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Beatles News
Sociologists were stumped by the effect The Beatles had on their fans
The Beatles felt ‘a vibration’ from their audiences
Ringo Starr says the band couldn’t hear themselves play at live shows
The Beatles perform on stage at the Washington Coliseum, Washington DC, Feb. 11, 1964. The performance was their first US concert. Pictured are, from left, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, and John Lennon | Rowland Scherman/Getty Images
As soon as fans saw The Beatles, whether they were playing a show or simply walking down the street, they broke into seemingly uncontrollable, intense screams. This couldn’t help but have an effect on John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr. Here’s how the band felt about the reaction they elicited from their fans.
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Dave Grohl will read a tale based on The Beatles’ ‘Octopus’s Garden’ to children this week for a new episode of CBeebies’ Bedtime Stories.
The Foo Fighters frontman will read the story, which is written by Ringo Starr and features pictures by Ben Cort, at 6.50pm BST this Friday (October 8) on the CBeebies channel.
Grohl is the latest high profile star to contribute to the series, which has seen Dolly Parton, Sir Elton John, Robbie Williams and Mark Ronson read stories aloud. Actors including Tom Hardy, Felicity Jones, Tom Hiddleston and Orlando Bloom have also narrated in the past.
Per press material, the story that Grohl will read “follows five children on a magical journey through the Octopus’s garden. The playful Octopus takes them on a wondrous underwater adventure, riding on the backs of turtles, playing pirates in a sunken city and sheltering from a storm in the octopus’s cave”.
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The Beatles almost sacked George Harrison and were reportedly thinking about replacing him with Eric Clapton, according to a newly unearthed interview with John Lennon.
The tape hears Lennon threaten to replace Harrison with Clapton after the guitarist temporarily quit the band in January 1969, during the recording sessions for the band’s final album, ‘Let It Be’, reports The Daily Mail.
The sudden departure of Harrison – who felt that his songs weren’t getting as much attention as those of Lennon and Paul McCartney – worried McCartney and Ringo Starr. Lennon, however, while sympathetic, was also practical about the situation.
Lennon said that Harrison’s attitude had been “a festering wound and we allowed it to go deeper and we didn’t even give him any bandages.”
The ‘Imagine’ hitmaker then suggested that his place in The Beatles be taken by fellow guitarist Clapton. “I think if George doesn’t come back by (next week) we ask Eric Clapton to play,” Lennon said.
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The Beatles thought the parents of their American fans were rude
They aggressively, thanklessly asked them for autographs
The band relaxed in the Florida sun (away from their fans’ rude parents)
In 1964, The Beatles got on a plane and flew to America for the first time as a band to make their debut. There, they made an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show and played venues all around the country (they were excited most of all for Carnegie Hall). To John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr‘s delight, the U.S. welcomed them with open arms. And the feeling was mutual. The Beatles loved their American fans. But they did not, however, love their parents.
In his 1964 column for the Daily Express (with the help of Daily Express writer Derek Taylor), Harrison wrote about interacting with The Beatles’ American fans’ parents.
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The farm in Peasmarsh, near Rye has been ranked the sixth most searched A list home on the web, according to interior designers UNCLE.
Searches for the homes of Jeremy Clarkson, Eric Clapton, Emma Watson, Harry Styles and Chris Evans were also popular.
The former Beatle’s stunning 160-acre plot - dubbed Blossom Wood Farm - was purchased in 1973.
Last year, Sir Paul revealed that he was isolating at his farm along with his daughter Mary and her family.
The 79-year-old was due to embark on a series of European concerts in 2020 including a Saturday night performance on the Glastonbury festival.
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Having placed mysterious ads in regional papers, including The Liverpool Echo, to tease publication of his new picture book, Grandude’s Green Submarine, Paul McCartney is now sending a giant green submarine to his beloved hometown for families to enjoy!
On Saturday 2nd October, Paul McCartney’s Green Submarine will dock outside Waterstones Liverpool One to entertain families and mark publication of his new book Grandude’s Green Submarine (illustrated by Kathryn Durst). Young children will be able to meet Grandude and Nandude and have their photo taken in the submarine and the first 55 families to engage with the submarine will be in with a chance of winning one of 5 exclusive signed copies in a nod to it being 55 years since the release of Yellow Submarine.
The green submarine will stay docked in Waterstones, Liverpool One on the Sunday and Monday as well and will find final harbour with Alder Hey Children’s Hospital and Charity who are delighted that Paul has decided to donate the submarine to them.
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Sir Ringo Starr doesn’t know if he will tour in 2022 – because the COVID-19 situation is still “dodgy”.
The 81-year-olf Beatles legend had no choice but to call off all his shows in 2020 and 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and although he has the opportunity to head out on the road with his All-Starr Band again next year, he is still wary about risking his health.
He said: “We didn’t know what it was going to be like in March 2020.
“It was getting a bit rough and we all knew about it and we had to postpone the main tour.
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Back in 1964, The Beatles began approaching international superstardom and Beatlemania was spreading like wildfire. Unquestionably, there has never been a fan base quite like that of The Beatles back in the ’60s. Why were fans of the group so uniquely passionate? George Harrison wrote about his theory in his column for the Daily Express, along with help from Daily Express writer Derek Taylor.
In his Feb 14, 1964 column for the Daily Express, Harrison wrote about the band’s first time playing in America. First, they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, then they toured around the country, including a performance at Carnegie Hall (what they were most excited about). It was a whirlwind trip and Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr were all pleased to find that Americans had more than welcomed them with open arms. But they also found that they were the subject of scrutiny.
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The Beatles nearly SACKED George Harrison and lined up Eric Clapton to replace him, unearthed recordings from January 1969 reveal.
The title of The Beatles’ final album Let It Be suggested serenity and acceptance. But newly unearthed recordings from January 1969 prove that the Fab Four’s swansong followed more of a Long and Winding Road.
In fact the incendiary clips tell how John Lennon threatened to replace George Harrison with Eric Clapton when he temporarily quit the band.
The sudden departure of Harrison –who felt that his songs didn’t get as much attention as those of Lennon and Paul McCartney – worried McCartney and Ringo Starr. But Lennon, while sympathetic, was practical.
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In January 1969, the Beatles were huddled together in the basement of the Apple Corps offices in West London, working on their follow-up to the previous year’s White Album.
In addition to the new album, “Let It Be,” they were planning a concert, their first live performance in front of an audience since 1966, when they vowed to retire from the stage after a disastrous tour of the United States that included too many shrieking girls and protests from the Ku Klux Klan.
Their ideas for a live show ranged from impractical to borderline deranged. Paul McCartney, 26, suggested playing in the rain or a snowstorm, admitting that the water might cause a “few deaths on the set due to electric shocks.”
Yoko Ono, 35, recommended a stadium full of 20,000 empty chairs, arguing that it would be “much more dramatic.”
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Paul McCartney is one of the greatest artists in the world. Millions of people pay good money to see him play live in concert and would probably spend even more money to have him personally serenade them. But Paul’s grandchildren get it all for free, and they don’t exactly appreciate it. When he plays around them, they’d rather watch a TV program instead. They’ll realize they should have soaked in all their moments with the ex-Beatle when he isn’t around anymore. At 79 years old, Paul’s family has truly grown. Paul has three children, Mary, Stella, and James, with his first wife, Linda McCartney. Paul also adopted Linda’s daughter Heather, whom she had in a previous marriage. Linda died in 1998, and Paul married his second wife, Heather Mills, in 2002. They had one daughter, Paul’s youngest child, Beatrice, in 2003. After Paul divorced Mills in 2008, he married Nancy Shevell in 2011.
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Michael Jackson’s Thriller includes many famous songs, including the title track, “Billie Jean,” and the Paul McCartney duet “The Girl Is Mine.” In his autobiography, Jackson explained why he felt he had no choice but to make “The Girl Is Mine” the lead single from the album. In addition, he explained why he wrote the song in the first place.
Jackson and Paul are two of the most famous musicians of the 20th century. Despite this, their musical styles are very different. They might not seem like obvious musical bedfellows. In his autobiography, Moonwalk, Jackson discussed how he came to work with Paul.
“When we were about to start work on Thriller, I called Paul McCartney in London and this time I did say, ‘Let’s get together and write some hits,'” Jackson wrote. “Our collaboration produced ‘Say Say Say‘ and ‘The Girl Is Mine.'” While “The Girl Is Mine” appeared on Thriller, Paul released “Say Say Say” on his album Pipes of Peace.
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Sir Paul shared a swimming pool photograph of himself as a child with his mother Mary.
The 79-year-old captioned it: “Today is the anniversary of my lovely mum’s birth. Lets celebrate together. - Paul.”
Mary Patricia Mohin was born on September 29, 1909 and married Paul’s father James McCartney on April 5, 1941.
Sadly, the star’s mid-wife mother died some 65 years ago on October 31, 1956 of an embolism due to a complication from surgery for breast cancer.
On Mother’s Day this year Paul paid tribute to his mum with a picture of himself as a kid with his parents and younger brother Michael sitting in a doorway.
He captioned this snap: “Happy #MothersDay to all you mothers around the world with love.. you deserve it. - Paul x.”
John Lennon also lost his mother Julia as a teenager when just 17-years-old.
She was knocked down and killed by a car driven by an off-duty police officer in 1958.
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Many women helped George Harrison throughout his career. His mother Louise supported him when he was a boy with a dream of becoming the next Carl Perkins. Then, his first wife, Pattie Boyd, inspired him to write The Beatles’ “Something,” one of the best love songs ever. But only one woman helped him the most and continues to help him years after his death, his wife, Olivia. It’s only fitting that Olivia gets to look over her husband’s legacy when she helped write some of his songs.
Olivia wasn’t just an inspiration and a muse for George. She helped him in the song process whenever she could, and she’s still helping by spending hours remastering George’s albums and finding lost lyrics in the seat cushions of their couches years later.
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On Wednesday morning, as a new semester began, students eagerly headed into the University of Liverpool’s lecture theaters to begin courses in archaeology, languages and international relations.
But in lecture room No. 5 of the university’s concrete Rendall Building, a less traditional program was getting underway: a master’s degree devoted entirely to the Beatles.
“How does one start a Beatles M.A.?” asked Holly Tessler, the American academic who founded the course, looking out at 11 eager students. One wore a Yoko Ono T-shirt; another had a yellow submarine tattooed on his arm.
“I thought the only way to do it, really, is with some music,” she said.
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