Let's spread some musical misinformation

[-Asdfgh-]

Apple narrowly escaped by having no money as a result of their own outstanding legal bills and embezzlement by George Martin.

Yes, the habit of suing itself or Beatles members did rack up the legal bills as both sides would be paid out of Apple Corps funds, which is how Steve Jobs ended up being able to afford to buy the whole shebang in 1977.

 

[PillO]

Yes, the habit of suing itself or Beatles members did rack up the legal bills as both sides would be paid out of Apple Corps funds, which is how Steve Jobs ended up being able to afford to buy the whole shebang in 1977.

Frank Zappa brought a keen business and legal sense to suing. He had several record labels, including Barking Pumpkin, Straight, and Bizarre. He would have the labels sue each other and through some legal maneuvering end up with Warner, CBS, and Arista settling the claims. He attempted to teach the Beatles how to use Apple Corps the same way but Lennon couldn't get his mind around it claiming "I don't know if I am too high or not high enough to understand".

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Lennon couldn't get his mind around it claiming "I don't know if I am too high or not high enough to understand".

Bowie said the same about 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'.

 

[PillO]

Bowie said the same about 'The Man Who Fell to Earth'.

The movie The Man Who Fell to Earth was supposed to be about Felix Baumgartner, but the backers thought that Bowie might be a commercially more successful endeavour.

 

[Leigh Semmens]

Actually the Apple in the Apple logo is not the original one. Apparently, Ringo had the munchies one day and ate it while waiting to borrow a drum machine for a forthcoming album. They had to substitute a cardboard cutout and, no one seemed to notice.

 

[PDW30]

Actually the Apple in the Apple logo is not the original one. Apparently, Ringo had the munchies one day and ate it while waiting to borrow a drum machine for a forthcoming album. They had to substitute a cardboard cutout and, no one seemed to notice.

Some people think that replacing Ringo on drums with a cardboard cutout was an improvement.

 

[pklima]

Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" was originally "Personal Odin", but then the Christians stole it from the Norse pagans.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Some people think that replacing Ringo on drums with a cardboard cutout was an improvement.

They'd already replaced Paul with one a couple of years earlier due to Paul being dead and no one had noticed, not even George. Lennon did and they had to outsource all the jaunty numbers to Tin Pan Alley and most of the later ones were written by Carole King, except Get Back (Lou Reed). He doesn't have any shoes on the Abbey Road cover as it's hell getting shoes for a cut out. It's a tribute to CGI that Peter Jackson has managed to create the myth of Paul still being alive and writing Get Back by superimposing an avatar over Reed who'd flown over to show the band the new song.

The Beatles did consider employing Reed long-term, but the row over the heroin supplies and John not telling George are what ultimately led to the breakup of the band. Ringo might have interceded when Harrison found out Paul was actually dead, but as noted, he'd already been replaced by some cardboard.

In other news, Damon Albarn is a big Beatles fan.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus" was originally "Personal Odin", but then the Christians stole it from the Norse pagans.

The first pressings were by the printers who printed Jethro Tull's first single and are titled 'Personal Jebus'. This was the age old firm that printed the sinning Bible and have a new sideline in adding apostrophes to signs.

 

[PDW30]

The first 78RPM records were pressed by Gutenberg as a sideline to his bible printing. However, the lack of a suitable player for the records held back the popularity of his new enterprise. Also, when The Authorities were informed they demanded that Gutenberg destroy all his records and the pressing equipment as it might encourage the people to sing and, even worse, dance. This destruction was so complete that nothing tangible to tell of the story remains now, as you can see from the absence of any information on Gutenberg's records at the Gutenberg Museum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Museum), but that lack itself proves the truth of the story.

 

[PillO]

They'd already replaced Paul with one a couple of years earlier due to Paul being dead and no one had noticed, not even George. Lennon did and they had to outsource all the jaunty numbers to Tin Pan Alley and most of the later ones were written by Carole King, except Get Back (Lou Reed). He doesn't have any shoes on the Abbey Road cover as it's hell getting shoes for a cut out. It's a tribute to CGI that Peter Jackson has managed to create the myth of Paul still being alive and writing Get Back by superimposing an avatar over Reed who'd flown over to show the band the new song.

The Beatles did consider employing Reed long-term, but the row over the heroin supplies and John not telling George are what ultimately led to the breakup of the band. Ringo might have interceded when Harrison found out Paul was actually dead, but as noted, he'd already been replaced by some cardboard.

In other news, Damon Albarn is a big Beatles fan.

Let's not get crazy here. Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles. She wanted to sing and was supported by Ringo. John did not want to work with his wife and rather than tell her that, he ended the Beatles.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Let's not get crazy here. Yoko Ono broke up the Beatles. She wanted to sing and was supported by Ringo. John did not want to work with his wife and rather than tell her that, he ended the Beatles.

Ringo, being a cardboard cut out marionette manipulated by George (his friend Terry Gilliam helped him with it, the big issue being sometimes Ringo was a giant hedgehog) was in no position to refuse Yoko's request.

If Lennon had not met Yoko, Linda would have sung in The Beatles with Lou Reed wearing his McCartney mask, Paul being dead, and that would have done for The Beatles. Linda being Lori Anderson in a mask, of course. Carole King kept writing most of the music as Reed couldn't manage the jaunty, twee output contractually required, but it did keep him going after Velvet Underground split up (that was Yoko too).

I think it's been James MacAvoy playing McCartney for the last decade, which is why Paul McCartney was not in The Last King of Scotland, etc.

One point I failed to mention is that initially Lennon tried to replace McCartney with a walrus, which went very badly due to insufficient fish backstage, hence Paul being a cardboard cut out later on. Despite 'Paul' eating 17 large haddock in a row, still George failed to notice as the walrus was actually pretty good on bass and the vocals were spot on.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The first 78RPM records were pressed by Gutenberg as a sideline to his bible printing. However, the lack of a suitable player for the records held back the popularity of his new enterprise. Also, when The Authorities were informed they demanded that Gutenberg destroy all his records and the pressing equipment as it might encourage the people to sing and, even worse, dance. This destruction was so complete that nothing tangible to tell of the story remains now, as you can see from the absence of any information on Gutenberg's records at the Gutenberg Museum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Museum), but that lack itself proves the truth of the story.

Those first 15th century pressings of Keith Richards' solo career: "Forsooth, I cannot obtain ye satisfaction, hey nonny no" are worth a fair bit now.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Some of McCartney's output in the 1970s and 80s is so sickly sweet that it is not recommended to listen to it if you have diabetes.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The first 78RPM records were pressed by Gutenberg as a sideline to his bible printing. However, the lack of a suitable player for the records held back the popularity of his new enterprise. Also, when The Authorities were informed they demanded that Gutenberg destroy all his records and the pressing equipment as it might encourage the people to sing and, even worse, dance. This destruction was so complete that nothing tangible to tell of the story remains now, as you can see from the absence of any information on Gutenberg's records at the Gutenberg Museum (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gutenberg_Museum), but that lack itself proves the truth of the story.

Famously, Oliver Cromwell banned dancing. His objection was simply that he had seen English people dancing and it was utterly rubbish it needed to be stamped out at least until Acid House had been invented.

 

[mrjim123]

Famously, Oliver Cromwell banned dancing. His objection was simply that he had seen English people dancing and it was utterly rubbish it needed to be stamped out at least until Acid House had been invented.

The Irish jig was invented by musically inclined serfs who witnessed the kicking of criminals who had just been hung.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

The Irish jig was invented by musically inclined serfs who witnessed the kicking of criminals who had just been hung.

I feel I need to google to make sure that isn't true.

 

[-Asdfgh-]

Those first 15th century pressings of Keith Richards' solo career: "Forsooth, I cannot obtain ye satisfaction, hey nonny no" are worth a fair bit now.

Note "XIXth attack of ye nervouse ague and other divers maladies" is a fake.

 

[PillO]

Ringo, being a cardboard cut out marionette manipulated by George (his friend Terry Gilliam helped him with it, the big issue being sometimes Ringo was a giant hedgehog) was in no position to refuse Yoko's request.

If Lennon had not met Yoko, Linda would have sung in The Beatles with Lou Reed wearing his McCartney mask, Paul being dead, and that would have done for The Beatles. Linda being Lori Anderson in a mask, of course. Carole King kept writing most of the music as Reed couldn't manage the jaunty, twee output contractually required, but it did keep him going after Velvet Underground split up (that was Yoko too).

I think it's been James MacAvoy playing McCartney for the last decade, which is why Paul McCartney was not in The Last King of Scotland, etc.

One point I failed to mention is that initially Lennon tried to replace McCartney with a walrus, which went very badly due to insufficient fish backstage, hence Paul being a cardboard cut out later on. Despite 'Paul' eating 17 large haddock in a row, still George failed to notice as the walrus was actually pretty good on bass and the vocals were spot on.

I kind of lost track in there... Who is the egg man and who are the egg men?

 

[PillO]

Beyoncé is working on some major moves that will see Morris Dancing re-enter the mainstream.