There are a couple of unreleased Beatles tracks that fans have been wanting to hear for forty-plus years. Holy Grails, basically. Tracks like the 27-minute “Helter Skelter.” Or tracks worked on during the “reunion” sessions in 1994 and 1995 like “All For Love” and “Now and Then.” And then there’s “Carnival of Light.” It’s aContinue reading “On “Carnival of Light””
Tag Archives: Paul-McCartney
On Paul McCartney and Israel
What the hell is wrong with the world? A Muslim preacher, Omar Bakri, has threatened Paul McCartney if he performs, as planned, in Tel Aviv later in the month in a concert celebrating Israel’s 60th anniversary: If he values his life, Mr. McCartney must not come to Israel. He will not be safe there. TheContinue reading “On Paul McCartney and Israel”
On Paperback Writer
It sometimes surprises me, given the cultural signifance of the Beatles, that there’s not more fiction devoted to the Beatles than there is. There’s a few novels — Liverpool Fantasy stands out — and some short stories, like Ian MacLeod’s “Snodgrass” and Stephen Baxter’s “The Twelfth Album.” Curiously, all of these novels are alternate historiesContinue reading “On Paperback Writer”
On Another Imaginary Beatles Album
Stephen Baxter created “God.” Maximum Bob created “Imaginary.” I created “Hot As Sun.” Imaginary Beatles albums. Had the band not broken up in 1969/1970, what would their next album after Abbey Road have been? Saturday, while looking for any sort of complete list of the solo #1 hits of the Beatles, I came across thisContinue reading “On Another Imaginary Beatles Album”
On Some Beatles Updates
After all my excitement that the Beatles back catalogue was finally coming to iTunes, unfortunately that’s not actually the case. I swear, it’s like Lucy and the football. Eventually, a deal will be made. There’s too much money to be made for there not to be a deal. Not just in digitial distribution, but inContinue reading “On Some Beatles Updates”
On the Beatles iTunes Deal
The Beatles may finally be coming to iTunes. It’s been rumored for a long while. The Beatles were one of the hold-outs on putting their music online. The solo catalogs are, I believe, largely available on iTunes, but songs like “Hey Jude,” “Yesterday,” and “Revolution”? Not as John, Paul, George, and Ringo created them. NotContinue reading “On the Beatles iTunes Deal”
On “Hot As Sun”
Checking my WordPress stats on Saturday, I decided to take a look at the “Tag Surfer” function. Basically, it’s a search of WordPress.com blogs, and if you give it a tag to search for — like, say, “Beatles” — it will pull up a list of recent posts written on wordpress.com blogs categorized as “Beatles.”Continue reading “On “Hot As Sun””
On “Now and Then”
A week ago I came across this on a Beatles blog I read occasionally — someone has done a video for the John Lennon demo of “Now and Then,” the song the surviving Beatles worked on in the 1990s and left unfinished. The version of the song in the video is intriguing. It’s a decentContinue reading “On “Now and Then””
On Fifty Years Ago Today
Something monumental happened on July 6th, 1957. John Lennon met Paul McCartney. It was at the Woolton Church fete. Wikipedia has the story: On Saturday 6 July 1957 [The Quarrymen] played at St. Peter’s Church garden fête. In the afternoon they played on a stage in a field behind the church. After the set, IvanContinue reading “On Fifty Years Ago Today”
On Paul McCartney's Birthday
Paul McCartney turns sixty-four today. Sixty-four. I’ve seen around the ‘Net in reference to his impending divorce to Heather Mills a number of jokes made at McCartney’s expense playing on the lyrics to his song, “When I’m Sixty-Four.” Particularly these lines from the chorus: Will you stil need me, Will you still feed me, WhenContinue reading “On Paul McCartney's Birthday”