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The Beatles went through several names before landing on the one that would grant them iconic status. From the Black Jacks to the Quarry Men, several versions of the name came before the band. So, why The Beatles? Why name a band after a much-despised little creature? While its origins are much argued about among Beatles fans, the theories have led to the same result: The Beatles were just feeling “pun-ny.” While there are many theories about the name’s origins, it has been widely accepted that the name came from Lennon’s first wife, Cynthia. She claimed the band had come up with the name during a drunken “brainstorming session,” inspired by Buddy Holly’s band The Crickets. Former member Stuart Sutcliffe is then to have thought of the name The Beatles.
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Julian Lennon made headlines over the past few weeks for making a big move for Ukraine after performing his father John Lennon's iconic song "Imagine" for the first time. More recently, the musician spoke out about why he's afraid to do it.
Speaking to Consequence, the singer clarified that the cover was a one-time thing, saying he doesn't have a "hankering for anything else."
"I have a hankering to get on with my own life and my own work," he added.
After his cover made rounds online, many people have been requesting him to sing the song again, but he said he already did his part and he's moving forward with his work and life.
Speaking about why he was "fearful" of covering the song, the 59-year-old musician revealed he felt the day would come, and he had "great anxiety" about it.
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The Beatles‘ “Can’t Buy Me Love” is a simple antimaterialistic song. During The Beatles’ early career, Paul McCartney came to believe the title of “Can’t Buy Me Love” is false. He explained how a date he had prior to filming A Hard Day’s Night changed his mind regarding the song.
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul remembered going to Miami before filming A Hard Day’s Night. “Miami was incredible,” he opined. “It was the first time we ever saw police motorbike outriders with guns.”
Paul decided to document his experience. “I’ve got photographs I took out of the car window,” he recalled. “It was amazing.”
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Out of all The Beatles, John Lennon and George Harrison were the most spiritual. They were the most dedicated to meditation when the group traveled to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s retreat at his ashram in Rishikesh, India.
Then, George started reading about Hinduism, the Hare Krishna movement, and learning about mantras and chanting. He showed John, and he became interested too. They loved it so much that they once sailed through the Greek Islands chanting until their jaws ached.
In 1982, George told a leader in the Hare Krishna movement, Mukunda Goswami (per the Guardian), that his spirituality started once he saw what was over the wall he’d hit at the time. He started reading about meditation, mantras, chanting, and Hinduism.
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Mike Nesmith, the Monkees’ guitarist and songwriter, was a Beatles fan long before the television show The Monkees debuted on NBC in 1966. However, it wasn’t until after the show had aired in the late 1960s that Nesmith and his then-wife Phyllis traveled to England to witness the cultural shift in London firsthand. Before arriving, Nesmith sent a telegram to John Lennon, which he signed in such a unique way that he and his wife, Cynthia, quickly became friends.
The Monkees’ TV show did not follow in the footsteps of The Beatles in terms of popularity.
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Paul McCartney discussed Wings’ “Band on the Run” with Harry Styles. Paul said “Band on the Run” and “Jet” had a similar impact on him. “Band on the Run” became a massive hit.
Paul McCartney said Wings’ “Jet” and “Band on the Run” changed the trajectory of his career. They gave him the confidence to write new songs that were similar to The Beatles’ songs. Paul explained this change during an interview with One Direction’s Harry Styles.In a 2017 Another Man article, Styles and Paul interviewed each other. Styles asked Paul if it was difficult to begin making music without The Beatles. Paul said he initially didn’t think too much about what style of music he was making. He said his album McCartney reflected that approach.
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The Beatles' final few years together were extremely strained. The band's final album, Let It Be, was bogged down by arguments, disagreements, and public discourse. As revealed in Peter Jackson's Disney Plus documentary, Get Back, George Harrison felt particularly slighted by his bandmates. One instance even saw him stand up and say: "I'm going to quit the band now."
His ex-wife, Pattie Boyd, revealed how he felt particular disdain for Paul McCartney.
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Nicolas Cage has announced he will be having a baby girl with wife Riko Shibata and even told people what she will be named.
The actor married Riko last February and, in January 2022, they announced the happy news that they were expecting. A rep confirmed that "the parents-to-be are elated!"
And now, during his appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, Cage has confirmed not only that they are expecting a daughter, but that she will be named after former Beatle John Lennon.
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Emily Atack has opened up in a new podcast about growing up as well as her incredible family tie to Sir Paul McCartney. In an episode of "Brydon&", she talks about being around Paul, who is her cousin, and then-wife Linda when she was little.
Talking with Rob Brydon, she said: "Paul is my grandmother's first cousin. At school I went around saying he was my uncle, as it sounds a bit cooler. But I grew up with him in our lives. He's a lovely man, a family man. He was very close to our grandmother, Betty, and our grandad, Mike. They were very helpful to him growing up.
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It seemed like just yesterday when tickets for Paul McCartney’s Got Back tour opener, which is slated for Thursday at Spokane Arena, went on sale. Time has moved as quickly as tickets for the sold-out show, which will be McCartney’s local debut.
There is only one tour opener, and Spokane will be the first to experience what the former Fab Four member delivers on his spring tour.
McCartney, 79, typically kicks off his shows with a Beatles classic. “A Hard Day’s Night” has been the leadoff song since 2015. Prior to that, it was another Beatles hit, “Eight Days a Week. “Hello Goodbye” was also a concert opener.
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It was evident to Cathy Johnston who she was catching when her police detective uncle invited her to a show in Seattle in August 1966.
“He said do you want to go to a concert?” Johnston recalled. “I asked who it was that we would be seeing, and he said he didn’t know. ‘It’s some guys with long hair, and the band is some kind of bug.’ That made it easy to figure out. It was the Beatles.”
During the summer of 1966, there was nothing as big as the Beatles. Three weeks prior to the show Johnston caught with her sisters, the Beatles released their groundbreaking album, “Revolver.”
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George Harrison loved chanting just as much as singing. However, he didn’t realize it until he began his spiritual journey in the 1960s. George had reached the top of a wall. He saw so much more when he looked over it and never turned back. George put all of his energy into spirituality, and he claimed it helped him live in the material world.
He also claimed his spirituality helped save him from a plane crash.
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon both had a soft spot for The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus.” John explained why he enjoyed the song so much. John compared “I Am the Walrus” to the work of a 1970s band.
Paul McCartney felt The Beatles’ “I Am the Walrus” was partly inspired by a famous children’s book. Interestingly, John Lennon revealed why “I Am the Walrus” was one of his favorite Beatles songs. Subsequently, he compared it to the work of a famous 1970s band.
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A Christmas card sent from John Lennon and Yoko Ono to Harold Wilson, which the then-Prime Minister marked “no”, has gone on display in a museum.
The card, which reads “War is Over! If you want it” and is signed “with love to the Wilsons from the Lennons”, was sent in December 1969 when the Beatle and his wife launched a poster campaign as part of their peace campaign.
It was rescued from the “nutty filing” cabinet in Downing Street by secretary and Beatles fan Ruth Ferenczy, who kept the card at home until her daughter Alex Rowe decided to loan it to The Liverpool Beatles Museum.
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Turning 80 on June 18 2022, Paul McCartney has enjoyed an immense level of fame for 60 years. It’s to his credit that he continues relatively humble, sensible and creative. He may be the greatest popular song-writer of the 20th century. His melodic and harmonic gifts, demonstrated over decades, seem unmatched by his near-competitors and he still writes songs that invite people to sing along.
McCartney’s continuous productivity and popularity have a solid basis in attitudes — a loving celebration of people and places, together with optimism and a desire to add beauty to life — that are worth honouring and emulating because they are no longer common among artists.
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