I saw this in a couple of different places last week and thought it was worth sharing. It’s George Martin, the legendary record producer who made all of the records of The Beatles, along with Dhani Harrison (the son of George Harrison) and his own son, Giles (who is also a record producer) fiddling around with the original tracks for “Here Comes The Sun” at a studio mixing board and discovering a hidden guitar solo by George Harrison that had been removed from the final mix of the song. It’s not earth-shattering or anything, but like other “lost” elements of some Beatles songs, it is very cool to hear such familiar music with different elements. It’s also amusing to see that George Martin had completely forgotten about it over the years and his delight is evident as they listen:
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Nina Sings The Beatles
I’m pretty sure I saw this at Dangerous Minds, since they have the coolest music clips. It’s the legendary Nina Simone singing her version of The Beatles’ “Revolution” at the 1969 Harlem Cultural Festival (sometimes called “the Black Woodstock”). So much has changed and yet so little has changed since then. Enjoy.
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In Related News, Bear Blames Shit In The Woods On Raccoons
Well, you knew it would eventually come to this: a Roman Catholic bishop says this whole thing with the pedophile priests and the child abuse and the coverup and everything else that is wrong with the church is the fault of the Jews. Because basically everything can be blamed on either the Jews or the Freemasons. At least he didn’t say it was the fault of that damn nigger secret-Muslim Obama, although Sarah Palin probably will at some point.
Wait! This just in…no, its not the Jews, it’s…the children! Oh those damnable altar boys looking oh-so-sexy in their little lace gowns. They were asking for it! Just like all those other rape victims!
Oops, I’ve just been handed another bulletin…well, at least this is good news…it is definitely NOT the Beatles! They were just nice young men who were a little misguided to think they were anywhere NEAR as big as Jesus. Although, if you ask me, that Ringo looks a little bit Jewish…
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Where Are They Now?
She’s real.
They’re not.
MetaFilter points us to this Manchester Guardian article about real people who inspired famous rock songs.
The Morning News counters with this piece about people who starred in rock songs but who aren’t real at all.
The fake ones are somewhat more believable than the real ones, if you ask me.
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When John Met Paul

Today is the 50th anniversary of the day when two teenage boys from Liverpool — John Lennon and Paul McCartney — first met. The rest, as they say, is history. If you happen to be in Liverpool, there are celebratory events all weekend.
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It Was Forty Years Ago Today Sgt. Pepper Taught The Band to Play

Erm…okay, if you want to be technical about it, the 40th anniversary of the release of The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band is actually May 21.
But I saw this Guardian article yesterday and wanted to link to it while it was still fresh. In it, Beatles expert Clinton Heylin demonstrates his mastery of Fab Four trivia by laying down a few pieces of info you might not have known about the album, even if you are a Beatles fan. Most of it is insider stuff about the making of the album rather than the album itself, but Moptop lovers everywhere will like this. (via Largehearted Boy)
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Gear

The Fab Four managed to define 1960s style in a way that nobody else could. Mop tops, collar-less suits, psychedelic admiral uniforms, mutton chops, there seemed to be no end in their ability to reinvent their image for those few white hot years. Madonna has nothing on John, Paul, George and Ringo. Well..okay, maybe she has better tits than Ringo…but at least his English accent is REAL.
Anyway, if you really want to recapture that time or those looks (I dunno, maybe you’re appearing in a local production of Beatlemania or something), all you need is love…and these guys.
Via bookofjoe comes this Washington Post article that gives you all the backstory on how there came to be a demand for these replicas. Seems that most of their customers are women who just want to own a piece of faux Beatle memorabilia, but I think if you went to the bother of having a Beatle suit custom made, you’d have to wear it at least once in a while. Me personally, I like the Hard Day’s Night suit the best. It’s not quite as twee as the collar-less suits Brian Epstein came up with, but it is still instantly recognizable as “The Beatles”. The whole suit is only $395, so it’s not even all that expensive.

