The Beatles Lyrics- Hunter Davies

Hey.

The Beatles are my favourite band and I got this book for Christmas in 2014. I thought I would do a review on this book since I don't do reviews of non fiction books very often.

The Beatles Lyrics takes each of the songs written by the band and decodes them and finds their meanings and stories behind the lyrics.

I learnt a lot of cool and interesting facts while reading parts of this book. One of the facts was that the song 'She's Leaving Home' is based on a true story about a girl who ran way from home. I thought was interesting that you can take lyrics and create a song without directly what it is based on and not making it appear that it is obvious that it was based on a true story.

I thought it was a really good book. I'm no expert on writing these types of books, but Hunter Davies bought something new. I hadn't seen a book that analysed the lyrics of the Beatles before, and I still haven't now.

I like the cover too. It is red and is made to look like a record. It has the lyrics 'I read the news today, oh boy' written in what looks like handwriting on the cover from the song 'A Day In The Life.' It sits proudly on my bookshelf next to my ABBA Treasures book.

Overall, a great blend of cool photographs, quotes, and small humour.

You can find both of those songs I mentioned earlier on the Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band album.


On another note, I was also quite shocked and sad to hear that David Bowie passed away on January 10. He was and will continue to be quite an inspiration for a lot of people and I know definitely for myself too. I love his music and his unique style. I don't think the world will ever have anyone as awesome in the music industry as David Bowie. I wish all the best for his family.

(I know hardly anyone reads this blog. I just like to express my feelings, even if there is only a couple of people in the world who may read this)

Zobo!