That article is kinda funny. "The Beatles aren't really rock stars"?
.... I guess if you consider a band like Poison to be the model of rock stars then perhaps that's true.
Then again if you're basing it on drug intake and groupie sex I have always held a sneaking suspicion that the Beatles were far more hedonistic than anyone can imagine.
― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 14 August 2009 02:14 (fifteen years ago) link
i took it to mean that there aren't, like, joe satriani-style shred solos in their songs... wasn't t dragonsofrce who sprang to fame through their appearance on guitar hero?
― She's big on the mental illness scene (stevie), Friday, 14 August 2009 07:31 (fifteen years ago) link
The beeb are celebrating all this in their own special way: http://www.bbc.co.uk/pressoffice/pressreleases/stories/2009/08_august/17/beatles.shtml
the highlight sounds like being this:
The Beatles On Record, directed by Bob Smeaton, charts The Beatles' extraordinary journey from Please Please Me to Abbey Road and reflects on how they developed as musicians, matured as songwriters and created a body of work that sounds as fresh in 2009 as the time it was recorded.
Narrated entirely by John, Paul, George, Ringo and their producer Sir George Martin, the documentary features more than 60 classic songs, rare footage and photos from The Beatles' archives and never-heard-before out-takes of studio chat from the Abbey Road recording sessions.
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― piscesx, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 06:25 (fifteen years ago) link
Drugs, yes indeed. Not so sure about groupie sex though. And Rolling Stones were far more hedonistic at the time anyway.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 17:03 (fifteen years ago) link
Yeah, Groupie sex, loads of it. Soz Geir.
― Mark G, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:20 (fifteen years ago) link
Not so sure about groupie sex though.Are you serious? Their hotel rooms were revolving doors for groupies.You don't really buy the suit-and-tie-and-tea-with-the-Queen sham that Brian Epstein put over on the world over four decades ago, do you? The Rolling Stones only seemed more sinister because they were specifically marketed by Andrew Loog Oldham to appear decadent, providing fans with an alternative to the "nice" Beatles. In fact, the opposite was closer to the truth.
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:41 (fifteen years ago) link
From www.believermag.com:Many in the media were quick to notice the two groups’ contrasting styles. When the Rolling Stones arrived in the United States, the first Associated Press (AP) report described them as “dirtier, streakier, and more disheveled than the Beatles.” Tom Wolfe put things more sharply: “The Beatles want to hold your hand,” he quipped, “but the Stones want to burn down your town.” Since these comparisons proved useful to everyone, both the bands and the journalists collaborated on the charade. In the early 1960s, Keith Richards remarked, “nobody took the music seriously. It was the image that counted, how to manipulate the press and dream up a few headlines.” Peter Jones, who wrote about both bands for the Record Mirror, recalled being in a “difficult position” because he was expected to “gloss over” the Beatles’ tawdry indiscretions. “It was decreed that the Beatles should be portrayed as incredibly lovable, amiable fellows, and if one of them, without mentioning any names, wanted to have a short orgy with three girls in the bathroom, then I didn’t see it.”
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:43 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah i just read a lennon plastic-ono-band-era interview in this rolling stone compilation book and he basically said it was fucking insane on the road in when they still toured, in terms of groupies
― dude, it's america, it happens all the time (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:46 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, he said it was like "Satyricon", right?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 19:49 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah something like that, it's in that rolling stone interviews book that came out a couple years a go.
― dude, it's america, it happens all the time (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 20:09 (fifteen years ago) link
Jazzbo OTM
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 20:59 (fifteen years ago) link
The Rolling Stones aren't wearing matching suits but they're playing the same fucking game.
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
Will they remaster these orgies in mono or stereo?
― Wee Tam and the lolhueg (Jon Lewis), Wednesday, 19 August 2009 21:00 (fifteen years ago) link
surround sound, hopefully. and will the orgies be one of the hidden features on the Rock Band game?
― tylerw, Wednesday, 19 August 2009 21:04 (fifteen years ago) link
one of the most common words used by lennon in the (1970?) playboy/ rolling stone interviews if you listen to the audio recording of them is 'whores'. he says it repeatedly when talking about life on the road. 'whoo-ers' is how he pronounces it. he never makes it sound like much fun either.
― piscesx, Friday, 21 August 2009 05:55 (fifteen years ago) link
The GTO's "Permanent Damage" has a spoken word bit by the legendary Rodney Bingenheimer and he talks about how just by being in the same picture with George Harrison in a pop magazine resulted in a line of girls outside his door for a week. Says it was just like a queue; "NEXT"! Then Rodney compares his bedding skills with Ringo's, saying "I'm a much better lay cos I haven't had as much".
― Adam Bruneau, Friday, 21 August 2009 11:10 (fifteen years ago) link
I like how this thread is now "Does A Beatle Have Sexytime?"
― Wee Tam and the lolhueg (Jon Lewis), Friday, 21 August 2009 15:04 (fifteen years ago) link
It's all Geir's fault.
― Jazzbo, Friday, 21 August 2009 15:21 (fifteen years ago) link
he's a scando melodic eunuch manchild with the hots on for jeff lynne, the boy can't help it!
― cheddar burress (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 August 2009 16:23 (fifteen years ago) link
the whole mini-documentary thing with these is irritating.
If you have the Anthology DVDs, not to worry. From what I've seen/heard, the mini-docs are edits of the corresponding Anthology segments, with no new/original content.
Or was that what you meant by irritating (the redundancy aspect)?
― Sara Sara Sara, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:11 (fifteen years ago) link
yeah, basically, that and the quicktime format -- just seems like a kind of pointless add-on.
― tylerw, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:12 (fifteen years ago) link
nvr frgt
http://www.rhymerecords.com/images/EnhancedCD.gif
― cheddar burress (M@tt He1ges0n), Friday, 21 August 2009 20:19 (fifteen years ago) link
those saved the music industry, didn't they?
― tylerw, Friday, 21 August 2009 20:25 (fifteen years ago) link
there's definitely new content on the mini docs, it isnt (as i too feared it might be) regurgiatated ANTHOLOGY bits. or not JUST that. mind you they're 4 minutes long each doc so hey.
― piscesx, Friday, 21 August 2009 22:25 (fifteen years ago) link
When was the last time somebody included a quicktime file with a CD? I know Spandau Ballet did with their 2003 remaster of "True", and it seemed old-fashioned already then. :)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Friday, 21 August 2009 22:50 (fifteen years ago) link
When the CD+ first appeared, I had the idea to do a "demo tape+" that would include some old TRS-80 program noise at the end... Never actually released it though.
― Nate Carson, Friday, 21 August 2009 23:32 (fifteen years ago) link
he's a scando melodic eunuch manchild with the hots on for jeff lynne, the boy can't help it!Can I steal this for a lyric? It'll never get released - but if it did there'd be a CD and a credit for you in it, M@tt.
― staggerlee, Saturday, 22 August 2009 01:39 (fifteen years ago) link
pretty surprised these haven't leaked yet.
― Jamie_ATP, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 13:00 (fifteen years ago) link
It's The Beatles, man.
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 13:37 (fifteen years ago) link
― staggerlee, Saturday, August 22, 2009 1:39 AM (1 week ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol it's all yours
and also no disrespect geir, glad to see you back on ILM on the real, i love your steez no lie.
― i'm beasting off the riesling (M@tt He1ges0n), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
Pete Shelley did an LP+ in 1982, had a ZX Spectrum program with the lyrics
― someone who is ranked fairly highly in an army of poo (Colonel Poo), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:43 (fifteen years ago) link
and also no disrespect geir, glad to see you back on ILM on the realHow do we know for sure who the real Geir is?
― Jazzbo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:46 (fifteen years ago) link
toss a JB beat at him and see how he reacts. ;)
― what kinda life is that? (Ioannis), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 16:48 (fifteen years ago) link
How do we know for sure who the real Geir is?
Some ILM'ers have the real Geir as a contact on Facebook, and may have discovered he is this strange guy who writes a lot of incomprehensible status messages in Norwegian ;)
― Tied Up In Geir (Geir Hongro), Wednesday, 2 September 2009 17:50 (fifteen years ago) link
... and the cassette version of The Stranglers' Aural Sculpture album included an adventure game, again for the Spectrum.
― Vast Halo, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 18:02 (fifteen years ago) link
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― Bee OK, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:33 (fifteen years ago) link
i found a mono copy of SPLHCB a while back, and i can say if you haven't heard this you havent properly heard that record. that said, this is kind of pathetic what they're doing to the catalog, imo - the Capitol boxes sounded great and are prolly dirt cheap now
― outdoor_miner, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 20:38 (fifteen years ago) link
Just heard the mono Mystery Tour for the first time. "I Am The Walrus" is a pretty different experience!
― Adam Bruneau, Wednesday, 2 September 2009 21:01 (fifteen years ago) link
THE BRASS, OH MY GOD THE BRASS
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:41 (fifteen years ago) link
I might have a little cry.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:44 (fifteen years ago) link
The guitar in Fixing A Hole!
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:46 (fifteen years ago) link
Do you have the actual thing, or has it leaked?
― Ismael Klata, Thursday, 3 September 2009 11:11 (fifteen years ago) link
The rain gets in.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 12:11 (fifteen years ago) link
Don't tease me, bro
― Cunga, Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:33 (fifteen years ago) link
So how's it sound compared to the bootleg vinyl rips (Ebbets, Purple Chick, Fabulous Sound Lab, etc.)?
― Jazzbo, Thursday, 3 September 2009 16:37 (fifteen years ago) link
I retract my excitement; what I've got is exactly the same as the 87 CDs now I'm A-B'ing them.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 17:57 (fifteen years ago) link
Which just goes to show that a; I've not listened to the 87 CDs in a while, and b; they sound better than I remember.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 17:59 (fifteen years ago) link
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:41 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkI might have a little cry.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:44 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban PermalinkThe guitar in Fixing A Hole!
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 10:46 (7 hours ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink
lol
― Henry Frog (Frogman Henry), Thursday, 3 September 2009 18:01 (fifteen years ago) link
Hang on, I may have made an elementary mistake called Sound Check.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 18:07 (fifteen years ago) link
I now haven't a fucking clue.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Thursday, 3 September 2009 18:12 (fifteen years ago) link