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Sir Paul McCartney, who was a member of The Beatles, has spoken candidly about his 60-year career on stage and touched on his life living in the limelight. The 78-year-old legendary musician has addressed the pressures of navigating fame, the music industry and the impact on his mental health.
The Beatles singer recently reflected on an unexpected moment he shared with pop singer Lady Gaga.
Paul was working alongside the Bad Romance hitmaker, who he claimed was the first artist to ever talk to him about "self-loathing" when it came to writing new music.
The Live and Let Die singer admitted there have been moments in his career where he felt his songs could be considered "terrible" but added: "It's not a road I want to go down."
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John gave a wide-ranging interview to Rolling Stone’s Jann S. Wenner in 1971. In it, John discussed everything from Bob Dylan to Roman Catholicism to Frank Zappa. In addition, John discussed fans’ tendency to read a lot into the Beatles’ work.
“I was having a laugh because there’d been so much gobbledegook about [Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band], play it backwards and you stand on your head and all that,” John replied. “Even now, I just saw Mel Torme on TV the other day saying that ‘Lucy [in the Sky with Diamonds]’ was written to promote drugs and so was ‘[With a] Little Help from My Friends’ and none of them were at all – ‘[With a] Little Help from My Friends’ only says get high in it, it’s really about a little help from my friends, it’s a sincere message.”
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Paul McCartney had previously advised Michael Jackson to invest his money in music publishing, but that would later come back to haunt the former Beatle On August 14, 1985, something extraordinary happened in the world of music publishing. The event sent shock waves through the entertainment industry and ended the professional and personal relationship between two music icons, who had proved to be a great tag-team up to that point. The story we're talking about involves Michael Jackson and Sir Paul McCartney and how 35 years ago, the former Beatle lost the rights and royalties to his own music. Or to put it another way, the King of Pop shrewdly pipped Macca to the post by winning a multi-million dollar bidding war. But there's a hint of irony to this saga, considering McCartney had a hand in his own undoing and would later come to regret his actions.
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In the movie, Meeting The Beatles in India, award-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman tells the story of how, at age 23, he met the world's most famous band and their entourage at the ashram. He'd traveled there on his own spiritual quest following a painful romantic breakup.
While at the ashram, Saltzman took many now-famous photos of The Beatles, interacted with the band members, and watched them write some of the now-classic songs they composed during the trip. Saltzman is responsible for the iconic group photo taken in Rishikesh that featured the band, their wives and girlfriends, The Beach Boys' Mike Love, Donovan, Mia Farrow and others.
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I can rarely say that a 55-year old album is still on my heavy music rotation to this day.
The Beatles’ sixth album “Rubber Soul” was released on December 3, 1965.
The album title is derived from the term “plastic soul,” a colloquialism for un-authentic soul music, with the Beatles showing humility and admiration towards the African American artists who defined the soul genre.
Being the first album free of concert, radio or film commitments, this album began a creative renaissance for the band, allowing them to focus more on production rather than stage performing.
Combining the musical talents of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr, the Beatles have been widely regarded as the greatest band of all-time.
They have become my favorite musical group not only because of their status, but also because of the impact they have had on the music industry that is still seen today.
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During a conversation with GQ Magazine, Paul McCartney talked about John Lennon, The Beatles, his guitar collection, and more.
When asked, "You've said in the past that you've occasionally dreamed about John Lennon. When was the last time?", the musician replied:
"I don't keep count, really, but it was probably about a month ago. The thing is: if you're a performer - or me as a performer, I find that dreams are often related to a gig or getting ready for a gig or being in a recording studio and I think a lot of performers are like that.
"So, often, John or George will be in there. And the good thing is you don't really think anything of it, it's just normal, like, 'Oh, yeah?' and you're just chatting away, talking about what we're going to do, as in making a record or something.
"So he's often there, I'm glad to say... And it's normally very pleasant, you know? I love those boys."
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On Monday, August 17, 2020, the music city of Hamburg will be celebrating the 60th anniversary of John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best appearing live on stage as “The Beatles”. Due to the Covid-19 situation, the event will be solely available online – streamed directly from the Indra Club, the original venue in St Pauli.
As part of the two-hour program, the Fab Four will be honored with plenty of live music, stories about their legendary time in Hamburg as well as talks with renowned experts and former companions. Under the tagline “Stream & Shout”, the live show will be aired from 3:00pm (EST) here. Moreover, celebrating the occasion, the Elbphilharmonie Hamburg will be streaming a Beatles homage by jazz pianist Julia Hülsmann directly from its Grand Hall, starting at 2:00pm (EST).
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With new and vivid first-hand details and over 40 personal photos never-before-seen in any other movie about The Beatles, Emmy Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Paul Saltzman shares an extraordinary life experience in a new feature documentary, Meeting the Beatles in India.
Saltzman learned transcendental meditation while spending a week in 1968 at the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh on the banks of the Ganges River along with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. Photos and recollections not revisited for 50 years are brought to life.
Narrated by Oscar® winner Morgan Freeman with executive producers including Pen Densham and David Lynch, Meeting the Beatles in India adds vital details and context to one of the seminal cultural events of the 20th Century.
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Paul McCartney and Bob Dylan had been unarguably two of a very powerful artists of their era — however somebody outshone them in John Lennon’s eyes. He most well-liked a distinct rock singer whose music is lesser-known. Interestingly, Dylan revealed his emotions about John in a music.
In a 1970s interview with Rolling Stone, Jann S. Wenner requested which modern artists John admired in any medium. John stated as a result of he was an “ego-maniac” he solely assessed one other artist by way of whether or not he noticed them as a menace. What did he imply by that? He didn’t elaborate.
After that, John stated he admired an eclectic group of musicians, together with Little Richard, Jerry Lee Lewis, and Frank Zappa. In addition, he praised the painters Andy Warhol, Salvador Dalí, and Marcel Duchamp. He then began discussing his spouse, Yoko Ono.
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John Lennon and Sir Elton John, it seems, had an interesting relationship. In the movie Rocketman, a tribute to John is clear when Taron Egerton, playing Sir Elton, looks at a photo of John to influence his choice of stage name. While this isn’t strictly factual, clearly the pair had a close bond which was important enough to include.
Did Sir Elton John and John Lennon ever collaborate?
John Lennon and Sir Elton absolutely did collaborate, with some interesting circumstances behind some of their working together.
Both Sir Elton and John were keen songwriters, with Sir Elton usually relying on his writing partner, Bernie Taupin, to provide him with lyrics which he could set to music.
Interestingly, John and his Beatles writing partner, Sir Paul McCartney, did not have this issue, as they both contributed lyrics and music to one another’s compositions.
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