The Colour of Your Dreams - Some Days in the Lives of the Beatles
The Colour of Your Dreams - Some Days in the Lives of the Beatles
by Gene Popa
316 pages
6x9 size
“They are stepping far ahead of their audience, recording music so complex and so unlike the music that made them successful that they could very likely lose the foundation of their support. But that possibility does not bother them in the least.” – Life Magazine, 1967
“A decisive moment in Western civilization.” – Kenneth Tynan, The Times of London, 1967
“I don’t want to be a Mop Top.” – John Lennon, 1967
By the summer of 1966, the Beatles were tired of Beatlemania . . . of the fishbowl existence that fame imposed on them, of the gruelling life on the road, and above all, of the expectations by the public that they continue making the same old pop music, rather than exploring new sounds.
And so, they did what seemed to many like career suicide: they gave up live concert touring, and announced they were going to work full-time in the recording studio to create music that was more compelling and complex. Many thought that they were fools and they were finished, but one year later, they were on top of the world with a #1 album and #1 single and were hailed as geniuses.
But it was a tumultuous journey that took them through both musical and personal transformations, filled with both imagination and audacity, but also troubles and loss. They began their metamorphosis as the most successful pop band of their time and emerged from their chrysalis as perhaps the greatest cultural icons of all time.
The Colour of Your Dreams examines a time in the history of the Beatles that has often not been fully surveyed, the period between the end of touring in 1966 and the summer of ’67 releases of Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band and “All You Need is Love”…twin triumphs that, contrary to modern memory, were not inevitable.
The book takes its reader on a journey of seismic shifts in the lives of the Beatles, in their music, and in their world, as they turned away from the public spotlight and devoted themselves to making the most ambitious album that anyone had yet imagined.
Ladies and Gentlemen-The Beatles! Plus a tribute to the late guitarist, Vic Flick! Plus, plus . . .
After a personal tribute to recently passed Bond guitarist Vic Flick, and some psychedelia from the Electric Prunes, our Nov. 30 show features British invasion expert Gene Popa discussing his latest book, *The Color of Your Dreams-Some Days in the Lives of the Beatles*, a deep dive into the months between the Beatles last tour in 1966 and when they filmed “All You Need is Love.” In between: *Sgt. Pepper.*
Gene shares many of the most interesting stories about this period in the lives of the Beatles on the next “Flashback with Wes Britton” Sat. Nov. 30 including a new Christmas tune from Rephestramus! Enjoy the musical carpet ride at 7:00 p.m. Eastern over the Artistfirst radio network:
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