Happy 69th Birthday George Harrison!

Today, February 25, 2012, is George Harrison's birthday. He would have been 69 years old. Born in Liverpool, England on February 25, 1943, George was the youngest out of four children in the Harrison household. He had two older brothers, Peter and Harry, and an older sister named Louise. The youngest of the Beatles as well, George is considered the Quiet Beatle. He was the lead guitarist in the band and in his musical endeavors outside of the Fab Four and even learned several other instruments, including the violin, Indian tabla, and most famously, the sitar. I won't give a whole background on him, because I do that on the anniversary of his death, but those who knew him say that he was a wonderful person who truly adhered to the Beatles' motto of "All You Need Is Love." Even though he has passed, George's music and his influence on rock n' roll lives on and affects people everywhere, such as me. I would have loved to have met him. Happy Birthday George!

Paul McCartney's New Album: Kisses on the Bottom

I bought this today at Starbucks. It's good, but very different from anything that you're used to hearing from rock legend Sir Paul. It's a jazz album, which I thought was funny because when the Beatles were in their Hamburg and Cavern days, they always talked about how much they hated jazz "elitists" as they called them. I like it, but it's weird hearing him sing like Tony Bennett instead of Little Richard.

Paul McCartney at the 2012 Grammys

Just bought this book

I was shopping at the Thousand Oaks Mall when I saw this book at Urban Outfitters (kind of a random place, but it was marked down by $30). It's actually a very interesting study on how the Beatles' fashion influenced fashion and social aspects everywhere and how it reflected their ever-changing interests and music styles. I haven't had a chance to read it because I have an unbelievable amount of homework, which I'm procrastinating right now in fact, but I hope to read it in the coming days.

This is just way too awesome...

This is the movie, Across the Universe's version of "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." I'm pretty sure that I've posted this video before, but I was just listening to the soundtrack while I was getting ready for school, and it came on, and I had no one around me so that I could describe how unbelievably awesome this is. Martin Luther McCoy is the main singer, with Jim Sturgess as back up. McCoy's voice is one of the prettiest things I've ever heard and the guitar that comes in around the middle of the song is so B.A. Please listen to it, it will blow your mind if you haven't heard it before.

Saw Daniel Radcliffe yesterday!!!!!

Ok I know that this has absolutely nothing to do with the Beatles, but I just had to share it! Yesterday, my sister and I zoomed down to the Grove near LA to see the show Extra interview Daniel Radcliffe. As an avid Harry Potter and Daniel Radcliffe fan, this wins as the coolest celebrity that I've ever seen. I wish that we could have met him, but we were close and that's enough for me! I have a list of people I want to see ranking in how badly I want to see them and I can check off spot number 2! First, of course is Sir Paul McCartney, because, well, come on! He's Paul! Anyway, sorry that it's not Beatle-related but I can't stop talking about it!