It’s probably true to say that he expanded the sound of pop, and the very possibilities of the form, more radically than any other person in the years between the heyday of Sun Records and the rise of the Beatles. The results are not just familiar but seem like they’ve always been here: “She’s a Rebel” and “Da Doo Ron Ron” by the Crystals; “Be My Baby” and “Walking in the Rain” by the Ronettes; a series of hits for the Righteous Brothers, including “You’ve Lost That Lovin’ Feelin’”; and then “River Deep — Mountain High,” an ambitious mini-epic he crafted for the voice of Tina Turner. They are a dim part of the cultural landscape now; at the time, they created a new center of gravity for the world of pop."
Há pessoas importantes na nossa vida. Os (bons) pais, os amigos, as amigas... E depois há estes. Monty Python, está numa mesma categoria dos Beatles para mim. Já ouvi todas as músicas dos Beatles com os miúdos no carro. Já vi toda a série dos Monty Python com eles duma ponta à outra também. E de facto alguns Beatles conheciam-nos: George Harrison penhorou a sua casa para financiar um filme dos Python. Ringo Starr apareceu num dos episódios da série. George Harrison apareceu num filme do "quinto Beatle" (mas dos Python) Neil Innes, também recentemente desaparecido, e que parodiava precisamente os Beatles. Sad.
R.I.P. Terry Jones dos Monty Python.
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/22/terry-jones-monty-python-founder-and-life-of-brian-director-dies-aged-77
... porcessado por ATV Music (que publica algumas das músicas dos Beatles nos EUA):
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-the-rutles-monty-python-dies
Citando:
"Innes’ spoof songs were targeted by Beatles publisher ATV Music who successfully argued that Lennon and McCartney should be added to the songwriting credits, and settled out of court with Innes’ publisher. After another legal dispute, Innes was added to the credits of Oasis’s song Whatever, which was deemed to have imitated his song How Sweet to Be an Idiot. “The music business is like a school where big boys come and take your candy away,” Innes said in 2013. “No other business in the world gets away with stealing like the music business – apart from banking.”"
... músico e comediante com ligações aos Monty Python e aos Beatles (filme dos Rutles, etc.):
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/dec/30/neil-innes-obituary
Citando:
"A singer, pianist and guitarist, Neil wrote the Bonzos’ jaunty hit single I’m the Urban Spaceman, produced by Paul McCartney, which peaked at No 5 in the UK charts in 1968 and won the composer an Ivor Novello award. He also coined the phrase Cool Britannia, which became a mantra for the Labour party when Tony Blair was prime minister, much to Neil’s mild dismay. He thought its political use was decidedly uncool.
(...)
From 1973 onwards his musical director was John Altman, who said: “He really was a very talented guy. When you heard his songs for the Rutles, you’d think ‘This is as good as the Beatles.’ George Harrison became a huge fan and was always in the studio when we were recording.” He famously said he that he liked The Rutles better than he did the Beatles.”
(...)
The Beatles connection was forged when the now professional band appeared in the film The Magical Mystery Tour (1967), for which Neil wrote the gangster themed Death Cab for Cutie.
(...)
In Idle’s song Always Look on the Bright Side of Life, from Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979), Neil contributed the cheery whistling, and the Rutles had their own mockumentary film, All You Need Is Cash (1978).
"
Sobre o filme a parodiar os Beatles e em que George Harrison participa:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8qf8y7v0WIE
Magical Mystery Tour:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFf8FOIYdw8
Ouçam as músicas, vale bem a pena.
https://blitz.pt/principal/update/2019-12-09-39-anos-depois-o-Sean-o-Julian-e-eu-ainda-sentimos-a-sua-falta.-John-Lennon-lembrado-por-Yoko-Ono
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/robert-freeman-photographer-who-helped-define-the-image-of-the-beatles-dies-at-82/2019/11/09/29108e96-0308-11ea-8501-2a7123a38c58_story.html
Citando:
"“Freeman was living in Hong Kong when Lennon was assassinated in 1980,” Prem told CNN in 2013, “and he told me that he had a photo of Lennon on his wall and it fell down at exactly the same time.”"
https://www.publico.pt/2019/11/10/culturaipsilon/noticia/so-beatles-camara-morreu-fotografo-capas-emblematicas-fab-four-1893189
Citando:
"Embora tenha sido também o autor do primeiro calendário Pirelli e tenha realizado o filme The Touchables, um estudo sobre a Londres dos anos 60 em plena revolução juvenil, é então o seu trabalho com os Beatles que define a sua carreira. “Além de ser um óptimo profissional, ele era imaginativo e um verdadeiro pensador original. As pessoas pensam muitas vezes que a capa de Meet The Beatles com as nossas testas meio na sombra foi uma imagem cuidadosamente orquestrada num estúdio. Na verdade, foi feita muito rapidamente no corredor de um hotel em que estávamos [em Bournemouth], com a luz natural a entrar pelas janelas no fundo do corredor”, conta Paul McCartney num testemunho publicado no seu site."
O The Guardian sobre a Capa do A Hard Day's Night: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/nov/10/paul-mccartney-tribute-beatles-photographer-robert-freeman
O comunicado de PM:
https://www.paulmccartney.com/news-blogs/news/paul-on-robert-freeman
https://www.instagram.com/p/BxaIBAQnCUG/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=8diad4fep74o
...Nos EUA desde que John Lennon foi assassinado com uma arma em 1980:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BrIRZhFH4Ze/?utm_source=ig_share_sheet&igshid=mkf1dp5radkz
RIP:
https://variety.com/2018/music/news/geoff-emerick-beatles-engineer-dead-1202966681/
Citando:
"Geoff Emerick, the Beatles chief recording engineer who worked on some of the band’s most seminal albums, has died according to his manager William Zabaleta. He was 72 and believed to have suffered a heart attack.
Said Zabaleta in a statement to Variety: “Today at around 2’o’clock, I was making my way back from Arizona to Los Angeles to pick up Geoff so we could transport some gold records and platinum plaques to our show in Tucson. While on the phone, he had complications and dropped the phone. I called 911, but by the time they got there, it was too late. Geoff suffered from heart problems for a long time and had a pacemaker. … When it’s your time it’s your time. We lost a legend and a best friend to me and a mentor.”
Emerick, born Dec. 5, 1945, began working as an assistant engineer at Abbey Road at just 15 years-old and, just a few months months in, was face-to-face with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr in the London studio. He apprenticed and later worked on such early Beatles’ recordings as “Love Me Do”, “I Want To Hold Your Hand,” “She Loves You,” and “A Hard Day’s Night.” Later becoming the band’s chief engineer, he helmed “Revolver,” “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” “The White Album” and “Abbey Road” as well as the dual-sided single “Penny Lane”/”Strawberry Fields Forever.” "
RIP Aretha Franklin. Eis o que Paul McCartney e Ringo Starr disseram:
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-aretha-franklin-712134/
Citando:
"The two surviving Beatles paid tribute to Aretha Franklin today following the news of the Queen of Soul’s death. Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr issued separate statements, each praising the artist for her musical impact.
“Let’s all take a moment to give thanks for the beautiful life of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of our souls, who inspired us all for many, many years,” McCartney wrote, paired with a photo that was shot looking up at her as if in awe. “She will be missed but the memory of her greatness as a musician and a fine human being will live with us forever. Love Paul.”
Starr simply wrote, “God bless Aretha Franklin the queen of soul and peace and love to her family.” He accompanied the note with emojis for music, peace and love."
E estas são as 3 covers que Aretha fez de músicas dos Beatles, 2 delas ainda antes do grupo se separar:
https://youtu.be/2UoTvwfo_rU (Let it be)
https://youtu.be/fb_GM-ONgLo (Eleanor Rigby)
https://youtu.be/e-ExwR4Buks (The Long and Winding Road)
Faz anos que JL foi assassinado. Para o relembrar:
https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/john-lennon-imagine-final-performance
Citando:
"On this day, 37 years ago, John Lennon was shot to death outside of his New York home by Mark David Chapman.
Take a second to remember the former Beatle's brilliance with this video of him performing "Imagine"—one of his most enduring songs—at the ATV special, A Salute to Lew Grade. It would turn out to be Lennon's final live performance."
