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jazzy_daveJohn Higgs "Love and Let Die: Bond, the Beatles and the British Psyche" (Weidenfeld and Nicolson)
On the 5th October 1962 two events occurred which were to change the cultural landscape forever in both the UK and across the world: the Beatles released their first single Love Me Do and the first James Bond film, Dr No was also released in cinemas. The biggest band and the single greatest film character of all time exploded onto the scene and here we are sixty years later. The Beatles' legacy lives on and No Time to Die, the 25th Bond film, ‘saved’ the cinemas when it was eventually released post Covid-19 lockdowns.
To have one such an institution is rare for a country, to have two is a rich treasure, and to give birth to both on the same day is a very special day indeed. Jon Higgs has had fun comparing and contrasting the themes and similarities and the crossover points, and his observation that the Beatles were all about Love, and Bond about Death. The anecdotes and moments in history that coincided with their story are interesting. Some of the connections are a bit more tenuous than others—the chapter about Desmond Llewelyn, for example, links Bond and the Beatles by the thread of car crashes, but I suppose it works.
If you are a fan of both the Beatles and 007 movies, you are in for a treat.
On the 5th October 1962 two events occurred which were to change the cultural landscape forever in both the UK and across the world: the Beatles released their first single Love Me Do and the first James Bond film, Dr No was also released in cinemas. The biggest band and the single greatest film character of all time exploded onto the scene and here we are sixty years later. The Beatles' legacy lives on and No Time to Die, the 25th Bond film, ‘saved’ the cinemas when it was eventually released post Covid-19 lockdowns.
To have one such an institution is rare for a country, to have two is a rich treasure, and to give birth to both on the same day is a very special day indeed. Jon Higgs has had fun comparing and contrasting the themes and similarities and the crossover points, and his observation that the Beatles were all about Love, and Bond about Death. The anecdotes and moments in history that coincided with their story are interesting. Some of the connections are a bit more tenuous than others—the chapter about Desmond Llewelyn, for example, links Bond and the Beatles by the thread of car crashes, but I suppose it works.
If you are a fan of both the Beatles and 007 movies, you are in for a treat.
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