The Beatles 50th Anniversary

Newch91

50 years since the release of their first single, "Love Me Do". Many more songs and albums would come out in an 8 year span that would change music forever. I know Liverpool is celebrating all year for this and Abbey Road is even doing tours of the studio this year. I would love to be there this year for the festivities.

My favorite:

SatansFuton

Do I smell a Magical Mystery Tour BluRay in the works?



I fucking hope not. As much as I love the Beatles and can't bring myself to defend that movie.



It is time that Let It Be finally got a proper release though. PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE!!!

Newch91

I fell asleep during Magical Mystery Tour. Terrific album but same can't be said for the movie.

I'd love to see a release of Let It Be but it sounds like Paul doesn't want it to be released.

Also, when can we see the release of "Carnival of Light"?? I want to hear weird Beatles!

Ledbetterman10

SatansFuton wrote:

Do I smell a Magical Mystery Tour BluRay in the works?



I fucking hope not. As much as I love the Beatles and can't bring myself to defend that movie.

I could defend it on many grounds....but I don't feel like doing it now.

Newch91

I think "Yellow Submarine" is getting the Blu-ray treatment.

SatansFuton

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

Do I smell a Magical Mystery Tour BluRay in the works?



I fucking hope not. As much as I love the Beatles and can't bring myself to defend that movie.

I could defend it on many grounds....but I don't feel like doing it now.

I've never even heard The Beatles defend it. I think the only thing I've ever heard them say that wasn't bashing it was pointing out that Steven Spielberg liked it, for whatever reason.

"It could have been mine, but I’m not sure whether I want to take the blame for it!" - Paul McCartney

To each their own though. I can't tell you not to like it. And there are some decent scenes, mainly the musical numbers, but as an overall film I think it's a piece of shit.

Ledbetterman10

SatansFuton wrote:

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

Do I smell a Magical Mystery Tour BluRay in the works?



I fucking hope not. As much as I love the Beatles and can't bring myself to defend that movie.

I could defend it on many grounds....but I don't feel like doing it now.

I've never even heard The Beatles defend it. I think the only thing I've ever heard them say that wasn't bashing it was pointing out that Steven Spielberg liked it, for whatever reason.

"It could have been mine, but I’m not sure whether I want to take the blame for it!" - Paul McCartney

To each their own though. I can't tell you not to like it. And there are some decent scenes, mainly the musical numbers, but as an overall film I think it's a piece of shit.

Yeah sure it is...but I defend it on the grounds of "It's another thing by the Beatles." And while it's mind-numbing to sit and watch sometimes, I enjoy many of the parts. All 6 songs (The Fool on the Hill and Your Mother Should Know sequences especially), the orchestral All My Loving on the beach, the circus-style She Loves You during the race, the incidental music on the bus (which also appears on PJ's Ramblings 2 X-mas single), the horrible acting and half-assed editing. I wouldn't ever say to someone "Here, watch this." But I myself have probably watched it at least 30 times in my life.

I've made a bootleg that consists of album outtakes as well as audio from the film. I'm uploading it now and I'll post the link. Ya might like it even if ya hate the movie.

Ledbetterman10

01. Magical Mystery Tour (film version)
02. Fool On The Hill (demo)
03. "As the bus leaves the town behind..."
04. Your Mother Should Know (take 8)
05. The Magical Mystery Marathon (She Loves You, etc.)
06. Flying (alt. mix with jazz outro)
07. "Where's the bus?"
08. I Am The Walrus (take 7, instrumental)
09. I Am The Walrus (take 9, instrumental)
10. I Am The Walrus (take 16)
11. Mr. Bloodvessel's Dream (All My Loving)
12. I Am The Walrus (take 17)
13. I Am The Walrus (King Lear overdub)
14. Fool On The Hill (take 4)
15. Aunt Jessie's Dream
16. Blue Jay Way (RM1)
17. "They're having a lovely time!"
18. Your Mother Should Know (take 27)
19. Hello Goodbye (take 1, instrumental)
20. Death Cab For Cutie (by the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band)
21. Hello Goodbye (take 16)
22. Baby You're A Rich Man (vocal track)
23. All You Need Is Love (the live "Our World" broadcast)

http://www.mediafire.com/?0s1mjyclzzc6rx8

Johnny Abruzzo

This is my favorite. But Rubber Soul is a distant second.



As for movies, I can watch A Hard Days Night any time. Also love that album.

Newch91

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

As for movies, I can watch A Hard Days Night any time. Also love that album.

Agreed. Classic movie and album. My second favorite Beatles album. I love side 2 (I think it starts with "Any Time At All") more than side 1.

bennett13

SatansFuton wrote:

Do I smell a Magical Mystery Tour BluRay in the works?



I fucking hope not. As much as I love the Beatles and can't bring myself to defend that movie.



It is time that Let It Be finally got a proper release though. PRETTY FUCKING PLEASE!!!

The drill sergeant character spouting gibberish has always cracked me up!
I like the musical numbers.
Overall, yeah, it's self-indulgent crap, but I still like it because it showed that the Beatles were human after all (in that they could fuck up & not everything they did was pure genius)

Newch91

Figured this was the appropriate thread to post this in. This is Clapton's guitar track of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; gave me chills listening to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDyycsX ... re=related

youngster

Newch91 wrote:

Figured this was the appropriate thread to post this in. This is Clapton's guitar track of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; gave me chills listening to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDyycsX ... re=related

Wow! That's amazing. Clapton definately had more chops than George or John. Perfect guest guitarist on a Beatles record.

Newch91

youngster wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Figured this was the appropriate thread to post this in. This is Clapton's guitar track of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; gave me chills listening to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDyycsX ... re=related

Wow! That's amazing. Clapton definately had more chops than George or John. Perfect guest guitarist on a Beatles record.

I agree. But they're also different types of guitarists. I love Clapton's response when George asked him to play on the song: "Nobody plays on a Beatles album".

Ledbetterman10

Newch91 wrote:

Figured this was the appropriate thread to post this in. This is Clapton's guitar track of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps"; gave me chills listening to it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzDyycsX ... re=related

Stuff like this justifies the existence of those silly Rock Band/Guitar Hero games

SatansFuton

I've always been a bigger fan of Help than AHDN, sure it's not as "important" of a film, but it never fails to crack me up. And how about George doing his own stunt on the back of the car? OK, now when it spun out and he was thrown off, but when they were going down the road and he was trading blows with the scientist.

Newch91

Yes!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120425

SatansFuton

Newch91 wrote:

Yes!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120425

While I'm all for ANY official Beatles release, since I don't guess we've really had anything since the Anthologies in 95/96 (unless you count "Let It Be...Naked", which I don't), I'm not really all that excited about this. I'll probably buy the movie/soundtrack or whatever else, but I'm just not that into real early Beatles stuff. The 12 song setlist comes from the first 2 albums (or singles from the same period), which I realize are classic but just not my cup of tea. I don't REALLY start liking them until "Help!", although I like some stuff from "A Hard Day's Night" and "Beatles For Sale". Everything from "Rubber Soul" to the end of their career are the ones I mainly listen to.

Also, The Beatles were admittedly lousy live because they couldn't even hear themselves over all the screaming girls.

So this is cool, and will hopefully open the door for more stuff, but I won't be counting down the days.

Johnny Abruzzo

Newch91 wrote:

Yes!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120425

Sounds pretty cool to me!

Pretty sure the Beatles never played their later stuff live, since their last show was in 1966. Also they had become studio musicians who knowingly couldn't replicate their songs in a live setting by then.

Their early stuff is underrated by many in the later generations - nobody could touch them even at that stage.

Newch91

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Yes!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120425

Sounds pretty cool to me!

Pretty sure the Beatles never played their later stuff live, since their last show was in 1966. Also they had become studio musicians who knowingly couldn't replicate their songs in a live setting by then.

Their early stuff is underrated by many in the later generations - nobody could touch them even at that stage.

Their early stuff is phenomenal. I love the early stuff. Everyone who was in a band (including Bob Dylan) were amazed by the early stuff. Bob Dylan said he was blown away by their chord changes. I hate when people dismiss their early stuff.

They did some from Rubber Soul during their 1966 tour, like "Nowhere Man" and "If I Needed Someone". You can find those in the Japan concert.

I'm just excited to see The Beatles on the big screen.

SatansFuton

Johnny Abruzzo wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

Yes!

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/ ... s-20120425

Sounds pretty cool to me!

Pretty sure the Beatles never played their later stuff live, since their last show was in 1966. Also they had become studio musicians who knowingly couldn't replicate their songs in a live setting by then.

Their early stuff is underrated by many in the later generations - nobody could touch them even at that stage.

Well, there was the Rooftop Concert in '69, but I'm not sure that would be a great release. Yet again I'd probably buy it, and while it's cool in theory, it wasn't so much a concert as much as it was a film/video shoot. Doing multiple takes of songs, some good, some not so good, along with sound, equipment and police problems.

I don't think The Beatles early stuff is underrated, it's what I mostly hear on the radio and see on TV. When I got into The Beatles in HS I was blown away by all the stuff like The White Album, Let It Be, and a lot of their stuff I'd never heard. The vision of The Beatles I had always known was the guys in collarless suits singing pop songs.

SatansFuton

Been hearing some rumors over on the Stones site (and the rumors over there USUALLY have some substance to them) that there are some things in the works over at the Beatles camp. Well that part is actually true, as they pointed to an interview with Giles Martin (George Martin's son) that there were things in the works and that if he told what it was he "might as well kill himself". Rumors are that we'll possibly see a release of the Let It Be film, and that Now And Then (the third "reunion" song that was supposed to be on Anthology 3 but scrapped) is going to be released. I'd be excited about both of those, or whatever they have up their sleeve.

Newch91

SatansFuton wrote:

Been hearing some rumors over on the Stones site (and the rumors over there USUALLY have some substance to them) that there are some things in the works over at the Beatles camp. Well that part is actually true, as they pointed to an interview with Giles Martin (George Martin's son) that there were things in the works and that if he told what it was he "might as well kill himself". Rumors are that we'll possibly see a release of the Let It Be film, and that Now And Then (the third "reunion" song that was supposed to be on Anthology 3 but scrapped) is going to be released. I'd be excited about both of those, or whatever they have up their sleeve.

Interesting. I think I read somewhere Paul really didn't want "Let It Be" to be re-released because it showed them arguing and you can see the break up really start happening. Either way, I'll be happy to see it finally released on DVD. I hope it's true about "Now and Then". I'd love to hear it finished.

Also, when can we be expecting "Carnival of Light"?

Thanks for the info!

Newch91

Listening to the lyrics to "Now and Then", it's such a sad song, about losing someone you love. If it's true that it would be coming out, it would be a perfect song for Paul and Ringo to work on. In this case, it would be perfect for them for it to be about John and George.

John, still writing about pain and loss even when he became a father a second time. Never did leave him. Beautiful song.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L0fCmGkTGyM

Ledbetterman10

Newch91 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

Been hearing some rumors over on the Stones site (and the rumors over there USUALLY have some substance to them) that there are some things in the works over at the Beatles camp. Well that part is actually true, as they pointed to an interview with Giles Martin (George Martin's son) that there were things in the works and that if he told what it was he "might as well kill himself". Rumors are that we'll possibly see a release of the Let It Be film, and that Now And Then (the third "reunion" song that was supposed to be on Anthology 3 but scrapped) is going to be released. I'd be excited about both of those, or whatever they have up their sleeve.

Interesting. I think I read somewhere Paul really didn't want "Let It Be" to be re-released because it showed them arguing and you can see the break up really start happening. Either way, I'll be happy to see it finally released on DVD. I hope it's true about "Now and Then". I'd love to hear it finished.

Also, when can we be expecting "Carnival of Light"?

Thanks for the info!

Yeah all I want is Carnival Of Light and Helter Skelter Take 3.

Newch91

Ledbetterman10 wrote:

Newch91 wrote:

SatansFuton wrote:

Been hearing some rumors over on the Stones site (and the rumors over there USUALLY have some substance to them) that there are some things in the works over at the Beatles camp. Well that part is actually true, as they pointed to an interview with Giles Martin (George Martin's son) that there were things in the works and that if he told what it was he "might as well kill himself". Rumors are that we'll possibly see a release of the Let It Be film, and that Now And Then (the third "reunion" song that was supposed to be on Anthology 3 but scrapped) is going to be released. I'd be excited about both of those, or whatever they have up their sleeve.

Interesting. I think I read somewhere Paul really didn't want "Let It Be" to be re-released because it showed them arguing and you can see the break up really start happening. Either way, I'll be happy to see it finally released on DVD. I hope it's true about "Now and Then". I'd love to hear it finished.

Also, when can we be expecting "Carnival of Light"?

Thanks for the info!

Yeah all I want is Carnival Of Light and Helter Skelter Take 3.

Forgot about "Helter Skelter Take 3". That needs to see the light of day.

SatansFuton

Newch91 wrote:

Interesting. I think I read somewhere Paul really didn't want "Let It Be" to be re-released because it showed them arguing and you can see the break up really start happening. Either way, I'll be happy to see it finally released on DVD. I hope it's true about "Now and Then". I'd love to hear it finished.

Also, when can we be expecting "Carnival of Light"?

Thanks for the info!

Yeah, I've always heard it was Paul who was blocking the release also. It's kind of silly though, it's readily available in bootleg form to anybody who wants a copy, or anybody who just wants to download it. Why not just release it and make some money off of it?

I realize "Let It Be" shows The Beatles with warts and all, but I don't find anything in it too bad. And by this point everybody who knows anything about The Beatles knows about the feuds and breakdown in their relationship as a band. There's really no sense in whitewashing what went down anymore. Also, some of the more drama-filled moments of the film (like George getting pissed at Paul while recording "Two Of Us") have been pretty well documented in official and un-official documentaries about the band.

I've heard it will NEVER be released, and then somebody will come along and say it's coming out, then it goes back to NEVER. So who knows. Looking at the Wikipedia page for the film it says that...."The film's director Michael Lindsay-Hogg has stated that the film may be released on DVD and Blu-ray sometime in 2013". So who knows.

If I were Paul, I'd personally be more embarrassed by "Magical Mystery Tour" than anything in "Let It Be". Whatever happens, I hope they release it. I really like the film, and the album (which some people don't consider a true Beatles studio album) is actually one of my favorites.

I'm trying to think, is there any other movie, except for maybe REALLY old movies, that has won an Academy Award (Let It Be won for Best Original Song Score) that is completely unavailable except for VHS bootlegs, or digital copies of the VHS bootleg?

In conclusion... RELEASE THE FUCKING MOVIE PAUL. Otherwise I'm starting those "Paul Is Dead" rumors again.

Newch91

Got an email from Soundstage on Friday about pre-ordering Beatles albums on vinyl on 180. I clicked the link and it said The Beatles website will be announcing it on October 1st. The reissues on vinyl are coming!!

DewieCox

Newch91 wrote:

Got an email from Soundstage on Friday about pre-ordering Beatles albums on vinyl on 180. I clicked the link and it said The Beatles website will be announcing it on October 1st. The reissues on vinyl are coming!!

I posted a link in the vinyl thread, and then Acoustic Sounds had to retract their statement and take the preorder page down til October 1.

SatansFuton wrote:

While I'm all for ANY official Beatles release, since I don't guess we've really had anything since the Anthologies in 95/96 (unless you count "Let It Be...Naked", which I don't),

Why not count Let It Be....Naked? I admit it's an awful name. They could've went with just about anything else improved on that title.

I like how clean and raw everything sounds. The vinyl sounds stunning.

Newch91

Didn't see the vinyl thread you posted Dewie. Just saw it now. I'm finally happy to get "Please Please Me" to "Revolver" of the British releases. I'll probably end up getting the whole set in pieces or the whole thing. Or just ask for it for Christmas from my parents.

Ledbetterman10

DewieCox wrote:

Why not count Let It Be....Naked? I admit it's an awful name. They could've went with just about anything else improved on that title.

And why not count "Love"? Lots of interesting stuff on that. The Mr Kite/She's So Heavy mash-up is great. Obviously everyone seems to like Within You Without You/Tomorrow Never Knows. And I love Strawberry Fields building from the demo to the master with elements from many songs (Penny Lane's trumpet, In My Life's piano, etc) in the coda. Great stuff.

Not only that, but the songs that weren't "mashed-up" but simply remixed sound great on this. I Am The Walrus in particular.