40 years ago today

[crosscountry]

man, I never even heard of it until 1999 when I met a girl that listened to them. Great album, girl wasn't worth much though.


May the Beatle's music last forever.

[Gillianren]

Wow, am I programmed. I saw the title of the thread, and the song popped into my head--and I'm listening to other music right now, too.

[Maksutov]

The band you've known for all these years...

I was just shy of 20 when it came out. Dating a gal from Berkeley. Turned out I should have been dating her sister (which I eventually did). Drove to Berkeley and got sidetracked in Colorado where I met up again with her sister, who was going to Barnard. Got distracted somehow and never made it to Haight.

Met the Berkeley gal again 23 years later: same negative, "Haightful", sarcastic you-know-what. Some people never change.

She was one hole where the rain gets in that they should have fixed in 1967.

[sarongsong]

Happy Birthday, Marilyn (2nd from right)!

Met the Berkeley gal again 23 years later: same negative, "Haightful"...in 1967.

Um...Er...Uh, wasn't that The Summer of Love in the Haight?

[crosscountry]

I just read the Wikipedia article. It says this

40th anniversary re-recording

June 1, 2007 will mark the fortieth anniversary of the release of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. The BBC has marked this occasion by organizing some of the biggest rock acts such as Oasis, The Killers, Razorlight and The Zutons to re-record the album. The complete re-recording will be aired on BBC Radio 2 on June 2.

[crosscountry]

Wow, am I programmed. I saw the title of the thread, and the song popped into my head--and I'm listening to other music right now, too.

It was 20 years ago today

[Maksutov]

Happy Birthday, Marilyn (2nd from right)! Um...Er...Uh, wasn't that The Summer of Love in the Haight?

That's what it wound up being called. Those who experienced Hashbury, the street, and the general environment firsthand found it to be otherwise.

[farmerjumperdon]

I just read the Wikipedia article. It says this

That is one that, IMO, they should leave alone.

[Swift]

It was 20 years ago today

Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play,

[sarongsong]

That's what it wound up being called. Those who experienced Hashbury, the street, and the general environment firsthand found it to be otherwise.

Oh, I see...

...Got distracted somehow and never made it to Haight...

Poor Henry ...and if they name a street after Ahnold, and significant activities ensue somewhere along its length, we can call that neighborhood "the ...Schwarzenegger".

[peteshimmon]

Mmm...it was twenty years ago there was a telly
documentary about it being twenty years ago
today! Pish and fiddlesticks I am older than I
was. Ah well... there was Help which was good
and Rubber Soul which was great and Revolver
which was terrific and so on. And my brother
bought them and I just listened Took your mind
off the news and blasted exams!

[One Skunk Todd]

The Beatles... the Beatles.... hmmm... weren't they Paul McCartney's old backup band?

[Gillianren]

I just wish they'd put Help! in print on DVD. It seems, based on my searching, that they did at some point, but it's out of print now, and people want quite a lot of money for their copies.

[R.A.F.]

I saw the title of the thread, and the song popped into my head--

Glad I'm not the only one...heck, I started singing it.

[farmerjumperdon]

I just wish they'd put Help! in print on DVD. It seems, based on my searching, that they did at some point, but it's out of print now, and people want quite a lot of money for their copies.

And why is that? (That they allow it to go out of print when there is obvious demand). The big price, being partly due to shortage, would certainly tumble, but that would cost the holders of originals, not the companyt that decided to produce more.

There's a movie from a while back titled Thursday. A macabre little piece of darkly humorous crime-thriller-drama. Same thing for avalability. I just want the 90 minutes of entertainment and the last time I did a search it was something like $400 new, $200 or $300 used.

For crying out loud, somebody make a couple thousand and put them on eBay so I can see it again.

Oh yeah, and I would quickly snap up a copy of Help! at normal DVD prices. It was one of my early big-screen favorites.

[Celestial Mechanic]

Mmm...it was twenty years ago there was a telly documentary about it being twenty years ago today! Pish and fiddlesticks I am older than I was. [Snip!]

That's OK. You're younger than that now.

(I know that's Dylan and not the Beatles, but it seemed appropriate.)

[Gillianren]

And why is that? (That they allow it to go out of print when there is obvious demand). The big price, being partly due to shortage, would certainly tumble, but that would cost the holders of originals, not the companyt that decided to produce more.

And Hard Day's Night came out in such a lovely special edition five years ago, too. Couldn't they do the same to Help!?

[The Supreme Canuck]

Ugh. Now I'm going to have to put up with Beatles garbage on the TV and in the newspaper for the next week. Great. I hate the Beatles. Count me out.

[sarongsong]

The Wild One (1953):

...The name of Lee Marvin's motorcycle gang is "The Beatles." Although it has never formally been acknowledged as an inspiration for the name of the 1960s rock band, the scene from the movie where Lee Marvin introduces "The Beatles" is used at the beginning of "The Beatles Anthology."

[crosscountry]

I just wish they'd put Help! in print on DVD. It seems, based on my searching, that they did at some point, but it's out of print now, and people want quite a lot of money for their copies.

I found hundreds for sale on amazon

link

[crosscountry]

Ugh. Now I'm going to have to put up with Beatles garbage on the TV and in the newspaper for the next week. Great. I hate the Beatles. Count me out.

obviously that is not true or you wouldn't have replied to this thread.

[The Supreme Canuck]

Nope. I reply everywhere. I'm like a virus.

[Doodler]

Some of their music, I can listen to all day. My particular favorite is Eleanor Rigby. If you ever get a chance, google up a group called gODHEAD (actual spelling).

They're a Goth/Industrial outfit that did an amazing cover to it.

[Whirlpool]

The Beatles.. I like their songs...

Even if I wasn't born then, but when I heard their songs...I liked them.

[mike alexander]

My favorite song of theirs is Paperback Writer. Just as depressing as Eleanor Rigby, but dressed up in fancy clothes.

[Gillianren]

"Paperback Writer" is one of my favorites, too. "Ticket to Ride" has some nostalgia attached to it (from when we used to watch my mom's VHS copy of Help!, bought for us, as my mother is with Supreme Canuck about the Beatles). "Penny Lane." I did a video for my video production class, lo these many years ago, of "Day in the Life." And, yes, "Eleanor Rigby."

[LurchGS]

It's not that I hate the Beatles or their music. But, even <ahem> years later, I am sick to death of it. Most radio stations play maybe 10, 15 songs total from the entire collection. And they all play the same ones. WHen was the last time you heard "Skinny Minnie", or "Mr. Moonlight"?

On top of that, when I was in high school, one of my sisters got home about 10 minutes before I did - first come, first served - and all she played was The Beatles. (of course, once in a while I'd ditch my last class and she'd come home to Billie Holliday)

So, my complaint isn't that the Beatles stink on ice - they're actually pretty good. But even I get tired of eating pizza every night.

[Gillianren]

Hey, it's better than the Stones.

[LurchGS]

Hey, it's better than the Stones.

I'm not going to even try to contest that one. I can't stand the sound of Jagger's voice (and, to be fair, I can't stand Bob Dylan's voice either, but I tend to like his songs)

In Dylan's case, it's the nasal quality - I swear he can sing without opening his mouth. And it's a prime reason I can't stand the new horde of "pop' singers with their electronically altered voices - the alteration adds a distinct nasal quality.

I realize they can't all be Barbara Steisand (whom I detest, but she's got a beautiful voice) - but there are plenty of outstanding voices out there (like the one I'm listening to now - India-Aire's rendition of a BIllie Holliday song (Strange Fruit - absolutely stunning).

I'm wandering all over the field here - but I'm gonna get it in anyway: If you need electronic manipulation to keep your voice on key, find another job.

[Palomar]

Love The Beatles! The greatest band ever, imo. Recently purchased "Beatles Love" -- the remix album. Prefer the original recordings, but "BL" is a very good listen.

George is always my favorite Beatle.

I recall my 2nd-grade music teacher crying over the band's breakup years prior. I didn't know who The Beatles were, lol.

Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds is their greatest song, imo; and also the greatest of the era. So very unique.

Harrison's Within You, Without You is also a favorite, even if his spiritual ideologies are somewhat different from mine (his, Hindu; mine, Yeshuan).