http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/beatles/ en-us Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:59:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399307/posts LAS VEGAS, Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Recently some rare and unreleased John Lennon recordings were discovered in a vault. These recordings were taped on August 19, 1980. They were done separately from the mysteriously missing video footage that was filmed at what is believed to be John Lennon's last recording session with his band prior to his death. Even more incredible, these recordings have never been released until now. The Journal of Business http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2399307/posts#comment Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:59:16 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390985/posts The two remaining Beatles have teamed up for a duet on Starr's forthcoming solo album, Y Not. It's a band renuion! Sort of ... Paul McCartney appears on two tracks... "Paul was doing the Grammys, so he came over to the house and was playing bass on [new song] Peace Dream," Starr explained. "I played him this other track and Paul said, 'Give me the headphones. Give me a pair of cans'. And he went to the mic and he just invented that part where he follows on my vocal. That was all Paul McCartney, and there could be nothing... Guardian UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2390985/posts#comment Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:16:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358423/posts From today's New York Times... John Lennon The Beatles united a generation of young people with their songs, their attitudes and their sense of style, and John Lennon was the thinking man's Beatle. Of the four, he was the Beatle who wrote books, the Beatle who embroiled the group in a potentially disastrous controversy by suggesting in an interview that they were more popular than Jesus, the Beatle who embraced the poetic innovations of Bob Dylan in the mid-1960's and shocked Beatles fans by jumping into performance art, happenings and political protests in the late 60's and early 70's. ..."... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2358423/posts#comment Fri, 9 Oct 2009 15:42:31 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350734/posts LONDON, England (CNN) -- The childhood friend of John Lennon's son who inspired the Beatles' psychedelic masterpiece "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" has died aged 46 from the chronic disease Lupus. Lucy Vodden was a classmate of Julian Lennon, who came home from school one day carrying a drawing of his 4-year-old classmate. "That's Lucy in the sky with diamonds," he told his father. Lennon seized on the image and embellished it in a song along with "newspaper taxis" and a "girl with kaleidoscope eyes." The BBC later banned the track, which appeared on the 1967 album "Sgt. Pepper's... CNN.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2350734/posts#comment Tue, 29 Sep 2009 14:18:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350091/posts LONDON – Lucy Vodden, who provided the inspiration for the Beatles' classic song "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds," has died after a long battle with lupus. She was 46. Her death was announced Monday by St. Thomas' Hospital in London, where she had been treated for the chronic disease for more than five years, and by her husband, Ross Vodden. Britain's Press Association said she died last Tuesday. Hospital officials said they could not confirm the day of her death. Vodden's connection to the Beatles dates back to her early days, when she made friends with schoolmate Julian Lennon,... Yahoo - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2350091/posts#comment Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:44:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345131/posts Los Angeles, CA (BANG) - Yoko Ono thinks the new Beatles video game will help create "a world of Peace." The 76-year-old widow of "Fab Four" singer John Lennon has praised Beatles Rock Band - which was released earlier this month - because it merges music and art to create amazing "healing vibrations." She explained: "I think game is the second revolution. In the beginning they made a splash with their music; with the video game we're going to create a planet of music and art." "Music and art are both very interesting healing vibrations, and with that vibration we... All Headline News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2345131/posts#comment Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:20:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340475/posts Here at Americans for Tax Reform we have worked tirelessly to educate the public about the dangers of excessive taxation: job losses, businesses closing, economic stagnation - effectivly misery all round. Now we have one more thing to blame high taxes on: breaking up the Beatles. That's right, one of the greatest cultural tragedies of the 20th century was caused by big government... Americans for Tax Reform http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2340475/posts#comment Tue, 15 Sep 2009 21:54:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338892/posts Walt Disney Co is to remake the zany 1960s Beatles movie "Yellow Submarine" in 3-D in a deal with the band's company Apple Corps. Disney Studios chairman Dick Cook said on Friday the new "Yellow Submarine" will be directed by Oscar-winning director Robert Zemeckis using the same motion-capture effects he employed in the family movie "Polar Express." It will incorporate the 16 Beatles songs and recordings from the original film, licensed from Sony/ATV Music Publishing and EMI Capitol Records. No release date was announced. The original film, about a peaceful, music-loving underwater community that is attacked by music hating "blue... knx1070.com/ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2338892/posts#comment Sun, 13 Sep 2009 23:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2337789/posts As The Beatles take center stage in the music world this week with the much-anticipated reissue of their albums, it’s easy to forget that the Fab Four were not exactly adored by large swathes of the musical community back in the day. Jazz artists, especially, looked down on the noisy pop stars (or were more likely envious of their fame and fortune). “It used to be a crime for a jazz musician to even mention the word ‘Beatles,’” jazz guitarist George Benson recalled on Thursday, during a promotion for his new album at the Grammy Museum in downtown Los Angeles.... Reuters http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2337789/posts#comment Sat, 12 Sep 2009 01:58:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336631/posts With the entire Beatles back catalogue now available in digitally remastered form, not to mention their appearance in the latest version of Rock Band, Tom Townshend takes an in-depth look at a crucial moment in their musical development - the day they met Bob Dylan… When future generations look back on the music of the twentieth century, two names will loom larger than all others. In the British corner, The Beatles will represent musical innovation, melodic sophistication and the phenomena of global pop fame. In the American corner, Bob Dylan will stand for lyrical mastery, stylistic reinvention and unprecedented artistic... MSN UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2336631/posts#comment Thu, 10 Sep 2009 19:58:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334654/posts In the late '60s, with a little prodding from his sons, my father finally gave in and replaced his monaural Garrard turntable with a stereo one. Suddenly, Sgt. Pepper's band sounded so much bigger. And clearer. I could hear two distinct guitars playing, not just a generic guitar sound. Two decades later, in 1988, I finally broke down and bought a CD player and the first of many Beatles CDs -- now, that was a jump from what I'd been hearing on vinyl for years. There were so many more instruments I'd never noticed. And notes I'd never heard. On... Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2334654/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:19:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334643/posts Introduction this week of the new video game "The Beatles: Rock Band" reminds us of an odd fact about these music artists who were once widely considered to be the definition of avant garde: the Beatles have often been, really, one beat behind. Believe it or not, up until now music by the Beatles has not been available for sale on the Internet. With "The Beatles: Rock Band," players will be able to download up to 45 songs that they can perform with the Fab Four in such reproduced settings as "The Ed Sullivan Show," Shea Stadium and the Abbey... latimes http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2334643/posts#comment Tue, 8 Sep 2009 16:10:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2326354/posts "Here's to You Mr. Jefferson" Awesome! by Mike Church YouTube http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2326354/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 06:45:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319060/posts twist and shout!! again, RIP John Hughes... The Provocateur http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2319060/posts#comment Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:27:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2310761/posts Forty years ago on Saturday, one of the pop world's most infamous and imitated album covers was shot in a little side street in north London... On the 8 August 1969 that the Fab Four walked out of No 3 Abbey Road, having finished basic work on what would be - and they subsequently said they knew would be - their last album. A policeman held up the traffic, the band walked back and forth a few times and that was that ...A lesser noted curiosity is that the album cover has no writing on it and is just the... BBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2310761/posts#comment Fri, 7 Aug 2009 19:08:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308009/posts The President might want to keep an eye on the cute Beatle. Paul McCartney made no secret of his admiration - or is it adoration? - of Michelle Obama at his Washington-area concert on Saturday night. "I love you, I love you, I love you. That's all I want to say," he sang. "I need to, I need to, I need to, I need to make you see. Oh, what you mean to me." The knighted, besotted singer dedicated the love song "Michelle" to the First Lady during his concert at FedEx Field, NBC Washington reported. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308009/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 17:17:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306376/posts McCartney dedicates 'Michelle' to FLOTUS By: Patrick Gavin August 2, 2009 12:22 AM EST Music superstar Paul McCartney is rocking out at FedEx Field Saturday night and, since he's near the White House, Sir Paul gave a special tribute to first lady Michelle Obama: Before playing the Beatles classic, "Michelle", McCartney told the packed audience that he was dedicating it to the first lady. Considering that the song's lyrics include "I love you, I love you, I love you Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2306376/posts#comment Sun, 2 Aug 2009 11:01:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307150/posts Is Paul McCartney secretly a Dittohead? The 60,000 fans attending a recent concert at FedExField in Baltimore must have thought so. The former Beatle dedicated the performance of the song he co-wrote with John Lennon, “Michelle,” to the first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. “I love you, I love you, I love you. That's all I want to say,” McCartney crooned following his dedication. Long before the McCartney fawning, though, while her husband was still a candidate radio talk show host extraordinaire Rush Limbaugh gave Mrs. Obama the moniker “Michelle, My Belle,” a take off on the Fab... Newsmax http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2307150/posts#comment Mon, 3 Aug 2009 16:21:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293909/posts Paul McCartney has once again crept upon our shores. He was, of course, vanguard in the original “British Invasion”, which occurred in early 1964. Now, an invasion is something to be resisted, to be fought off, to be repelled. Sadly—quite, quite sadly—we had no Winston Churchill on our shores to boost our morale with stirring words like these: 'We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in New York, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Culture, whatever the cost may... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2293909/posts#comment Thu, 16 Jul 2009 14:11:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285621/posts ................ Klein became one of the most powerful figures in the music world in the 1960s. Known for his tenacity in tracking down royalties and getting better record deals, he garnered clients including Sam Cooke, Bobby Darin and Herman's Hermits. But he was most famous for signing on the Rolling Stones and then the Beatles. Both arrangements eventually spurred lawsuits, with some Beatles fans blaming Klein for contributing to the tensions that broke the Beatles apart. Yahoo - AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2285621/posts#comment Sat, 4 Jul 2009 21:22:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284176/posts Now that M.J. is dead, who has the rights to the Beatles songs—and will we be able to buy them on iTunes? The publishing rights to most of the Beatles' biggest hits are owned by one entity, a joint venture between the late Michael Jackson and the music arm of Sony Corp. It's called Sony/ATV, and it also owns the rights to songs written by Bob Dylan, Neil Diamond, Taylor Swift and, oh yes, the Jonas Brothers. But Sony/ATV does not handle the recordings of Beatles songs. Two other companies do that, so whether you'll ever download "Come Together" off... E online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2284176/posts#comment Thu, 2 Jul 2009 16:08:44 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273205/posts LONDON (AFP) — Beatles legend and famous vegetarian Paul McCartney was joined by John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono Monday to launch an appeal for "meat-free Mondays." McCartney said going vegetarian, even for just one day a week, was good for the environment because of research suggesting it cuts greenhouse gas emissions from the world's livestock population. "I thought this was a great idea. To just reduce your meat intake maybe by one day a week and this would seriously benefit the planet," he told reporters, alongside Ono and a bevy of other stars including Kelly Osbourne and Moby. Lennon's widow... Google/AFP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2273205/posts#comment Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:21:39 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270602/posts Real 'Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds' gravely ill June 12, 2009, 9:22 AM EST LONDON (AP) -- They were childhood chums. Then they drifted apart, lost touch completely, and only renewed their friendship decades later, when illness struck. Not so unusual, really. Except she is Lucy Vodden — the girl who was the inspiration for the Beatles' 1967 psychedelic classic "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds" — and he is Julian Lennon, the musician son of John Lennon. They are linked together by something that happened more than 40 years ago when Julian brought home a drawing from school... MSN/AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2270602/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 19:34:36 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266655/posts The young British schoolgirl who was the inspiration for John Lennon's "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" is facing a stormy future as she battles an incurable disease. Now the slain Beatle's oldest son, Julian Lennon, has come to the aid of Lucy O'Donnell Vodden, a girl he had played with at nursery school and whom he had drawn a picture with stars around her head. Julian showed the picture to his dad, saying, "That's Lucy in the sky with diamonds." It prompted Lennon to pen the hit song. O'Donnell, 46, is suffering from lupus, a painful autoimmune disease. When... nypost http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266655/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 15:49:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259287/posts Just weeks after Bob Dylan announced he wanted to collaborate with fellow legend Sir Paul McCartney, moves are afoot to bring the two superstars together. Industry insiders say Macca is set to team up with Dylan in California over the summer, where the pair are expected to work on new songs as a duo. The news comes after Dylan declared this month that he found the idea of working with the former Beatle “exciting”. McCartney’s spokesman then declared their man would be “very interested” in a collaboration. “Paul has a home in California not too far from Bob’s so the... Daily Express http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2259287/posts#comment Wed, 27 May 2009 20:10:45 GMT