completely bonkers, yet brilliant! Being only 26 learnt much from dad's love of them. Fav track has to be 'Here Comes the Sun' although not strictly a lennon track.
[video=youtube;fIVx2dbWzvY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIVx2dbWzvY[/video] this is one of my favourite tracks, ironically ive read that lennon said this was the song he wrote that he hated , but what does he know
In 1971 on a visit to Hong Kong I bought a pirated tape cassette called "The Greatest Beatles- 18 Hits". Included Inagine, PaperbackWrite, Bo-La Di,Ob-la Da! The cassette contained all my favourite songs and I had it digitally enhanced on to a CD and this is my favourite Beatles "Album."
I was about that age , probably saw Newsround too, i remember watching the Libyan embassy Siege in London about that time on Newsround, things are so watered down for kids these days that i doubt they'd show that nowadays
Yes I remember the announcement on radio as I got ready for work, just about to put my jeans on, in front of the gas fire, no central heating at the time, and fell over. I thought I'd misheard then bewilderment. I was there at the beginning of their meteoritic rise to fame and and was so sad to see their disintegration. Even to this day I don't believe the true story of the break up has emerged, and I think the only one who could tell it is Ringo. He was like the link between McCartney and the others, who were on opposite sides at the time, with different lawyers, trying to break up the legal entity that was The Beatles. Although all appeared hunky dory during the making of the Anthology series there were stories circulating that George wouldn't be in the same room as Paul unless filming had to be done. And considering it was Paul who brought George into the group so to speak I wonder what has gone on to get to that stage. Undoubtably Paul has been the most commercially successful of the 4 but Yoko has managed John's estate exceptionally well, buying up other apartments in the Dakota building when they became available. The estate is now worth multi millions, but her treatment of Julian has often been published, indifferent to say the least. Funnily enough just back from Liverpool after a visit, Cavern and all that, not THE Cavern of course as that was knocked down for Health & Safety reason I believe. But the original bricks were used to rebuild the Cavern of today, complete with air ducts for ventilation, all those sweaty people cannot be tolerated today.
not far behind the red N blue albums. fav tracks for me are Ticket to Ride PaperBack Writer Help Twist & Shout. Yesterday for those calmer moments.
