Includes bibliographical references (pages 667-713).
Contents:
Introduction -- Part 1: Initiate countdown. 1945: There's nobody to talk to when it's raining -- 1952: All of his own darkness -- 1956: I would have liked to have seen the boys growing up -- 1960: A notorious centre for prostitution -- 1961: Unashamedly, for pleasure and money -- 1962: Glutted with the overload of stuff -- Part 2: Detonate. 1962: Bigger than the Beatles -- 1962: Sean Connery (1930-2000) -- 1963: There are truths in that screaming -- 1964: Ian Fleming (1908-1964) -- 1964: A film with four long-haired schnooks -- 1965: It would take too much else away -- 1965: It would take too much else away -- 1965: Not as good as James Bond -- 1965: Greater than the sum of their parts -- 1965: The things I do for England -- 1967: What did he want to communicate -- 1967: Larger than reality -- 1967: 007 (Shanty Town) -- 1967: Welles was trying to put a voodoo mind-grip on him -- 1968: On the banks of the River Ganges -- 1968: Yoko and Billy -- 1969: John, Paul and James get married -- 1969: George Lazenby's hair -- 1969: Paul is dead -- Part 3: Aftermath. 1970: Answer: no -- 1970: Mother/love -- 1970: The best -- 1970: Phil and Allen -- 1971: To deny that love was desirable -- 1973: Christopher Lee (1922-2015) -- 1973: The problem is Bond -- 1974: In the material world -- 1977: Risking their lives for the audience's entertainment -- 1980: The no-mark -- 1980: John Lennon (1940-1980) -- 1981: For a true artist their life is their art -- Part 4: Grow up, 007. 1983: A symbol of real value to the Free World -- 1984: Wacky Macca thumbs aloft -- 1995: Too much of a good time -- 1999: Desmond Llewelyn (1914-1999) -- 2001: George Harrison (1943-2001) -- 2002: The fate of the pixels -- 2003: Come on, Mr Putin! -- 2008: The death of Strawberry Fields -- 2012: A golden thread of purpose -- 2015: What is the new evil in the world? -- 2021: Time to die -- 2021: Ringo and Paul -- 2022: James Bond will return.
Summary:
"The Beatles are the biggest band in the history of pop music. James Bond is the single most successful movie character of all time. Most countries can only dream of a cultural export becoming a worldwide phenomenon on this scale. For Britain to produce two iconic successes on this level is unprecedented. Bond and the Beatles present us with opposing values, visions of the British culture, and ideas about sexual identity. Looking at these two touchstones in this new context will forever change how you see the Beatles, the James Bond films, and six decades of cross-Atlantic popular culture"-- Back cover.
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