OVERPAID, OVERSEXED AND OVER THERE

'How a Few Skinny Brits with Bad Teeth Rocked America', we have another tremendously enjoyable read full of great stories and expertly told by the great rock 'n' roll raconteur. The Beatles landing in New York in February 1964 was the opening shot in a cultural revolution which nobody had predicted. Suddenly the youth of the richest and most powerful nation on earth was trying to emulate the music, manners and modes of a rainy island that had recently fallen on hard times. The resulting fusion of American can-do and British f*** you didn't just lead to great rock 'n' roll. Out of it also came a uniquely fruitful special relationship based on three chords, long hair, a shared language and an ability to misunderstand each other. From The Beatles playing Shea Stadium to the Rolling Stones at Altamont, from the Who performing their rock opera at the Metropolitan Opera House to David Bowie touching down in the USA for the first time with a couple of gowns in his luggage, being Big in America lit a fire in the English imagination which still burns to this day. Chapters include Blue Jean Baby, LA Lady, Squeeze my Lemon Till the Juice Runs Down My Leg, Engerland Swings Like A Pendulum Do, I Love Jennifer Eccles and 'This Mellow-Thighed Chick Just Put My Spine Out of Place among them. Rock 'n' roll! 314 page well illustrated paperback.