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Beatles as Women
I think I went to high school with Ringolina. Immediately after running across this delightful bit of Photoshoppery, I knew I had to post the following “Shakespeare’s Sister” question: Would the Beatles happen today, if four women came together in a band that great? How would it happen? What would it look like? We know […]
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New Commenting Policy
Do you know exactly what you think? Green. OK for trees, but generally nah.Scissors. Necessary, but I don’t trust ’em.Tom Jones. My mom would totally sleep with him, and not just because he’s Welsh. As you can see, I usually do. So for me the primary joy of this site has always been reading our […]
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Beatles Songs In Latin
“Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And for the rest of you, if you’ll just rattle your jewelry.” Rest assured, I didn’t translate these myself; I took Latin for five years and never quite got the hang of it. But I got a kick out of these. Classicists, add more in the […]
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A Touch of Nilsson in the Night…
Well, it’s night here in Santa Monica at least, erstwhile nest of Harry (and John and Paul, at least for a day or two in the Seventies), so I thought I’d share a few Pussycats-era demos from “The Beatles’ favorite American artist.” (Thanks to the indefatigable Stephen Kroninger.) Related posts: Unreleased Beatles song from Hard […]
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Lennon and McCartney’s “lost reunion,” by David Gambacorta
Posted at the excellent aggregator and original writing site Longreads is David Gambacorta’s exploration of the 1974 California jam session John Lennon and Paul McCartney engaged in — the last time they would play together. Most Beatles fans will be familiar with the history Gambacorta recounts, but it’s nice to see it laid out succinctly. […]
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The Beatles and Richard Avedon: Two Outtakes
Ran across these last night, and thought I’d share. I think Avedon’s portraits of The Beatles are my favorite (with David Bailey’s a close second). Related posts: David Bailey shoots Brian Epstein and the Beatles Critic Amanda Marcotte: Sgt. Pepper’s made rock “music for men” Update: George Harrison’s India photos (and John’s Spain ones) Fab […]
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Pictures of Beatles and Pot?
I had a funny little thought today: we know the Beatles smoked a progidious amount of marijuana. Even Paul McCartney, the Beatle most likely to get you home by eleven p.m., smoked so relentlessly that he was actually thrown in jail for smuggling. But I couldn’t recall a single photo of any Beatle with a […]
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McCartney Talks Carpool Karaoke
The Paul McCartney episode of Carpool Karaoke has been so wildly popular (about 130 million people have watched it on YouTube or Facebook, and it spawned an extended version as well) that it’s hard to imagine that the show almost didn’t happen. But it’s true. McCartney and Corden in the car. I saw McCartney play […]
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All Hail the Rutles!
I’ve mentioned this sublime Beatles parody band many times before on this blog, but if you love the Fabs there’s never a good time not to celebrate the Pre-Fabs: Ron, Dirk, Stig and Barry. This afternoon I quite randomly happened to listen to “Let’s Be Natural” and was struck, for the millionth time, what a […]
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Abbey Road, the Best Non-Beatles Album Made by the Beatles
To me, Abbey Road is one of the least-dated-sounding Beatles albums—possibly the least dated—but it also sounds the least like the Beatles. Oh, there are Beatles playing on it, I’ll grant you that. The generally impeccable songwriting—that melding of optimism, expression, rawness, craft, and pure joy—could only have come from three particular songwriters. And that’s […]