The Beatles

[ChrisGeorge]

It seems to me that the whole world celebrates the Beatles, except Liverpool. Even here, in west central Florida, we have a "Beatles Festival", however, Liverpool it's self has a "Mathew Street Festival". The world knows the Beatles but who other than Beatles officianados and Scousers know the significance of Matthew Street in Beatles folk lore? The name Mathew Street in Beatles lore is like "Merseyside" is to the name "Liverpool".

Hi Sloyne

There is or there used to be in Liverpool the annual International Beatles Week Festival, usually held in August, but when I try to call up the URL I get an error at

http://www.visitliverpool.com/site/w...estival-p16220

Perhaps someone can clarify where things stand in regard to holding another International Beatles Week Festival.

Chris

[Sloyne]

Perhaps someone can clarify where things stand in regard to holding another International Beatles Week Festival.

I believe it is an annual event held in September and organised by the world wide 'Beatles Fan Club' and, although, with lots of help from the 'Merseyside Tourism Board" and other official city departments, is still a privately organised affair. I think last years affair was headquartered in the Adelphi Hotel.

Remember the 'Yellow Submarine' that was situated on Chavesse Park and now reposes at Liverpool John Lennon Airport? Well Liverpool City chief executive (since retired) a David Henshaw, actually boasted, on another forum (SSC) that he was responsible for having the submarine removed and sent to the scrapyard. This was probaly the most photographed piece of Liverpool public art, while it stood on Chavasse. It took a Manchester corporation, Peel Holding, owners of Liverpool Airport and Liverpool Docks, to see the potential and significance of the Beatles and thier draw, commercialy, to Liverpool.

[ChrisGeorge]

I believe it is an annual event held in September and organised by the world wide 'Beatles Fan Club' and, although, with lots of help from the 'Merseyside Tourism Board" and other official city departments, is still a privately organised affair. I think last years affair was headquartered in the Adelphi Hotel.

Remember the 'Yellow Submarine' that was situated on Chavesse Park and now reposes at Liverpool John Lennon Airport? Well Liverpool City chief executive (since retired) a David Henshaw, actually boasted, on another forum (SSC) that he was responsible for having the submarine removed and sent to the scrapyard. This was probaly the most photographed piece of Liverpool public art, while it stood on Chavasse. It took a Manchester corporation, Peel Holding, owners of Liverpool Airport and Liverpool Docks, to see the potential and significance of the Beatles and thier draw, commercialy, to Liverpool.

Hello Sloyne

Well the ultimate "diss" by the City of Liverpool toward the Beatles might be the demolition of the original Cavern club for the new James Street station. It was only when the City began to realize, belatedly, the tourist potential of the Beatles, that Cavern Walks was built.

Chris

[Paul D]

Here's an online petition to get Ringo Knighted
Or in short, here's 10 simple reasons why he should be:

Quote:
1. The Beatles are not just another pop group they changed popular culture.
2. Ringo has an MBE. Tom Jones has a knighthood.
3. The Beatles are a symbol of this country's creativity that is recognised in every part of the globe.
4. Ringo has an MBE. Cliff Richard has a knighthood.
5. Have you heard the drumming on Abbey Road?
6. Ringo has an MBE. Errol Brown of Hot Chocolate has an MBE.
7. Before Ringo joined the Beatles they were nothing.
8. Ringo has an MBE. Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers has an MBE.
9. Have you seen Help?
10. Ringo has an MBE. Jeffrey Archer has a peerage.

Please take time out to vote.

http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/Ringostarr/

[shytalk]

I am against entertainers getting honours, but if the others have them he should too. I'll give him a vote.

P.S. I've copied this to the Sailors home site.

[MissInformed]

just signed it.
I am gonna post it on myspace too

[Waterways]

I am against entertainers getting honours, but if the others have them he should too. I'll give him a vote.

I am against anyone getting an honour at all. Honours, knighhoods and peerages should be all scrapped. The system is ludicrous and open to abuse. There again I am a confirmed republican too.

[Ged]

The Mathew street festival is held every August bank holiday monday and is bigger and better every year. It started out as the very first Beatles Convention on 9th/10th Oct, John's birthday 1977) which as a Beatles nut, I attended. I'm hoping to actually play at it next year.

It's a pity that Free as a bird and Real Love only made the No.2 and No4 slot upon their release at the time of the Anthology albums in the mid 90s - I'm surprised that Paul didn't buy up a good few thousand copies to help them on their way - we all know it goes on. He doesn't need the money but the prestige and possible record breaking feat it would have achieved 3 decades after their last No1 single would've been great.

A shame too that Elvis' 'A little less conversation' albeit via a dj remix was allowed to overtake the Beatles as most UK No1's but of course if we add all the solo No1's together, they're still well out in front.

As for the new 'Love' cd - fantastic, though I would've added 'Flying' to the 'A day in the life' fade out to include yet another track but who am I?

[Paul D]

just signed it.
I am gonna post it on myspace too

Well in girl.

[ChrisGeorge]

A capsule review by my friend, David O'Flaherty, of "Imagine: John Lennon":

This documentary was released in 1988 and is one of my favorites. A friend gave me the DVD for my birthday. If you have even a passing interest in The Beatles, watch this movie. It turns out that Lennon had himself filmed constantly (a rock star, a narcissist? you bet), and these private home movies form the basis for this film, narrated by Lennon himself from countless interviews he gave over his lifetime.

The narration has been edited seamlessly and it's as if Lennon has purposefully provided a voiceover for a documentary of his life. The movie begins with Lennon putting "Imagine" together at Tittenhurst Estate and recording songs with crazy Phil Spector (Lennon even has Spector sing background, I suspect to his great regret).

One of the things I liked about this is that it's not afraid to show Lennon at his worst (happily sitting with George Harrison while cattily sniping about Paul McCartney "I see Beatle Phil is making a pig of himself") before the two record Lennon's famous putdown of McCartney, "How Do You Sleep?" "How do you sleep, you ****?" Lennon asks during one outtake (answer: probably not very well after seeing this footage).

There's also Lennon at his most humorous and warm, and the film captures a wonderfully weird moment when Lennon confronts a burned-out fan who it turns out has been living in the garden of Tittenhurst (I strongly suspect this man went on to become Dan Quayle).

"Imagine: John Lennon" is a warm and complicated portrait of an imperfect human being, from birth to death, and told in that person's very own words.

I give it 10 out of 10 white pianos.

David O'Flaherty

[Ged]

Yes a great movie. I have one dvd/cd/book cabinet just seperate for the Beatles/solo stuff. You think you know everything until the next day.

[FKoE]

Sorry if this has already been posted ..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE7TTJxFBuU

9min segment of The Beatles... and Liverpool.


It is possible to save this video to your hard drive as a flash movie,using a little program called videodownloader http://videodownloader.net/

[FKoE]

The compleat set for the entire Beatles video is here click here

[ChrisGeorge]

Yes a great movie. I have one dvd/cd/book cabinet just seperate for the Beatles/solo stuff. You think you know everything until the next day.

Hi Ged

Thanks, Ged. I sense a bit of a blasé attitude among Liverpudlians towards the Beatles, and I do know that in the Sixties when I was living in Liverpool there was an open attitude that the Beatles had "abandoned" Liverpool. Of course they had to go to London to make it and they did what everyone would have, and then of course the world beckoned. I do think that Sir Paul McCartney particularly has more than made up for what might have been viewed as any neglect of the 'Pool. What do you think?

Chris

[Ged]

I totally agree. London was THE place. The t.v. studios were down there, the recording studios, the heads of the record company - what could they do?

I'm always miffed by people who say 'I preferred the stones' as though you couldn't have liked them both which I do. They were also good friends and in fact the Beatles gave the stones one of their earliest top 20 hits with with 'I wanna be your man' which they'd written for Ringo to sing on their own 2nd album.

Most groups have 3 or 4 single standard songs on their albums with the rest being throwaways. The Beatles for me usually have an album full of single worthy songs and when you think that in the UK, the likes of I'm a loser, In my life, Eight days a week, Michelle, Yesterday and none of the Sgt Pepper album tracks were ever singles during the Beatles time, you can hopefully see what I mean.