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Author:	James Campion
Title:	Take A Sad Song...
Subtitle:	The Emotional Currency Of "Hey Jude"
Publisher:	Backbeat
Country:	USA
Date:	15 Mar 2022
Format:	Hardcover
Genre:	Non-Fiction, Music
ISBN13 / Barcode:	9781493062379
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288 pages. Book dimensions: 7.25 in x 5.55 in.

From the publisher's website (www link as at 25 October 2021):

In Take a Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of "Hey Jude" James Campion dives deeply into the song's origins, recording, visual presentation, impact, and eventual influence, while also discovering what makes Hey Jude a classic musical expression of personal comfort and societal unity conceived by a master songwriter, Paul McCartney. Within its melodic brilliance and lyrical touchstones of empathy and nostalgia resides McCartney's personal and professional relationship with his childhood friend and songwriting partner, John Lennon, and their simultaneous pursuit of the women who would complete them. There are also clues to the growing turmoil within the Beatles and their splintering generation scarred by war, assassination, and virulent protest.

Campion's journey into the song includes the insights of experts in the fields of musicology, sociology, philosophy, psychology, and history. Campion also reveals commentary from noted Beatles authors, biographers, music historians, and journalists and, finally, a peek into the craft of songwriting from a host of talented composers across several generations.

Take a Sad Song is a tribute to how a song can define, inspire, and affect us in ways we do not always fully comprehend, as well as a celebration of a truly amazing track in the Beatles canon that reveals one band's genius and underscores its lasting voice in our cultural and musical landscape.

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JPGR&B SUBS ● 7th Jun 2022		Review Book Review: “Take A Sad Song: The Emotional Currency of ‘Hey Jude'” by James Campion This review is by Amy Hughes, Beatles-Freak's Reviews, 6 June 2022. ✔︎ Helpful Review?



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