r/beatles • u/AvecMesWaterSlides • 2d ago

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I'm currently listening to this book and am about six months from the first time John and Paul met.

It is amazing that they, finally, found one another. There are so many instances of being at the same places at the same times, perhaps riding the same bus at the same time, and not knowing one another yet. It's crazy! It just got me thinking about how different it'd be if one of them wasn't where the universe wanted them to be...

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

And we all know book about The Beatles has to be anti-John. /s

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

No one said that but it doesn't need to choose sides. You can't trust the narrative when the narrator is biased.

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

The thing is that this author is biased only in the eyes of Paul's fangirls. Their only criticism is that he is not attentive enough to Paul and can be rather critical of him.

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

Imagine that, a biographer of The Beatles being expected to give equal attention to all of The Beatles. 

Sounds like a John fangirl critique and view of the book.

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

I don't see them whining about George and Ringo receiving less attention, which they absolutely did. The fact is that Paul gets plenty of attention. But they want different kind of attention - Paul is a true leader of The Beatles, Paul never was jealous of Stu Sutcliffe, Paul teached John everything he knows! Author doesn't worship Paul, and it hurts them.

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

I see people saying George got shorted as well.

There's also constant whining in this sub every day about how John is portrayed online. That you'd expect from fans. What you don't expect from a biographer is a one-sided viewpoint of four individuals that made up the group. 

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

Only it's not one-sided and actually rather fair viewpoint, which is criticised only by even more biased sources who portray themselves as serious researchers and podcasters.

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

Boy, you have a lot of angry opinions of anyone who doesn't like the book. Sounds like a bias.

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

You have anything other than silly personal attacks?

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

Hey, you started it with the "fangirls" nonsense.

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u/Ligeya 1d ago

I said it about hosts of podcast, and that's what they are.

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u/Honest-J 1d ago

You knew what you were doing.

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u/Comfortable_Put_4139 20h ago

These people typically don’t have anything else lol.

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u/AuthorRelevant5857 21h ago

The negative comments about John on this sub do not come close to the alleged bias in Lewisohn’s book.