Book review – “Across the Universe”

Day by day account of the Beatles after the break up. It seems the Beatles spent most of their time being asked when they were going to get back together again. OK, yes, that’s an exaggeration – but it did come up ALL the time. They put out solo albums – Paul took a while to get going but hit his stride with Wings, John went his erratic way, George and even Ringo started off well but tapered off. Reading this it’s clear that John, for all his multitude of problems, was as smart as a whip – uber, uber brain. Whereas Paul was a bit dopey but far more well adjusted and with a better work ethic. The song-by-song descriptions are fascinating at first but eventually get a bit wearying (do we really care how Ringo came up with the idea for the fourth track on his third solo album?)