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| 1333.1 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Nov 17 1995 12:55 | 11 |
| Yup - certainly a fan here...looking forward to the tv series, although
word on the first episode is thats its pretty much a straightforward
story with all the interesting/grimy bits removed.
Have you ever read 'Revolution in the Head' by Ian McDonald? Its
recently been published in paperback, and is a good analysis of the
Beatles song by song. Its well worth reading....
Revolver is probably my fave album, followed by Abbey Road.
Mikef
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| 1333.2 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Fri Nov 17 1995 13:07 | 20 |
| It would be a shame if they "sanitised" the Berlin and Liverpool
period..but totaly predictable. The mag said following the TV series,
a full video set containing 6 extra hours of footage would be
available..maybe that would be a bit more "grimy"...
I haven't read that..the last book I read was a book by Lennons' mate, a
journalist (can't remember his name) about the last five years of his life
leading up to his death..don't know how accurate it was but it painted
a different picture than you would imagine..
Fave albums are Magical Mystery Tour (probably cause when I was
"touring in a band man.." that was the only tape played on the bus, and
it sort of grew..Revolver -though i don't actually have that one- only
heard it..and Sgt Pepper which I do own. I much prefer the later stuff
or the "drug phase" early Beatles is fun but I couldn't really sit
down and listen to it..
Andrea
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| 1333.3 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Fri Nov 17 1995 15:38 | 9 |
| Count me in too ! My fave's are Revolver, Sgt Pepper and sometimes
"The White Album"...
I do like the early 'pop song' stuff too, the new wave of British pop
bands could certainly learn a thing or two about song writing from
listening to them - Oasis excepted of course, as they obviously own all
of the Beatles back catalogue %^;
G.
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| 1333.4 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Mon Nov 20 1995 17:14 | 4 |
| Well I'm off home to tape my Beatles new Vid..missed it on radio this
morning cause Chris Evans was pratting around and wouldn't play it..
Andrea
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| 1333.5 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Mon Nov 20 1995 17:27 | 6 |
| Andrea,
he played it twice between 8:10 and 9:00 - he didn't even talk over it the
second time !
G.
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| 1333.6 | Free as a Bird | HANDVG::STEVELIU | | Tue Nov 21 1995 02:50 | 9 |
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"Free as a bird" not bad as a song, the video is even more well-done, you
find a lot of Beatles' stuff to be reminished with.
But I think "Free" more as a monument of them together than anything
else. "Free" is sentimental in any sense.
-steve
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| 1333.7 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Tue Nov 21 1995 09:53 | 6 |
| Is 'Free' the actual single? Whats the track being aired on ITV at 8pm
on Thursday? Is this different?
Missed it anyway...
Mikef
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| 1333.8 | I hope the series is a little less *ss kissing !!! | CHEFS::CROSSA | | Tue Nov 21 1995 10:15 | 12 |
| The best line amongst the sycophantic drivel falls to Jarvis Cocker.
Something along the lines of "If it was not for the Beatles pop music
would not have evolved into what it is today. Now wether that is a good
thing or a bad thing I cannot say, although you can't blame them for
Phil Collins !!" Good one Jarvis !!
As for 'Free as a bird'. Bound to be a huge hit, especially with the
Reebok(Man Utd) style video. A bit bland for my tastes though. Was this
the reworked track off the 'Imagine' vid ??
Stretch.
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| 1333.9 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:36 | 9 |
| i don't think it was the reworked track, that one is called Real Love,
nice accoustic version on the Imagine soundtrack..saw the vid last
night and want to watch it again, the song is catching on with me
now..It's a pity Chris Evans forgets that some people are on a tube to
work by 7.40 so can't stck around long enough for him to make up his
mind...Thought last nights programme - now installed on vid was a bit
of fun and a prelude to the real one.(I hope)
Andrea
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| 1333.10 | | CHEFS::STRATFORDS | Steer clear of the Zebra Bros | Tue Nov 21 1995 12:45 | 3 |
| One presumes that the Beatles 'taster' last night got better as it went
along. We stopped watching when Jeffrey Archer turned up on the
programme...
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| 1333.11 | "The Beatles Anthology I" album | HANDVG::STEVELIU | | Fri Nov 24 1995 05:51 | 12 |
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Have anyone got the "the Beatles Anthology I" double-CD pack yet ?
How many songs there are actually *new* ?
I was told the opening track on this album is "Free" and there are
supposed to be 4 new tracks. What are the other new songs ?
-sl
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| 1333.12 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Nov 24 1995 08:35 | 10 |
| And where does the 'Real Love' track fit into all this? Is it new?
I caught some of the video for 'Free' on ToTp last night, cool video!
Have any sad people started to list the Beatle songs that get referred
to in it?
Mikef
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| 1333.13 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Fri Nov 24 1995 09:27 | 6 |
| Strawberry fields, A day in the life, Eleanor Rigby, Paperback writer,
Penny Lane, Abbey Road (Zebra crossing)....
I'll watch it again at the w/e and try to do a complete list %^/
Mr_Sad
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| 1333.14 | verysad | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Nov 24 1995 09:33 | 6 |
| Also...
Helter Skelter, Mr Kite...was there a barbers store also? And was
that van delivering fish and finger pies? Piggies also!
mikef
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| 1333.15 | | RIOT01::SUMMERFIELD | Rogues in a nation | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:01 | 3 |
| Wasn't there a Blue Meany as well?
Balders
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| 1333.16 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:03 | 12 |
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...not forgetting the Blue Meanie (my favourite bit !), and what I
think was reference to 'She's leaving home'. Then there was the Sgt.
Peppers LP cover shot....
Hey, this Video is even better than a 'spot the Grateful Dead track'
cartoon/collage I was sent a few years ago %^)
How about we have competition to see who can find the most references
by Crimble ?
G.
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| 1333.17 | you beat me to it ! | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:05 | 1 |
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| 1333.18 | Very sad indeed. | CHEFS::DIVERL | | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:06 | 4 |
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And an Egg man and She's Leaving Home.
Leonie.
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| 1333.19 | hmmm | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:09 | 3 |
| Totp only showed some of the vid...where was the eggman?
Mikef
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| 1333.20 | Hmmm indeed Mr Fiddler | CHEFS::DIVERL | | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:22 | 8 |
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Can't keep up with all this activity! .18 was supposed to follow
.15.
Eggman - bit tenuous, but near the beginning there was an Egg van
and man delivering eggs....
Leonie.
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| 1333.21 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Fri Nov 24 1995 10:37 | 5 |
| Ok...my eyesight isn't too good these days.
Have to try and find the whole thing on video.
Mikef
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| 1333.22 | This is a good game ... | AYOV29::MTHEODORESON | Sausages | Fri Nov 24 1995 11:26 | 5 |
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How about Dr Robert on the sign of the Doctors surgery ?
Malc.
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| 1333.23 | Seeing as I haven't seen the video | ZUR01::ASH | Grahame Ash @RLE | Fri Nov 24 1995 11:55 | 9 |
| Meanwhile, has no-one been brave enough to buy the record? I see you can also
get it as a triple elpee, for a quid extra (HMV Reading, I think).
Review anyone?
(I've got all the Beatles LPs - well, all the proper ones at least - so I'm
not sure I want the Anthology).
grahame
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| 1333.24 | y | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Fri Nov 24 1995 11:59 | 8 |
| grahame,
I think you'll want this one then - as far as I can recall from
interviews and articles it will have versions of tracks which haven't
been released before, as well as a some new stuff and some re-working
of old stuff.
G.
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| 1333.25 | Get the next one !!! | CHEFS::RUTHERFORDI | A)bort R)etry F)*** It !! | Fri Nov 24 1995 15:25 | 7 |
| Grahame,
Remember also, that this is just the first of 3 Anthology CD's. The
next one is going to be well worth a listen to !!
Ian.
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| 1333.26 | Any single out yet ? | HANDVG::STEVELIU | | Mon Nov 27 1995 06:50 | 10 |
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will singles be issued on the new songs ?
I'll definitely like to get the "Free as a bird" single if it will
be released as a single.
I told you All in .6 that the video on "Free" is cool, men ! Well
done.
-sl.
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| 1333.27 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Mon Nov 27 1995 08:38 | 1 |
| It's out on the 4th of December..
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| 1333.28 | | 65533::WHITEHEADJ | Do you remember the first time? | Mon Nov 27 1995 09:18 | 3 |
| And it won't go straight in at Number 1, will it? Oh no, of course not.
Jane$cynic
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| 1333.29 | Sadness personified ... | AYOV29::MTHEODORESON | Sausages | Mon Nov 27 1995 09:25 | 14 |
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More song references from the video :
Help
Happy Birthday
The Long and Winding Road
Lovely Rita
I'm sure the nurse selling flowers has something to do with it.
Also the car crash scene. The number on the crashed car in plain view
is VEE 7. Does this ring a bell with anyone ?
Malc.
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| 1333.30 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Mon Nov 27 1995 09:38 | 8 |
| RE: Car Crash:
He blew his mind out in a car
He didn't notice that the lights had changed.
Maybe?
Mikef
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| 1333.31 | | FORTY2::BOYES | My karma ran over my dogma | Mon Nov 27 1995 10:05 | 3 |
| > I'm sure the nurse selling flowers has something to do with it.
"A pretty nurse is selling poppies from a tray" ?
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| 1333.32 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Mon Nov 27 1995 10:21 | 9 |
| > he blew his mind out in a car...
that was the 'Day in the life' refernce that I got too...
> I'm sure the nurse selling flowers has something to do with it.
Penny Lane.
G.
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| 1333.33 | Anthology II and "Real Love" | HANDVG::STEVELIU | | Tue Nov 28 1995 02:44 | 21 |
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Last week I watched Beatles' Anthology I video which included in it
the "Free as a bird" video.
Last night I watched Beatles' Anthology II video which included in it
the "Real Love" video. I have both listened to the original acoustic
version of "Real" in the "Imagine" video and this new Beatles' remake,
both are excellent in their own context but can present a totally different
feel and yet keeping its original spirit.
Really the best video on their history, and particularly those new
songs are sured Beatles' classic ballads, I don't have any doubt the
new songs will go straight to the top !
I will say good-bye to the 90's Rap-talk, and go back to the classic of
all time.
Next week I will take a look at Anthology III.
-sl.
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| 1333.34 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Tue Nov 28 1995 08:39 | 9 |
| Anyone have any opinions on tghe first part of Anthology? I thought it
was OK, but a little superficial (I'm a detail hound!), and no dirt...
What did they get up to in the Hamburg days?
The Channel 4 doc last night (All you need is cash) was very
interesting tho I thought. Wish I could see all of that american film,
and I wish i could see Magical Mystery tour again.
Mikef
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| 1333.35 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Tue Nov 28 1995 08:53 | 9 |
| I thought it skimmed over a lot of issues, especially Hamburg, the
death of Stuart Sutcliffe and the effect on John, I'm looking forward
to them explaining the druggie, psychadelic days, their opinions on
Yoko..and I would have liked to have seen them interviewed together,
very often you can gage whether someone is talking sense or the truth
by the reactions of others..still I watched it again last night and I'm
looking forward to part two...
Andrea
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| 1333.36 | Up for grabs.... | CHEFS::RUTHERFORDI | A)bort R)etry F)*** It !! | Tue Nov 28 1995 09:44 | 8 |
| re .34
Mike,
I have Magical Mystery Tour on video if you want to borrow it !!
Ian.
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| 1333.37 | | ZUR01::ASH | Grahame Ash @RLE | Tue Nov 28 1995 11:23 | 5 |
| I finally heard the single this morning - it's a bit of a dirge isn't it? But
it reminded me that we ALWAYS hated new Beatles singles when they first came
out - they get to you later. Here's hoping they haven't lost their touch.
g
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| 1333.38 | Beatlemania | MILE::JENKINS | | Tue Nov 28 1995 13:33 | 14 |
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re .34
I thought the 'Anthology' prog was pretty tedious, but I guess there
is now at least one complete generation who never even knew the
Beatles. It was quite some time ago that I heard a kid say to his
friend "Did you know Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings".
I thought the 'All you need is ca$h' prog was much better and probably
much closer to the truth than the glossy Anthology will ever get.
As for the single, Free as a bird, I think it's cr*p... though I expect
with the amount of hype around it can't fail to get to number 1.
Richard.
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| 1333.39 | How is "Anthology" doing in the UK? | GRANPA::ARGREGORY | | Tue Dec 05 1995 15:32 | 5 |
| How are "Free as a Bird", "Real Love" and the album doing in England
in general? Are any of them high on your record charts and/or being
played often on the radio?
--Arianne(DEC US)
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| 1333.40 | Singles out yet ? | HANDVG::STEVELIU | | Tue Dec 12 1995 04:19 | 7 |
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have the singles released yet ?
Are "Free as a bird" and "Real Love" on one single disc or separate ?
-sl
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| 1333.41 | | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Tue Dec 12 1995 08:10 | 4 |
| Free as a bird has entered the charts at number 2, I thought Real Love
was the next release but I could be wrong...
Andrea
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| 1333.42 | Yeah Man | CHEFS::CONNELLA | | Mon Dec 18 1995 08:47 | 9 |
| Did anyone see lasts nights installment, what were the yanks on??
Having seen loads of footage of the "Beatle Burnings" it still makes me
laugh that the whole episode existed, not just in the states but in SA,
what about England, did anyone raise an eyebrow in this country cause
it wasn't clear last night??... Also the final video Hello Goodbye, how
stoned where they?? We just sat laughing cause it was excellent and I
can't believe it wasn't commented on at the time..
Andrea
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| 1333.43 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Mon Dec 18 1995 09:53 | 8 |
| It was interesting to see the 'day in the life' recording film. And
yes, they seemed very other wordly during Hello Goodbye....
I've seen all the episodes of the anthology now, and I want more
detail!! One hour on the the recording of each song should just do
it...:-)
mikef
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| 1333.44 | More detail if you want it. | CHEFS::UKARCHIVING | | Mon Dec 18 1995 10:02 | 11 |
| Mike,
Get 'Revolution in the Head' which is a fantastic book which goes
through each Beatles song in order of recording. The detail is
outstanding and the book is well worth the �9 it costs for the
paperback.
If you want to look at excerpts from it try looking up the title on
Alta Vista.
dickie$buy the book.
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| 1333.45 | | CHEFS::FIDDLER_M | The sense of being dulls my mind | Mon Dec 18 1995 10:08 | 9 |
| re-1
I got the book last Christmas....!
I got the hardback with the better cover also...
sorry!
Mikef
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| 1333.46 | | WOTVAX::STONEG | Temperature Drop in Downtime Winterland.... | Mon Dec 18 1995 10:59 | 5 |
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Mike, when the vids of the series come out next year, each episode will
supposedly have an extra 20 minutes of stuff in it !
g.
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| 1333.47 | | CHEFS::BARKER_E | Ummm... | Mon Dec 18 1995 12:11 | 16 |
| Yeah,
Last night was the episode I was looking forward to most, as the
revolver/Sgt. Pepper period is my favourite Beatles stuff. the lack of
detail and glossing over of events seems almost unbelievable, it feels
like it's possible to watch an hour on The Beatles which is almost
content free. Even with an extra 20 minutes per episode it won't
improve much unless they are saving all the interesting stuff to
encourage video sales.
Re:- 'Hello Goodbye' , I was wondering if they were taking the
mickey out of themselves, obviously naively ignoring the distinct
possibility that they were out of their boxes at the time !
Euan
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| 1333.48 | "Free" hits no.1 | HANDVC::STEVELIU | | Wed Dec 20 1995 08:47 | 7 |
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"Free" gets to no.1 in Asia, pretty firm here.
When can we expect "Real Love" to come out ?
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| 1333.49 | | MILE::JENKINS | | Thu Dec 28 1995 17:45 | 7 |
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� When can we expect "Real Love" to come out ?
When they need the money....
Richard.
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| 1333.50 | | ZUR01::ASH | Grahame Ash @RLE | Thu Jan 04 1996 11:42 | 20 |
| Well, I seemed to have got the hang of this hint-dropping thing - thanks,
mostly, to sending out various notes from here, I got both the CD AND the
Macdonald book for Christmas! They're incompatible of course, (and all the
better for that) as the book only talks about the EMI releases which the CD
doesn't have.
I was surprisingly impressed with Anthology 1. There's very little chat - no
attempt at reproducing the 'wacky humour'. Most of the outtakes are very
similar to the final versions, though my favourite bit is an early take of
"I'll Be Back" (from Hard Day's Night) which John tries to sing in waltz-time,
fails, so they try it again in 4/4.
The live stuff's suitably raw, and useful to have as most people didn't see
them live, and those who did certainly didn't hear them! Again, the radio and
TV recordings are pretty close to the records.
Not sure who I'd recommend it to - probably just the fanatics. Anyone who
doesn't know what the early fuss was about should get the early albums.
grahame
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