{"product_id":"beatles-vs-stones-paperback","title":"Beatles vs. Stones - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJohn McMillian\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA lively examination of the most legendary (and least understood) rivalry in the annals of rock 'n' roll: \"\u003ci\u003eBeatles vs. Stones\u003c\/i\u003e is one of the best rock biographies I have seen this year...If you thought you knew everything there was to know about these two groups, think again\" (\u003ci\u003eSeattle Post-Intelligencer\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the 1960s an epic battle was waged between the two biggest bands in the world--the lovable Beatles and the bad-boy Rolling Stones. Both groups liked to maintain that they weren't really \"rivals\"--that was just a media myth, they politely said--and yet they plainly competed for commercial success and aesthetic credibility. On both sides of the Atlantic, fans often aligned themselves with one group or the other. In \u003ci\u003eBeatles vs. Stones\u003c\/i\u003e, John McMillian gets to the truth behind the ultimate rock and roll debate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePainting an eye-opening portrait of a generation dragged into an ideological battle between Flower Power and New Left militance, McMillian reveals how the Beatles-Stones rivalry was created by music managers intent on engineering a moneymaking empire. He explores how the Beatles were marketed as cute and amiable, when in fact they came from hardscrabble backgrounds in Liverpool. By contrast, the Stones were cast as an edgy, dangerous group, even though they mostly hailed from the chic London suburbs. For many years, writers and historians have associated the Beatles with the gauzy idealism of the \"good\" sixties, placing the Stones as representatives of the dangerous and nihilistic \"bad\" sixties. \u003ci\u003eBeatles vs. Stones\u003c\/i\u003e is \"balanced, informed, yet still passionate...Even the most gnarled and intransigent veterans of the debate will emerge enlightened by this book....McMillian negotiates these thickets with insight, care, and a willingness to unsettle clichés\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 320\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8.3 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 11, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42118935183495,"sku":"9781439159705","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ea0e0d09d046c61a6e761604839e41ec.webp?v=1732537537","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/beatles-vs-stones-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}