Steve Turner

An updated edition of the outstanding bestseller coinciding with Cliff's celebration of 50 years in show business in 2008.

Discover the true stories behind every single Beatles song in this seminal book, now fully revised and updated. A Hard Day's Write sees Beatles expert Steve Turner diving deep into music's greatest back catalogue, uncovering incredible truths and bringing fascinating stories to light. Who was 'just seventeen' and inspired Paul's famous lyric? Which National Geographic article gave rise to 'Lady Madonna'? Who exactly was Bungalow Bill? The result of decades of in-depth research and personal interviews with the subjects of some of the Beatles's best-loved songs - as well as meeting John Lennon and Paul McCartney themselves - this is one of the finest books on the Beatles ever written. Now revised and updated with new material that has come to light, A Hard Day's Write provides unique insight into the creation of and inspiration behind the greatest collection of pop music ever written.

Have you ever formed a secret club with friends? Or witnessed the flight of a cow? Have you ever heard a duck whistle? You haven't? Then read this book now. As always, Steve Turner's poems present a fresh and quirky view on life. Many of the poems in this collection are about childhood: school and holidays, dreams and monsters, food, friends... This collection of over seventy poems will entertain and interest children both in the classroom and at home. The themes and ideas are thought-provoking as well as witty and fun, and the entertaining cartoons reflect the mood of the poems. Steve Turner is the award-winning author of the best-selling poetry collection The Day I Fell Down the Toilet.

Have you ever given thought to the rules a lion should follow at school? Or pondered on the worst thing about queues? You haven't? Then this book's for you? In this collection of over 70 poems, Steve Turner returns to much of the word play and wit of his best-selling The Day I Fell Down the Toilet. Using the alphabet as a framework, he has written three poems for each letter (including X and Z!). This highly entertaining book will delight all Turner fans and teachers will appreciate the varied poetry forms (shape, limerick, nonsense, free, rhyming, etc). The fun, witty poems - often written from a thought-provoking point of view - cover such diverse subjects as aardvarks, cars, sausages, love and yo-yos, so there's sure to be something to interest both boys and girls.

Have you ever been punched by a cabbage or fallen head first down the loo? Have you ever had fun with a poem? You haven't? Then this book's for you. Whacky poems that take a roller-coaster ride from the crazy corners of dreams to the big questions of life. This collection of over seventy poems for children by Steve Turner is regularly in the best-seller lists. Full of wit and fun, his thought-provoking poetry has been used by teachers in classrooms and entertained children at home over the years. These poems make an instant impact, as the themes and ideas in them offer lots of food for thought for young minds.

In 1975 author Steve Turner interviewed Peter Meaden - the man who discovered The Who. A small part of the interview was published in NME during1979, a year after Meaden's death, and was instrumental in the first major revival of mod culture in the UK. Quotable lines in the interview include 'Mod living is an aphorism for clean living under difficult circumstances' - which now regularly make it onto T-shirts, posters and mugs as well as being used as book and compilation album titles. The full interview has never been published before and what makes it so captivating is not just what Meaden says, but the way he says it. He was like a saxophone player blowing words into the ether. High on medication of some kind he followed word associations to the bitter end - and in doing so unlocked fresh parts of his imagination. That interview is the core of King Mod - and has been extensively footnoted to expand on all the key references - and its wrapped around by two other sections that help complete the picture and provide historical context. The first introduces the history of mod and the background to the interview and the second is a potted biography - drawn from extensive interviews with family, friends and colleagues (over 40 of them) as well as medical records, school reports, newspaper accounts, letters and other archive material. There is no individual in the mod firmament who attracts more interest than Peter Meaden - who is seen to embody the spirit, passion and purity of the movement - and this book hopefully captures the essence of the King Mod.

The explosive memoir charting the early '90s Seattle grunge movement by Mudhoney guitarist and founding member Steve Turner.

The defining story of the grunge explosion from a founding member of Mudhoney, the band that made it all possible. Until now, there has been no firsthand telling of the Seattle music scene from a musician who was there for it all. Steve Turner, guitarist of Mudhoney, one of the first grunge bands, has inspired countless musicians and bands from Kurt Cobain to Pearl Jam. In Mud Ride, Steve Turner offers an inside look at growing up in Seattle and touring with the likes of Nirvana and Courtney Love. From the beginnings of grunge to the come-down from the highs of success and stardom--this is the story of the once-sleepy Seattle scene becoming Time magazine cover-worthy and what happens when drugs, fame, and untold wealth wreak havoc. Mud Ride features a foreword by Pearl Jam's Stone Gossard and 75 full-color illustrations and photographs throughout. Take a seat and ride through the messy and muddy tight-knit grunge scene that grew in Seattle basements and went on to circle the globe. MUST HAVE FOR FANS: For cult fans of Mudhoney and all things Seattle grunge, this is the perfect book to add to your collection. Turner helped put Sub Pop Records on the map, a label that launched bands like Soundgarden and more. Mudhoney was also one of the first American grunge bands to tour Europe and the UK, laying the groundwork for the worldwide explosion of grunge. Learn more about the ins and outs of the birth of grunge and immerse yourself in '80s and '90s Seattle. A GREAT GIFT FOR MUSIC LOVERS: For the aspiring musician or anyone wanting to learn more about music history, this is an illuminating look into grunge and Seattle bands that have gone on to become world-famous. AN ESSENTIAL ROCK HISTORY BOOK: An amazing gift for readers of Legs McNeil and Gillian McCain's Please Kill Me, John Doe and Tom DeSavia's Under the Big Black Sun, and Michael Azerrad's Our Band Could Be Your Life. Anyone wanting to learn more about the history of grunge will delight in this great tell-all read. Perfect for: Music lovers, history buffs, and musicians Fans of Pearl Jam, Nirvana, Hole, Green River, and more Anyone nostalgic for the '80s and '90s pop culture scene People obsessed with grunge, rock, musical movements, or Seattle history Readers of Please Kill Me, Under the Big Black Sun, Our Band Could Be Your Life, Grunge Is Dead, and Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge

Ten silly Santas At the north North Pole One Santa cracked the ice And fell down through a hole. Find out what happened to the nine other silly Santas in this brand-new, fun-filled collection of Christmas poems for children. Written by one of the nation's favourite children’s poets, Ten Silly Santas captures both the joy and the angst of the Christmas season - making you laugh out loud while also prompting you to quietly reflect on the mystery that lies at the heart of it all.

Did you know...? - 36% of Bob Dylan's songs published between 1961 and 1968 had biblical references, including his 1964 hit "The Times They Are A-Changin.'" - The book of Ecclesiastes has been a great inspiration on popular music including the song "Turn, Turn, Turn" by The Birds, the Pink Floyd album The Dark Side of the Moon, and "Desperado," the 1973 hit by The Eagles, among others. - Paul Simon once advised a young prospective lyricist to raid the Bible for memorable phrases. "Just steal them," he said, "That's what they're there for." There's no question that Scripture has influenced music since the first ever song was penned. In Turn Turn Turn author and music connoisseur, Steve Turner, takes an in-depth look at the lyrics and cultural context of 100 of the greatest songs from the 1930s to today to reveal an often overlooked or ignored strand of influence in popular music--the Bible. Indeed, some of the "greats"--including Bob Dylan, Leonard Cohen, Bono, Johnny Cash, Sting, and others--have repeatedly returned to the Bible for such sustenance, as well as musical inspiration and a framework with which they can better understand themselves. "I hope the book prompts, provokes, and intrigues as it reveals this often-hidden history," writes Steve Turner. You'll never listen to your favorite song or popular tune the same way again after discovering how the Bible has influenced music.

Denne bog indeholder samtlige sangtekster af Beatles med tilhørende baggrundshistorier om deres tilblivelse, deres mening og den inspiration, der ligger til grund for dem. Beatles-eksperten Steve Turner beskriver i detaljer hvordan, hvorfor og hvor gruppens udødelige klassikere blev til. Han udforsker numrenes oprindelse, påvirkning og betydning samt identificerer deres symboler, tegn, steder og temaer. Beatles sange er den eneste samlede analyse af alle Beatles’ klassikere med samtlige sangtekster gengivet i deres fulde længde. I Beatles sange undersøger Steve Turner de begivenheder og påvirkninger, der ligger til grund for sangene. Han beretter om myterne og forsøger at afdække konkrete facts. Han fortæller anekdoterne bag sangenes tilblivelse og bygger sin viden på bl.a. arkivmateriale og interviews med Beatles’ medlemmer samt de personer, der var tæt på gruppen.

In The Complete Beatles Songs, Steve Turner shatters many well-worn myths and adds a new dimension to the Fab Four's rich legacy. This beautifully packaged book examines every Beatles-penned song and the inspiration behind them all; with fresh research and packed with new information, there are revelations aplenty. The book covers the Fab Four's entire output chapter by chapter and includes a complete set of printed lyrics to accompany each song, used with exclusive permission from the band's music publishers. Who was "just seventeen" and made Paul's heart go "boom"? Who was "Lady Madonna"? Was there really an Eleanor Rigby? What inspired "Happiness is a Warm Gun"? Why was Paul the "walrus" and what inspired the lyrics to Ringo's "Octopus's Garden"?

A riveting look at the transformative year in the lives and careers of the legendary group whose groundbreaking legacy would forever change music and popular culture. They started off as hysteria-inducing pop stars playing to audiences of screaming teenage fans and ended up as musical sages considered responsible for ushering in a new era. The year that changed everything for the Beatles was 1966-the year of their last concert and their first album, Revolver, that was created to be listened to rather than performed. This was the year the Beatles risked their popularity by retiring from live performances, recording songs that explored alternative states of consciousness, experimenting with avant-garde ideas, and speaking their minds on issues of politics, war, and religion. It was the year their records were burned in America after John's explosive claim that the group was "more popular than Jesus," the year they were hounded out of the Philippines for "snubbing" its First Lady, the year John met Yoko Ono, and the year Paul conceived the idea for Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. On the fiftieth anniversary of this seminal year, music journalist and Beatles expert Steve Turner slows down the action to investigate in detail the enormous changes that took place in the Beatles' lives and work during 1966. He looks at the historical events that had an impact on the group, the music they made that in turn profoundly affected the culture around them, and the vision that allowed four young men from Liverpool to transform popular music and serve as pioneers for artists from Coldplay to David Bowie, Jay-Z to U2. By talking to those close to the group and by drawing on his past interviews with key figures such as George Martin, Timothy Leary, and Ravi Shankar-and the Beatles themselves-Turner gives us the compelling, definitive account of the twelve months that contained everything the Beatles had been and anticipated everything they would still become.

Imaginary Buildings and Magical Lands Escape to a magical world of doodled buildings and fantasy landscapes Over 30 hand-drawn unique high quality drawings professionally digitized into crisp and clean coloring pages with sharp black lines. From doodled cities, to secret forests, cloud lands, temples, cathedrals, castles and more. Trees and flowers sit alongside detailed brickwork and stone ruins as you let your imagination run away with you. World renowned colorists have claimed that Imaginary Buildings and Magical Lands is one of their favourite coloring books of all time Over thirty unique illustrations to color High quality pages with crisp black lines Perfect for Christmas Gifts Free Downloads Inside Printed on single sided pages so you don't bleed through to the next drawing Steve "Squidoodle" Turner is a best-selling coloring book creator, tattoo designer, artist and doodler. He creates work for companies worldwide, and is the author of the best-selling books Creative Insults, A Day At The Beach and the recent OMG What Did You Just Say?

Skulldoodles Squidoodle's Book of Skulls Over 30 hand-drawn detailed illustrations for the macabre and the mysterious to color in. Includes sugar skulls, floral skulls, dinosaur skulls, a unicorn skull and so much more Skulldoodles is an adult coloring book with a difference - all the illustrations are taken from hand-drawn pictures by best selling coloring book artist and tattoo designer Steve "Squidoodle" Turner. If you love well drawn, detailed imaginative skull based imagery, this is the book for you Over 30 unique illustrations to color High quality pages with crisp black lines Perfect for Christmas gifts Free Downloads Inside Printed on single sided pages so you don't bleed through to the next drawing Steve "Squidoodle" Turner is a best-selling coloring book creator, tattoo designer, artist and doodler. He creates work for companies worldwide, and is the author of the best-selling books Creative Insults, A Day At The Beach and the recent Imaginary Buildings and Magical Lands.

Imagine art that is risky, complex, and subtle. Imagine music, movies, books, and paintings of the highest quality. Imagine art that permeates society, challenging conventional thinking and standard morals to their core. Imagine that it is all created by Christians This is the bold vision of Steve Turner, who has worked among a wide variety of artists for decades. He believes Christians should confront society and the church using art's powerful impact. Art can faithfully chronicle the lives of ordinary people and express the transcendence of God. And Christians should be involved in every level of the art world and in every medium. In this revised and expanded edition of a contemporary classic, Turner builds a compelling case for Christians in the arts. If Jesus is Lord of all of life and creation, then art is part of his cultural mandate. It can and should be a way of expressing faith through creatively, beautifully, and truthfully arranged words, sounds, and sights. Now includes study questions for individual reflection or group discussion.

Color your way to relaxation and travel the world from the comfort of your front room with The Natural Atlas. Best selling coloring book artist Steve Squidoodle Turner brings you his latest coloring book for grown-ups - The Natural Atlas. Over 30 pictures to color Single-sided printing Download details for the world map illustration inside the book Try and spot the national flower of each country 60 lb. bright white paper From the intricate hand drawn pen illustrations of Steve Squidoodle Turner comes this UNIQUE coloring experience. The Natural Atlas is a high quality coloring book consisting of TWENTY FIVE different country maps, SIX continents and two bonus illustrations, all made from intricate detailed leaves, flowers and more. The individual country pages also have a compass and their national flag. Try to spot the national flower of each country Some of them are hard to spot.... The countries are: Australia Brazil Canada China England France Germany Greece India Israel Italy Japan Mexico The Netherlands New Zealand Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland Russia Scandinavia Scotland South Africa Spain USA Wales The Continents are: Africa Asia Australia Europe North America South America On top of all that, there is a bonus illustration of a map of the world, which you can also download