2017-02-27: Yoko Ono referida numa notícia do HP

Para quem nunca entendeu muito bem a "arte" de YO é interessante ver referências ainda hoje à sua obra:
"Reminiscent of Yoko Ono’s “Acorn” and “Grapefruit,” the instructions include, “Take a walk at night. Walk so silently that the bottoms of your feet become ears.” Another meditation, titled “One Word,” reads: “Choose one word. Dwell silently on this word. When you are ready, explore every sound in this work extremely slowly, repeatedly. Gradually, imperceptibly bring the word up to normal speed, then continue until you are repeating the word as fast as possible. Continue at top speed until ‘it stops.’”"
Source:
http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_583c4797e4b000af95eee137?section=us_arts

2017-02-26: Bed-in no Hilton de Amesterdão visto por um repórter em início de carreira

... E a correcção de Yoko Ono à dicção de JL (Montreux):

https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/26/john-lennon-and-yoko-ono-bed-peace-demonstration

2017-02-25: PM recorda dia de aniversário de GH

PM tweetou sobre GH no dia do seu aniversário:
http://ew.com/music/2017/02/25/paul-mccartney-george-harrison-birthday-throwback-photo/

2017-02-25: GH faria 74 anos (Rolling Stone)

Artigo da Rolling Stone com 10 coisas que não são muito conhecidas de GH:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/10-things-you-didnt-know-george-harrison-did-w452593

2017-02-23: Beatles isolated tracks (Youtube)

No limite entre o legal e o ilegal, algumas pistas isoladas (obtidas por equalização ou de masters perdidos antes de gravações posteriores) encontram-se ao virar da esquina no Youtube. Algumas desaparecem por queixas da Apple, mas como os cogumelos, aparecem outras. E é sempre divertido ouvir de uma forma nova as músicas de sempre (em takes originais ou até takes alternativos).
Exemplo:

• Lovely Rita isolated (sem vozes): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixrf41uy8Lg
• Revolution (guitarras apenas): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0TEIAfFzWs

Pesquisa genérica no Youtube:

• https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=beatles+isolated+

2017-02-20: Recorde dos Beatles igualado por Rhianna

... essa mulher que canta de robe ao vivo (ver foto no artigo):
http://m.scmp.com/culture/music/article/2073193/rihanna-joins-madonna-and-beatles-30th-top-10-hit

Citando:
"In yet another confirmation that you’re getting old, pop superstar Rihanna has hit a landmark: She has now landed 30 songs in the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, a feat achieved only by the Beatles and Madonna.

She charted her 30th hit this week when “Love on the Brain” crossed the threshold to land at No. 8. It’s the fourth top-10 track from Rihanna’s most recent album, “Anti,” and its success breaks her tie with Michael Jackson, who earned 29 top-10 hits."

2017-02-20: Mary McCartney, fotógrafa como a mãe?

Mary McCartney fotógrafa como a mãe:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mary-linda-mccartney-gagosian-368093
Citando:
"Linda, a musician, photographer, and the late wife of Beatles bassist Paul McCartney, began taking pictures in the ’60s, documenting her time spent among dazzling musicians such as Jimi Hendrix, Mick Jagger, and Aretha Franklin. She was the first female photographer to shoot the cover of Rolling Stone; six years later, in 1974, she appeared on the cover herself, along with her husband.

Mary later followed suit, taking care to capture everything from a backstage portrait of pop star Rihanna to an intimate shot with fashion designer Vivienne Westwood, as well as allowing a glimpse into her family’s unexpected domestic rituals."

2017-02-20: Quadro de Peter Blake pode ser mostrado ao lado do original

Uma cópia do quadro feita para PM por Peter Blake (que trabalhou na capa do Sgt. Pepper's) pode ser mostrada ao lado do original (Sec. XIX), agora que o original está em risco de sair do RU:
https://news.artnet.com/art-world/mccartneys-monarch-of-the-glen-peter-blake-original-866246

Citando:
"Sir Edwin Henry Landseer’s 1851 The Monarch of the Glen—one of Scotland’s most iconic paintings and currently the subject of a frenzied fundraising campaign to keep it in the country—could be shown alongside a version by Peter Blake commissioned by Paul McCartney"

2017-02-20: RS e PM gravaram de novo juntos

RS teve a ajuda de PM (e Joe Walsh) na gravação do novo álbum. E fez uns tweets sobre isso:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-reunite-to-record-together-w467855

2017-02-19: Porsche 928 de GH vai a leilão em Março

Mais um leilão de um carro de GH que foi comprado para peças (até dono saber que tinha sido de GH por quatro anos):
http://news.sky.com/story/drive-my-car-beatles-star-george-harrisons-porsche-being-auctioned-10774181

2017-02-18: Beatles cover by Yes (and Jimmy Page)

Vejam esta versão enquanto dura (não se apanha muita coisa dos Beatles no YouTube por muito tempo):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=j90CnFv3rtY

2017-02-18: Youtube com entrevista a Bonham (1970)

... mas em que se fala de Beatles (primeira vez que Beatles não tinham sido votados melhor banda, substituídos pelos Led Zeppelin), 1970:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=W0fqgq6ZMZY

2017-02-17: Partes isoladas das guitarras de Revolution

http://www.guitarplayer.com/artist-videos/1436/hear-the-beatles-isolated-revolution-guitar-track/60747

2017-02-17: Strawberry Fieldsvai ser remodelado...

Pelas fotos, estava na hora mesmo. Resta saber se para melhor ou pior:

Strawberry Field, inspiration for Beatles hit, to undergo revamp - BBC News

Sobre a parte do enforcamento na letra da música, citando:
"grounds of Strawberry Field.

'Nothing to get hung about'

His Aunt Mimi recalled: "As soon as we could hear the Salvation Army band starting, John would jump up and down shouting 'Mimi, come on. We're going to be late.'"

The musician is said to have found a place of peace and refuge from his troubled childhood in the woods around the home, where he went to play with friends, climb trees and dream the hours away.

The song's refrain "and nothing to get hung about" is said to be a reference to Lennon's retort "they can't hang you for it" to Mimi about playing on the property."

2017-02, Strawberry Fields, Liverpool, SF, EN, NEWS

2017-02-13: 45 anos do concerto de PM e os Wings na Universidade de Newcastle

Depois da dissolução conflituosa dos Beatles, PM começou "pequeno" para formar uma das maiores bandas dos anos 70 (quase sempre sem recurso a músicas dos Beatles).
Em 13 de Fevereiro de 1972 (há 45 anos), Paul McCartney e os Wings tocaram na Universidade de Newcastle e há algumas fotos a testemunhar esse concerto:
From The Beatles to a low-key gig at Newcastle University with his new band Wings - Chronicle Live

2017-02-09: Citações falsas de JL ajudaram Trump?

Aparentemente sim, e com a data de 1981 (JL foi assassinado em 1980), andaram a circular alegremente pelas redes sociais:
http://www.snopes.com/john-lennon-anticipate-donald-trump/

2017-02-08: Gravação de Beatles em Toronto vai a leilão

Gravação a cores com cerca de 10 minutos do concerto de 8 de Setembro de 1964 em Toronto (mas não só), com uma forte presença policial depois de ameaças de morte a Ringo Starr vai a leilão depois de ter sido descoberta recentemente:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/02/07/unseen-footage-beatles-found-lying-drawer-52-years-expected/

2017-02-09: 56 anos do primeiro concerto na Cavern

... À hora de almoço, em que tocaram por 5 GBP e à experiência, com pessoas desconfiadas a comer sandes:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/artists/the-beatles-were-paid-only-5-for-their-first-gig-at-cavern-club/
Citando:
"The first concert by The Beatles at The Cavern Club, over a lunchtime on February 9, 1961,  was hardly an auspicious affair. They were paid £5 for the appearance, a concert that wasn't advertised, and George Harrison was nearly denied admission to play because he was wearing jeans. "

2017-02-06: A versão do Let it Be... Russa?

Com vídeo para esta versão de 1976 e alguma história da sua origem e tradução da letra para Russo:
http://dangerousminds.net/comments/bizarre_video_of_the_beatles_let_it_be_from_soviet_tv_of_the_1970s


Citando:
"The 2000 WGBH miniseries Communism: The Promise and the Reality features a brief clip of this mysterious video, although unfortunately not much information about it is supplied. It pops up in “People Power,” the final part of the six-part series, about 14 minutes in (you can check it out below). After discussing the strong demand in the USSR for banned western goods such as blue jeans, the voiceover says, “But occasionally the authorities made an effort to cater to the tastes of the new generation….” and we get to see the start of the video. They translate the opening lines thus:

Everything’s happened before in the world
 People are always the same
 That’s how it was, it is, and always will be


 Apparently the religiously tinged references to “Mother Mary” were also expunged, which can’t be too surprising"


No Youtube:
https://youtu.be/1LrUTzijqz8

2017-02-03: Beatles a gravar o HB (1968)

... Na última sessão sem Yoko Ono?
http://www.guitarworld.com/artist-news-artist-videos/watch-beatles-record-hey-bulldog-1968/30637

1965-02-17: Análise do YLMTM (GH)

http://somethingelsereviews.com/2017/02/04/the-beatles-you-like-me-too-much-help-deep-beatles/
Mais informação:
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Like_Me_Too_Much

2017-02-01: Mais um filme sobre Lennon planeado

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/feb/01/john-lennon-yoko-ono-relationship-film
Citando:
"The script is likely to cover the pair’s status as a celebrity couple throughout the 70s, Lennon’s move away from the Beatles, the couple’s music together and Lennon’s murder in 1980.
In 2009, Lennon’s life as a youth was brought to the screen by Sam Taylor-Johnson in Nowhere Boy, where he was played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson. Ono was supportive of the finished product and was “flabbergasted” at how good it was. The murder of Lennon was also covered in the 2007 drama Chapter 27, which starred Jared Leto as [The killer]"

2017-02-01: Réplica de fatos do Sgt. Pepper's e capa alternativa em exposição

Comemorando os 50 anos de Sgt. Pepper's, réplicas fiéis dos fatos feitas por Noel Howard na mesma casa que as fez em 1967 e uma réplica de uma capa alternativa do álbum (oferecida anos mais tarde a membros da EMI) vão estar em exposição:
http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/whats-on/arts-culture-news/sgt-peppers-suits-go-display-12533577
Os originais dos fatos estão com os Beatles ou os herdeiros (um pouco como os primeiros 4 álbuns brancos numerados que ficaram para cada um deles).