Tuesday, May 22, 2012

FINALLY watched Martin Scorcese's documentary

On Friday, I bought Martin Scorcese's recent documentary "George Harrison: Living in the Material World." It aired some time at the beginning of October this past year on HBO, but I don't get HBO on my T.V. so I was out of luck. But it came out a couple of weeks ago on itunes and on dvd, so you should get it at soon a possible. It's absolutely wonderful. I've always regarded George as the "unknown" Beatle and Scorcese does an awesome job capturing his life from 1943 to 2001. There are so many interviews with Paul, Ringo (of course), Eric Clapton, Billy Preston, George Martin, Pattie Boyd, Olivia Harrison, Dhani Harrison and so many others. It's about of 3 hours long, which is basically heaven for me. Seriously! Go get it!

Saturday, April 28, 2012

That awkward moment when you haven't posted for a month...

I'm sorry for not posting in over a month! I've been so busy with AP prep and softball and such and I keep forgetting to bring some Beatles everyday. By the way, I chose this picture because it's and example of a really awkward Beatles picture and I feel awkward for not posting in forever. So, if you were wondering why I chose a rather unattractive picture of them, that's why. Plus, it's unbelievably amusing.

Saturday, March 24, 2012

The Beatles having fun with recording equipment



I saw this video a while ago, but it came up in my regular searches for Beatles videos on Youtube. I absolutely love watching them interact when it's not scripted, and this is just that. Enjoy!

Sunday, March 18, 2012

This Day in 1965

On March 18, 1965, the Beatles filmed the Olympic Ski Jump sequence in the Alps in Austria for their second movie, Help! It was the  first time that any of them had ever skied, and Ringo recounted in The Beatles Anthology that the director of Help! pushed them down a slope and started filming!

Thursday, March 8, 2012

This Day in 1964

 On March 8, 1964, The Beatles were awarded the Best Group Award by Princess Margaret at the Mecca Carl-Alan Awards at the Empire Ballroom, Leicester Square, London. Due to other engagements, Brian Epstein, manager of the Beatles from 1962 to 1967, received on the behalf of the band.

Tuesday, March 6, 2012

This Day in 1963

On March 6, 1963, the Beatles performed their fifth and final appearance on the British radio show, Here We Go. The Beatles would be doing less and less of these radio appearances as they became international rockstars (with the exception of the Live at the BBC recordings).