This Boy Alan Johnson

While this is a very late review, hopefully it will persuade anyone left in the political community, who has not read Alan Johnson's 'This Boy', to read it. I tend to read at a snail's. Alan Johnson was born in May 1950. He is a British Labour Party politician who served as Home Secretary from June 2009 to May 2010. Before that he filled a wide variety of cabinet positions in both the Blair and Brown governments, including Health Secretary and Education Secretary.

This is the first book in what looks like a series about the life of British politician Alan Johnson. The second book called Please, Mr Postman is reviewed in this post here. I picked this book up out of a whim when in a bookshop in London one day.

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I found This Boy to be a pleasant read on the tube when commuting to and from work and during the time I was reading this book I was also living in central West London a suburb or two over from where this book was set. This personal and physical connection to the setting made reading this book even more special to me as I was new to London and learning about the history of the part of London I was learning to call home.

This book is well worth reading if you are interesting in UK politics, the history of the development of London, life in London in the past or Alan Johnson in general.

If you are interested in buying this novel you can do so via amazon using this link here. I have included the description of the novel from there should you want to know more about it.

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all.

This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better life for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility at a very young age and who fought to keep the family together and out of care when she herself was still only a child. Played out against the background of a vanishing community living in condemned housing, the story moves from post-war austerity in pre-gentrified Notting Hill, through the race riots, school on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, to the rock-and-roll years, making a record in Denmark Street and becoming a husband and father whilst still in his teens.

This Boy is one man's story, but it is also a story of England and the West London slums which are so hard to imagine in the capital today. No matter how harsh the details, Alan Johnson writes with a spirit of generous acceptance, of humour and openness which makes his book anything but a grim catalogue of miseries.

'This Boy' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon^[3][4] (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the band's Parlophone single 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'. In the United States, it was issued in January 1964 on Meet the Beatles!, which was Capitol Records' reconfigured version of the With the Beatles album. The Beatles performed the song live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An instrumental easy listening arrangement by George Martin, re-titled 'Ringo's Theme (This Boy)', was featured in the film A Hard Day's Night and the United Artists soundtrack album. This version was also issued as a single, reaching number 53 in the US and number one in Canada.

'This Boy' was remastered for compact disc by George Martin and released in 1988 on the Past Masters, Volume One compilation. On 9 September 2009 it was re-released on the two CD set Past Masters, as part of the remastering of the original Beatles' catalogue, and was included in The Beatles Stereo Box Set and in The Beatles in Mono box set.

Composition[edit]

The track's composition was Lennon's attempt^[3][4] to write a tune in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson,^[5] and specifically his song 'I've Been Good To You', which has similar circular doo-wop chord changes, melody and arrangement. The tune and arrangement also draws from 'You Don't Understand Me', a B-side to a Bobby Freeman single.^[6]Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears' 1958 hit 'To Know Him Is to Love Him' as also being influential.^[4]

Lennon, McCartney, and George Harrison join together to sing an intricate three-part close harmony in the verses and refrain and a similar technique is employed in later Beatles songs, notably 'Yes It Is' and 'Because'. Originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo but altered during the recording process.^[7] Written in D major, the song revolves around a 1950s-style I-vi-ii-V doo-wop sequence in 12/8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight (G-F#7-Bm-D7-G-E7-A-A7) and back again for the final verse and fade-out.^[4]William Mann describes the song as, 'harmonically..one of their most intriguing, with its chains of pandiatonicclusters'.^[8] Community unity bundle extractor.

Recordings[edit]

The Beatles recorded 'This Boy' on 17 October 1963, the same day they recorded 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', the group's first fan club Christmas single, and a version of 'You Really Got a Hold on Me'.

They recorded fifteen takes of 'This Boy' followed by two overdubs. The song was recorded with a rounded ending, although it was faded out during a mixing session on 21 October. Two takes were joined together to make the final master, with the edit between the middle eight and final verse (1:28).^[4]

Alternative recordings have also been officially released. A live version performed on Two of a Kind in 1963 was released on Anthology 1 and two incomplete takes from the original recording were released as a track on the single 'Free as a Bird'.

Ringo's Theme[edit]

An instrumental version of 'This Boy', orchestrated by George Martin, is used as the incidental music during Ringo Starr's towpath scene in the film A Hard Day's Night. The piece, under the title, 'Ringo's Theme (This Boy)' was released as a single—but failed to chart in the UK—on 7 August 1964 with 'And I Love Her' on the A-Side,^[11] although it did reach number 53 in the American Top 100 later that year. It was also included on Martin's Parlophone album Off the Beatle Track and the EP Music From A Hard Day's Night by the George Martin Orchestra, released 19 February 1965. It was also included on the American A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album. Jimmy Page's backing guitar work can be heard on 'Ringo's Theme', which plays as the Beatles drummer wanders around London on his own.

Chart performance[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, acoustic guitar
• Paul McCartney – backing and harmony vocal, bass guitar
• George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
• Ringo Starr – drums

Vic Flick lead guitar on Ringo's theme instrumental.

Notes[edit]

This Boy Alan Johnson Dvd

If you are interested in buying this novel you can do so via amazon using this link here. I have included the description of the novel from there should you want to know more about it.

Alan Johnson's childhood was not so much difficult as unusual, particularly for a man who was destined to become Home Secretary. Not in respect of the poverty, which was shared with many of those living in the slums of post-war Britain, but in its transition from two-parent family to single mother and then to no parents at all.

This is essentially the story of two incredible women: Alan's mother, Lily, who battled against poor health, poverty, domestic violence and loneliness to try to ensure a better life for her children; and his sister, Linda, who had to assume an enormous amount of responsibility at a very young age and who fought to keep the family together and out of care when she herself was still only a child. Played out against the background of a vanishing community living in condemned housing, the story moves from post-war austerity in pre-gentrified Notting Hill, through the race riots, school on the Kings Road, Chelsea in the Swinging 60s, to the rock-and-roll years, making a record in Denmark Street and becoming a husband and father whilst still in his teens.

This Boy is one man's story, but it is also a story of England and the West London slums which are so hard to imagine in the capital today. No matter how harsh the details, Alan Johnson writes with a spirit of generous acceptance, of humour and openness which makes his book anything but a grim catalogue of miseries.

'This Boy' is a song by the English rock band the Beatles, written by John Lennon^[3][4] (credited to Lennon–McCartney). It was released in November 1963 as the B-side of the band's Parlophone single 'I Want to Hold Your Hand'. In the United States, it was issued in January 1964 on Meet the Beatles!, which was Capitol Records' reconfigured version of the With the Beatles album. The Beatles performed the song live on 16 February 1964 for their second appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show. An instrumental easy listening arrangement by George Martin, re-titled 'Ringo's Theme (This Boy)', was featured in the film A Hard Day's Night and the United Artists soundtrack album. This version was also issued as a single, reaching number 53 in the US and number one in Canada.

'This Boy' was remastered for compact disc by George Martin and released in 1988 on the Past Masters, Volume One compilation. On 9 September 2009 it was re-released on the two CD set Past Masters, as part of the remastering of the original Beatles' catalogue, and was included in The Beatles Stereo Box Set and in The Beatles in Mono box set.

Composition[edit]

The track's composition was Lennon's attempt^[3][4] to write a tune in the style of Motown star Smokey Robinson,^[5] and specifically his song 'I've Been Good To You', which has similar circular doo-wop chord changes, melody and arrangement. The tune and arrangement also draws from 'You Don't Understand Me', a B-side to a Bobby Freeman single.^[6]Paul McCartney cites the Teddy Bears' 1958 hit 'To Know Him Is to Love Him' as also being influential.^[4]

Lennon, McCartney, and George Harrison join together to sing an intricate three-part close harmony in the verses and refrain and a similar technique is employed in later Beatles songs, notably 'Yes It Is' and 'Because'. Originally the middle eight was conceived as a guitar solo but altered during the recording process.^[7] Written in D major, the song revolves around a 1950s-style I-vi-ii-V doo-wop sequence in 12/8 time before moving to the harmonically complex middle eight (G-F#7-Bm-D7-G-E7-A-A7) and back again for the final verse and fade-out.^[4]William Mann describes the song as, 'harmonically..one of their most intriguing, with its chains of pandiatonicclusters'.^[8] Community unity bundle extractor.

Recordings[edit]

The Beatles recorded 'This Boy' on 17 October 1963, the same day they recorded 'I Want To Hold Your Hand', the group's first fan club Christmas single, and a version of 'You Really Got a Hold on Me'.

They recorded fifteen takes of 'This Boy' followed by two overdubs. The song was recorded with a rounded ending, although it was faded out during a mixing session on 21 October. Two takes were joined together to make the final master, with the edit between the middle eight and final verse (1:28).^[4]

Alternative recordings have also been officially released. A live version performed on Two of a Kind in 1963 was released on Anthology 1 and two incomplete takes from the original recording were released as a track on the single 'Free as a Bird'.

Ringo's Theme[edit]

An instrumental version of 'This Boy', orchestrated by George Martin, is used as the incidental music during Ringo Starr's towpath scene in the film A Hard Day's Night. The piece, under the title, 'Ringo's Theme (This Boy)' was released as a single—but failed to chart in the UK—on 7 August 1964 with 'And I Love Her' on the A-Side,^[11] although it did reach number 53 in the American Top 100 later that year. It was also included on Martin's Parlophone album Off the Beatle Track and the EP Music From A Hard Day's Night by the George Martin Orchestra, released 19 February 1965. It was also included on the American A Hard Day's Night soundtrack album. Jimmy Page's backing guitar work can be heard on 'Ringo's Theme', which plays as the Beatles drummer wanders around London on his own.

Chart performance[edit]

Personnel[edit]

• John Lennon – double-tracked vocal, acoustic guitar
• Paul McCartney – backing and harmony vocal, bass guitar
• George Harrison – harmony vocal, lead guitar
• Ringo Starr – drums

Vic Flick lead guitar on Ringo's theme instrumental.

Notes[edit]

This Boy Alan Johnson Dvd

1. ^Pedler, Dominic (2010). The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Omnibus Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN9780857123466.
2. ^'The Beatles – 'This Boy''. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
3. ^ ^abHarry 1992, p. 650.
4. ^ ^abcdeMacDonald 1998, p. 92.
5. ^Sheff 2000, p. 193.
6. ^All Together Now, the ABC of the Beatles songs and albums, David Rowley (2013), page 183–84
7. ^Lewisohn 1988, p. 36.
8. ^Mann, William (1963). 'What Songs the Beatles Sang', The Times (27 December 1963), cited in Everett, Walter (2001). The Beatles as Musicians: The Quarry Men Through Rubber Soul, p.204. Oxford. ISBN9780195141054
9. ^Pedler, Dominic (2010). The Songwriting Secrets of the Beatles. Omnibus Press. pp. 81–82. ISBN9780857123466.
10. ^'The Beatles - This Boy - AllMusic'. AllMusic. Retrieved 23 November 2014.
11. ^The Beatles Record Collection 2011.
12. ^'The Beatles Chart History (Hot 100)'. Billboard. Retrieved 24 November 2019.

References[edit]

• Harry, Bill (1992). The Ultimate Beatles Encyclopedia. London: Virgin Books. ISBN0-86369-681-3.
• Lewisohn, Mark (1988). The Complete Beatles Recording Sessions. London: Hamlyn. ISBN0-600-55798-7.
• MacDonald, Ian (1998). Revolution in the Head. London: Pimlico. ISBN0-7126-6697-4.
• Sheff, David (2000). All We Are Saying. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN0-312-25464-4.
• 'This Boy'. The Beatles Bible. 2008. Retrieved 9 November 2008.
• 'The Beatles U.K. Singles/Parlophone original#2'. The Beatles Record Collection. 2011. Retrieved 8 January 2012.

External links[edit]

This Boy Alan Johnson Wikipedia

• Alan W. Pollack's Notes on 'This Boy'

This Boy Alan Johnson Biography