The Beatles – the fab four – psychedelic pop art
Posted on April 28, 2009
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The Beatles were a rock and pop band from Liverpool (in Lancashire as it was then but not now), England that formed in 1960. During their career, the group primarily consisted of John Lennon (rhythm guitar, vocals), Paul McCartney (bass guitar, vocals), George Harrison (lead guitar, vocals) and Ringo Starr (drums, vocals). They officially split in 1970, so they were, I suppose, a sixties band!
What can I say about the Beatles that hasn’t already been said. Nothing. So I’ll just have to tell you a few things.
They are a band whose songs have made me cry the most.
- My favourite Beatle is Ringo – not for his singing abilities, I just like him the most. His childhood featured numerous hospital visits, in 1947 he contracted appendicitis which caused him to fall in to a coma. At the age of 13, he was brought to hospital with chronic-pleurisy which caused him to be admitted to a sanatorium for two years. He had seen the last of his school days. Lucky fella.
- The first time that Lennon, who was still with The Beatles, had performed in public without the other Beatles was on on 11 December 1968 with The Dirty Mac consisting of Eric Clapton, Keith Richards and Mitch Mitchell. Lennon put together the band for The Rolling Stones’ TV special entitled The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus. The Dirty Mac recorded a rendition of the Lennon-penned Beatles track “Yer Blues”.
- Paul McCartney can be heard swearing on Hey Jude. (Some people say it’s John).
- George Harrison is the only Beatle to have published an autobiography, with I Me Mine in 1980.
One of the many amazing things about the Beatles is that at the height of their fame, the group spent the early part of 1968 in Rishikesh, Uttar Pradesh, India, studying transcendental meditation. Ringo, uncertain of the effect of Indian food on his sensitive stomach, left with suitcases full of baked beans.
Well, it’s hard to do justice to anything in a blog post and especially hard to do justice to the Beatles. But I still love them.
If you want to talk, share or chat about the Beatles I’ve opened a forum where you can do that here.
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The Beatles were unique. And they will rest forever in the history of music. Unfortunately, today’s troops have lost completely the originality. All they do is to copy other older bands and make some changes. But this is not creation
I love rock music and Beatles are really great. They were listened to my mom and dad and their generation. Thanks for this post because I now know much more about Beatles than before.
Another cool photo. I can’t wait for the new remasters to come out. Thanks Paul for finally giving those to us.
That image is soooooooooooooooooooooooooo cool!
My favorite one is George, ’cause I like her solo carrer and was a very nice and elegante person as well, and his from my home town!
I love to listen to The Beatles.
The Beatles was an amazingly talented group of musicians. It is extremely interesting to see how their music developed and evolved over time. They were never afraid to try new things and pick up musical thoughts wherever they traveled. It’s a shame they didn’t stay together a while longer. It would have been very intriguing to see what other directions their music would have gone.
They were the best, and still are. Four guys from Liverpool made up the history of rock music.
No doubt about it the beatles are cool .. way ahead other time.. by the way great blog keep up the good work
These are really stuff to see them together.Rock and fast music i like most.
Ringo is my favourite as well. He looks like such a genuine nice guy.
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