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- Beatles and Humour, The: Mockers, Funny Papers, and Other Play
- ISBN
- 9781501379345
- Subject Area
- Music, Humor
- Publication Name
- Beatles and Humour : Mockers, Funny Papers, and Other Play
- Item Length
- 9 in
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
- Subject
- History & Criticism, Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Rock
- Publication Year
- 2023
- Type
- Textbook
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.7 in
- Item Width
- 6 in
- Item Weight
- 19.1 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 280 Pages
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The Beatles are known for cheeky punchlines, but understanding their humor goes beyond laughing at John Lennon's memorable "rattle your jewelry" dig at the Royal Variety Performance in 1963. From the beginning, the Beatles' music was full of wordplay and winks, guided by comedic influences ranging from rhythm and blues, British radio, and the Liverpool pub scene. Gifted with timing and deadpan wit, the band habitually relied on irony, sarcasm, and nonsense. Early jokes revealed an aptitude for improvisation and self-awareness, techniques honed throughout the 1960s and into solo careers. Experts in the art of play, including musical experimentation, the Beatles' shared sense of humor is a key ingredient to their appeal during the 1960s- and to their endurance. The Beatles and Humour offers innovative takes on the serious art of Beatle fun, an instrument of social, political, and economic critique. Chapters also situate the band alongside British and non-British predecessors and collaborators, such as Billy Preston and Yoko Ono, uncovering diverse components and unexpected effects of the Beatles' output.
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Bloomsbury Academic & Professional
ISBN-10
1501379348
ISBN-13
9781501379345
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Product Key Features
Publication Name
Beatles and Humour : Mockers, Funny Papers, and Other Play
Format
Hardcover
Language
English
Subject
History & Criticism, Topic / Celebrity & Popular Culture, Individual Composer & Musician, Genres & Styles / Rock
Publication Year
2023
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Music, Humor
Number of Pages
280 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9 in
Item Height
0.7 in
Item Width
6 in
Item Weight
19.1 Oz
Additional Product Features
LCCN
2023-001572
Lc Classification Number
Ml421.B4b4132 2023
Reviews
" The Beatles and Humour makes a welcome addition to the critical study of the Beatles as a cultural phenomenon. Contributors to the volume provide wide-ranging analyses that not only explore how the Beatles contributed (and still contribute) to popular culture but also how they were influenced by the humour, language and attitudes of postwar Liverpool and Britain." -- Holly Tessler, Senior Lecturer in Music Industries, Programme Leader for the MA The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage, and co-editor of the Journal of Beatles Studies, University of Liverpool, UK "Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's wide-ranging edited volume proves the Beatles were legendary not just for their music, but for their wit. Whether larking about took the form of wordplay, spoofs, sarcasm, insightful satire, or surreal, absurd nonsense, the Fab Four continually affirmed that comedy was a central weapon in their entertainment arsenal. The real beauty of this book, though, is that it demonstrates precisely how the band's humour was used, exactly what that reveals. After all, humour is never quite humour. Improvised comedy instead communicates things about creativity, play, gender, nationality, class, community, locality, and tradition. As a pioneering book on the subject, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's volume will become a model in future not just for how scholars talk about the Beatles having a laugh, but rather for how we can engage with the whole subject of popular music and comedy." -- Mark Duffett, Associate Professor of Music, Media and Performance, University of Chester, UK "This is an overdue work, one of the many reasons the Beatles made such a strong and lasting impression was that they came across as four good natured and witty young men. This collection uncovers the many factors that made them that way." -- Michael Jones, Reader in Music Industry, University of Liverpool, UK, "Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's wide-ranging edited volume proves the Beatles were legendary not just for their music, but for their wit. Whether larking about took the form of wordplay, spoofs, sarcasm, insightful satire, or surreal, absurd nonsense, the Fab Four continually affirmed that comedy was a central weapon in their entertainment arsenal. The real beauty of this book, though, is that it demonstrates precisely how the band's humour was used, exactly what that reveals. After all, humour is never quite humour. Improvised comedy instead communicates things about creativity, play, gender, nationality, class, community, locality, and tradition. As a pioneering book on the subject, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's volume will become a model in future not just for how scholars talk about the Beatles having a laugh, but rather for how we can engage with the whole subject of popular music and comedy." -- Mark Duffett, Associate Professor of Music, Media and Performance, University of Chester, UK, " The Beatles and Humour makes a welcome addition to the critical study of the Beatles as a cultural phenomenon. Contributors to the volume provide wide-ranging analyses that not only explore how the Beatles contributed (and still contribute) to popular culture but also how they were influenced by the humour, language and attitudes of postwar Liverpool and Britain." -- Holly Tessler, Senior Lecturer in Music Industries, Programme Leader for the MA The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage, and co-editor of the Journal of Beatles Studies, University of Liverpool, UK "The Beatles changed the world in so many ways-one of them was changing how the world laughs. The Beatles and Humour is a fascinating study of the Fabs' madcap comic innovations, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.'" -- Rob Sheffield, Senior Writer, Rolling Stone and author of Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World (2017) "Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's wide-ranging edited volume proves the Beatles were legendary not just for their music, but for their wit. Whether larking about took the form of wordplay, spoofs, sarcasm, insightful satire, or surreal, absurd nonsense, the Fab Four continually affirmed that comedy was a central weapon in their entertainment arsenal. The real beauty of this book, though, is that it demonstrates precisely how the band's humour was used, exactly what that reveals. After all, humour is never quite humour. Improvised comedy instead communicates things about creativity, play, gender, nationality, class, community, locality, and tradition. As a pioneering book on the subject, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's volume will become a model in future not just for how scholars talk about the Beatles having a laugh, but rather for how we can engage with the whole subject of popular music and comedy." -- Mark Duffett, Associate Professor of Music, Media and Performance, University of Chester, UK "This is an overdue work, one of the many reasons the Beatles made such a strong and lasting impression was that they came across as four good natured and witty young men. This collection uncovers the many factors that made them that way." -- Michael Jones, Reader in Music Industry, University of Liverpool, UK, "The Beatles changed the world in so many ways-one of them was changing how the world laughs. The Beatles and Humour is a fascinating study of the Fabs' madcap comic innovations, from A Midsummer Night's Dream to 'Maxwell's Silver Hammer.'" -- Rob Sheffield, Senior Writer, Rolling Stone and author of Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World (2017) " The Beatles and Humour makes a welcome addition to the critical study of the Beatles as a cultural phenomenon. Contributors to the volume provide wide-ranging analyses that not only explore how the Beatles contributed (and still contribute) to popular culture but also how they were influenced by the humour, language and attitudes of postwar Liverpool and Britain." -- Holly Tessler, Senior Lecturer in Music Industries, Programme Leader for the MA The Beatles, Music Industry and Heritage, and co-editor of the Journal of Beatles Studies, University of Liverpool, UK "Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's wide-ranging edited volume proves the Beatles were legendary not just for their music, but for their wit. Whether larking about took the form of wordplay, spoofs, sarcasm, insightful satire, or surreal, absurd nonsense, the Fab Four continually affirmed that comedy was a central weapon in their entertainment arsenal. The real beauty of this book, though, is that it demonstrates precisely how the band's humour was used, exactly what that reveals. After all, humour is never quite humour. Improvised comedy instead communicates things about creativity, play, gender, nationality, class, community, locality, and tradition. As a pioneering book on the subject, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's volume will become a model in future not just for how scholars talk about the Beatles having a laugh, but rather for how we can engage with the whole subject of popular music and comedy." -- Mark Duffett, Associate Professor of Music, Media and Performance, University of Chester, UK "This is an overdue work, one of the many reasons the Beatles made such a strong and lasting impression was that they came across as four good natured and witty young men. This collection uncovers the many factors that made them that way." -- Michael Jones, Reader in Music Industry, University of Liverpool, UK, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's wide-ranging edited volume proves the Beatles were legendary not just for their music, but for their wit. Whether larking about took the form of wordplay, spoofs, sarcasm, insightful satire, or surreal, absurd nonsense, the Fab Four continually affirmed that comedy was a central weapon in their entertainment arsenal. The real beauty of this book, though, is that it demonstrates precisely how the band's humour was used, exactly what that reveals. After all, humour is never quite humour. Improvised comedy instead communicates things about creativity, play, gender, nationality, class, community, locality, and tradition. As a pioneering book on the subject, Kapurch, Mills, and Heyman's volume will become a model in future not just for how scholars talk about the Beatles having a laugh, but rather for how we can engage with the whole subject of popular music and comedy.
Table of Content
Editor and Contributor Bios Introduction: Mockers, Funny Papers, and Rolling Up: Why the Beatles are Still in Play Katie Kapurch, Texas State University, USA, Matthias Heyman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Belgium, and Richard Mills, St Mary's University, UK PART I: Playing Together 1. The Beatles and the Bard, the Walrus and the Eggman: Playing with William Shakespeare and Lewis Carroll and/as Perspective by Incongruity Katie Kapurch, Texas State University, USA 2. I Laugh and Act Like a Clown: The Beatles as Paradoxical Clowns Matthias Heyman, Vrije Universiteit Brussel , Belgium 3. Defuse, Dilute, Deflate: The Beatles Turn It On and Laugh It Off Aviv Kammay, Wingra School, USA 4. Billy Preston and the Beatles Get Back : Black Music and the Wisdom of Wordplay and Wit Mike Alleyne, Middle Tennessee State University, USA, Walter Everett, University of Michigan, USA, and Katie Kapurch, Texas State University PART II: Playing Solo 5. Madcap Laughs: The Evolution of John Lennon's Humor Jeffrey Roessner, Mercyhurst University, USA 6. "Shall We Dance? This is Fun!": Paul McCartney's Popular Song Pastiches David Thurmaier, University of Missouri-Kansas City Conservatory, USA 7. "I Was So Young When I Was Born": George Harrison and the Mansion of Mirth John Covach, University of Rochester, USA 8. George Martin, Parlophone Records, and Great Britain's Funnymen Kenneth Womack, Monmouth University, USA, and Ed Zareh, writer, USA 9. Yoko Ono's Avant-Garde Humor Stephanie Hernandez, Independent Scholar, UK PART III: Playing in Context 10. Bug Music: Beatle Memes in Sixties American Sitcoms Matthew Schneider, High Point University, USA 11. The Beatles and the Birth of British Comedy in the 1960s with Beyond the Fringe and Monty Python's Flying Circus Richard Mills, St Mary's University, UK 12. Pastiche, Parody, or Post-Irony? The Beatles' Influence on Tears for Fears Mark Spicer, Hunter College and the Graduate Center, City University of New York, USA Index
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23/Eng/20230112
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