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Argentine Javier Parisi has been a mega fan of the Beatles since the age of eight - forming a tribute band, playing at Liverpool`s Cavern Club, and promoting a biography in Spanish. He is also the spitting image of John Lennon.
Fans around the world have been remembering Lennon and his music this week, 40 years after he was shot dead in New York.
Parisi - who is 40 years old - first realized his striking similarity to the Beatle as a teenager.
"The physical resemblance obviously exists and then as time went by I began to study his character," Parisi, dressed as Lennon, told Reuters at his house in Lanús, a suburb of Buenos Aires.
In 2009, Allan Williams, the Beatles` first manager, came to Argentina and invited Parisi`s band to play at Beatle Week in Liverpool.
"As a fan and admirer, I said `that`s it, what else can happen to me?," said Parisi, who even studied Liverpool`s `Scouse` accent and Lennon`s way of singing.
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It doesn’t work. If I were writing a story about a man of his magnitude, and all I could come up with was a horrid little ending like that, I would have to say I didn’t deserve to write it at all. How would it read? Once upon a time there was a man who heard music and poetry, and he told us what he heard and people everywhere in all the kingdoms of earth fell in love with what he made of himself and he lived in a castle with his wife and child and had untold riches laid at his feet, and then one day a little man hid in the dark and with four jerks of the finger killed the man who made the music. What a pathetic conclusion. How utterly unworthy of the complexities, the possibilities. No one would publish such a thing. No one would represent it. You should throw it away. Quickly. Before someone reads it.
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Paul McCartney is praising an upcoming documentary from Peter Jackson for reaffirming that the band’s break up was not his fault.
The Beatles: Get Back captures the making of 1970’s Let It Be, an LP now known for its contentious sessions. For instance, in one infamous moment from the original Let It Be film, McCartney confronted George Harrison about his guitar playing on one of the songs.
Jackson has reedited the footage to create The Beatles: Get Back, and McCartney believes the updated version better reflects the band’s culture at the time.
“It was so reaffirming for me,” he told the Sunday Times. “Because it proves that my main memory of the Beatles was the joy and the skill.”
The Times reports that new scenes in the film include several lighthearted moments. At one point, McCartney and John Lennon perform the Let It Be opening track "Two of Us" “as if they are ventriloquists.”
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Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr and Yoko Ono were among those remembering the great John Lennon on the 40th anniversary of his tragic death. “A sad sad day,” wrote McCartney, Lennon’s songwriting partner, friend and often artistic rival, “but remembering my friend John with the great joy he brought to the world.”
“I will always be proud and happy to have known and worked with this incredible Scouser!,” McCartney concludes, with a reference to the nickname for folks from Liverpool.
Lennon was shot dead on Dec. 8, 1980, by Mark David Chapman, who remains in custody after repeated requests for parole.
Starr, the only surviving Beatle besides McCartney (George Harrison died in 2001), tweeted today, “Tuesday, 8 December 1980 we all had to say goodbye to John peace and love John. I’m asking Every music radio station in the world sometime today play Strawberry Fields Forever. Peace and love.”
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Only two members of The Beatles are still alive, with John Lennon having been killed 40 years ago today and George Harrison dying in 2001. But now The Quiet Beatle’s estate, owned by wife and son Olivia and Dhani Harrison, has paid tribute to John on his behalf. A photograph of John taken by George has been shared on the official George Harrison social media pages with a touching message.
The message read: “You were the one who had made it so clear. All those years ago.
“You point the way to the truth when you say. All you need is love.
“You were the one who imagined it all. All those years ago.”
Beatles fans will know these are lyrics taken from George solo track All Those Years Ago from his album Somewhere in England.
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The Beatles may not have had a huge physical presence in Hawaii, but their impact was widely felt in the islands.
The world-famous band never performed any concerts in Hawaii. They visited the state once — and for only 15 minutes.
Michael Gelfo, owner of Rock Island Cafe in Waikiki, said the band just wrapped up filming of a movie and some of the members were en route to their vacation destinations.
“One was going to Australia, another was going to Guam,” Gelfo said. “They were here, the local DJs, they found out about it, so they broadcasted over their radio waves and all the teeny boppers heard about it, so they rushed to Royal Hawaiian Hotel.”
Rock Island Cafe also sells collectibles. One of the most popular requests they get for memorabilia is the Beatles.
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Take note of what you see or hear regarding the 40th anniversary of John Lennon's death. Missing it might be impossible.
On social media, on TV, on radio, it's there, all around us, and for one reason — John Lennon was a member of the Beatles. Yes, he had a successful solo career and was a high-profile peace activist, but at the end of the day, he was a Beatle.
And the Beatles, despite breaking up 50 years ago — after barely a decade of making music — remain to this day, remarkably, a constant and all-encompassing cultural presence.
In April, the cast of the CBC comedy Schitt's Creek appeared on the cover of Variety magazine. The striking black and white photograph — featuring the actors Catherine O'Hara, Annie Murphy, Eugene and Daniel Levy — pays homage to the 1964 album Meet the Beatles!, complete with the headline "The Fab Four.
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THE BEATLES' former songwriter John Lennon wrote himself some incredible hits throughout the years after his split from the band - but his Christmas anthem could not have been written without some help from his previous hit, Imagine.
Former member of The Beatles John Lennon worked on a lot of music with his wife, Yoko Ono, following the Fab Four’s break up. Collectively known as John Lennon and Plastic Ono Band, Lennon worked hard in creating his own vibe during releases of his solo music. Perhaps his first and biggest hit was the 1971 anthem Imagine, which has since been named one of the 500 greatest songs of all time.
While Imagine was a certified banger, it did include a political message of Lennon’s making.
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John Lennon, who rose to unimaginable fame first as one of the Beatles, then as a solo songwriter and activist, was shot and killed outside of his home in New York City 40 years ago Tuesday.
His murderer, Mark David Chapman, who was described at the time as a “local screwball,” waited outside of Lennon’s home for the star to return from a recording studio session then shot him five times as his wife, Yoko Ono, looked on.
Earlier in the day, at that very spot, Lennon had autographed an album cover for Chapman.
Lennon was rushed to a nearby hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival, really having no chance to survive such devastating injuries.
Chapman was sentenced to 20 years to life for Lennon’s murder. At a parole hearing several years ago, he apologized for the killing saying, “I am sorry for being such an idiot and choosing the wrong way for glory.” Chapman remains in prison.
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Today marks the 40th anniversary of the death of John Lennon , who was just 40 years old when he was murdered by a deranged fan outside of his New York City apartment building.
In commemoration of the tragedy, ABC Audio has chatted with a variety of music stars who shared their reflections on Lennon's loss and what he and his music meant to them.
Joe Walsh , whose brother-in-law is Lennon's ex-Beatle band mate Ringo Starr , says, "I'm so happy to have had [Lennon] in my life as a role model. He showed me how to be cool. He showed me how to write music...When he died, I felt like part of me died, and there's a hole there inside me where John was. And he had a profound effect on me as a musician and as a person. And I miss him, and I get sad when I talk about it."
Graham Nash , whose early band The Hollies were part of the British Invasion that The Beatles launched, notes, "The one thing that I am left with after...commiserating about what happened 40 years ago to John Lennon...What songs were in his head that weren't recorded yet? What songs that could possibly change the world once more were in his head when he was killed?...That's part of the tragedy for me."
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