Beatles News
We’re dipping into the Far Out Magazine vault and looking back to one of George Harrison’s best songs with The Beatles, the beautiful and timeless love song ‘Something’. Released in 1969 the single would be Harrison’s first number one and mark him out as a wildly talented songwriter.
When artists such as Frank Sinatra pick out your work and label it as “the greatest love song of the past 50 years,” you know you’re doing something right. But who was this pop ode in aid of? Many people pointed to Pattie Boyd but the answer is a little more convoluted than that.
‘Something’ will forever remain a special track for George Harrison. Not only was it the first song he was able to releases with The Beatles as a fully-fledge single. But it was also the first song fro The Beatles to reach number one that wasn’t suffixed with “written by Lennon-McCartney.”
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American singer and record producer Jon Bon Jovi was recently interviewed by legendary TV/Radio Host Howard Stern and revealed the latest news about his upcoming album.
As you might already know, The Howard Stern Show is still going on even in the self-quarantine. Howard Stern is taking guests via video conferences and Jon Bon Jovi was the latest guest of the iconic TV host.
In that rare interview, Jon Bon Jovi explained how The Beatles legend Paul McCartney shared his opinion after listening to his latest album for the first time.
Here is what he said:
“Whenever you run into him you become a teenage fan. We went to see The Eagles play. I said, ‘Beatle Paul.’ He said, ‘Why do you call me Beatle Paul?’ I said, ‘Because I’m too old to call you Mr. McCartney and I’m too in reverence to dare think that we’re that close that I can contact you Paul.
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The extensive back-catalogue of The Beatles is the envy of any musician worth their salt. Such is their massive list of impressive records most artists would be happy with just one of their famed LPs. Here, Sir Paul McCartney, arguably the band’s dynamic musical leader, selects his favourite The Beatles LP of all time.
McCartney remains to this day a very active advocate for the work he did with The Beatles. And rightly, so. The singer has become synonymous with pop music through his craft and having written some of the world’s most beloved songs it’s a fair assessment that he always will be. A career that spans nearly six decades is testament to that.
In this revealing 1991 interview, McCartney suggests that he had a love for all the albums he, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr made together. But he did confess that his favourite was the iconic concept album from 1967 Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.
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“Who’s your favorite Beatle?” It’s something I am fond of asking – especially during discussions I feel are escalating towards unpleasantness.
Two reactions are most common: laughter, at the incongruity of the question. Or irritation, because I am not taking the issue at hand seriously. Either way, the conversation is derailed and the tension broken.
But I really do want to know the answer. I think the choice of a favorite Beatle is a very telling signal of a person’s mental and emotional make-up. If someone has no answer — that too is telling.
Some day (not soon, I hope), this is a question I want to ask Jesus. Who is His favorite Beatle? I’d love to know. I assume Christ will profess to liking them all equally, but this is not an answer. So, if I don’t run the risk of being turned into a burning bush or pillar of salt, I will press Him to name one.
Let’s look at the options:
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The Beatles were masterful songwriters, composers, musicians, and singers. Their library of music is rich with tricks and techniques that captured the ears (and hearts) of their fans then and now. Their compositions and recordings remain relevant decades later. “Help!” was released in July 1965 and became The Beatles’ 10th overall #1 single. It came out after “Eight Days A Week” in February in the US and after “Ticket to Ride,” which was released in April of that same year, continuing the relentless march of Number 1 singles that the Beatles released in a short window of time.
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After The Beatles arrived in America with “I Want to Hold Your Hand” at No. 1 and screaming fans everywhere, “Beatlemania” officially kicked into gear. In the following years, the band would rack up one chart-topping hit after another (including six in 1964) and dominate the music scene.
When the band played to 56,000 fans at Shea Stadium in August ’65, it might have been the peak of Beatlemania. By the following year, they were singing about the “Nowhere Man” inside them and some “Day Tripper” who turned up at their flat. They had more on their mind than holding hands.
And in ’66 the Fab Four quit touring for good. After an ugly experience in the Philippines and the realization that their live shows sounded terrible, the band decided to pack it in following its last hurrah in San Francisco that August.
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Early in 1964, as Beatlemania swept the world, newspaper headlines announced that The Beatles would be travelling to South America later that year. Millions awaited their arrival with bated breath – and in July, when four young moptops descended into Buenos Aires Airport, it seemed that teenage dreams were about to come true.
The Beatles were actually nowhere near Argentina at the time. The British group – who split 50 years ago this month – were back home in London, on a rare rest stop between concerts and recording. But with or without their knowledge, four young guys from Florida named Tom, Vic, Bill and Dave had taken their place.
There had been a terrible mix-up.
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Paul McCartney is without a doubt one of the greatest, if not the greatest, musicians in the history of music. McCartney gained notoriety in the 1960s when he and Ringo Starr, George Harrison, and John Lennon created The Beatles, a band that will remain the best of all time.
As a member of The Beatles, McCartney wrote and produced a number of hit songs for the group, that is until his departure 10 years later in 1970. Despite leaving The Beatles, Paul McCartney found even more success as a solo artist, scoring a number of Hot 100 number ones and albums.
After proving himself to be one of the best there is, the singer has been honoured with a number of awards and titles that only very few people have been given. From being a member of the hottest band in the world to a super successful solo career, here are 13 of Paul McCartney's most memorable achievements.
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Reading about the Fab Four and the current unprecedented times we live in all blend together for me
Be not surprised that something deep inside of you starts playing with your mind in this lockdown. I know I’m back at the beginning of time, the 1950s. Back then we were always running out of milk, bread, tea, margarine – butter on Saturday and Sunday – and eggs. And now it’s the first thing I think of when I wake. Have we got enough of the above, the staples of my diet?
Yes, my diet is my prime concern. It’s also a variation on the ‘first up, best dressed’ thinking where you got choice if you were first on the scene. The sooner you arrived for breakfast the more you had of the disappearing eggs, marge and bread, and the mugs of tea.
I am irritating those around me who share my lockdown. I feel as if I’ve turned into one of the old blokes in The Vicar of Dibley, which I still enjoy constant repetitions of, with its characters’ repetitious behaviour.
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Paul McCartney and John Lennon became wrapped up in a bitter feud following the latter’s decision to quit the band back in 1969. Lennon shocked the rest of The Beatles when, one day, he made the announcement out of the blue in a meeting. It was decided they would keep the move under wraps while they ironed out some business complications but it wasn’t long before the news was out.
The following year, McCartney took it upon himself to tell fans The Beatles were no more when he launched his first solo album.
This left Lennon irritated he hadn’t used the band’s break-up to his own advantage for publicity.
After the Fab Four’s demise, the former bandmates went their separate ways.
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