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In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs
EditorAndrew Blauner
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreMusic
Publisher Blue Rider Press
Publication date
May 23, 2017
Media typePrint / Digital
Pages320
ISBN 978-0-7352-1069-1
782.4216 I
LC ClassML421.B4 I5 2017
Website Penguin Random House

In Their Lives: Great Writers on Great Beatles Songs is a collection of essays in which twenty-nine authors and musicians discuss their favorite Beatles songs. The book is edited by Andrew Blauner, and features an introductory note by Paul McCartney.

Essays

Author Song
Roz Chast " She Loves You"
Alan Light " I Saw Her Standing There"
Jane Smiley " I Want to Hold Your Hand"
Shawn Colvin " I'll Be Back"
Rosanne Cash " No Reply"
Gerald Early " I'm a Loser"
Pico Iyer " Yesterday"
Amy Bloom " Norwegian Wood"
Rebecca Mead " Eleanor Rigby"
Maria Popova " Yellow Submarine"
Peter Blauner " And Your Bird Can Sing"
Jon Pareles " Tomorrow Never Knows"
Thomas Beller " Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"
Mona Simpson " She's Leaving Home"
Joseph O'Neill " Good Day Sunshine"
Alec Wilkinson " She Said She Said"
Adam Gopnik " Strawberry Fields Forever" / " Penny Lane"
Nicholas Dawidoff " A Day in the Life"
Ben Zimmer " I am the Walrus"
David Duchovny " Dear Prudence"
Chuck Klosterman " Helter Skelter"
Touré " The Ballad of John and Yoko"
Elissa Schappell " Octopus's Garden"
Rick Moody " The End"
David Hajdu " You Know My Name (Look Up the Number)"
Francine Prose and Emilia Ruiz-Michels " Here Comes the Sun" / " There's a Place"
John Hockenberry " Let It Be"
Bill Flanagan " Two of Us"

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