The man who "invented" the music video was the perfect film director for the Beatles. His exuberant, manic style matched theirs and brilliantly captured an era at its beginning.
The sweat-drenched rock 'n' rollers of the '50s knew all about good and evil. Forty years later, the Backstreet Boys are singing love songs to their moms. How did pop music get this insipid?
His authorized biography makes a convincing case that Paul McCartney, derided as a pretty-boy lightweight, stood equal with John Lennon in creating some of the most
important and beloved music of the 20th century.
