The Beatles

[Lore]

thanks :nice:

 

40 songs? wow, that's a lot

 

it must be awesome to see him live :bomb: that's one of my dreams, he came here in 1993, but I was like 5 or 6 years old :/

[chuck kottke]

Here's something from Sir Paul after the breakup of the Beatles:YouTube - Wings/Paul McCartney - Maybe I'm Amazed (HQ)

[Lore]

:bomb:

 

http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/04/05/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-reunite-at-radio-city/?ref=music

 

 

 

April 5, 2009, 2:08 am Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr Reunite at Radio City

 

By Jon Pareles

Stephen Chernin/Associated Press

 

 

Former Beatles Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr performed at the “Change Begins Within” concert on Saturday in New York.

 

Half a Beatles reunion, or some approximation of it, took place Saturday night at “Change Begins Within,” a benefit concert at Radio City Music Hall for the David Lynch Foundation. Paul McCartney was headlining; Ringo Starr was also on the bill, and yes, after letting the anticipation build, the two surviving Beatles did perform together, as they did in 2002 for a memorial after the death of George Harrison.

 

After an exuberant set of songs from the Beatles, Wings and his solo albums, with video clips full of Beatles footage, Mr. McCartney said, “At this point we would like to introduce somebody to you who you know, you’ve heard his name. He’s going to come out here and play you a little song this joyful night. Ladies and gentlemen: Billy Shears!”

 

And just as on “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” there was Mr. Starr to sing “With a Little Help From My Friends,” sharing a microphone with Mr. McCartney during the song and embraces afterward.

 

It had been clear something was up when Mr. McCartney’s band appeared onstage with a second, empty drum kit set up. And Mr. Starr, who had sung “Yellow Submarine” and “Boys” during his own set, wasn’t done after the one song.

 

As the concert’s entire lineup–including Donovan, Sheryl Crow, Eddie Vedder, Moby, Bettye LaVette, Ben Harper and Mike Love (from the Beach Boys)–filled the stage, Mr. Starr took his place at the second drum kit. And Mr. McCartney unveiled a song that could suprise even Beatles fanatics: “Cosmically Conscious,” an excerpt of which appeared as a hidden track on his 1993 album “Off the Ground.”

 

 

Mr. McCartney explained that he wrote it during the Beatles’ 1968 sojourn to Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram in Rishikesh, India for intense meditation study; two other performers at the concert, Donovan and the flutist Paul Horn, were also there. “Maharishi would always say that he wanted everyone to be cosmically conscious and he’d do his little giggle.” Mr. McCartney reminisced onstage. “He’d also say, ‘It’s such a joy.’”

 

Those were most of the lyrics to the song–“Come and be cosmically conscious, cosmically conscious with me/It’s such a joy joy”–on the way to a vocal-harmony la-la-la chorale that it seemed the assembled stars had rehearsed. After Mr. Lynch read a brief, benediction-like poem “of unknown origin,” Mr. McCartney called for “peace and rock and roll,” and it was back to the Beatles: “I Saw Her Standing There,” with Mr. Starr socking the backbeat behind Mr. McCartney’s still boyish enthusiasm. Afterward, Mr. Starr (who was wearing a Krishna T-shirt) flashed two-handed peace signs, jokingly upstaging Mr. McCartney, who upstaged him in return before the stage dissolved into rounds of all-star hugs.

 

What cause could summon that elusive event, a more-or-less Beatles reunion? Peace, human rights, poverty, AIDS, the environment? Well, no. The David Lynch Foundation supports teaching Transcendental Meditation to a million students in their schools. “Every child should have one class period a day to dive within himself,” reads the manifesto at davidlynchfoundation.org. “This is the way to save the coming generation.”

 

Although the Beatles’ 1968 trip to Rishikesh ended in disarray, Mr. Starr and Mr. McCartney prized their meditation mantras and have said they continue to use them. The concert was full of testimonials to Transcendental Meditation–from Mr. Lynch, Laura Dern, Jerry Seinfeld and Howard Stern as well as the musicians–along with songs about spiritual quests and nostalgia for the 1960’s and the Beatles in particular. Ms. Crow sang George Harrison’s “My Sweet Lord,” and Mr. McCartney’s set included his elegy for John Lennon, “Here Today.” No pre-announced reunion could live up to the Beatles’ legacy, so Mr. McCartney and Mr. Starr treated it as light-heartedly as they could: a few songs by old bandmates as mementos of vivid, bygone times.

[Lore]

:heart:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=08AQY_0cAcc]YouTube - Paul McCartney & Ringo Starr - With A Little Help From My Friends [Live - PREVIEW!!!!][/ame]

[chuck kottke]

Well, now that's better! Ringo really is a better singer than a drummer, anyhow!:P When will they perform with Coldplay, Lore?

Check out this John Lennon Impersonator!:[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssBNmHObev0&feature=channel_page]Elton John-Imagine[/ame]

[strawberryfields]

*looks at the previous page*

 

Paul :heart:

[Black Rose]

THE BEATLES' ENTIRE ORIGINAL RECORDED CATALOGUE REMASTERED FOR RELEASE 09-09-09

 

Apple Corps Ltd. and EMI Music are delighted to announce the release of the original Beatles catalogue, which has been digitally re-mastered for the first time, for worldwide CD release on Wednesday, September 9, 2009 (9-9-09), the same date as the release of the widely anticipated "The Beatles: Rock Band" video game. Each of the CDs is packaged with replicated original UK album art, including expanded booklets containing original and newly written liner notes and rare photos. For a limited period, each CD will also be embedded with a brief documentary film about the album. On the same date, two new Beatles boxed CD collections will also be released.

 

The albums have been re-mastered by a dedicated team of engineers at EMI's Abbey Road Studios in London over a four year period utilising state of the art recording technology alongside vintage studio equipment, carefully maintaining the authenticity and integrity of the original analogue recordings. The result of this painstaking process is the highest fidelity the catalogue has seen since its original release.

 

The collection comprises all 12 Beatles albums in stereo, with track listings and artwork as originally released in the UK, and 'Magical Mystery Tour,' which became part of The Beatles' core catalogue when the CDs were first released in 1987. In addition, the collections 'Past Masters Vol. I and II' are now combined as one title, for a total of 14 titles over 16 discs. This will mark the first time that the first four Beatles albums will be available in stereo in their entirety on compact disc. These 14 albums, along with a DVD collection of the documentaries, will also be available for purchase together in a stereo boxed set.

 

Within each CD's new packaging, booklets include detailed historical notes along with informative recording notes. With the exception of the 'Past Masters' set, newly produced mini-documentaries on the making of each album, directed by Bob Smeaton, are included as QuickTime files on each album. The documentaries contain archival footage, rare photographs and never-before-heard studio chat from The Beatles, offering a unique and very personal insight into the studio atmosphere.

 

A second boxed set has been created with the collector in mind. 'The Beatles in Mono' gathers together, in one place, all of the Beatles recordings that were mixed for a mono release. It will contain 10 of the albums with their original mono mixes, plus two further discs of mono masters (covering similar ground to the stereo tracks on 'Past Masters'). As an added bonus, the mono "Help!" and "Rubber Soul" discs also include the original 1965 stereo mixes, which have not been previously released on CD. These albums will be packaged in mini-vinyl CD replicas of the original sleeves with all original inserts and label designs retained.

 

Discussions regarding the digital distribution of the catalogue will continue. There is no further information available at this time.

[the_gloaming09]

^ I'm gonna be getting this :thumbsup:

[Julie]

Squeeeeeeeeeeeee!

 

My birthday's Sep 13th I'm so getting that for my birthday!:dance:

[shipoffools]

^^ Me too. I'm definitely getting the stereo boxset. I'm debating whether to get the mono version as well.

[Black Rose]

Of the 2 I would get the mono versions, hear the music as it was meant to be heard.

[bear]

woaaah, those sound amazing:stunned:

too bad im always broke:bigcry:

 

 

P.S. the beatles kitten returns!!

note: its the vinyl, not a cd(:

[Julie]

My mom has that vinyl^

 

Cute cat btw! :nice:

[Lore]

:bomb:

 

George Harrison’s Career-Spanning Greatest Hits Out June 16th

 

 

 

George Harrison’s first-ever career-spanning greatest hits collection will be released on June 16th. The announcement of Let It Roll: The Music of George Harrison comes just hours after the Beatles guitarist posthumously received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in Los Angeles today, April 14th. The compilation will feature songs from throughout Harrison’s career, from live takes of his biggest Beatles hits to his storied solo career. Harrison was twice inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both as a Beatle and a solo artist. All the tracks on Let It Roll will be digitally remastered and assembled in deluxe packaging with rare and unseen photographs. The album will also be released digitally. According to the press release, Harrison’s solo hits “My Sweet Lord,” “Isn’t It A Pity,” “Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth)” and “Got My Mind Set On You” will all be included on the set, and you can assume the collection’s namesake track, All Things Must Pass‘ “Let It Roll,” will also make the cut. Three of Harrison’s most popular songs that he penned for the Beatles are also on the track list: “Something,” “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” and “Here Comes The Sun” from Harrison’s 1971 Concert For Bangladesh from New York’s Madison Square Garden. The full track list is expected to be announced soon.

The news of the remastered Harrison solo tracks comes only a week after plans were revealed to re-release the entire remastered Beatles catalog on September 9th, 2009, the same day the Fab Four’s The Beatles: Rock Band hits stores.

[Spoon]

The Beatles Week On Now!

 

''all you need is love love is all you need''

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnzbR-DRvCU]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PnzbR-DRvCU[/ame]

[Ab]

:dozey:

[Spoon]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7IjXu0DfQ&feature=related]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7IjXu0DfQ&feature=related[/ame]

[Lore]

:heart:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-6G7MkBMVxE]YouTube - The Beatles[/ame]

[a-chan]

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6tV11acSRk]YouTube - THE BEATLES- HERE COMES THE SUN[/ame]

 

:smug:

[squareonefivesix]

She Said :heart:

 

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k4lrR6WmH4g]YouTube - SHE SAlD SHE SAlD (1966) by the Beatles in the recording studio[/ame]

[Christa42]

how did i know Lore would be one of the firsts to post?:laugh3:

[strawberryfields]

she loves you, yeahhhh yeahhhh yeahhhh! :dance:

[the_gloaming09]

my favorite band

[crawlinwithin]

Aye, my favorite band of all time!

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaRz-3DYV7c]YouTube - The Beatles - Hey Bulldog in the studio[/ame]

[Lore]

Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr Unveil “The Beatles: Rock Band” in L.A.

 

 

“Who ever thought we’d end up as androids?” laughed Sir Paul McCartney, giddily strumming the air guitar onstage this morning alongside fellow Beatle Ringo Starr for a select crowd of journalists and technology trendsetters in Los Angeles. On-hand to promote The Beatles: Rock Band, the pair joined Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison onstage at Microsoft’s press conference, held in advance of annual game industry confab the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3), which opens tomorrow.

Due for release September 9th on PS3, Xbox 360 and Wii, the game features creative input from all, including contributions by Dhani Harrison, son of the late George, who was instrumental in the project’s creation. As members of the Fab Four, represented on-screen by 3D virtual avatars, players can strum on guitar, sing or play drums along with the band to smash hits including “Here Comes the Sun” and “I Saw Her Standing There.” Hitting stores the same day the Beatles’ entire digitally remastered catalog arrives on CD, 45 tracks will be playable courtesy of Rock Band developer Harmonix. Ten were revealed today, ranging from “Back in the USSR” to “Octopus’s Garden,” “I Am the Walrus” and “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” while the complete Abbey Road album will be available for download at launch. According to music supervisor Giles Martin, all tracks have been remastered for optimum quality.

“The game is good, the graphics are good, and we look great,” chuckled Starr. So too did the game’s introductory movie, previewed for the first time, a head-spinning montage of anthropomorphic suns, Donnie Darko-esque rabbit-headed performers and vintage-era concert sets. Like actual gameplay itself, the video spans the decades from 1963 Liverpool to the band’s psychedelic years. Fashion, scenery and artistic styles will change to reflect each period, with classic performances highlighted running the gamut from the band’s unforgettable appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show to its seminal gig at Budokan in Tokyo.

Good vibes should further extend to first downloadable single “All You Need is Love” as well. On sale the day the game hits retail exclusively via Xbox Live, all proceeds from purchase of the digitally distributed track will be donated to international emergency relief organization Doctors Without Borders.

As demonstrated live by the Harmonix House Band, whose three singers helped round out a sunny rendition of “Day Tripper,” multi-part vocal harmonies will allow for collaborative vocal performances. The disc will additionally feature previously unreleased voice recordings from Abbey Road studio sessions, showcasing George, Paul, John and Ringo chatting between takes.

“The Beatles started many revolutions,” said MTV Networks president Van Toffler. “They launched the tech revolution, coming into a black and white world and exploding in psychedelic color.” Presumably, now they’ll be able to do so again right from your basement, and in high definition.