2017-11-23: Beatles lego set and the Black Friday

http://www.nme.com/news/get-beatles-yellow-submarine-lego-much-cheaper-black-friday-2164419

2017-11-22: Diários de Lennon (e gravação de concerto de Beatles) recuperados

http://www.nme.com/news/john-lennons-stolen-diaries-found-in-berlin-2162543#0lEXaBcmpwcbBjqW.99

Citando:
"They're among over 100 items belonging to The Beatles icon to be recovered

John Lennon’s diaries have been found in Berlin – and are among over a hundred stolen items belonging to the Beatles musician to be recovered by police.

Lennon’s diaries are currently on display at Berlin police headquarters – along with two pairs of his iconic round specs, a tape recording of a Beatles concert, sheet music and a cigarette case. The collection of items were stolen from Lennon’s widow Yoko Ono back in 2006."

2017-11-20: Bar em Hamburgo obrigado a mudar de nome...

... por Yoko Ono:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5098763/John-Lennon-s-widow-forces-bar-change-name.html

Citando:
"John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono has sued a bar in Germany forcing it to change its name from 'Yoko Mono'.

Bar owner Nima Garous-Pour has been using the name for nearly 20 years in Hamburg, where the Beatles first found fame.

But lawyers for Yoko claimed that he had been using her name and identity without legal permission.

Judges at the city's regional court agreed - and ordered Garous-Pour to remove the sign, even though he had already shortened the name to simply 'Mono'."

2013-11-17: The story of Freda Kelly (by The Guardian)

... Beatles' secretary for around 10 years:
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2013/nov/17/beatles-secretary-freda-kelly-story

Citando:
""Paul, you could always rely on. He was the good one. George was very thoughtful – he would always say 'What have you got in your cupboard for me to sign?' Ritchie [Ringo, real name Richard] was always laughing. He was Mr Happy. John was a man of many moods. People think John Lennon was a big, hard man. He had his moments but there was a caring side to him."

By her own admission, Kelly was something of "an innocent" when she started working for the Beatles. "I was Miss Gullible. I was an Irish Catholic who went straight from the Girl Guides into the music business. I didn't know anything about anything."

It was Lennon who explained to her that her boss Epstein was gay – at the time, homosexuality was still illegal. "I remember saying to John: 'I can't make him out. There's something about him.' And he started laughing. He explained it to me in really simple terms. He said: 'Put it this way, if you and he were the last people on a desert island, you'd be safe.'""

E sobre o DVD:
"Good Ol' Freda will be shown on More4 on 10 December, 9pm. It is also available to buy on DVD from 4 December at amazon.co.uk"

2017-11-11: Tom Petty e o dia em que conheceu RS e GH

http://ultimateclassicrock.com/tom-petty-musicares-benefit/

Citando:
"Last night, Tom Petty was given the MusiCares Person of the Year Award at the organization’s annual benefit in Los Angeles. During his acceptance speech, he told a story about the night he met George Harrison and Ringo Starr, which ended up with him getting a lesson in paying your dues."
(...)
"You can watch the whole speech above, with this story beginning at the 7:40 mark. Petty recalled that he moved to Los Angeles in 1974, when he was signed to Leon Russell‘s Shelter Records by Denny Cordell. Shortly thereafter, he was hired by Russell to hang out at his home studio to provide lyrics in case the musicians came up with some worthwhile music.

“The first session, in comes George Harrison and Ringo, [legendary session drummer] Jim Keltner,” he began. “They didn’t need any words, but those cats were so cool, you know. And I found myself, after the session when we were hanging out, I found myself slipping my sunglasses on. Leon said, ‘What the hell are you doing with the dark glasses, man?’ I said, ‘It feels cool, you know, like Jimmy Keltner — he’s got his on."

2017-11-11: O início de The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill e o Mellotron?

O início do TCSOBB sempre foi um mistério. Afinal foi feito com um Mellotron:
http://flypaper.soundfly.com/produce/how-mellotrons-work-and-what-makes-them-so-special/

Citando:
"The Beatles – “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill”

This is an unusual one — the Spanish guitar introduction here is a bit from one of the early Mellotron accompaniment tapes. Prior to the M400, most Mellotrons had two manual keyboards — one for playing single notes, and one that triggered variously styled accompaniment patterns."

Mais sobre os teclados Mellotron no link acima.

2017-11-11: PM... Passeia em Londres

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5072885/Paul-McCartney-displays-thinning-hair-London.html

2017-11-10: PM e o seu cão...

Knickers? Depois renomeado para Martha:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5071837/In-Paul-McCartney-s-arms-puppy-loved-much.html

Citando:
"It was written by Sir Paul McCartney as a paean to his English sheepdog.

But the Beatles’ 1968 song Martha My Dear might have ended up being called Knickers My Dear.

Two years earlier, the star had decided to fulfil his dream of owning a dog and contacted breeder Ann Davis.

Sir Paul, who was then dating Jane Asher, turned up in his Aston Martin DB6 at her home, where he posed with her sheepdog Cuddles before driving back to London with his new puppy, priced at ten guineas.

Paul McCartney pictured with his puppy and Ann Arch's sheepdog 'Cuddles' in the mid 1960's at her home in High Wycombe

A few weeks later, the breeder received a telephone call asking if she could look after the pup while the Fab Four were travelling abroad.

The great-grandmother said yesterday: ‘He was very attached to the puppy and he didn’t want to leave it with his housekeeper.’

But when the dog arrived at her home in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, she was in for a shock when she was told what the star had called it."

2017-11-05: PM junta-se a Stevie Van Zant para cantar "I Saw Her Standing There"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/markbeech/2017/11/05/paul-mccartney-joins-stevie-van-zandt-to-complete-beatles-song-with-springsteen-on-tour/#7a3fba603e1c

2017-11-02: PM e a redução no consumo de carne

Um vegetariano acérrimo, PM fez mais um vídeo:
http://www.nme.com/news/music/paul-mccartney-releases-new-short-film-encouraging-people-to-eat-less-meat-meat-free-monday-2156013

Citando:
"There’s a simple but significant way to help protect the planet and all its inhabitants,” Paul McCartney – who has been vegetarian since 1975 – says in the short.

“And it starts with just one day a week. One day without eating animal products can have a huge impact in helping maintain that delicate balance that sustains us all.”

The film uses Paul McCartney’s own music – tracks from his 1997 classical music album ‘Standing Stone’, as well as an unreleased song called ‘Botswana’."

2017-11-02: PM revela que foto da NG inspirou Lady Madonna

A foto que inspirou LM. E um novo documentário no YouTube, em breve:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-5041245/Paul-McCartney-reveals-inspiration-Lady-Madonna.html

Citando:
"National Geographic's January 1965 issue published a photograph entitled Mountain Madonna, of a woman whose way of life was threatened, with one child at her breast and another laughing up at her. "
(...)
"Speaking on documentary film One Day A Week, the 75-year-old confessed he was inspired to write the song after seeing an image of a woman in National Geographic magazine in the 1960s.

He explained that the maternal bond in the photo, which saw a vulnerable woman breastfeeding with another child close by, had really 'affected' him - leading him to write the number one single."

2017-101-02: Gravação de Something no último concerto completo de GH

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/george-harrison-plays-a-sublime-something-at-last-concert-w510664

O vídeo ("pirata"):
https://youtu.be/qwn0qY2qY_s

Citando:
"For reasons he never quite articulated, Harrison left a fortune on the table and didn't agree to any more dates after Japan [12 dates]. The only exception was an April 6th, 1992 show at London's Royal Albert Hall, which was a benefit concert for the National Law Party days before the British General Election. Clapton wasn't around for this one, but he used many members of his touring band along with Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers on lead guitar. Ringo Starr, Joe Walsh, Gary Moore and his son Dhani Harrison came out for the encores of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps" and "Roll Over Beethoven."

Harrison didn't let professional camera film the show, but here's decent amateur footage of "Something." Many fans felt it was vastly superior to the Japanese shows with Harrison in better vocal shape and seemingly a bit more relaxed. He largely disappeared for the rest of the decade, popping up only for the Beatles anthology project and to label Oasis "rubbish" after Liam Gallagher had the tenacity to call him a "fucking nipple.""
(...)
"The Royal Albert Hall marked the last time that George Harrison played a full concert, though months later he did play a handful of songs at Bob Dylan's 30th Anniversary Concert and in 1997 John Fugelsang cajoled him into playing "All Things Must Pass" and a few other tunes at a TV taping. He also played at song at Carl Perkins' funeral in 1998. Right around that time, he was diagnosed with throat cancer. He'd spend the remaining years of his life battling the disease while recording Brainwashed, his final album."

2017-10-16: Lucros da Apple tornados públicos

Estamos a falar da "verdadeira Apple" :), não da outra empresa que vende telemóveis a preços indiscritiveis (e que terá quebrado o compromisso de não entrar no mercado da música):
http://www.mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-news/beatles-still-make-day-67000-11348048

(Exemplos de fontes de rendimento: Do filme Eight Days a Week e do jogo Rockband). Não inclui royalties das músicas.

2017-10-29: PM toca no México

... para 48000 pessoas e motiva os mexicanos depois do terramoto:

http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/latestnews/Paul_McCartney_lifts_spirits_in_quake-hit_Mexico?profile=1228

2017-11-02: Assassino de JL, livro escrito e Jesus?

Parece que acredita que foi perdoado e escreveu um livro (já vendido):
http://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/john-lennon/john-lennon-killer-thinks-jesus-has-forgiven-him/

Citando:
"The unusual item was sold by Eric Holler, who runs a website, known as Serial Killers Ink, that sells pieces from notorious criminals.
Speaking to The Mirror newspaper, Eric explained: "We initially obtained the letter from a private citizen who was a pen pal of
Chapman's.

"I have never been in touch with Chapman myself. It sold about an hour after it was listed on the website. I would love to obtain more
Chapman items as they sell extremely well.""