Say Something Interesting About The Beatles

haha

Warren Wilmer got his wish this year, sort of

Stumbled upon this interesting audio interview from Sept 19 1969 of Paul McCartney plugging Abbey Road with David Wigg for the BBC series Scene and Heard:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Iwas2xM6-M

The following day (Sept 20 1969) Lennon would announce leaving the Beatles. McCartney discusses his interest in possibly playing small clubs (to which he suggests the Beatles do the following day to John's famous "Your daft and I'm leaving..." response.)

ever notice how George is wearing a cowboy hat on the back sleeves for Help! + Rubber Soul and the front sleeve of Revolver? howdy, pardner!

That Shakespeare bloke, total hack, can't hold a candle to Marlowe and Johnson, we all hate him on I Love Elizabethan Theatre

SHIRLEY MOORE otm

Is there ILM consensus on the best Beatles country/country-adjacent song? (original, ie not Act Naturally)

it's probably just because i'm listening to Beatles for Sale (which i've been obsessing over this year for some reason), but i really like "i don't want to spoil the party"

Beatles for Sale is the best Beatles

following that on Beatles for Sale is the glorious "what you're doing", which has the most perfect rickenbacker-style guitar accompaniment. the performance is perfect, which is especially astounding considering that was back when they recorded things in just a few hours.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XswcADHL5zc

I don't want to spoil the party. I'm not partial to C&W pastiches either, but the harmonies on "I still love her" make it special

Good point.

If that’s the Dave Edmunds special in that video, just notice that the related album is streamable.

The vocal performances on I Don't Want to Spoil the Party are really great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tXvpZwPE_3M