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From teen heart throb to keeping his own heart throbbing, the former Beatle has a fitness routine that is paying great dividends. Here’s the 80-year old’s secret.
There aren’t too many octogenarians headlining high profile rock concerts but Sir Paul McCartney isn't your average 80-year-old. The rock legend recently took to the stage at Glastonbury Festival, one of the world’s biggest contemporary music festivals, and in so doing, became the oldest solo act to headline the festival.
Hey Jude and Let it Be were just a few of the classics he threw himself into – appearing energetic, full of stamina, and with the posture of much younger rockers. So what’s the secret to his vitality? While Paul attributes much of his good health to his vegetarian diet, he also believes his workout routine plays a big role, which he shared on a 2020 episode of the SmartLess podcast.
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Paul McCartney claimed that after punching a teacher, George Harrison’s father rose to fame at school. Simply because they resembled Teddy Boys, the two teachers of the future Beatles frequently gave them canings. Harold Harrison, however, had some thoughts regarding the way they had hit his son.
George Harrison’s father detested school before he punched his teacher.
George wrote about his experiences with his school in his 1980 memoir, I Me Mine. As soon as he entered grammar school, “the darkness” started.
George wrote, “The whole idea of it was so serious.” “You are not permitted to do this or that, including smiling. You must always take those exams, those eleven-plus exams, or apply for scholarships or GCEs. Be here, stand there, shut up, sit down.
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George Harrison traveled to the capital of love, Haight-Ashbury, in San Francisco in 1967. He’d taken LSD two years earlier and wanted to see what the hallucinogen had done for the people there. George expected the hippies to be God-conscious or at least charming artistic beings. He found the opposite. In Here Comes The Sun: The Spiritual And Musical Journey Of George Harrison, Joshua M. Greene wrote, “According to astrological calculation, by 1967 Earth was supposed to be emerging from a thousand years of confusion under the sign of Pisces—two fish swimming in opposite directions—and entering a golden age under the sign of Aquarius.
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An empty tricycle trailed by a row of small yellow galoshes sits on the concrete floor.
Along the wall, the massive hands of a Blue Meanie hang next to a skirt of mannequin legs.
Round a corner and behold a half-pipe fitted with measuring sticks at the top, guides for roller-skating acrobats to practice their airborne maneuvers.
They’re all part of the glorious mishmash of props stashed backstage at “The Beatles Love by Cirque du Soleil,” a valentine to the Fab Four as much as it is a colorful uplift powered by one of the headiest catalogs in music history.
The trippy, sound-intensive production – three speakers are embedded in every seat headrest – recently celebrated its 16th anniversary, and is currently the fourth longest-running Cirque among the Las Vegas offerings.
The show’s cast and production team hope to build on that tenure, despite some anxieties about the future of “Love.”
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When George Harrison met his wife, Olivia, he’d recently split with his first wife, Pattie Boyd. Before that, George had spent 10 exhausting years with The Beatles, released his mega triple album, All Things Must Pass, planned the first benefit concert, the Concert for Bangladesh, and started his record label. That’s how George met Olivia.
She worked at George’s record label, A&M Records, and often spoke with him over the phone. When George started Dark Horse Records, Olivia transferred over. They met in person and started seeing each other. He invited her to come on his 1974 American tour.
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George Harrison hated aspects of the material world, including politics, etc. His widow, Olivia, thinks the current state of the world would mortify him. George wouldn’t have gotten too involved. However, he would’ve written songs to be a part of the solution and hoped that politicians would become God-conscious.
It’s been 20 years since George died. One can’t help but wonder what he’d think of everything that’s gone on in the world since his death. In a recent interview with Yahoo Entertainment, Olivia said George would be mortified.
“He would be mortified,” she said. “Dhani and I talk about that a lot: ‘Oh, boy, if Dad was here, he’d just be outraged!'”
However, Olivia can’t deny that George might not have done anything to help but write songs. “But I think now he just might have just decided, ‘You know what? Let’s not give it energy. Let’s just try and be the positive energy.’ He’d be writing songs about it — just trying to be a part of the solution by being his higher self, as opposed to getting down in the hole.”
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Ringo Starr revealed the incredible last thing George Harrison said to him on his deathbed in a 2011 documentary. Picture: Grove Street/Spitfire Pictures
Ringo Starr recalled the last ever words his great friend and fellow-Beatle George Harrison said to him in his final days at his home in Switzerland, before his death on November 29, 2001.
Ringo Starr revealed the last thing Beatles' star George Harrison said to him on his deathbed, and it's incredibly moving.
In footage taken from the Martin Scorsese documentary George Harrison: Living in the Material World, Ringo Starr reveals what was said on his last visit to the Beatle star's home in Switzerland.
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By 1966, Beatlemania was in full swing. John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr were internationally adored for their contributions to music, and they were feeling the weight of that adoration immensely. Together, they had set records for concert attendance and revenue, and ultimately, had to travel by armored car to ensure their safety when en route to different destinations.
This popularity was draining for the quartet, and they retired from touring in August of 1966. Despite taking a step back from the spotlight, The Beatles still wanted to make music. So, escaping to the studio, The Beatles created Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band in 1966 and 1967.
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Once George Harrison heard Indian music, popular music, and even some rock ‘n’ roll didn’t impress him. He said Eastern music was the best form of music people have. When he added it to his compositions, though, fans didn’t receive it well. So, George stopped incorporating Eastern influences in his music only in terms of sound. His songs remained spiritual.
However, that didn’t stop George from hoping Indian music would one day capture a bigger audience. Nothing else would’ve pleased him more. Ragas, mantras, chants, and everything else Hindu people used to communicate with God soothed George’s soul. Meanwhile, popular music made him feel “uptight.”
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George Harrison and Elton John were very different rock stars. The former Beatle realized there was more to life than money and fame, but the “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” singer enjoyed those things. George said he felt sorry for his fellow singer because he was one of the only rock stars to have come close to Beatle-level fame but wasn’t God-conscious.
In a 1976 interview with India Today, George explained that after having success with The Beatles, he realized there had to be something more important in life. He’d reached a wall where nothing surprised or wowed him. Thankfully, he met Ravi Shankar, his future musical guru.
Shankar taught George sitar and gave him religious texts. Then, in the mid-1960s, George found what he’d been looking for during a trip to India. There were God-conscious people there who knew how to help him find the answers he was seeking. He read a lot about Hinduism and started meditating and chanting to be closer to God.
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