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As an anthem of peace, the song has been sung time and again by different people at various events since its release in 1971.
Pop stars from Elton John and Stevie Wonder to Liza Minnelli and Madonna have sung their own versions of the song.
When people gathered on the streets of Paris after the 2015 terrorist attack, a man played the song on a piano decorated with a symbol of peace.
Bored after self-isolation during Covid-19, 'Wonder Woman' Star Gal Gadot got together a star-studded cast for a sing-along of the masterpiece, while students of Melbourne wrote their own version of this song during the pandemic.
A pre-recorded version of the song was performed at the Tokyo Olympics.
One can’t imagine the greatness of this song written 50 years ago that still resonates with so many and is relevant to today’s times.
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George Harrison turned an OBE down in 2000 after Paul McCartney was awarded a knighthood - with his friend claiming it was 'extremely insensitive'
Deciding who gets onto the New Year's Honours List must be a trick process - and often causes tension.
Many people dream of receiving an honour from The Queen, but there have been a number of famous faces over the years who have turned it down.
Perhaps the most controversial of all time involved the Beatles - with one member returning their honour and another declining his because he felt 'insulted'.
All four members of the legendary band, Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, were awarded an MBE in 1965.
They were nominated by then Prime Minister Harold Wilson, but controversy erupted due to the honour primarily being bestowed on military veterans and civic leaders at the time.
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The Beatles had many idols. They had their own personal influences, but one of their most significant inspirations was a particular Motown singer. The Beatles said he was “God in their eyes” and inspired a couple of their earliest songs and beyond.
If you’ve listened to any of The Beatles’ earlier records, you know that they harmonized excellently. That’s because they learned from the best; Smokey Robinson.
According to Rolling Stone, Paul McCartney once said, “Smokey Robinson was like God in our eyes,” and you can tell they thought that on those early records. “Nowhere was Robinson’s divine presence more felt than on With the Beatles,” Rolling Stone wrote.
With the Beatles features the band’s cover of “You Really Got a Hold on Me” and songs like John Lennon’s “Not a Second Time” and “All I’ve Got to Do,” which John once described as “me trying to do Smokey Robinson.”
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On New Year’s Day, 1962, two bands auditioned for Decca Records in London. The company had been scouting for a new act that would appeal to the younger crowd. After hearing both bands, the executives decided on Brian Poole and the Tremeloes, a 1960s beat band whose later hits would include a cover of “Twist and Shout.”
Explaining their decision to the other band’s manager, Brian Epstein, the record executives reasoned that “guitar groups were on the way out.”
While Epstein continued seeking a record label for his Liverpudlian quartet, the band members — John, Paul, George, and Ringo— were themselves dispirited and close to calling it quits.
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A half-century ago, The Beatles reigned supreme in the heyday of AM radio and rec room hi-fi turntables. Like many youngsters who were another decade or so away from scoring a driver’s license, I lived and breathed in anticipation of hearing the newest release from the 20th century’s greatest musical group.
As a preteen listening to the album “Let It Be” — played ad nauseam in my bedroom in a cookie-cutter American suburb of Seattle, to be a fly on the wall of the studio where the original supergroup fashioned its iconic songs was my unattainable dream. The Beatles were superhuman and as mythical as Superman and Santa Claus.
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Dick James, the Beatles’ original music publisher, gets an icy reception in a scene in Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary. In that scene (Part 1, around 27:00), you sense a scent of resentment, chilling the humor, killing the vibe. It’s the “suit” in the room, the one who, with Brian Epstein in 1963, had easily convinced Lennon and McCartney to sign over their copyrights to all of their Beatles songs, including ones not yet written.
How the Beatles signed away their publishing – a year before they blasted off globally – was unusual then as now. Neither a straight copyright purchase nor a co-publishing deal, James creatively set up Northern Songs as a copyright holding company that he would own with “the boys.” James and his accountant reportedly ended up with 50%, John and Paul received 20% each, and Epstein took 10%.
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George Harrison and Elton John weren’t the closest of friends. They’d collaborated a couple of times, but that’s as far as they went. However, George still felt he needed to warn the “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” singer about his excessive drug use. He even gave Elton John a couple of tellings-off.
In the special edition of Rolling Stone, “Remembering George,” Elton John talked about his experiences with George over the years. He also explained that George gave him a couple of talks about his drug habits.
“It’s very hard to put into words,” Elton John said. “He was very forthright, and he actually administered quite a few tellings-off to me about my drug problem.
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The Disney+ docu-series The Beatles: Get Back has given fans an intimate look at the Beatles’ creative process. Hours of footage show Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr building the pieces of what would become classic songs. Hearing all of their conversations wasn’t easy, director Peter Jackson said. Jackson spoke at a Zoom press conference for The Beatles: Get Back on Nov. 16. He explained how he used new digital tools to uncover dialogue between band members that was previously buried under music and other noise.
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Paul McCartney says family gives his life meaning: “I may be 80, but I feel 25!”
Sir Paul McCartney, who will turn 80 in June, says he still feels like a 25-year-old.
And the former Beatle is in such good spirits that he has no intention of stopping recording, performing live, or writing new songs, which he does with the help of a few drinks.
“Hey, I can’t believe I’m a grandparent!” Macca exclaimed, adding, “I mean, I’m 25 years old actually, I just look older, and I think my birth certificate was falsified.”
I have eight grandchildren, a wonderful wife, and wonderful children, and I believe that is where I should be concentrating my efforts.”
He stated that he composes music “when [he]is in the mood or has some free time.”
“I don’t try to write a song every day,” he explained.
You get an idea, or it’s late at night, and you’ve had a few drinks, and you make terrible demos [sounding like]this old drunken uncle.”
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The Monkees received many comparisons to The Beatles over the years. While The Monkees covered songs by numerous artists, they only recorded a cover of one Paul McCartney song. During an interview, Mike Nesmith discussed what he thought of the cover’s parent album.The final album The Monkees made during the lifetimes of Nesmith and Peter Tork was a Christmas album called Christmas Party. It was The Monkees’ lone Christmas album. During an interview with The Monkees’ YouTube channel, Nesmith revealed his thoughts on Christmas Party. “Dare I say it, I think this Monkees Christmas album is really, really good,” Nesmith opined. “This is a nice piece of work. It’s very odd in The Monkees’ lexicon, but it was a lot of fun to work on.”
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In 1976, Lorne Michaels offered The Beatles $3,000 to reunite on his show, Saturday Night Live. Seven months later, George Harrison signed on as the musical guest while Paul Simon had hosting duties. That show had two great moments.
In one skit, George confronted Michaels about the pay. Then, George and Simon performed together in one of the most famous performances on SNL. Simon enjoyed performing with the ex-Beatle. He said it was an “effortless” collaboration.
Simon spoke very highly about his performance with George on SNL in a special edition of Rolling Stone, “Remembering George.”
“The roots of my friendship with George Harrison go back to 1976, when we performed together on Saturday Night Live,” Simon said. “Sitting on stools side by side with acoustic guitars, we sang ‘Here Comes the Sun,’ and ‘Homeward Bound.’
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The Beatles‘ movie A Hard Day’s Night inspired the creators of The Monkees‘ sitcom. Davy Jones once dismissed the idea that The Monkees was similar to A Hard Day’s Night. On the other hand, Jones once said a scene from The Monkees was directly lifted from A Hard Day’s Night.At one point in his book They Made a Monkee Out of Me, Jones dismissed the idea that The Monkees’ sitcom was similar to The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night. “[Monkees writers Paul Mazursky and Larry Tucker] were true to their word and came up with this idea for a show,” he said. “It was based on The Beatles’ A Hard Day’s Night — four rock ‘n’ roll musicians trying to make it — living together in a house on Malibu beach — sea, sand, surfboards.
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On the release of Get Back, Peter Jackson’s new documentary on the Beatles, Dominic Sandbrook reveals what eight landmark moments in the Fab Four’s career can tell us about the changing face of Britain in the sixties It was a sunny afternoon in the summer of 1957, and all seemed right with the world. Twelve years after the end of the Second World War, Harold Macmillan’s Britain was booming, the economy buoyant, the “affluent society” in full swing. And in the comfortable Liverpool suburb of Woolton, everybody was looking forward to the St Peter’s parish church fete, a highlight of the summer calendar.
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The Beatles stopped touring before they reached their early studio pinnacle with Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band, leaving a string of un-played era-defining late-'60s hits. Then John Lennon and George Harrison died without ever mounting the never-ending tour cycles later favored by former bandmates Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr.
Still, Lennon and Harrison returned to several of their best-known Beatles songs during rare solo shows, and both McCartney and Starr have made highlights from the Fab Four's catalog a staple on their respective tours. McCartney has even covered songs by Harrison and Lennon, including "Something" and "Day Tripper." Harrison did Lennon's "In My Life" on his 1974 U.S. tour, too.
As a result, most of the expected songs from their time together have been performed onstage – either by the Beatles as a unit or by members of the group. But not all of them, as shown by the following list of 10 Surprising Songs Never Performed Live by the Beatles.
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Long before Peter Jackson's "Get Back," the Beatles were not only a phenomenon like none other in the world of music, but in the world at large as well. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr's innovations and contributions have influenced musicians ever since, and continue to gain them new adoring fans as one generation passes to the next. Their impact can be seen, heard, and felt well beyond music — in humor, fashion, politics, religion and film.
The Fab Four have inspired so many, and their catalogue of over 200 songs has inspired filmmakers to use their music here, there and everywhere. There are plenty of movies about the Beatles, but let's take a look at the best ones that were inspired by them. In most cases, these movies reiterate that all you need is love — and in others, some money and/or murder. In a few more instances, the Beatles' music even inspired their own films.
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