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With a Little Honey: The Political Songs of the Beatles

With a Little Honey: The Political Songs of the Beatles

Robinson, Scott

Paperback

MusiciansGeneral SociologyArt & Popular Culture

ISBN13: 9798285902690
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jun 6 2025
Pages: 210
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.48 Width: 5.50 Depth: 8.50
Language: English
It's nearly impossible to think of the Beatles in the context of their times without thinking of their politics: their positions on the Establishment, the counterculture, the Vietnam War, the Feminist Movement, the class struggle - we remember at all.

During their eight years recording together as a band, they delivered 14 songs that had political content. In the first few years after that, they did many more.

John was the pacesetter, before and after; no surprise, he was always the most politically outspoken with the press. George came in second, Paul a largely apolitical third.

Within the group canon, the songs themselves fall into three classes: openly political (Taxman, Revolution); veiled political (Blackbird, Girl); and possibly political (depending on interpretation - You've Got to Hide Your Love Away, A Day in the Life).

All these songs are deeply rooted in their moments, but they are moments that remain worthy of scrutiny and remembrance - snapshots of turbulent times that shaped a generation, chronicled by the most gifted cultural influencers of the 20th century.

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