John Lennon/Beatles Mega Thread

[Nico]

MsLinds, you see now they've come out with a film that depicts George as a human being- not a saint or a bad man- but a human who made some mistakes. So now a lot of the George fans are going mad with anger over "character assassination" and I'm just side-eyeing it all. I knew all this stuff already, as I was also a George stan at one point.

I would also appreciate it if one day people could see that all of them were normal blokes who broke hearts and weren't perfectly nice all the time and BACK OFF OF JOHN as the monster. Each of of them was capable of being a jerk to the utmost degree, and that's my point. We don't have to love them all equally, shoot we don't even have to love them all, but recognize that the four of them together were responsible for some of the greatest music this world has ever experienced, and they didn't owe any of us anything more than what they gave us. Judgmental people to the left.

Anyway, I appreciate all your posts always. As you know, the John news gives me the most joy but I was a George girl at one point and news on him always matters to me.

Thanks MsLinds!!!

[msLinds]

I agree with your views and feelings Nico about this documentary thats coming out soon about George's life.Also about your feelings about John and all them having faults and being only human.Your welcome about my postings in this thread.This has become a special and important thread to me on the Ledge here.I promise I will keep updating it.I know many others are reading and interested in this thread.Because of the amount of views this thread gets everyday and week.I have some new updates now.

Music -Mix
September 6, 2011
Beatles back at no. 1 on iTunes today; major artists share their favorite Fab Four tunes

There are few things surer in life than death, taxes, and the continued selling powers of the Beatles.Today, the Fab Four bowed at no. 1 on iTunes with their mammoth 2000 hits collection 1, handily stealing the top spot from Lil Wayne’s That Carter IV and lording over the likes of Adele’s long-running 21 and Maroon 5′s newly revitalized Hands All Over, among others.

http://music-mix.ew.com/2011/09/06/b...-1-ryan-adams/


Contact Music
September 7, 2011
Beatles - McCartney Is A Granddad Again

Beatles legend Sir Paul Mccartney is a grandfather again - his daughter Mary gave birth to a son on Saturday (03Sep11). Little Sid is Mary's fourth child.

http://www.contactmusic.com/news/mcc...-again_1243759

The National
September 7, 2011
The 'German Beatle' completes his 197-song translation effort

BERLIN - Even Klaus Beyer's agent admits the eccentric Berlin performer is not a great singer. But that does not seem to bother Beyer, who has just completed the unprecedented feat of translating all 197 Beatles songs into German.

http://www.thenational.ae/news/world...slation-effort

[msLinds]

PR Newswire
September 7, 2011
Sean Lennon to Score "Alter Egos" Film, Written & Directed By Jordan Galland
The Second Film Score Collaboration For the Duo Currently In the Works

NEW YORK, Sept. 7, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Sean Lennon has signed on to score the forthcoming film, Alter Egos, written and directed by Jordan Galland and starring Danny Masterson, Kris Lemche, Brooke Nevin and Joey Kern. Lennon, who also makes a cameo as a super villain, began working on the project earlier this summer, composing what Galland describes as "an epic superhero sound."This is the second time that Lennon has scored a film by Jordan Galland, the first of which was the critically acclaimed Rosencrantz And Guildenstern Are Undead, an indie romantic comedy about vampires, Shakespeare and the Holy Grail, released in the summer of 2010.Alter Egos, which began production this past spring in New York City and Long Island, follows an underappreciated superhero at a time when superheroes have lost government funding and all public support.

http://www.prnewswire.com/news-relea...129424653.html

http://www.alteregosmovie.com/

Three Village Patch
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono Exhibit Opens at University

A traveling display of artwork by Yoko Ono opened at Stony Brook's University Art Gallery on Tuesday, preceded by a presentation that gave the history of Ono's work for peace, including her worldwide "War is Over If You Want It" campaign with husband and former Beatle John Lennon.

The exhibit will remain open at the university until October 15, when Lennon’s son, Sean, and Charlotte Kemp Muhl will perform there as the group The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://threevillage.patch.com/articl...-at-university

Newday
September 7, 2011
Yoko Ono: Still giving peace a chance

"A dream you dream alone is only a dream/But a dream we dream together is reality"
-- "Now or Never" by Yoko Ono, 1972.Yoko Ono's career spans six decades -- before and now long after her relationship with John Lennon. For two years, Rhonda Cooper, director of Staller Center's University Gallery, has tried to snag the "Yoko Ono Imagine Peace" traveling exhibit since she was tipped off about the show by Stony Brook University sculpture professor Nobuho Nogasawa.Now it's here. And although there's no word yet if Ono herself will appear, her son, Sean Lennon, arrives at Staller for a concert on the exhibit's final day."There's an element of nostalgia to the show," says Cooper, as she was supervising its installation. "But the peace message is very clear."

http://www.newsday.com/entertainment...ance-1.3151489


NewsFix KIAH
September 7, 2011
HOUSTON, TX—

Imagine peace. That`s exactly what John Lennon wanted us to do over 40 years ago. And now, with the 10 year reflection of the 9/11 tragedy, that`s what Yoko Ono is asking us to do.Each morning, if you`re driving south on I-45 heading into town, you`ll see this billboard: Imagine Peace.It`s a temporary ‘peace’, on loan from and signed by Yoko Ono. She`s asking us to not only remember, but pay tribute to the tragedy that happened on September 11. Imagine Peace!

http://www.39online.com/newsfix/kiah...,7576008.story


The Morton Report
September 7, 2011
Pattie Boyd: Rock's Most Beautiful Muse

Pattie Boyd was the face of the '60s. Her blonde hair, deep bangs, long legs, and perfect pout got her on magazine covers and snared her a bit part in the Beatles' first film, A Hard Day's Night. She met George Harrison on the very first day of filming, and he asked her out—thinking that she looked exactly like Brigitte Bardot.She married the quiet Beatle, living a rarified life that few of us will ever experience. Boyd not only is famous for her iconic beauty, but for introducing the Fab Four to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi and also for leaving Harrison for his best friend Eric Clapton and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

http://www.themortonreport.com/enter...eautiful-muse/

[msLinds]

Theatre Devon
September 2011
Exeter Cathedral bell ringers to ring in commemoration for 9/11

Imagine - a sound art performance 
by Cleo Evans and The Imagine Project
Venue: Exeter Cathedral
Performance Time: 20:00 
8.00 pm – Peace walk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral 8.30pm – Recital and online broadcast (5 mins duration) 
Performance Duration: 1:00 
Full Price: FREE

Commemorating the 10th anniversary of 9/11, a recital of John Lennon’s famous anti-war song ‘Imagine’ will be performed on the bells of Exeter Cathedral on Sunday 11th September 2011 and broadcast online so the peal can be heard worldwide.The one-off recital will be performed by Exeter Society of Bell Ringers and preceded by a peacewalk from Exeter Mosque to Exeter Cathedral. The event will be also used to inspire discussion amongst young people through a social media project produced in partnership with education 
specialist DigitalME and the Imperial War Museum. Everyone is welcome at the event by joining the peace walk, which starts at Exeter Mosque on York Road, at 8 pm, and finishes at the Cathedral in time to hear the bells peal ‘Imagine’. Those who can’t*attend can listen live online at [url]www.imagineproject.info

http://theatredevon.net/whats-on/2011/9/11/imagine-a-sound-art-performance

http://www.imagineproject.info/

[chiliD]

Originally Posted by msLinds

...and inspiring some of rock's most heart-torn classics like Harrison's "Something," "I Need You,” and Clapton's "Layla" and "Beautiful Tonight."

Uhhhh...that would be "WONDERFUL Tonight".

[msLinds]

Hi ChiliD thanks for stopping by.Have a safe and great upcoming weekend soon and take care.

News -Antiques-com
September 9, 2011
Bids Soar for Vintage Beatles Album l Top eBay Auction

News-Antique.com - Sep 08,2011 - WhatSellsBest.com, a website tracking rare auction items selling on eBay, is reporting bidding has passed $12,000 on day six of a seven day auction, for a rare (mint condition) vintage Beatles Record Album.The album, 'The Beatles - Please Please Me' is the debut album by the English rock band which was put out by the Parlophone record label on March 22, 1963.

http://news-antique.com/?id=799997

Smithsonian.com
September 8, 2011
Past Imperfect

Anyone who has ever listened to The Beatles’ Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band–and that’s a few hundred million people at the last estimate–will know the swirling melody and appealingly nonsensical lyrics of “Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite,” one of the most unusual tracks on that most eclectic of albums.For the benefit of Mr. Kite
There will be a show tonight on trampoline
The Hendersons will all be there
Late of Pablo Fanque’s Fair—what a scene
Over men and horses, hoops and garters
Lastly through a hogshead of real fire!
In this way Mr. K. will challenge the world ! But who are these people, these horsemen and acrobats and “somerset turners” of a bygone age ?

http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/hist...-fanques-fair/

Mojo
September 9, 2011

George Harrison: Living In The Material World is a new, epic film charting the life and times of "the Beatle that changed the most". The full MOJO review will appear in a future issue of the mag (sneak preview - it's great), but in the meantime here are six things you can look forward to seeing when it is released on DVD/Blu-ray this autumn.
1.There is enough unseen footage, photos, audio outtakes and new interviews to satisfy even the most devoted Beatles fans.

http://www.mojo4music.com/blog/2011/...ix_things.html

TheCMWeb site.com
September 8, 2011
Sound recording copyright extension could be passed imminently

After many years of very vocal campaigning, the copyright term for sound recordings in Europe may be quietly increased to seventy years next week following a meeting this week of the European Union’s Committee Of Permanent Representatives.As much previously reported, the sound recording copyright term is currently fifty years after release in Europe, compared to 95 years in the US, and the life of the creator plus seventy years for the rights that exist in lyrics and musical score.

The European record industry has been lobbying for some time for the sound recording copyright term to be extended, arguing the imbalance between European and US copyright terms, and between those enjoyed by music publishers and songwriters versus record companies and recording artists are unfair.

Those lobbying efforts became more prolific in recent years as the particularly valuable mid-sixties rock n roll catalogues – including the early Beatles and Rolling Stones recordings – started to approach the end of their fifty year terms. Labels like EMI still rely to an extent on royalties generated by music from that era, in EMI’s case the Beatles catalogue in particular.

http://www.thecmuwebsite.com/article...ed-imminently/

Liverpool Echo
September 9, 2011
Yellow submarine model stolen from outside Liverpool church

THIEVES stole a huge model of The Beatles’ iconic yellow submarine from outside a Liverpool church.Fab Four fans from St Barnabas Church in Penny Lane were left upset after the wooden sub was taken.The churchgoers today appealed for it to be returned after it went missing during their Beatles celebrations.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liver...0252-29389387/

[msLinds]

Village Voice
September 9, 2011
Fashion's Night Out: Beth Ditto Vamps, Sean Lennon Multitasks, Neon Indian Commands The Room

Next, we struck out along Mercer Street, where we saw Anna Wintour herself pass by with her entourage, smartphones aimed at her from every angle. Taking this as a sign we were doing all right, we pressed on, past the weird live-mannequin window displays, to a store where instruments seemed to be getting set up. Who was playing there? Why, it was Sean Lennon's band, The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger.

http://blogs.villagevoice.com/music/...ian.php?page=2

September 9, 2011
Sean Lennon loses the bow tie to beat the heat at United Bamboo : Photograph

http://twitpic.com/6iczw8

[msLinds]

Everyone have a safe and great weekend.All the victims and their familys and everyone living in the USA on this 10th anniversary of 9/11 are in my prayers this weekend.

Mail Online
September 10, 2011
Did George Harrison have an affair with Madonna? Explosive film reveals new side to Beatles star

Another night of chaos and excess at Friar Park, George Harrison’s immense Victorian Gothic home in Henley, was seen through a haze of dope, cocaine and alcohol. As the evening in 1973 drew to a close, Harrison’s friend and houseguest Ronnie Wood took him aside and told him that he intended to sleep with the former Beatle’s wife Pattie Boyd that evening.Harrison’s response was to point to the room which Wood was sharing with his wife Krissie and say: ‘And I shall be sleeping there.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz...=feeds-newsxml

The Acorn
September 9, 2011
New mystery takes on Beatlemania

What happens when a former teen idol—now a recovering alcoholic looking for a comeback—is accused of murder? That’s the question Moorpark resident and Acorn employee Sally Carpenter was looking to answer when she wrote the first book in her Sandy Fairfax Teen Idol mystery series.In “The Baffled Beatlemaniac Caper,” from Oak Tree Press, the protagonist is Sandy Fairfax, a 1970s teen idol who recorded 10 gold albums and starred in the hit TV series “Buddy Brave, Boy Sleuth.”Now (in 1993, when the story is set) Sandy is 38, forgotten and hoping to make a comeback, starting with a guest appearance at a Beatles fan convention in Evansville, Ind.But Sandy is suspected of murder after a member of the Mersey Marvels, a Beatles tribute band, is shot. The former teen idol, who played a detective on TV, becomes an amateur sleuth as he tries to clear his name and solve the mystery.

http://www.theacorn.com/news/2011-09...atlemania.html

MediaCaster
September 9, 2011
Syndicated Series Showcases The Beatles Online and on Corus Radio

The Complete Beatles will air on Corus Radio stations starting this weekend, with supplemental material on the Fab Four presented online.The new syndicated series, The Complete Beatles, is hosted by Jeff Woods of Legends of Classic Rock. The weekly one hour program offers audiences a sweeping and comprehensive overview of the legendary Fab Four's music, their cultural impact and influences on other musical careers.

http://www.mediacastermagazine.com/n...io/1000575458/

West Sussex Today
Helped by The Beatles
September 9, 2011

You To Me Are Everything gave The Real Thing a massive number one hit back in 1976. But for band member Eddie Amoo, it was hardly a case of overnight success.He was more than ready for it after 13 years with The Chants, a Liverpool vocal group discovered by The Beatles, no less.“The Beatles discovered The Chants and launched us,” recalls Eddie who brings The Real Thing to Chequer Mead, East Grinstead, on Saturday, September 10.“The Beatles gave us like an apprenticeship. I was with them for 13 years before I got together with my brother Chris (for The Real Thing).“We were a vocal group in the tradition of American doo-wop and we met Paul (McCartney) at one of The Beatles’ gigs. Paul invited us to come to the Cavern to audition for The Beatles, basically out of curiosity. We just sang; we didn’t play instruments.

http://www.westsussextoday.co.uk/new...tles_1_3039497