It was forty years ago today Sgt. Pepper taught the band to play They’ve been going in and out of style But they’re guaranteed to raise a smile So may me introduce to you The act you’ve known for all these years Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band Forty years ago today the Beatles releasedContinue reading “On Forty Years Ago Today”
Category Archives: Beatles
On Being a Beatles Song
Looking for something completely unrelated I stumbled across this quiz. Isn’t Google grand? 🙂 And the questions aren’t obvious. One thing with a lot of these ‘net quizzes is that the questions are rather… limited. You can tell, generally, how your result will turn out. These questions? Completely random. Honestly, they’ve nothing to do withContinue reading “On Being a Beatles Song”
On Across the Universe
Before Spider-Man 3 there was a trailer for a film I’d never heard of before–Across the Universe. The trailer started to unspool–a young man, shaggy hair, sitting on a beach, a wry smile on his face, singing a Beatles song. “Girl,” from Rubber Soul. I love that song. Five seconds. The trailer had me. “Girl.”Continue reading “On Across the Universe”
On The Beatles in Doctor Who
I was browsing the forums at Outpost Gallifrey the other day and came across a thread that asked, “Should Doctor Who do a Beatles episode?” That caught my attention. 🙂 A clip of the Beatles appears in “The Chase” — and had the scheduling worked out the Beatles might’ve appeared in the story. Ian’s familiarContinue reading “On The Beatles in Doctor Who”
On a Morning Music Meme
For once, this is David‘s and Dayton’s doing: Pick a band and answer all the following questions with the titles of their songs. Chosen band: The Beatles. Yeah, we’re going easy. Are you a male or female?“Nowhere Man” Describe yourself:“Yer Blues” How do you feel about yourself?“I’m So Tired” Describe where you currently live?“Here, There,Continue reading “On a Morning Music Meme”
On a Random Beatles Listen
So here I am, listening to The Beatles. I’d spent some time a few weeks ago and copied most–but not quite all–of my Beatles collection to the hard drive for easy access at writing time. (The only things I didn’t copy? Live at the BBC, 1, and The Capitol Albums, because they duplicate so muchContinue reading “On a Random Beatles Listen”
On Weird Concepts
So an idea came to me. An alternate history novel. An alternate history novel about the Beatles. There have been a few Beatles alternate histories. Larry Kirwan’s Liverpool Fantasy comes quickly to mind, as does Stephen Baxter’s “The Twelfth Album” and Ian McLeod’s “Snodgrass.” The concept is doable. It’s something that conceivably could have happened.Continue reading “On Weird Concepts”
On Bands I Like
Stolen from Keith, a music meme. List 10 musical artists you like, in no specific order (do this before reading the questions below). 1. The Beatles 2. Carbon Leaf 3. Coldplay 4. Nick Drake 5. Green Day 6. Vince Guaraldi 7. Led Zeppelin 8. Snow Patrol 9. Tom Petty 10. The Who Okay, ten musicalContinue reading “On Bands I Like”
On Beatallica
You can find the strangest things on Wikipedia. A search for Beatles tribute bands led me down a path to a band called “Beatallica.” A name like that–was it a mash-up of the Beatles and Metallica? I had to investigate. And that led me to Beatallica’s website, beatallica.org. They are just like they sound, aContinue reading “On Beatallica”
On a Serendipitous Happening
John Lennon tried to tell me something today. I was buying a greeting card in a drug store, and as I made my decision the muzak switched over to a John Lennon song that captured perfectly the mood of the greeting card I wanted to purchase. I won’t say which song. Just that it wasContinue reading “On a Serendipitous Happening”