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The Beatles formed nearer in time to the Spanish Flu (1918-20) than our current Covid-19 pandemic. This year is the 60th anniversary of the band’s formation but, weirdly in some ways, I’m listening to their music now more than ever.
As the arts continue to be affected by Covid-19 – festivals cancelled, shows postponed, releases pushed back – the one thing we have some control over is what we listen to, read or watch at home. Music, as we all know, can affect our mood in multivalent ways. We can find relief and solace in music, as humans have always done. We can’t travel very far but we can travel in mind via song. Our grief at this time will take different shapes and so our music will too.
Right now, on this strange ghost ship we find ourselves in, music can be a temporary raft of connection. When I’m missing my friends,
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In his classic song “American Pie,” Don McLean sang about “the day the music died.” To many, the music died some 50 years ago, on April 10, 1970. On that day, Paul McCartney “vaguely” announced his “disassociation” with the Beatles.
In 1960, four Liverpudians -- John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Pete Best (Ringo would join the group in 1962)-- formed the legendary band that would take the world on a magical mystery tour (or, perhaps, a tragical history tour) throughout a turbulent decade plagued by a senseless, unwinnable war in Asia, political unrest, the “Cold War,” and a righteous struggle for equality and civil rights.
Without doubt, the Beatles had a mesmerizing influence throughout the ’60s with their creative use of harmonies and sound. However, by the end of the ’60s, the dream was over.
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Ever since John Lennon was a boy the number nine followed him throughout his entire life.
Some people have a lucky number. John Lennon has a number that follows him around, even beyond the grave. Throughout the ex-Beatles' life the number nine popped up constantly, sometimes coincidentally or purposely, and eventually became a Beatles legend. One thing's for sure, the legend is real and frankly kinda creepy.
"It’s just a number that follows me around, but, numerologically, apparently I’m a number six or a three or something, but it’s all part of nine," John Lennon said in 1980, the year he would die.
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The Material World Foundation, created by George Harrison, has launched the Inner Light Challenge to raise funds for charities providing aid in the COVID-19 pandemic. The challenge takes inspiration from George Harrison's song 'The Inner Light' and asks people around the world to share their own 'inner light' moment. In I, Me, Mine, George Harrison reveals the song's origins.
'Juan Mascaró sent me a copy of a book called Lamps of Fire and in his letter he says '... might it not be interesting to put into your music a few words of Tao'. And that's where the words to 'The Inner Light' came from; it's a translation from the 'Tao Te Ching'. The song was written especially for Juan Mascaró because he sent me the book and is a sweet old man. It was nice, the words said everything.' - George Harrison
Olivia Harrison has said: 'These lyrics sung by George are a positive reminder to all of us who are isolating, in quarantine or respecting the request to shelter in place. Let's get and stay connected at this difficult time. There are things we can do to help and we invite you to share your Inner Light.'
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March 12th, 1969, is a monumental day in the history of The Beatles for two polar opposite reasons. Just as the London police service launched a suspiciously well-timed drugs raid conducted on George Harrison’s estate, his bandmate Paul McCartney was on the way to the church to marry his fiance, Linda, on the very same day.
The raid, which came shortly after John Lennon was also visited as part of a wide-scale attempt to indict as many high profile names as possible, was directed with the attempt to gain maximum media attention in an effort to spread an anti-drug message with the likes of Mick Jagger and Eric Clapton also being targeted.
At the time of the drugs bust, Harrison was busy working at the Beatles’ Apple Corps headquarters. However, his wife at the time, Pattie Boyd, was home and remembered the visit vividly in her autobiography Wonderful Tonight: “Suddenly I heard a lot of cars on the gravel in the drive, far too many for it to be just George,” she wrote. “My first thought was that maybe Paul and Linda wanted to party after the wedding. Then the bell rang. I opened the door to find a policewoman and a dog standing outside. At that moment the back-doorbell rang and I thou details
If you caught Haruki Murakami’s new short story, “With The Beatles” (published in the February 17-24 New Yorker), you got a reminder of the days when the Fab Four did things no recording artist had ever done before (and may never do again).
Murakami pointed to the Billboard Hot 100 charts of April 1964, when The Beatles held all top-five spots. While that feat would have made it a great year, the Fab Four didn’t stop there. Before year’s end, they would rack up six No. 1 hit singles.
It was Beatlemania in full swing, and it didn’t really stop in 1965. When the calendar flipped to January ’65, the group continued sitting atop the Billboard charts with “I Feel Fine.” But that wasn’t the only good music folks heard on the radio in those days.
When The Beatles let go of the No. 1 spot, The Supremes (“Come See About Me”) took their place. Then in the following weeks two more masters of 20th-century music made their way to the top: Jimmy Page and Phil Spector.
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The Beatles took inspiration from all types of locations. They typically took inspiration from their contemporaries. The Fab Four’s hit “Eleanor Rigby” was influenced by, of all issues, a horror film.
The Beatles, one of many biggest rock bands of all time, took inspiration from one of many biggest administrators of all time: Alfred Hitchcock. Specifically, Hitchcock’s uber-classic Psycho impressed the sound of “Eleanor Rigby.” The rating to Psycho satisfied Paul McCartney that string sections could possibly be “edgy” and helped him create one in every of his masterpieces.
First, just a little background. The violin is an instrument recognized for making a heat, lush sound. It’s not an instrument related to horror motion pictures.
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t wasn’t quite the day the music died, but for Beatles fans the world over, it must have felt pretty close.
On April 10, 1970, Paul McCartney issued a press release alongside advance copies of his solo album, which seemed to announce the Beatles’ demise.
Framed as the transcript to a Q&A, he confirmed that he did not miss his band-mates, that he was not planning anything with them, and that he could not foresee writing any future songs with John Lennon. When asked if he enjoyed solo work, he said: “I only had me to ask for a decision, and I agreed with me.”
Lennon responded furiously, but his words seemed to confirm those of his band-mate. “He can’t have his own way, so he’s causing chaos. I put out four albums last year, and I didn’t say a f***ing word about quitting.” In reality, he had privately departed months before.
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John Lennon's son felt "cast aside" when he embarked on a relationship with Yoko Ono.
Julian Lennon has recalled how he felt the late Beatles legend had "disappeared off the face of the planet" when he divorced his mother Cynthia in 1968 and got together with the artist because they had very little contact.
Julian said: "Suddenly my dad literally disappeared off the face of the planet. At least, that's how it seemed to me.
"He and Yoko Ono were deeply and publicly in love. And I felt as if my mum and I had been cast aside."
Julian, now 56, felt grateful that his dad's bandmate Sir Paul McCartney didn't "forget" about him.
He added: "Not everyone forgot about us, though. Paul wrote Hey Jules after dropping in to check how my mum and I were doing. (Obviously, the title of the song changed to Hey Jude)."
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The catalogue of The Beatles is undoubtedly one of the most impressive in musical history. But what were John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr’s favourite Beatles album?
As a single unit under the moniker of The Beatles, the four individuals may have at times moved as one but in truth, their individualism would often lead them down different paths. The personalities of The Beatles are part of what endeared them to so many hearts across the world during their explosion in the swinging sixties.
While some of that was down to the marketing of George Martin, it was certainly true that their different tastes and talents were an organic evolution of not only the band but the members as people in their own right.
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The Beatles wrote many songs centered on fictional characters, from the title character of “Mean Mr. Mustard” to Desmond and Molly Jones from “Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.” “Eleanor Rigby” appears to be about a pair of fictional characters – Ms. Rigby and Father McKenzie. But are they fictional?
Originally, Paul McCartney believed he fabricated the names in the song. A visit to a cemetery he went to as a child convinced him otherwise. Here’s the story behind the real people who may have inspired characters in the song.
The song tells the story of a sad, lonely woman named Eleanor Rigby and an ineffectual preacher named Father McKenzie. Rigby dies lonely and unmourned. McKenzie delivers the sermon at her funeral.
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The British institution Desert Island Discs is one that far outweighs even the heavy credentials of The Beatles own Paul McCartney. So when the iconic radio show reached its landmark 40th year, it invited the star to take part and create one of the series most cherished moments.
Below we’re taking a dive into the 1982 episode of Desert Island Discs in which they welcome the Beatle to pick eight songs he simply couldn’t live without. His list of tracks pays homage to his musical development as he and host Roy Plomley investigate the Beatles’ very beginning.
The show sees original host Roy Plomley (who had taken charge of all four decades worth of shows at this point) ask his guests to pick eight songs to take with them, should they be stranded on a desert island. It has seen everyone from iconic rock stars to world leaders take on the challenge and in 1982 it was the turn of Paul McCartney.
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Ringo Starr is pushing back dates on his upcoming All Starr Band tour “out of an abundance concern and caution for the well being of fans, crew and staff due to the Covid 19 crisis,” according to a news release.
Ringo and his All Starr Band — featuring Steve Lukather, Colin Hay, Gregg Rolie, Warren Ham, Gregg Bissonette and Hamish Stuart — will now launch the tour next year.
“This is very difficult for me,” Starr said in a news release. “In 30 years I think I’ve only missed two or three gigs, never mind a whole tour. But this is how things are for all of us now, I have to stay in just like you have to stay in, and we all know it’s the peace and loving thing we do for each other.
“So we have moved the Spring tour to 2021. My fans know I love them, and I love to play for them and I can’t wait to see you all as soon as possible. In the meantime stay safe. Peace and love to you all.”
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If you’re searching for the recording artist with the most commercial success, you don’t have to look beyond The Beatles. In their relatively short run making records (1962-70), the Fab Four packed away enough material to sell some 600 million albums (LPs) and billions of singles.
Their run on the UK and Billboard charts was also unmatched. Not even Elvis Presley racked up the number of chart-topping singles (20) and long-players (21). If nothing else, these statistics are worth keeping in mind when someone says Drake surpassed such-and-such Beatles chart milestone.
As far as the Fab Four’s chart dominance goes, the band really lorded over the Billboard Hot 100 and 200 in 1964. That year, they set a record for most No. 1 hits in a calendar year (six). At the peak of Beatlemania, the group also managed to hold the top five spots on America’s pop charts simultaneously.
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George Harrison’s Material World Foundation has donated $500,000 to COVID-19 relief. The foundation — started by the late Beatle in 1973 with the release of the LP Living in the Material World — donated the funds to MusiCare’s COVID-19 Foundation, Save the Children, and Medecins Sans Frontieres (Doctors Without Borders).
In addition, the foundation launched “The Inner Light Challenge,” in which users across the globe share a line, verse, or chorus from the Beatles’ 1968 B side — featured in a new lyric-video below. One dollar will be donated to pandemic relief for every person who posts the clip with the hashtag #innerlight2020, with a maximum of $100,000.
Harrison’s son, Dhani, covers “The Inner Light” in the clip above. “Without going out of my door/I can know all things on earth,” he sings, ringing a Tibetan singing bowl while sitting on a couch. “Without looking out of my window/I could know the ways of heaven.”
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