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[Rumble Thunder]

Fun Fact
Although not spelled like the band, it is interesting to me that the word beetle, in the Dictionary, is the next word after Beethoven. I wonder if any of the Beatles realized that. Or maybe they did and maybe could that have influenced George to cover Roll Over Beethoven? Or perhaps it is just a coincidence and one of life’s little poetic ironies. Whatever the case may be, I thought this was fascinating.

Or maybe everyone else already knows this and I am slow to catch on. After all, I am from Kentucky.

 

[Alkali Ike]

View attachment 4638267 Fun Fact
Although not spelled like the band, it is interesting to me that the word beetle, in the Dictionary, is the next word after Beethoven. I wonder if any of the Beatles realized that. Or maybe they did and maybe could that have influenced George to cover Roll Over Beethoven? Or perhaps it is just a coincidence and one of life’s little poetic ironies. Whatever the case may be, I thought this was fascinating.

Or maybe everyone else already knows this and I am slow to catch on. After all, I am from Kentucky.

I would bet it’s just a random fact they were unaware of at the time. But who knows.

 

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[G-Dog]

View attachment 4638267 Fun Fact
Although not spelled like the band, it is interesting to me that the word beetle, in the Dictionary, is the next word after Beethoven. I wonder if any of the Beatles realized that. Or maybe they did and maybe could that have influenced George to cover Roll Over Beethoven? Or perhaps it is just a coincidence and one of life’s little poetic ironies. Whatever the case may be, I thought this was fascinating.

Or maybe everyone else already knows this and I am slow to catch on. After all, I am from Kentucky.

Not to spoil the fun, but it looks like BEAtles would be at least a page, or more before BEElzebub, BEEthoven, BEEtle and the other bee- words in that dictionary. It might be interesting to see what words it would fall near, though.

But I like the way you think, ... Beatles-wise.
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[Rumble Thunder]

Not to spoil the fun, but it looks like BEAtles would be at least a page, or more before BEElzebub, BEEthoven, BEEtle and the other bee- words in that dictionary. It might be interesting to see what words it would fall near, though.

But I like the way you think, ... Beatles-wise.
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A couple of things G doggie my friend.

1) At the time the Beatles might have noticed that the word Beethoven directly proceeded the word Beetle in the dictionary, the word BEAtles would have neither yet appeared in the dictionary nor would have been a conceivable entry. The word BEEtle therefore is preexisting and the original word.

2) Also, the name was originally intended to be an insect name that was similar to the Crickets of the Buddy Holly species of which Paul was especially a fan. John just simply changed the spelling of it as a play on words which he loved to do.

Based upon these two points then, the word BEEtle is still very highly significant, preeminent and “carries that weight” a long time, IMO.

 

[Michael Favata]

How did The Beatles get their name?

 

[marchone]

It was a stupid name then and it’s a stupid name now.

 

[G-Dog]

How did The Beatles get their name?

A fun read! Thanks, Michael. I've read those stories from other sources before, of course, but it's good to see 'em all in one place for a change.

I really like this one:

• Most of the accounts claim that Lennon’s love of wordplay is what led them to eventually adopt the ‘a’. Lennon would explain in a 1964 interview: “It was beat and beetles and when you said it, people thought of crawly things, and when you read it, it was beat music.”

Whatever anyone thinks of the name, it became an easily recognized tag for publicity (and no one's ever had so much!). And it was easily parodied and made fun of (more publicly). But the beat of the music, and the harmonies and singalong-abilities*, and their live playing abilities, catapulted them to stratospheric world class super-stardom.


*the term "singalong-abilities" is not copyrighted, but free for all to use.
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[Alkali Ike]

It was a stupid name then and it’s a stupid name now.

Makes me want to slap someone!

j/k

 

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[marchone]

He's got three strings on that thing.

 

[G-Dog]

He's got three strings on that thing.

Reputedly Macca's first electric 6-string guitar when they first got to Hamburg. Then became his first (DIY) bass guitar strung with piano strings! This Rosetti "Solid 7" didn't live up to its name, since it broke when dropped and was too expensive to repair. Apparently, it was one of those items "guaranteed not to crack" that they used to joke about.

Shown here when he first got it (used).

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[Rumble Thunder]

It was a stupid name then and it’s a stupid name now.

How about the Plastic Wings Dark horse Band?

 

[marchone]

How about the Plastic Wings Dark horse Band?

Who dat?

 

[marchone]

I read The Rolling Stones are releasing a four part four hour documentary.

The Stones are STILL following the Beatles!

 

[Richland123]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band

 

[G-Dog]

John Lennon and Yoko Ono with the Plastic Ono Elephant's Memory Band

Elephant's Memory was a good band "in their own write" that John simply borrowed for recording and live performances, as needed.
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[StereoPlayer]

Cool song and story.

The Beatles song George Harrison wrote as a “tribute” to Eric Clapton

 

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