A Youtube Gem
http://youtu.be/OxmP9UDkoGw Here are the guys recording the "Hey Bulldog" video (and song) on 11 February 1968, just before heading off to India...A kick-ass tune from, to my way of thinking, their last session as The Beatles. Enjoy Lennon's muttonchops and Ringo's "All You Need is Love" skins. So good, we named the blog after it.
In my life—or rather, yours?
Well at least we know who wrote THIS. "I do not care for people named Burrell Webb, Margaret Fishback Powers and John Hughes. My poem titled "In My Life I Loved You More" was not written by the Beatles it was authored by me long before the song ever came out. I do however happen to like the song [...]
Hey, Bulldog!
Macca: Boola Boola Now he can die happy -- Paul McCartney has received an honorary degree from Yale. President Levin's speech included Beatles-derived lines like: "There is no one compares with you...Here, there, and everywhere, you have pushed the boundaries of the familiar to create new classics..."
Flashback—1969!
http://youtu.be/6yIrMKLFFZg Did John go too far with the Two Virgins cover? Sissy Spacek thought so. Under the nom de disque Rainbo, she recorded this finger-pointing ditty.
24 Hours in Liverpool
Whence they sprang. (all those years ago) The New York Times has a nice article on traveling to Liverpool. Anybody out there made the pilgrimage? Worth it?
Decoder ring
Beatles appear in this Godard movie? "You get a free ring with every newspaper." B[r]eat[h]les[s]
The magic number
...is 2:42! From The Morning News:I’d hit upon the perfect song length. I fist-bumped somebody.What else is at 2:42? “Don’t Do Me Like That” by Tom Petty. “Divine Hammer” by the Breeders. “Helplessly Hoping” by Crosby, Stills & Nash. “Get Up” by R.E.M. “California Dreamin’” by the Mamas & the Papas. “This Charming Man” by the Smiths.You need more proof? Jerk. Let’s [...]
X-ing the Road
ED PARK • From author Jeff Gordinier's interesting video promo for his book X Save the World: "Why is Paul McCartney barefoot on the cover of Abbey Road?" "I don't give a f---! Just stop talking about it." http://youtu.be/MPdEgwOsvDk