不是其他的任何东西。他们只是“披头士”。他们就是巨大的才华、魅力与天赋，这一切是多么不可言喻，如同四个男孩曾经越过利物浦的群山向西眺望所看到的那一片广袤的海洋。从他们身上流淌出那么多音乐与爱、痛苦与美好的洪流，这是曾经淹没“洞穴”与汉堡，乃至伦敦与整个世界的洪流，这是淹没此前一切事物的洪流，它曾洗涤亦曾毁灭，而最终滋养大地、水。

多年来，“披头士”曾经面临种种艰难的抉择，每个抉择都被漫不经心，实际却很糟糕地处理，这使得他们的传奇像是一场高潮迭起的戏剧，最终宿命般地以他们的解散告终。

尽管旅行充满颠簸起伏和酸甜苦辣，约翰和保罗总是会抽空写歌。“他们在车上每天都写，就像上了发条一样，”肯尼·林奇说。有时候约翰和保罗会互相对视一眼，接着就仿佛漫不经心地站起来，走到车厢后部，拿出吉他，沉浸到写歌之中。“总是一样的步骤，一个人弹琴，另一个人写歌词，修改和弦。”他们完全置身于只有两个人的世界里，完全沉浸在创作的快乐之中，早已习惯了把外界的纷扰屏蔽在外面。肯尼常常从椅子上探过头去，试图给他们点建议或是提点意见。“滚！看什么看！”他们总会对他叫喊，而且是认真的。

“但是两所学校的距离很近，所以它们之间也有一种亲近感存在。”如果约翰对据滚乐的觉醒与“采石人”的组队是其后一切事情的序曲，这个少年的到来则为传奇谱写了第一幕。他的名字，当然，就是保罗。”

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"Irresistible....A captivating picture that hasn't beenseen before....THE BEATLES amplifies and corrects some of what is knownabout the band's formative years.... It powerfully evokes both theexcitement and the price of such a sudden rise." --NEW YORK TIMES At last in paperback: the biography the Beatles deserve. It's all here, rawand right--the highs and the lows, the love and the rivalry, the awe andthe jealousy, the drugs, the tears, the thrill, the magic never to berepeated--in a vast, exuberantly acclaimed book that's as brilliant andjoyous and revelatory as a Beatles record itself.