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John Lennon‘s son, Sean Ono Lennon, gave an interview where he discussed some of the former Beatle’s songs. During the interview, he said one of his father’s most famous solo tracks hadn’t aged well. Notably, the “Imagine” singer collaborated with Elton John on this song.
Sean helped remaster some of his father’s songs for the compilation album Gimme Some Truth. The Ultimate Mixes. Sean enjoyed the process. “It’s been a really tough year for everybody,” Sean told Rolling Stone in 2020.
“It’s been genuinely therapeutic to have a reason to reinvestigate all the music and listen to it and really think about it,” he added. “It’s given me an opportunity to look back at my life and look at my dad’s work in a way that I don’t always have to.”
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George Harrison wrote his 1989 song “Cheer Down” with Tom Petty. It appeared at the end of Lethal Weapon 2 after the chaos finally finishes, and Riggs and Murtaugh can… cheer down. It’s a perfect song for that moment because its origins were similar. “Cheer Down” comes from the moments in George’s life when he was told to calm down.
In a special edition of Rolling Stone, “Remembering George,” Tom Petty looked back at his relationship with George. Speaking about writing “Cheer Down” together, Petty revealed that the song’s origin came from something George’s wife, Olivia, used to say to him when he got overexcited.
“Olivia would say that to George when he got a little too happy,” Petty explained. “He would get a burst of enthusiasm, and she’d say, ‘OK, cheer down, big fellow.'”
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The Orioles announced Friday that former Beatle Paul McCartney will play at Camden Yards on June 12.
With a cue from Orioles executive TJ Brightman, the Oriole Bird flipped the white jersey hanging in the wooden locker, revealing the name stitched on its back.
Tickets will go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Feb. 25. Presale tickets for American Express card members will be available beginning Tuesday, and tickets for Birdland Members, or those with Orioles ticket plans, will go on sale Thursday, the day before general sales begin. Team officials said they have not yet determined the number of tickets that will be set aside for Birdland Members.
The Baltimore show is part of McCartney’s Got Back tour that will kick off in April with shows on the West Coast and visit 13 U.S. cities.
“This is about creating new long-lasting memories with this ballpark that has meant so much to our city and so much to America,” said Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott, who was a guest at the announcement.
Orioles General Manager Mike Elias recalled seeing McCartney
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Sir Paul McCartney has revealed the biggest rivalry in The Beatles was between John Lennon and George Harrison - over whose guitar was loudest.
Macca claimed the late stars would sneakily tweak each other’s amps to pump up the volume.
He said: "There is going to be the odd argument – and there were.
"George and John were very cute because they both had their amps side by side and you’d see one of them just sort of sneak over to the amplifiers, just add one degree and then you’d see him walk back like nothing had happened.
"And then you’d see John had noticed and John would casually walk over and put his up two degrees. ‘You’ve f***ing turned up man!’ ‘What? I never did!’ ‘Yeah you f***ing did!’"
Sir Paul, 79, compared bust-ups between the Fab Four to rows between relatives.
He said: “You know I remember having an argument with a member of my family, one of my kids once, in front of someone.
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George Harrison wrestled with his ego, but he wouldn’t have wanted anyone to erect a statue of him. However, one of his fellow townsfolk thought he deserved one, at least for his efforts in making Henley-on-Thames a better place for everyone.
George Harrison and his wife, Olivia, coming out of the Marylebone Register Office after Ringo Starr and Barbara Bach got married in 1981.
In 2012, Henley-on-Thames resident James Lambert planned to erect a statue of George. The ex-Beatles had lived at Friar Park in the town since 1970. George saved it from demolition and lived there with his wife, Olivia, and their son, Dhani.
According to Rolling Stone, Lambert “wanted to formally recognize Harrison’s links to the town.” The statue would have honored George’s civic contributions, not his legacy as a rock star.
After starting a petition for the statue, Lambert told the BBC, “He really is an icon in Henley. It seems strange that nothing has been created to acknowledge his presence and the work that he did for the town.”
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BRIAN MAY EXCLUSIVE: The rock guitarist says he sees The Beatles as "the greatest" and yet laments what he feels is their "underrepresentation in the world today", compared to the presence of Queen music. The 74-year-old also shared fond memories of working with George Harrison and praised John Lennon. This article...
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The Beatles gave the world many classic albums — but one reigned supreme in the United States. One of The Beatles’ many compilation albums spent years on the American chart. During an interview, producer Giles Martin described what he was trying to accomplish with the album.
The Beatles gave the world numerous outstanding records, including Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Rubber Soul, and Abbey Road. In 2000, the remaining members of the band released 1. 1 is a compilation album featuring most of their No. 1 hits, including “Love Me Do,” “Let It Be,” and “Hey Jude.”
In 2015, a remastered version of 1 was released. During a 2015 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Martin revealed he wanted to optimize the songs for modern stereos. “You have to understand, the original Beatles mixes were designed for mono playback,” Martin explained. “The stereos that we all know and love were done very, very quickly. The band was never present when the stereos were made.” For context, mono files have one audio channel whereas stereo files have two.
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Ringo Starr’s Lifted, the 232-page hardcover memoir of his life in the Beatles — published on February 14 in a limited edition of 1000 by Los Angeles’ Julien’s Auctions — bears the fetchingly verbose and Ringo-ishly upbeat subtitle “Fab Images and Memories In My Life With the Beatles From Across the Universe.” The book delivers on the promise of that somewhat grammatically challenged mash-up of two key song titles (“In My Life” from Rubber Soul and “Across The Universe” from Let It Be) in breezy, conversational form, documenting the group’s humble beginnings in Liverpool and motoring right on through to the valedictory Let It Be. The title for the volume comes from the flood of memories triggered by Ringo’s paging through the reams of photos in the Apple Corps Ltd. archives — the photographs are, literally, lifted from those archives, and that inspired the process for the book. But Ringo is nothing if not a man for a good metaphor, and his title also refers to the elevation and intense reward that membership in one of the most exclusive fraternities in 20th century music — onstage and off — conferred upon him. Richard “Ringo” Starkey from Liverpool was in fact lifted into, and by, the Beatles. It’s a boon to the reader that this generous, soulful storyteller is aware of the gift.
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After watching a fancy European ball on TV, George Harrison wrote The Beatles’ “I Me Mine.”
The ball, which showed the aristocracy dressed to the nines and wearing all kinds of jewels, made George think of self-centeredness. However, by the time George finished writing the simple song, it was about something deeper than pomp and circumstance.
In Part 1 of Peter Jackson’s new three-part documentary, The Beatles: Get Back, George told Ringo Starr and director Michael Lindsay-Hogg about a song he’d written the night before.
He’d watched a BBC 2 program called Out Of The Unknown the night before. After that, a program called Europa came on, which was “a look at pomp and circumstances through European eyes.”
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THE BEATLES star John Lennon revealed he wrote the band's second-ever single - and their first-ever number one - after listening to a classic Hollywood singer, and after taking notes from his lyrics.
Cliff Richard says John Lennon thought he was 'cool'
When John Lennon was growing up in Liverpool, UK - long before he was in The Beatles - he took great inspiration from some of the biggest and best singers of all time. On top of being obsessed with the likes of Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly, Lennon used their lyrical prowess and songwriting skills to create his own memorable tunes. The Fab Four's second single, Please Please Me, was released on January 11 in 1963, but he couldn't have done it without some big stars.
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