6/10/2023 0 Comments John lennon tim riley![]() The Windsors may have lost the real one, but thanks to the Beatles and kindred acts, Britain “lay claim to a new cultural empire, with significance far beyond its borders.” Despite recent boneheaded claims that Lennon was a closet Reaganite, Riley shows that Lennon was no deliberate imperialist-Paul McCartney, maybe, who has had to live under the long heroic shadow cast on Lennon after his murder, and who now has to “endorse his sainthood, lest he be disrespectful of the dead.” The author finds true significance in the partnership of Lennon and McCartney, which, for all their protestations, was a true two-way street. On the latter score, the author briefly considers Lennon’s role in what might be thought of as a virtual British Empire. ![]() ![]() The news comes mostly in the form of fresh insights, some closely argued, some merely observed in passing. ![]() After hundreds of books on the former Beatle, is there anything left to say? Surprisingly, yes, and music journalist Riley ( Fever: How Rock ’n’ Roll Transformed Gender in America, 2004, etc.) delivers intriguing news and commentary in this incisive biography. ![]()
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