![]() ![]() Looking at these touchstones in this new context will forever change how you see the Beatles, the James Bond films and six decades of British culture. Told over a period of sixty dramatic years, this is an account of how two outsized cultural monsters continue to define our aspirations and fantasies and the future we are building. It explains why James Bond hated the Beatles, why Paul McCartney wanted to be Bond and why it was Ringo who won the heart of a Bond Girl in the end. ![]() Love and Let Die is the story of a clash between working-class liberation and establishment control, and how it exploded on the global stage. There are many characters in this book that were written extremely well. Ian Fleming did great work with the second installment of James Bond, expanding the spy adventure to the streets of New York City, and to the tropics of Jamaica. The threats James Bond faces were dire and sometimes horrifying. For Britain to produce two on the same windy October afternoon is unprecedented.īond and the Beatles present us with opposing values, visions of Britain and ideas about male identity. Live & Let Die was thrilling from start to finish. Most countries can only dream of a cultural export becoming a worldwide phenomenon on this scale. Dr No, the first Bond film, and 'Love Me Do', the first Beatles record, were both released on the same day - Friday, 5 October 1962. ![]() James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. The Beatles are the biggest band there has ever been. Big, master of crime, voodoo baron, and partner in SMERSHs grim company of death. ![]()
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