quinta-feira, 6 de dezembro de 2018

2018-12: Como Yoko perseguiu

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6460947/How-Yoko-Ono-relentlessly-pursued-John-Lennon.html

Citando:
"John Lennon became mesmerized by Yoko Ono after she set her sights on him, writes author Ray Connolly in new book  Being John Lennon: A Restless Life

Yoko was aggressive, constantly badgering John with letters and appearing at places he was


Yoko broke into 'the orbit of the Beatles' after meeting John at the Indica Gallery in London, where she was preparing for a show the next day


'From the very beginning of her career, she understood the power of networking and self-promotion; especially self-promotion,' according to Connolly


John 'felt that she was the star and he the audience', never had he met anyone like this 'odd little Japanese woman dressed in her black intellectual's uniform'


Yoko was writing letters to John, getting under his skin and was everywhere he was, even showing up at a meeting with a yogi in the Indian Himalayas


Yoko and John became inseparable and he insisted Yoko be at all sessions - inhibiting to the other Beatles and driving a wedge between John and Paul  


Their relationship became strained by 1972 and Yoko decided to get John a mistress - May Pang, 22, a Chinese girl who had been working for the couple"

segunda-feira, 3 de dezembro de 2018

2018-12: 5 estrelas 50 anos depois (Express.co.uk)

https://www.express.co.uk/entertainment/music/1047218/Review-new-rock-albums-releases-The-Beatles-Rolling-Stones-Jethro-Tull-Pretty-Things

sábado, 1 de dezembro de 2018

2018-11: Paul McCartney partilha fotos do início dos Wings

... por altura de mais um reissue (edições expandidas) a 7 de Dezembro:
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/paul-mccartney-wings-reissue-wild-life-album-tracklist-linda-photos-a8660766.html

Citando:
"He explains that he had songs "knocking around" that would eventually end up on the Wild Life album. "What happens for me is that I write all the time and then suddenly I think: 'Oh god, I've got too many. I've got to record them to get them out of the way."

Addressing the backlash to the band and the album's lukewarm reception, McCartney says: "I'm not saying, 'yes, I'll do what you want. I'm saying, 'I'll do what I want.' People don't always like that."


The reissues of Wild Life and Red Rose Speedway are released on 7 December via MPL/Capitol/UMe."

sexta-feira, 30 de novembro de 2018

domingo, 25 de novembro de 2018

2018-11: Documentário sobre o Imagine

Sobre o recente documentário sobre o Imagine:
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2018/11/24/john-yoko-us-sky-review-lennons-message-peace-love-people-power/

Citando:
"The spirit of revolution was alive and well in John & Yoko: Above Us Only Sky (Channel 4), a documentary celebrating John Lennon’s peace, love and occasionally anger-laden album Imagine and, in particular, the much-admired title track.

This wasn’t so much the untold story of the making of a classic album as a fascinating addendum to an iconic story which had already been told in the companion film released by Lennon, Yoko Ono and director Steve Gebhardt in 1972, and fleshed out even more in Andrew Solt’s tribute Gimme Some Truth."


segunda-feira, 19 de novembro de 2018

2008-02: Morte do Guru

https://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/34076/Beatles-guru-Maharishi-dies-aged-91
Citando:
"Beatles guru Maharishi dies aged 91

THE guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his home overnight aged 91."


2018-11: Um relato dos Beatles na India

Em primeira mão... As cerca de 40 canções compostas lá deram origem ao White Album (e a muitas canções editadas mais tarde a solo por cada um dos Beatles - Jealous Guy, Not Guilty, etc.):
https://www.express.co.uk/celebrity-news/1046990/the-beatles-visited-ashram-india-Susan-Shumsky

Citando:
"IN 1968 the shockwaves from the Beatles trip to India to visit Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, the founder of transcendental meditation, reverberated around the world. The Fab Four were not the only celebrities to make the trip to the sparsely constructed ashram overlooking the River Ganges. Actress Mia Farrow, Beach Boy Mike Love and folk singer Donovan also attended but the Beatles were far and away the most famous."
(...)
"Maharishi asked George to tell Deepak the real story and he revealed the Beatles were asked to leave because members of their party were using drugs and alcohol.

The topic turned to the Beatles' Ed Sullivan Show appearance, during which no crime was reported in the USA.


Maharishi exclaimed, "When I heard this, I knew the Beatles were angels on Earth... It doesn't matter what John said or did, I could never be upset with angels." George then broke down and wept.


Later, George phoned Deepak and said: "A huge karmic baggage has been lifted from me, because I didn't want to lie.""