Review: Rambly and Incoherent
Rating: 1 out of 5
Date: 01 13, 2013
If you're into conspiracy theories and Beatles arcane lore, this might be the book for you. It didn't do much for me.I found the author rambly and incoherent for the most part, jumping from topic to topic without much structure or foundation. He really could have used a good editor. If I hadn't gotten the book for free, I would have felt cheated.Some of the information he provided was suspect (Wikipedia is mentioned several times... to go the original source, why don't you?), but all most of it seemed to "prove" that the art director and artist who created the cover of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band were up to creating a piece of work that would be talked about.  That they did in spades.If the design and inclusion of people and objects on the cover had much symbolism for or connection to the minds of the Beatles, it wasn't proved by this author in this book. Indeed, he mentions that some of the Beatles' own suggestions were overruled for various reasons, and that many others were included by the art director to fill out "the cast" (to, presumably, cause the album to be talked about.) There's no indication anywhere that any of the Beatles had input into where these cut-outs were placed.It's a short read, but I found in very annoying and had a hard time plowing through to the end. You can find similar information in a more readable form just by using Google. Save your money.