Is it normal that a band that ended on 1970 still gets radio airplay and frequent references in the social media almost every day here in Europe? This is a very personal and somewhat infomal logbook of some of these references to The Beatles as a proof of their everlasting relevance and continuing influence over the years. As if they needed. Also includes highlights of promotions and some additional info on the band. Mainly in Portuguese (sorry guys).
sexta-feira, 10 de setembro de 2021
1975: This guitar can't keep from crying?
sexta-feira, 13 de novembro de 2020
2020-11: Paul McCartney (e Taylor Swift) capa da...
sábado, 6 de junho de 2020
1972: A entrevista de Paul Simon e John Lennon...
quinta-feira, 8 de novembro de 2018
2018-11: White Album reissue (Rolling Stone)
https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/beatles-white-album-super-deluxe-is-a-revelatory-dive-into-their-frayed-late-sixties-drama-753695/
Citando:
"The outtakes vary in impact. A 12-minute “Helter Skelter” is not the noise fest I hoped but a solid groove, McCartney leading a blues-jam Beatles. The minute differences in Lennon’s two takes of longing for his mother, “Julia,” are telling; his vocal falls more naturally over the guitar in the second pass. An alternate down-home “Good Night” is a marvelous shock, Ringo Starr’s homely vocal gilded with earthy harmonies closer to the Band, moving in Byrds-like formation. And do not fear for the original album: Giles’ remix adds depth and detail without betraying the ’68 balance as in the new, striking contrast between the doldrums and tumult in Harrison’s “Long, Long, Long.”
The Beatles is now seen as the album on which they started to break up. But it was wisely titled: a self portrait of the band at odds but pulling together behind each writer, playing as they always did: in service to the song."
quinta-feira, 2 de novembro de 2017
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.""
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"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."
quinta-feira, 27 de julho de 2017
2017-07-28: A história do Rolls Royce de John Lennon
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/john-lennons-phantom-v-the-psychedelic-beatle-mobile-w494054
Citação:
""You swine! How dare you do that to a Rolls-Royce!" So screamed an outraged Englishwoman as John Lennon's Phantom V cruised past on London's posh Piccadilly promenade in the summer of 1967. The ornately decorated limousine, sprayed an electric yellow and bedecked with colorful floral tendrils, Romany scrolls and zodiac symbols like a hallucinatory gypsy caravan, so offended her sensibilities that she briefly attacked it with an umbrella – or at least that's the way Lennon always told the story."
sexta-feira, 14 de julho de 2017
2017-07-15: A relação de John Lennon e a Rolling Stone
A importância de John Lennon para a revista Rolling Stone e as entrevistas e capas:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/50th-anniversary-john-lennon-history-with-rolling-stone-magazine-w491961
Citando:
"Flashback: Inside John Lennon's Long History With Rolling Stone
John Lennon was the 'North Star' for 'Rolling Stone' since the magazine's earliest days, and his interviews in these pages made news around the world."
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"A year later, Wenner heard record stores were selling Two Virgins in a plain brown wrapper, since Lennon and Ono appeared naked on the album's cover. Rolling Stone editor emeritus Ralph Gleason suggested the magazine contact Beatles publicist Derek Taylor and ask to see the images in full. "They said OK and sent it over," says Wenner. "It was as simple as that."
The cover – accompanied by an interview by Jonathan Cott – caused a national scandal. Featuring Lennon and Ono naked from behind (the full-frontal shots were inside), it hit newsstands on November 23rd, 1968. A New Jersey postmaster general stopped issues from going to East Coast subscribers. One San Francisco newsstand employee was arrested for selling obscene material. (nude beat-le perils s.f., declared a San Francisco Chronicle headline soon after.) Wenner was exuberant. "The point is this," he wrote in the next issue. "Print a famous foreskin and the world will beat a path to your door.""
quinta-feira, 6 de julho de 2017
2017-07-07: PM fala de nova fase da tournée nos EUA
3h de espectáculo com 75 anos, a tocar e cantar a sério (não como outros) é obra... Detalhes em entrevista à RS:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/paul-mccartney-on-touring-beatles-hits-kanye-and-jay-z-w490158
quarta-feira, 17 de maio de 2017
2017-05-17: Os melhores livros sobre os Beatles (pela RS)
sexta-feira, 14 de abril de 2017
2011-06-17: Entrevista de PM à RS (2011)
Entrevista de PM sobre o sucesso de Beatles 1, Linda, GH e a namorada de então (H. Mills):
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-on-beatles-1-losing-linda-and-being-in-new-york-on-september-11th-20110617
segunda-feira, 13 de março de 2017
2017-03-14: Sobre o Eight Days a Week
sábado, 25 de fevereiro de 2017
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
sexta-feira, 20 de janeiro de 2017
2017-01-19: Gravação de ADITL começou há 50 anos
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/beatles-a-day-in-the-life-10-things-you-didnt-know-w459398
segunda-feira, 29 de agosto de 2016
2016-08-29: O último concerto dos Beatles em Candlestick Park (com som)
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/remembering-beatles-final-concert-w436179
PS. Mais uma ou duas quotes deliciosas de Lennon, a do Barroco e esta:
"Lennon took particular delight in making vaguely obscene alterations to their song lyrics ("I Wanna Hold Your Gland")"
quinta-feira, 25 de agosto de 2016
2016-08-26: Revolver e o LSD e mais uma quote de JL
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/beatles-revolver-how-lsd-opened-the-door-to-a-masterpiece-w436062
PS. O artigo tem uma animação do que terá sido a primeira viagem de LSD de John e George. E mais uma citação impagável de JL:
"How dare you fucking do this to us?" (Citação no artigo da RS).
segunda-feira, 15 de agosto de 2016
2016-08-19: Paul McCartney Talks VIP Soundcheck Shows: 'It's a Tribal Ritual' - Rolling Stone
Paul McCartney Talks VIP Soundcheck Shows: 'It's a Tribal Ritual' - Rolling Stone
2016-08-19: Paul McCartney Looks Back: The Rolling Stone Interview - Rolling Stone
Paul McCartney Looks Back: The Rolling Stone Interview - Rolling Stone
Citando:
Paul McCartney Looks Back: The Rolling Stone Interview
Ex-Beatle reflects on Yoko, Kanye and why no one could replace John Lennon
sexta-feira, 27 de maio de 2016
domingo, 21 de fevereiro de 2016
2011-11-01: Artigo sobre GH na RS (BR)
http://rollingstone.uol.com.br/edicao/edicao-62/10-anos-sem-george-harrison#imagem0
quarta-feira, 25 de novembro de 2015
2003-01-10: Beatles lost tapes found in Netherlands | Rolling Stone
- ~500 tapes from the Beatles Let It Be sessions.
- ~80h of music and chattering.