Beatles' lyrics headed for British Library
... LONDON (AP) -- Shakespeare, the Magna Carta -- and now some of John Lennon's finest lyrics. The British Library on Wednesday added substantially to its already formidable collection with handwritten lyrics to
Beatles' classics "Strawberry Fields Forever", "She Said She Said" and "In My Life." Although these three songs are legally credited to Lennon and band mate Paul McCartney, the wistful, evocative lyrics are primarily associated with Lennon. The manuscripts and a number of Lennon's letters were donated to the library by Hunter Davies, a
Beatles biographer with longtime connections to the
Fab Four. "The British Library is the perfect home for it," he said of his unmatched
Beatles collection. The library already had some rare
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They were called The Quarrymen, then Johnny and the Moondogs, then The Silver Beetles before settling on The Beatles. None of The Beatles could read music, but they could apparently write it - all of them learned to play by ear. They honed their skills with constant early performances: early club gigs lasted hours, but after they hit it big, their concerts ran about 30 minutes.
Their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964 drew what was at the time the largest audience in the history of American television. Crime in America dropped noticeably that night, especially juvenile offenses.
They are the only band with 6 diamond albums, meaning sales of 10 million each: Sgt. Pepper, Abbey Road, The Beatles 1962-1966, The Beatles 1967-1970, The White Album, The Beatles 1. Led Zeppelin has 5 diamond albums.
The Beatles made 5 movies: A Hard Day's Night, Help, Yellow Submarine, Magical Mystery Tour, and Let It Be.
When they hit it big, The Beatles were subject to massive taxes in England, which they sheltered by forming a public company to control their publishing rights. This company was bought out in 1969, and put up for sale in 1984, which is when Michael Jackson famously outbid Paul McCartney for the publishing rights to most of The Beatles songs. Jackson paid $47.5 million for the catalogue of over 200 songs, which in 1995, when Jackson needed cash, he merged with Sony for $95 million.
They toured the United States 3 times: in the summers of 1964, 1965 and 1966.
All 4 Beatles have appeared on the TV show The Simpsons: Ringo in 1991 when Homer finds paintings of him in the attic and Marge explains how she sent one to him in the '60s (he finally gets the painting and writes her back), George in 1993 when Homer recalls being in a barbershop quartet and at a party George introduces himself and Homer only wants to know where he got his brownie (in the same episode Homer's band does a reunion on the rooftop and George's limo pulls up and he says its been done), and Paul in 1995 when Lisa is introduced to him and Linda by Apu when she needs advice on vegetarianism.
John Lennon appeared on the 2008 episode "Tree house of Terror XIX." He rides out of heaven on a yellow submarine and says, "All we are saying is, 'Let's eat some brains!" (thanks, Michael - Murrieta, CA)
The most #1 albums in the US chart by a group is 19, by The Beatles, thanks to various Anthology and compilation albums. Their chart-topping tally is more than double the number of those held by Elvis Presley and The Rolling Stones, with 9. Their latest chart-topping album was aptly entitled 1 and was released in 2001 which sold 13.5 million copies around the world in its first month, making it the fastest-selling album. (thanks, Giancarlo - Strawberry Fields, MI)
A Beatles cartoon ran on Saturday mornings on ABC from 1965 to 1969, making John, Paul, George and Ringo the first real people animated in a weekly series. The Beatles didn't voice their characters - John and George were voice by one actor and Paul and Ringo by another. Initially the open credits theme was a guitar riff from "A Hard Day's Night" segueing into "Can't Buy Me Love," which was over a cartoon sequence of the lads running down a fire escape, just like a scene in A Hard Day's Night. The second season's opening theme was "Help!", while the third season's theme was "And Your Bird Can Sing," over a different cartoon sequence that showed each Beatles' face being morphed into a cartoon.
In 2001, Cartoon Network released an episode of their then-popular cartoon The Powerpuff Girls titled "Meet The Beat-Alls." The plot of the cartoon was that four of the villains that the Powerpuff Girls always battled and defeated joined forces and became one powerful group. The villains were Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess Morbucks, and Fuzzy Lumpkins. Their group formation and success mirrored that of the Beatles, and the cartoon featured hundreds of references to Beatles songs, album covers, etc. The Beatles themselves even made a cameo near the end. Near the end, Mojo meets a female monkey named "Moko Jono", a play on Yoko Ono. Like Yoko was blamed for doing, Moko pretty much helped to break the villain group up. (thanks, Tom - Marble Falls, AR and Patrick - Bremen, GA)
McCartney's first wife, Linda, and Lennon's second, Yoko, both went to Sarah Lawrence College.
Lennon wanted Jesus, Gandhi, and Hitler on the cover of Sgt. Pepper. He had recently taken a lot of heat for saying The Beatles were "Bigger than Jesus," so they decided not to.
The Beatles are the best-selling group of all time, estimated to have sold over one billion records worldwide. They have had more #1 singles and albums than any other musical group, and had the fastest selling single and of all time with "
I Want To Hold Your Hand" and
1 respectively. They also spent the highest number of weeks at #1 in the album charts - 174 weeks in the UK and 132 weeks in the US. (thanks, Taike - Lungtan, Taiwan)
Abbey Road is the name of the recording studio they used. They used it for the name of the last album they recorded, and shot the famous cover in the crosswalk outside. At one point, they planned to call the album "Everest" and shoot the cover with the band at the base of Mount Everest, but they went the simple route instead. The photo shoot took 30 minutes.
In 1969, the Detroit disc jockey Russ Gibb played a portion of "
Revolution 9" backwards, and some listeners heard the phrase "Turn me on, dead man." This flamed rumors that Paul McCartney was dead and replaced by a surgically-enhanced lookalike. Evidence included the Abbey Road cover, which supposedly portrayed John as the priest, Ringo the undertaker, Paul dead (his shoes are off), and George as the gravedigger.
Their songs hardly ever appear on compilation albums with other artists. Apple Records has rarely allowed it.
They had a hard time getting a record deal in the US. They were turned down by five different record companies before finally being signed to Capitol.
At an Indianapolis concert, Starr mysteriously disappeared until minutes before the show. It was later discovered that he had met two policemen who let him drive their squad car around the Indianapolis 500 track.
When Lennon shared an apartment with Sutcliffe, he would sometimes sleep in a silk-lined coffin that he had stolen from a garbage dump.
Each of the members of the Beatles has an asteroid named after them. An Arizona Research Lab named them in the mid-1980s.
They were the first pop group to be made into wax sculptures at Madame Tussaud's wax museum in London.
In the US, they had 20 #1 hits, 43 top-20 and 53 top-40 hits. Their first was in 1964 and the last was in 1996. (thanks, travis - baltimore, MD)
Apple Records was around before Apple Computer. The computer company had to agree not to enter the music business when they took their name. This became an issue after computers could play back songs. At the time computers just went "beep," Apple Records was happy, but as soon as you could record and play back a song - that was an infringement. The legal issues were finally resolved in 2007, with Apple Computer owning the Apple name but licensing it back to Apple Records. This paved the way for The Beatles music appearing on iTunes and other digital services. In a statement, Apple Computer boss Steve Jobs said, "We love The Beatles, and it has been painful being at odds with them over these trademarks... we wish Apple Inc. every success and look forward to many years of peaceful cooperation with them." (thanks, Quentin - Perth, Australia)
Mal (Malcome) Evans, 40, was shot at with 6 shots of which 4 hit an killed him. He held a unloaded rifle and refused to put it down, which led 2 police officers to shoot him. Evans was the Beatles road manager and go-fer. His body was cremated in Los Angeles, with Harry Nilsson and other friends attending. The ashes were flown to England for final services, but were lost and later the same day found in the "dead letter" office. (thanks, eric - Woonsocket, RI)
Their first 4 releases have either "You" or "Me" in the title: "Love Me Do," "Please Please Me," "She Loves You," "From Me To You." This was done intentionally to create a relationship between them and their fans. (thanks, Mike - Mountlake Terrace, WA. U.S.A)
On Rolling Stone's list of the 500 Greatest Albums of all time, The Beatles hold the #1 spot with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, as well as the #3 and 5 spots with Revolver and Rubber Soul.The White Album was listed as #10 and Abbey Road was 14. That's 3 albums in the top 5, 4 albums in the top 10 and 5 albums in the top 15. (thanks, Giancarlo - Strawberry Fields, MI)
By the end of 1970 the Beatles had sold more than 500 million records. Guinness reported sales of 545 million Beatles records from 1963-74. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
In 2006, George Martin and his son Giles, produced the music for the Cirque du Soleil Las Vegas production Love, which is based on The Beatles music. Martin went back to the master tapes and used pieces of about 130 songs to create 26 tracks for the soundtrack. The project was approved by McCartney and Starr, as well as the estates of Harrison and Lennon. (thanks, Bertrand - Paris, France)
Comments:
Let me convince you
1. Paul is not dead simple as that
2. Paul was knighted so wouldn't the queen notice that it was a different Paul? Eh hem yes she would
3. The whole left hand playing such and such/abbey road it's called flip the cover BAM walking opposite...Aka backwards
4. You say the "face isnt lined up correctly" well sorry to burst your bubble it's called getting older.
5. Well it's 2012 and a Sir Paul McCartney is walking, breathing, LIVING, and I'm pretty sure zombies do not currently exist
Nuff said
LET IT BE
Apparently, they also had 7 more singles on the chart that week at lower positions. Total of 12 singles on the chart in the same week.
Quoted from Wapedia Beatles record sales.
The Beatles wanted love, and peace. but on their Artistfacts page, people are fighting. people are talking about Led Zeplin and other people who ARENT the Beatles!! so all im saying is, please stop fighting, and talk about The Beatles!!
Read what Robert Fripp said about the Beatles on Cambridge Companion to the Beatles. He stated he wanted to finish what the Beatles left off on Sgt Pepper. Who cares about lyrics when you have the Beatles melodies and chord progressions. If you want to go there the Beatles were writing about much more mature and adult songs like "In My Life", and "Norwegian Wood" while the Who singing "My Generation" and the Stones had not even written a full original album yet. The Beatles were writing about death and loneliness on "Eleanor Rigby" while the Velvet Underground were singing about drug dealers. Who are you kidding? Please Please don't say they did not write adult orientated songs you got to joking?
You play a Beatles song on any tonal instrument and the melodies and chords are striking. I play their music as the Stones, Led Zeppelin and it' really no comparison the Beatles were gifted at melodies and chord progression. Another thing please don't compare the Velvet Underground to the Beatles. If you want serious experimentatin try "Tomorrow Never Knows", "Within You Without You" or "Revolution #9".
Were the Beatles perfect? That is not fair to expect that from anyone and you will find out the Beatles have been covered by every genre of music. Jazz music is filled with Beatles covers. I can't say that about Led Zeppelin or the Velvet Underground who are OK.
First many consider Paul McCartney the finest all-around musician of the 60's. Many consider the Beatles the greatest songwriters period. George Martin considers them the greatest songwriters/performers period. George Martin helped but most of the ideas were theirs and they were basically producing themselves right after Sgt Pepper.
Take a song like "Happiness Is a Warm Gun" it has four contrasting sections with various time signatures and at one point using a polyrhhthm which Ringo had to perform or.
Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds" has a rhythmic alternation of 3/4 and 4/4 meter and it's use of tambora drone on the verse. The song has three distinct sections with parts going from a slow psychedelic section and then to a rocking section. The guitar colors also change from a slide guitar which doubles the vocal to the next section guitar through a Leslie speaker.
You have to be skillful musicians to pull that off and I know I cover those songs. Not to mention this goes way beyond what the Kinks and the Rolling Stones were doing.
You keep mentioning "You Really Got Me" as the first metal song. It's barely hard rock. The reason people mention "Helter Skelter" because many view it as an early proto-type to Heavy Metal.
On Revolver the Beatles were inventive in their songwriting, their use of instruments and new recording techniques.
The expanded approach of instrumentation, sounds and textures not normally associated with pop music hinted on Help and Rubber Soul starts in earnest with Revolver. Also the psychedelic use of the studio in terms of backward tapes, unusual vari-speeding effects, and the use of multiple loops would become their trademark sound of psychedelic music. They basically 1-upped everyone one of their peers with this style especially heard on "Tomorrow Never Knows".
Indian instruments was featured prominently on the album, especially on "Tomorrow Never Knows," which John Lennon wrote while inspired by the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Segments of "Taxman" are put into "Tomorrow Never Knows" backwards.. Also using the recording technology as part of the composition it's background features a series of loops and electronic noises with bass and tamboura drones throughout the track
however there is no doubt to anyone who has even a rudementary knowledge of music that the beatles werent particularly gifted-they used george martin.session musicians and studio techniques to perfect their sound and thus stopped touring partly cos they couldnt reproduce the studio sound live after 1966-cos it was largely fake or too difficult for them as musicians and thats fine as i dont rate live music personally and i love studio technique.
ringo was as far as i have always been made aware to believe -a poor drummer and a source of humour-and when george martin says they were talented musicians and had an ear for music he meant-intelligent-commercial-far-sighted and willing to listen and learn and get out the best sound eventually and through any means.
jimmy page and john bonham of zep fame-are both masterful musicians as are countless thousands of others who are far more virtuoso than john or paul or ringo or even george.
u state carolyn that helter skelter is the first heavy metal song -lol -please carolyn let me make u aware of the plaudits given to u really got me-which was 3 or 4 yrs before helter skelter and acclaimed everywhere as the first heavy metal song-also be aware of the cream-the first super-group ever or so they r called-who played a rocking bluesy style very much akin to blue cheer/deep purple/led zep/hendrix/iron butterfly and also black sabbath [as u like ozzy osbourne so much] cream began in 66/67 and pink floyd also released many quite rocky heavy tracks circa 67 as of course did the extremely influential velvet underground -but this is all irrelevant cos rock guitar goes back well into the 50's -the reason heavy metal per-say is attributed to the kinks song u really got me -is its stark aggressive riff full of attitude and very dominant.a poppy version of that sound can be found in the pop song wild thing by the troggs from around the same time-covered live by hendrix.
i dont consider helter skelter to be heavy metal or heavy metal-ish or even hard rock-its a funny little fast pop song and very weak by beatle standards -i have liked heavy metal myself in the past -ie sabbath and many other bands and i see no relationship in sound or structure between helter skelter and the post 68 metal sound that dominated the 70's and modified into the 80's-however i do see u really got me 64/5 leading to the cream and hendrix and floyd and the velvet underground and onto purple and zep and eventually to sabbath 69/70 and the miriad of metal bands that followed-many of which were led zeppelin fanatics like ac/dc and queen and leopard etc
as much as i love the beatles and have a soft spot for them as they were my favourite band as a young child-i grew out of them by the age of 15 and aquired more sophisticated tastes ie the stones/led zep and v.underground who i then grew out of and turned to the cocteau twins at the age of 22 etc etc.
im happy to accept the beatles are the biggest band ever carolyn -although i tend to think the other posters on this site have a valid point-without publicity and pushing a sophisticated and raunchy and non poppy sound led zep appear to have matched them in some ways in the popularity stakes and even surpassed them in some measures-however as i said i am happy to accept that the beatles reign supreme in that they can be enjoyed by 3 yr olds and 93 yr olds-in any country on earth however primative -which the stones or zep will never be able to do understandably-im equally certain without their massive publicity the beatles would never have been as popular as they were/are and also certain that with any publicity at all zep would be far far more popular than they have been to date-so carolyn -why are u so obsessed and so delusional and so full of anger and venom carolyn? why cant u just accept that comparing zep and the stones and the beatles is like comparing apples and oranges-it can never be done-there are many beatle-like middle of the road poppy pop bands who u can compare to the beatles -ie elo,coldplay,beach boys,wings,moody blues etc etc -u can easily say they are not as proficeient and as popular as the beatles and it would make more sense-but the stones and especially zep are far too adult orientated to compare to the beatles-or would u also compare floyd,hendrix,v underground and sabbath to the beatles ? as i dont ever see sabbath for example-being played in nurseries and nursing homes and hospitals etc as the beatles obviously are-and why is that so?its cos most infants and very old people wont understand or like sabbath or any other raunchy or sophisticated type of music-let alone bands like yes or crimson or the cocteaus or joy division etc etc-so carolyn in summary-i am happy to accept the beatles are great-they are the most popular band-the biggest selling band possibly and the most popular song writers ever-but no way were they great musicians and no way did they invent heavy metal and no way are they simply better than any other band -just because they are more popular or poppier-i really think u r too obsessed carolyn and its sad cos u r missing so much musical experience,awareness,fun and if u dont push yourself to explore and like new musical forms u will never develope yourself and please stop insulting everyone who doesnt yield to your bullying and dellusional thoughts regarding the beatles-everyone likes them on here-but u r incapable of hearing an altternative view or listening to open minded posters -many of whom seem to be far more aware than u-u just look for ridiculous quotes to support your half baked prejudicies and nasty hateful views about music and music lovers.
In my humble opinion I like the Beatles more than Led Zeppelin because of their vast span of music genre and ingenious music structure. Led zeppelin gets a bit old after listening to it for a while. They're still both terrific bands though!
And you are also right that often high record sales doesn't always mean great quality, except in The Beatles case it does as The All Music Guide says in their excellent Beatles biography,that they were one of the few music artists that were the best at what they did and also the most popular at what they did at the same time! But THe Recording Industry Association of America *does* list The Beatles as the biggest selling band of all time. Also go to acclaimed music.net which compiles tons of music reviews from many different rock music critics from decades and you will see The Beatles are rightfully at # 1! Led Zeppelin is at a puzzling too high # 5, they really should be 1 million on the list!
Is it True that Paul played lead guitar in 1960-61 and only took over bass when Stu left the band?
When they were the Quarymen were there 5 members?
One more question...
Did Pete die from complications due to a head injury suffered after a gig in the parking lot from some thugs who beat him up?
Thanks.
Anyone - if you know. please post your answers.
1 Act naturally - #1 Japan; A-side of ?Yesterday?
2 Ain?t she sweet - #1 Sweden, also hit #7 in Denmark
3 All my loving - #1 Australia, Finland, Canada and Norway, #4 in Holland and Malaysia, #5 in The Netherlands, #7 in Argentina and Germany
4 Boys - #1 Australia
5 Cry for a shadow - #1 Australia, #7 in the Phillipines
6 Day tripper - #1 Hong Kong, Australia and Norway
7 Don?t pass me by - #1 in Denmark (2 weeks)
8 Eleanor Rigby - #1 Australia and New Zealand
9 Girl - #1 Argentina., #2 in Peru, #5 Spain and Finland, #7 in Italy and #8 in France
10 Got to get you into my life - #1 Canada
11 If I fell - #1 Hong Kong and Norway, #2 in The Netherlands, #3 in Holland and Belgium
12 I?ll follow the sun - #1 Sweden, #2 in Israel, #5 in Hong Kong and #9 in Norway
13 I saw her standing there - #1 Australia, the Phillipines, Malaysia and Peru
14 I should have known better - #1 Australia, Denmark and Chile, also hit the Top 10 in eight other countries
15 Komm, gib mir deine hand - #1 Germany, #3 in Austria
16 Long tall Sally - #1 Denmark and Holland, #3 in Australia, Hong Kong and Finland, #6 in Japan (in mid-1965) and #7 in Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium
17 Michelle - #1 in France, Norway and New Zealand, #2 in Finland, #3 in Hong Kong, #5 in Argentina, #6 in Germany and Switzerland and #8 in Malaysia
18 Norwegian Wood - #1 Australia and #5 in Hong Kong
19 Ob-la-di, Ob-la-da - #1 in France, Germany and New Zealand and five other countries. Top 10 in at least eight more
20 Rock and roll music - #1 in 11 different countries including Denmark (12 weeks) & Norway?. #2 in Australia. Top 5 on seven other nation?s charts
21 Roll over Beethoven - #1 in Australia, #2 in Norway, #6 in Phillipines and #8 in New Zealand
22 Strawberry fields forever - #1 in Holland
23 Tell me what you see - #1 in Hong Kong (1966)
Michael Ramos, Puerto Rico
Most of Beethoven's music was classical instrumental music and Paul Mccatney didn't have to write lyrics to move you either as I said it's always mostly been his great *music*!
What those same ignorant people don't understand is that John was always somwhat more of a great poet and lyric writer,although he was a very talented singer and musical composer too, but even though Paul can and has written great lyrics, he often didn't and he doesn't have too and even when he did it wasn't what made the songs great,it's usually his *MUSIC*! Paul's father James McCartney was an accomplished classical jazz pianist who was the leader of his own jazz band called Jim Mac's Band and they were really popular in clubs in the 1930's. Paul and Wings recorded an old instrumental Paul's father wrote called Walking in The Park With Eloise on the 1976 Wings At The Speed of Sound album. So Paul inherited his father's *musical* talent to the extreme! He's more of a Beethoven of rock who sometimes writes great lyrics except Beetoven didn't write any!
On this same site Stanley Clarke, Will Lee, Biliy Sheehan,and Sting all say what a great,melodic and influential bass player Paul has always been. The 1992 Rolling Stone Album Guide also calls Paul a remarkable bass player as well as calling John and Paul the 2 greatest song writers in rock history.The All Music Guide says this about them also and also says how they introduced more innovations into popular music than any other act in rock,they also call John and Paul among the best and most expressive singers in rock.
Eric Clapton said that George Harrison was a fantastic slide guitar player when he and George were interviewed during their 1992 Japan tour and were asked what they admired about each other. George played guitar on the Cream song Badge too.Eric Clapton also says John Lennon was a very good guitar player and he would know since he played live in concert with John as a member of his John Lennon Plastic Ono Band in 1969.Ozzy Osbourne has been a huge Beatles fan since he was a teenager and She Loves You is one of his favorite songs. He said in a 2002 online Bender Magazine interview,that Paul McCartney is a genuis and The Beatles Are The Greatest Band To Ever Walk The Earth! He also says,not loving The Beatles is like not loving oxogen!
not have been the Beatles), they were plenty influential,
they had a great sound and played beautifully together..
But I really could use some better lyrics. They aren't bad
lyrics by any standard but they don't have near as much
depth or that awsome poetic feel like Plant or Simon do.
(Paul Simon)
AMAZING band and they are all musically talented, i just
ment your aren't going to have the most musically incline
or interesting backgrounds
Sal, Bardonia, NY
10. sixty Four
9. Little help from my friends
8. Strawberry Fields forever
7. Paperback Writer
6. Get Back
5. Another lover...(i think thats the name)
4. Come together
3. Hard Days Night
2. Hey Jude
1. My all time favorite, Sgt. Peppers Lonley Hearts Club Band!!
when you say that you are talking about a four year difference its not as close as johnny cash and june carter cash unless your talkin in about 5 year timeframes no just one year
The Beatles called themselves a little band but look at what they've achieved. If you want great musicians then you might be better of in the world of classical music or jazz.
But keep in mind what this 'little band' has done to music. There will never be anything like The Beatles again... ever!
For a band that's no more for over three decades they still outsell most current bands and artists. And that's what's music is all about, to make an everlasting imprint.
Just remember, you don't have to go and conform and just say "Oh, the best band ever was the Beatles." Nobody has the right to that, it's just opinion. When the Beatles ended, some really good albums got released. (Led Zeppelin (untitled), Sticky Fingers). People actually got to listen to something else for a change. So whoever listens, just remember, open your ears to other ideas and you might learn to like something else. Because you just might find John's "goody goody" voice to be boring after hearing SPLHCB a thousand times. You might want to hear Mick's: Sounds could be straight out of the delta, tinged with country, soft spoken, or screaming like an animal. Or Robert's: Low as the ground and high as their zeppelin and everything in between. Because, you might get bored of hearing something different in John's voice like the scream in revolution a hundred times.
Metallica - Heavy Metal redneck who haven't come up with anything that hasn't already happened 20 years before.
They didn't have a guitar virtuoso like Jimi Hendrix, or a ladie's man as overtly... as Elvis or anything like that, they just had something else...
Also, anyone who thinks "Band 'x' is better" should just go to the page for that band. Do we go over to your favourite band's page and go "The Beatles are better! Blahblahblah"
NYWAYZZZZZZZZ BYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
McCartney is a VERY underrated bass player. John Lennon's voice is electric....it's techno, before there was techno. Harrison....mystical, reflecting the individual, and Ringo, the person we all wish we could know. George Martin, their producer.......his star always shines brightly.
They were a product and style of their times, and they are now here with the legacy of their music...for all time.
as for those who dont appreciate the beatles for at least their originality, and songwriting skills... theyve obviously never made music themselves
Steve Martin
Toronto, Canada
- Susan, Chicago, IL
Um.. Susan EVERYONE KNOWS THOSE SONGS?? Have you ever heard of underrated track songs in certian ALBUMS like And your bird can sing, Because, Do you want to know a Secret, Blue Jay Way,The End, If I needed someone?? DO YOU!??
Press: How did you find America? John: Turn left at Greenland.
press: Are you a mod or a rocker?
Ringo: Im a mocker
Press: What do you call that haircut?
George: Arthur
Press: Are you going to have a leading lady for the movie youre about to make?
Paul: We are trying to get the Queen. She sell England you know!
Arent they GREAT..! You gotta love the Beatles..
As I got into my late teens and twenties, I came to understand the depth of Beatles music. I cried for days after Lennon's assination, as I knew there never could be more lyrics/songs from this genius. I also cried when Geroge died. He may not have contributed as much or "the same" as Lennon/McCartney, but he also gave us many wonderful songs and how much he had helped humanity with his concert and money.
In 2004 I finally got to Liverpool. My husband son and I were in London for a week. We took the train up to Liverpool and took the "Majical Mystery Tour". It is a MUST for any serious Beatles fan to go on this tour. It is the actual bus from Majical Mystery tour that is used! You see all of the things they sang about, places they wrote about and you can wrap your mind around everything. Your life experience with The Beatles comes full circle. It is so impressive to see how 4 teens made it out of that little sea town and beat the odds to become the BEST in the world.
NOBODY is better than The Beatles. Although I do go see The Stones each tour, they are still 2nd place as far as talent. McCartney did all of us a huge favor by performing Beatles songs on his Driving Rain tour.
OK, long comment. It'sad that kids today don't have the same unique forum that we did.
songs were as popular as those of the Beatles. Who doesn't know "Day Tripper," "I Saw Her Standing There," "From Me to You," "I Should Have Known Better," "I'm Happy Just to Dance With You," "If I Fell," "Eleanor Rigby," "Strawberry Fields Forever," "Revolution," "Come Together," "Helter Skelter," and "Twist and Shout". . .just to name a few?
The Quarrymen were (at various times):
John Lennon, Pete Shotton, Bill Smith, Ivan Vaughn, Nigel Whalley, Eric Griffiths, Colin Hanton, Rodney Davis, Len Garry, Paul McCartney, George Harrison (Paul joined first, later George.), John "Duff" Lowe, and Ken Brown. No Stu and no Pete Best.
Some of the other "Paul is Dead" clues:
At the end of I'm So Tired, John is supposedly saying "Paul is dead now-miss him, miss him.
In Magical Mystery Tour, John, George and Ringo wear red flowers, Paul black.
Paul is wearing something on his arm with the initials "O.P.D." which was construed as "officially pronounced dead" (really "Ontario Police Dept.").
Day in the Life is supposedly about Paul's car crash, as well as crashing noises in Revolution #9. And of course, the Walrus was Paul.
And John Lennon said "The Beatles are more POPULAR than Jesus Christ" not bigger, better or more powerful. If you were John Lennon, amazed by how everyone in the world is talking about your band, wouldn't you jokingly blurt it out? He maybe have been wrong or right, but that doesn't matter. They got away with it.
And shame on you for that comment on Lennon's death. He died because of the crazy obsessed fan. A f-ing awful payoff. 6 shots for the man who enriched millions of people's lives.
RE: "28 IF" Paul McCartney was only 27 at the time of the release of ABBEY ROAD, so this goes to show you just how much bunk the whole "Paul is dead" thing really was. These conspiracy freaks couldn't even subtract!
- don, rapid city, SD drencrom68@hotmail.com
Another "Paul is dead"clue On the cover as they cross Abbey Road,there sits a VW with a license plate that reads "28if"which is what Paul would have been when he "died"
Steve, Willmar, MN steve7681@charter.net
Everyone at least likes a few Beatles' songs. Even if they didn't know the Beatles wrote or sang it.
1. George mentioned once on a TV show that his favorite candy was jellybeans. As a result, the Beatles began getting PELTED by fans with these everytime they had a concert.
2. The Beatles reportedly spend the entire shooting of "Help" in a marijuana haze. (I'm not sure if this is confirmed or just a rumor.)
3. Astrid Kirschner (Stuart Sutcliffe's girlfriend) was the one responsible for the creation of the Beatle's trademark mophead haircut.
4. The Beatles' first TV appearance in the US was not on the Ed Sullivan show. It was actually on the Jack Parr show a few weeks before.
5. George Harrison's first visit to the US was in 1963 when he went to see his sister. After the visit, he said, "I think we can make it there."