Paul McCartney Many Years from Now

'Many Years From Now' has to be considered one of the essential books on the Beatles. Cleverly titled, handsomely packaged, it is by no means the whole truth and nothing but the truth...but it is invaluable as an insider's account of life at the eye of the hurricane that was the Beatles. This is how Paul McCartney remembers the events and personalities that revolutionized music and popular culture in the 1960s -- or is it more how he wants the world to remember them?....So call this book the Good News According to Paul. His main point, argued repeatedly and persuasively, is that he and John were creative equals who thrived on their differences, and that a less balanced relationship could not have survived the immense pressures exerted by the world and their own personalities....This is McCartney's version of history, not the definitive biography of the man, and despite its faults it's a fun, occasionally illuminating read. Paul tells Miles at one point that he and John had to be two of the luckiest people in this century to have met each other. But try to imagine a world where songs like 'Yesterday,' 'Strawberry Fields Forever,' 'Fool on the Hill' and 'A Day in the Life' had never been written, and it's pretty clear it's we who are the lucky ones."Miles, Barry is the author of 'Paul McCartney Many Years from Now', published 1998 under ISBN 9780805052497 and ISBN 0805052496.