Fab: An Intimate Life of Paul McCartney
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Fab is the first exhaustive biography of the legendary musician; it tells Sir Paul’s whole life tale, from childhood to present day, from effective-class Liverpool beginnings to the cultural phenomenon that was The Beatles to his many solo incarnations.
Fab is the definitive portrait of McCartney, a man of contradictions and a consummate musician far more ruthless, ambitious, and temperamental than his relaxed public image implies. Based on original research and more than two hundred new interviews, Fab also reveals for the first time the full tale of his two marriages, romances, family tree feuds, phenomenal wealth, and complex relationships with his fellow ex-Beatles.
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It is never excellent, in any genre, for a critic to review a work that is contrary to his natural abilities nor outside the area of his comprehension. That leader/theme disconnect is the situation with this work.
The book is annotated well, but easily 90% of the material in the book up to the Mills trainwreck/divorce can be establish elsewhere, and is sometimes taken from elsewhere. If you are one that sees McCartney no longer as a creative force, but simply a world class performer of (his own) take in tunes, then his personal life isn’t of fantastic significance. Paul, post Linda, is a bit of a shadow. Personally, I don’t want to know any more about Ms. Mills. I know too much already. So the one might of this book is not appealing to this reviewer, though in fairness I note it.
As for this book’s shortcomings, these are really shortcomings of Mr. Sounces, and are vividly demonstratable. McCartney has unique talents. At one time he used them to dominate and reshape the pop composition genre. After that domination, his composing talents still remained vibrant and constructive for a excellent 20 years. The problem with this book is that Mr. Sounces, at his core, does not like, nor can he appreciate, Mr. McCartney’s fantastic talents in all-purpose, nor their particular flavor and uniqueness in particular. Sounces denounces (a frequent habit) one of McCartney’s post-Beatle songs called “Magneto and Titanium Man” (from the “Venus and Mars” baby book). He dares the reader to try to listen to that song now, as if it would be painful for anyone to do so. But the facts about Magneto are 1)it is a very pleasant, light pop song that only Paul could write, 2)it is inventive in that it contains “rap” prior to rap even getting its foothold, 3)it contains some endlessly inspired bass playing that is sustainable for multiple listenings (and whose brilliance is obvious over 25 years later) and 4)it contains a uniquely Paul vocal performance where he gives you three – really four, including the rap — four different vocal timbres (or styles) IN ONE SONG. These last two bits – bass playing and singing – are things Mr. McCartney does like nobody else in rock. Nobody. If you do not know this you should not be writing a book about McCartney. If you can not see the bass virtuosity and vocal cunning Paul casually throws at you via “Magneto”, then you should not be writing about McCartney, because you are tone deaf to his gifts and brilliance.
There are lots of McCartney biographies out there. This one is detailed, but it is certainly in the bottom half in terms of quality. And because it is written by a man who can not appreciate McCartney’s truly unique gifts, it is a book that should never ever be first on your list. Anyone giving this book as a gift does Mr. McCartney in particular, and rock composition history in all-purpose, a disservice. Better would be to gift “Venus and Mars” and point out to the benefactor “sometime checkout ‘Magneto and Titanium Man’ – it’s incredible.” Because it is, even after all this time.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
562 pages of text, 4 pages of Acknowledgements, and an Pointer.There are 16 pages of b&w and color photographs (from boyhood through his later solo tours) grouped together in the book.
Yes, this is another book about Paul McCartney/THE BEATLES. But what makes this particular book even more appealing, is that the leader, Howard Sounes (who has written fine biographies on Bob Dylan and Charles Bukowski), writes about McCartney in conjunction with the era when THE BEATLES were forming and went on to change composition forever. Sounes also delves into McCartney’s life after THE BEATLES, which, taken altogether, paint a fuller picture of McCartney’s life in and out of composition, including new information concerning his marriage and subsequent divorce from Heather Mills. For this biography Sounes has interviewed more than 200 people, which is obvious from the details establish in this straight forwards reading book.
This book is informative and entertaining, not only through Sounes writing, but various comments and anecdotes sprinkled throughout the book. There are chapters devoted to McCartney’s boyhood, the forming of THE BEATLES, their time spent in Hamburg, Germany honing their musical skills, coming to America as well loved artists, and McCartney’s wedding to Linda Eastman. there’s also much information on THE BEATLES differences and their subsequent breakup. From that point McCartney goes on to form his band WINGS, which the book goes into in some detail. After that the chapter concerning the reformation of THE BEATLES as a “threesome” is delved into along with the relief of the three CD volumes and book (“The Anthology”) which took an in depth look at the groups career. Linda McCartney’s death is agreed much weight in the book and how it affected McCartney. From there the book goes into some depth about Heather Mills meeting with McCartney, and their life together through their divorce. For persons interested in new details concerning the McCartney’s divorce, there’s much new information which gives a better picture of just what went on during and after their marriage. The book ends with McCartney, now single, recording and releasing albums under the name Fireman, and his subsequent solo tours back where THE BEATLES came together pleasantly, in Hamburg, Germany.
All through this well researched and written book the effort the leader puts into anchoring McCartney to point times and places really gives this book an appealing slant on everything. The feel for the era is very nicely described and helps give a better picture of McCartney, THE BEATLES, and that long ago era. Taken together this is a very appealing, at times highly informative, and personal look at Paul McCartney’s life, both in and out of composition. Sounes has written a excellent book, and his feel for his theme is apparent. If you want to know about McCartney’s life past the surface, this would be a excellent place to start. If you’ve already read additional books about McCartney, this book is still worthwhile for the new information, and the leader’s way with combining both the man and the times.
Reader’s Rating: 4 / 5