This Bird Has Flown: The Enduring Beauty of Rubber Soul, Fifty Years on

222 Pages·2015·7.23 MB·English

by  John Kruth

Copyright © 2015 by John Kruth
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Published in 2015 by Backbeat Books
An Imprint of Hal Leonard Corporation
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Printed in the United States of America Illustrations by Glenn Wolff
Book design by John J. Flannery Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Kruth, John.
This bird has flown : the enduring beauty of Rubber soul fifty years on / John Kruth.
pages cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-1-61713-573-6
1. Beatles. Rubber soul. I. Title.
ML421.B4K8 2015
782.42166092’2--dc23
2015030425
www.backbeatbooks.com
For Jayney Genius
and her pink and white Magnavox
“Unless you try to do something beyond what you have already mastered, you
will never grow.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson
Contents
Introduction: I Still Feel Fine
1. Soul—Plastic and Otherwise
2. The Times They Were A-Changin’
3. Beatles ’65
4. The Cover Story
5. “Yesterday”
6. “I’ve Just Seen a Face”
7. “It’s Only Love”
8. “Wait”
9. “Run for Your Life”
10. “Norwegian Wood”
11. “Drive My Car”
12. “Day Tripper”
13. “If I Needed Someone”
14. “In My Life” (Including the Mystery of the Fifth Beatle)
15. “We Can Work It Out”
16. “Nowhere Man”
17. “I’m Looking Through You”
18. “Michelle”
19. “What Goes On”
20. “12-Bar Original”
21. “Think for Yourself”
22. “The Word”
23. “You Won’t See Me”
24. “Girl”
25. After Geography
Acknowledgments
Bibliography
Photos

Introduction