Love and Let Die by John Higgs
A deep-dive into the unique connections between the two titans of the British cultural psyche--the Beatles and the Bond films--and what they tell us about class, sexuality, and our aspirations over sixty dramatic years. The Beatles are the biggest band in the history of pop music. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. They are also twins. Dr No, the first Bond film, and Love Me Do, the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day: Friday 5 October 1962. Most countries can only dream of a cultural export becoming a worldwide phenomenon on this scale. For Britain to produce two iconic successes on this level, on the same windy October afternoon, is unprecedented. Bond and the Beatles present us with opposing values, visions of the British culture, and ideas about sexual identity. Love and Let Die is the story of a clash between working class liberation and establishment control, and how it exploded on the global stage. It explains why James Bond hated the Beatles, why Paul McCartney wanted to be Bond, and why it was Ringo who won the heart of a Bond Girl in the end. Told over a period of sixty dramatic years, this is an account of how two outsized cultural phenomena continue to define American aspirations, fantasies, and our ideas about ourselves. Looking at these two touchstones in this new context will forever change how you see the Beatles, the James Bond films, and six decades of cross-Atlantic popular culture.John Higgs is the creator of the long-running BBC Radio 4 quiz program X Marks the Spot and the director of BAFTA-winning animated pre-school British TV shows. KLF: Chaos, Magic, and the Band That Burned a Million Pounds, I Have America Surrounded: A Biography of Timothy Leary, and Our Pet Queen: A Fresh Perspective on Monarchy are among his many works.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781639363308 |
| ISBN 10 | 1639363300 |
| Title | Love and Let Die |
| Author | John Higgs |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Pegasus Books |
| Year published | 2023-02-07 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
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