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George Burns covered The Beatles

As did Bill Shatner in '68 on his debut album, The Transformed Man.

 

[nixdad]

As did Bill Shatner in '68 on his debut album, The Transformed Man.

I heard this for the first time decades ago.
Scarred me for life.

 

[zontar]

Sometimes you forget how amusing & fun they can be--and sometimes you remember...

 

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[consectaneus]

Me neither, but I do have three letters. LSD.

 

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[Richland123]

 

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[zontar]

Thalia Capos posted a list of quotes by each Beatle.
Without checking the article can you figure out which Beatle each quote is from?
(One from each)

“All music is rehash. There are only a few notes. Just variations on a theme. Try to tell the kids in the Seventies who were screaming to the Bee Gees that their music was just The Beatles redone. There is nothing wrong with the Bee Gees.”

"Look, people are allowed their own opinions and they don't always coincide with yours. As an artist you just have to keep plugging on."

“The biggest break in my career was getting into the Beatles in 1962. The second biggest break since then is getting out of them.”

“I am a big Beatles fan. And, you know, unbeknownst to anyone, I used to be one. But I have no problems of putting titles and lines from other songs in my songs, because they're great lines and great titles.”

It's not an exhaustive list, but interesting to whet your appetite;
Quotable Beatles

 

[Mike JV]

Got a question about the first Shea performance. On the field in a semi circle fashion are some sort of columns, tilted back to some degree and held in place by brackets. These columns appear to be about 6 feet tall and maybe 12 inches wide. What are those things? At first I thought they were PA columns that made in the 60's. But they appear to be too thin to be PA columns.

 

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[Richland123]

 

[dougjwray]

A few weeks ago, I posted something about my 15-year-old daughter exposing me to the music of Harry Styles. (I really liked it.)
The other day, we were driving around and she pulled out her phone to play me some music. It was 100% Beatles. She had some well-known ones: "Help", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Here Comes the Sun", "Blackbird", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "All You Need is Love", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Let it Be", "Strawberry Fields Forever"...
I was pretty blown away. After about an hour, I gently suggested a few which she hadn't heard: "Things We Said Today", "Girl", "Ticket to Ride" and "She's Leaving Home." After that last one, she just quietly said, "Whoa..."
Yesterday, I caught her ironing an image of the "Let it Be" cover onto a t-shirt.
I'm really trying not to be heavy handed about it. ("Here! I bought you 20 books about the Beatles!!") But it's great.
My 18-year-old son couldn't get enough of "I Am the Walrus" when he was about 6 years old, but now he's totally immersed in rap (he creates beats and shares them with a community of producers online) and has no interest in the Beatles. So naturally I've completely backed off. But... time will tell...

 

[StereoPlayer]

A few weeks ago, I posted something about my 15-year-old daughter exposing me to the music of Harry Styles. (I really liked it.)
The other day, we were driving around and she pulled out her phone to play me some music. It was 100% Beatles. She had some well-known ones: "Help", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Here Comes the Sun", "Blackbird", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "All You Need is Love", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Let it Be", "Strawberry Fields Forever"...
I was pretty blown away. After about an hour, I gently suggested a few which she hadn't heard: "Things We Said Today", "Girl", "Ticket to Ride" and "She's Leaving Home." After that last one, she just quietly said, "Whoa..."
Yesterday, I caught her ironing an image of the "Let it Be" cover onto a t-shirt.
I'm really trying not to be heavy handed about it. ("Here! I bought you 20 books about the Beatles!!") But it's great.
My 18-year-old son couldn't get enough of "I Am the Walrus" when he was about 6 years old, but now he's totally immersed in rap (he creates beats and shares them with a community of producers online) and has no interest in the Beatles. So naturally I've completely backed off. But... time will tell...

My young daughter like Bungalow Bill!

 

[Richland123]

The Beatles pseudonyms, aliases, and odd monikers

1. George Harrison used the strange pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" as he contributed to the hit song "Badge" performed by Cream? George and Ringo both helped writing this tune. For this song, George used the pseudonym "L'Angelo Misterioso" loosely translated as "Mysterious Angel". George also used this pseudonym on an August 1969 Jack Bruce album titled "SONGS FOR A TAILOR", when he played guitar on the song "Never Tell Your Mother She's Out Of Tune". "Badge" first appeared on a February 1969 Cream album titled "GOODBYE", and later on a single, and several "Greatest hits" compilation albums.
2. George Harrison appeared on a song titled "If You've Got Love" on Dave Mason's album "It's Like You Never Left". His moniker: "Son Of Harry"! An appropriate pseudonym for George as he was in fact the son of Harry (and Louise).
3. John Lennon used the pen name "Beatcomber" when writing for Liverpool's "Mersey Beat" Magazine. Bill Harry chose the name for John, because he enjoyed the humor of J.B. Morton's "BEACHCOMBER" which was a regular column in The Daily Express. The paper carried news about all the local Liverpool bands, and stars who came to town to perform. The Beatles of course had a close association with Mersey Beat, who carried many exclusive stories and photos of them. They also published several of Lennon's early writings, including a history of the band, and occasional comical classified advertisements by him as space filler.
4. John Lennon used the pickle-related alias The Reverend Fred Gherkindid when he recorded "Bless You" in 1974. This was alias used by John Lennon on his song "Bless You" from the "WALLS AND BRIDGES" album. John also used the names "The Reverend Thumbs Gherkin", on the song "Old Dirt Road", and "Dr. Winston O'Ghurkin" on "Going Down On Love" from the same album.
5. Paul McCartney used the baseball personality name Billy Martin to book studio time while secretly working on his first solo album "McCARTNEY". Recorded privately at his home in London; at Morgan Studios, London; and at Abbey Road Studios, London under the pseudonym "Billy Martin" from late 1969 to March of 1970; the development of McCartney was undertaken as the Beatles were falling apart.
6. Paul McCartney used the alias Paul Ramon when assisting on the recording "Brave New World" released by The Steve Miller Band in 1969. Paul used the pseudonym "Paul Ramon" here, and again when he played drums, bass guitar, and sang backing vocals on the song "My Dark Hour" by The Steve Miller Band. "My Dark Hour" appeared on Miller's album "BRAVE NEW WORLD" and on an American single on June 6, 1969.
7. John Lennon chose the alias Dwarf McDougal (among others) while recording his "WALLS AND BRIDGES" album. The name refers to the Bob Dylan style of guitar playing John used on some of the tracks. Dwarf was the name of Dylan's music company, while McDougal was the name of the street Dylan's Greenwich Village apartment was on.
8. The Fab Four used the stage names Johnny Silver, Paul Ramon, Carl Harrison and Stu DeStael when they toured with Johnny Gentile under the name The Silver Beatles while touring Scotland May 20-28, 1960. George's name "Carl" was in honor of one of his guitar heroes, Carl Perkins. Stu Sutcliffe, an artist in his own right, took the last name of a famous painter. Nicholas deStael, who also coincidentally died early in life. John later vehemently denied ever using the name "Johnny Silver", but other members still claim it's true.
9. John Lennon was credited on a few post-Beatles recordings as "Dr. Winston O'Boogie", including a memorable track with Harry Nilsson. Why would Lennon have selected the name Winston? Lennon was born John Winston Lennon on October 9,1940. (On April 22, 1969 he had his name changed to ONO). He was named after his paternal grandfather, John 'Jack' Lennon, and Winston Churchill - however, John was in no way related to Churchill.
10. Ringo was known for his "Ringo-isms", funny phrases and titles that served as the inspiration for several songs by The Fab Four. One humorous title he had for the band itself was THE SIAMESE QUADS.

 

[beans-on-toast]

You know that you’ve made it when you have two record players!

 

[nixdad]

A few weeks ago, I posted something about my 15-year-old daughter exposing me to the music of Harry Styles. (I really liked it.)
The other day, we were driving around and she pulled out her phone to play me some music. It was 100% Beatles. She had some well-known ones: "Help", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Here Comes the Sun", "Blackbird", "While My Guitar Gently Weeps", "All You Need is Love", "I Want to Hold Your Hand", "Let it Be", "Strawberry Fields Forever"...
I was pretty blown away. After about an hour, I gently suggested a few which she hadn't heard: "Things We Said Today", "Girl", "Ticket to Ride" and "She's Leaving Home." After that last one, she just quietly said, "Whoa..."
Yesterday, I caught her ironing an image of the "Let it Be" cover onto a t-shirt.
I'm really trying not to be heavy handed about it. ("Here! I bought you 20 books about the Beatles!!") But it's great.
My 18-year-old son couldn't get enough of "I Am the Walrus" when he was about 6 years old, but now he's totally immersed in rap (he creates beats and shares them with a community of producers online) and has no interest in the Beatles. So naturally I've completely backed off. But... time will tell...

You’ve obviously raised your daughter right.
Your son is simply not ready - give him time.