"Tell Me Why" is a look at exactly what the Beatles did to music, the area of culture where they caused the most change. His attention to song progression is something I find extremely worthwhile, and his interpretation of the meaning behind the way each song is sung (which goes far beyond "to make it sound good" and into the realm of psychiatric analysis at times) and the way each album is ordered is much appreciated. Pepper's" ISN'T the Beatles' best album (it's about time that myth was debunked). Riley's analysis of "Revolver" is spectacular, and I appreciate his nerve to finally come out and say that "Sgt. But, to his credit, Riley sticks to the specifics of each song that his meaning becomes clear as soon as you listen to what he's writing about, regardless of how much music theory you know. if you're not familiar with any term I just mentioned you might be getting in over your head. The effects of unresolved sixths, diminished ninths, dominant and subdominant chords and progressions. I emphasize the word musical because this book is heaped with music theory. What I got was far better a song-by-song, album-by-album, single-by-single, MUSICAL analysis of the Beatle's catalogue. I expected, I suppose, something much closer to "A Hard Day's Write": Stories behind the songs, tales of recording and inspiration. This book is brilliant, if not quite what I expected when I picked it up.
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