ISBN:
9781639363308
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1639363300
Language:
English
Pages:
515 Seiten
,
24 cm
Edition:
First Pegasus books cloth edition
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Higgs, John Love and let die
DDC:
306.094109046
Keywords:
Fleming, Ian Characters
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Bond, James
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Bond, James - (Fictitious character)
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Fleming, Ian - 1908-1964
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Beatles Influence
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Beatles
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Since 1900
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James Bond films Influence
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James Bond films History and criticism
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Popular culture History 20th century
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Rock music History and criticism
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Rock music History and criticism 1961-1970
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Nineteen sixties
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Civilization, Modern British influences
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Characters and characteristics
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Civilization
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Civilization, Modern - British influences
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Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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James Bond films
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Nineteen sixties
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Popular culture
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Rock music
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Criticism, interpretation, etc
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History
;
Great Britain Civilization 1945-
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Great Britain Civilization 20th century
;
Great Britain
;
Großbritannien
;
James-Bond-Film
;
The Beatles
;
Massenkultur
;
Geschichte 1945-2022
Abstract:
"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"--
Abstract:
"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." -- From the publisher's website
Description / Table of Contents:
Initiate countdown -- 1945: there's nobody to talk to when it's raining -- 1952: all of his own darkness -- 1956: I would have liked to have seen the boys growing up -- 1960: a notorious centre for prostitution -- 1961: unashamedly, for pleasure and money -- 1962: glutted with the overload of stuff -- Detonate -- 1962: bigger than the Beatles -- 1962: Sean Connery (1930-2000) -- 1963: there are truths in that screaming -- 1964: Ian Fleming (1908-1964) -- 1964: a film with four long-haired schnooks -- 1965: it would take too much else away -- 1965: it would take too much else away -- 1965: not as good as James Bond -- 1965: greater than the sum of their parts -- 1965: the things I do for England -- 1967: what did he want to communicate -- 1967: larger than reality -- 1967: 007 (Shanty Town) -- 1967: Welles was trying to put a voodoo mind-grip on him -- 1968: on the banks of the River Ganges -- 1968: Yoko and Billy -- 1969: John, Paul and James get married -- 1969: George Lazenby's hair -- 1969: Paul is dead -- Aftermath -- 1970: answer: no -- 1970: mother/love -- 1970: the best -- 1970: Phil and Allen -- 1971: to deny that love was desirable -- 1973: Christopher Lee (1922-2015) -- 1973: the problem is Bond -- 1974: in the material world -- 1977: risking their lives for the audience's entertainment -- 1980: the no-mark -- 1980: John Lennon (1940-1980) -- 1981: for a true artist their life is their art -- Grow up, 007 -- 1983: a symbol of real value to the Free World -- 1984: wacky Macca thumbs aloft -- 1995: too much of a good time -- 1999: Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) -- 2001: George Harrison (1943-2001) -- 2002: the fate of the pixels -- 2003: come on, Mr Putin! -- 2008: the death of Strawberry Fields -- 2012: a golden thread of purpose -- 2015: what is the new evil in the world? -- 2021: time to die -- 2021: Ringo and Paul -- 2022: James Bond will return.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 467-500) and index
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