https://youtu.be/5Vt4ejyosn4
Not sure how long this’ll be up on YouTube, so enjoy it whilst you can. I’d forgotten just how great the music is.
And the more you know about The Beatles story, the funnier it is.
How Have I Never Seen This Video?
From 28 years ago.
And yes, that is Tom Waits speaking as Tommy the Cat.
Music History: Top Singles, Each Decade
Great twitter thread. I’ve included a few hits.
ARCHIE HENDERSON (@jazzemu_) I am a music historian, and with @AdrianRMG I have researched the best-selling single of every decade all the way back to 14,000 BC:
1960s – Herbie Bonson, Do The Crunch pic.twitter.com/9M9fNUJP8k
— Archie Henderson (@archiehench) December 5, 2019
1790s – Beethoven, Post-deafness Acoustic Sessions pic.twitter.com/Wx9xtM1lJb
— Archie Henderson (@archiehench) December 5, 2019
3220s BCE – The People of Babylon, The Aliens Are Gone pic.twitter.com/FsqIMKJAmB
— Archie Henderson (@archiehench) December 5, 2019
I Said Goddamn
I know this is five years old, but it still gets me in the feels.
Some Kind Of Happiness Is Measured Out In Miles
Recently discovered Beatles-obsessed YouTube channel makes me happy. (See previous post.) Here’s the story behind “Hey Bulldog.”
The Beatles’ “Hey Bulldog” has become a revered rocker in recent years, but that wasn’t always the case.
Although it first surfaced on the fairly unpopular Yellow Submarine LP in 1969, it has since appeared seemingly everywhere – from handpicked compilations of the band’s best rock songs, to the Rock Band video game.
From its fairly simple recording in one day to its rise as a not-so-deep track, this video offers a comprehensive look at the now-classic Lennon tune.
You Bastards Don’t Deserve It
But here it is anyway.
Yes We Can
Bob Stinson was a HUGE Yes fan. Here’s why.
Best YouTube comment?
“They didn’t need Pro Tools. They had pros.”
Los Saicos
PUnk PEdantS! Who’s the proto-est of proto-punk?
TA TA TA TA TA TA TA TA YA YA YA YAAAA—-
Born Innocent
https://youtu.be/Hl4BtWCgvT0
Absolutely.
Born Innocent will introduce a wider audience to two of the coolest people alive. The McDonald Brothers embody Southern California, rock and roll, and what it means to be an artist. They have influenced independent music in ways that beg to be acknowledged. From helping invent Beach Punk to influencing the Grunge and Glam Metal movements, Redd Kross have maintained the highest level of musical integrity, originality and quality for over forty years.
Hornsey Road?
A new stage show produced by Beatle expert Mark Lewisohn sheds some light on a story we thought we knew. From The Guardian …
They’ve wrapped up the recording of Abbey Road, which would turn out to be their last studio album, and are awaiting its release in two weeks’ time. Ringo Starr is in hospital, undergoing tests for an intestinal complaint. In his absence, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison convene at Apple’s HQ in Savile Row. John has brought a portable tape recorder. He puts it on the table, switches it on and says: “Ringo – you can’t be here, but this is so you can hear what we’re discussing.”
What they talk about is the plan to make another album – and perhaps a single for release in time for Christmas, a commercial strategy going back to the earliest days of Beatlemania. “It’s a revelation,” Lewisohn says. “The books have always told us that they knew Abbey Road was their last album and they wanted to go out on an artistic high. But no – they’re discussing the next album. And you think that John is the one who wanted to break them up but, when you hear this, he isn’t. Doesn’t that rewrite pretty much everything we thought we knew?”
Full article here, including a link to tour dates for a show I would kill to see.