LongHairedLady on Who is The Leader?
Changed my mind, gonna chime in. In my opinion, John was most definitely the leader up until Sgt Pepper and so on, when he started to lose interest. Before that I know Paul himself has admitted that...
View Articlefabfouremily on Who is The Leader?
^ Fully agree. Had nobody done anything, they would've fell apart sooner. Despite Paul taking over and doing all what he did though, I think John still saw himself as the ''leader'' because he was the...
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Gerell said parlance said Via the Beatlefan FB - Japan tour dates have been announced for November. Wonder if any more US ones will follow? Beatlefan correspondent Gen Onoshima reports from Japan that...
View Articlefabfouremily on Questions about the Beatles
I'm not the biggest Yoko fan but I think it's slightly unfair to blame his death on her. He loved NY. He might have gone to live there anyway. He always had big ideas about the world and what he...
View Articlefabfouremily on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
I've always wondered if they'll still be as ''talked about'' (can't think of a better way to put it) in, say, 100 years time. I hope so, but we can't really know for sure. They will be remembered as...
View Articlemeanmistermustard on Questions about the Beatles
Its ridiculous to apportion any blame on Johns murder on Yoko. The only blame lies with the guy who shot John. For all we know if John had stayed in London Chapman would have still come over and shot...
View Articlemeanmistermustard on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
Every decade there is a supposed lull in the Beatles fan base, in the 70's during Punk they were seen as being old hat, but every decade there is a Beatle explosion. Since the music is so good and has...
View Articlemeanmistermustard on Official release "Wish List"
White Album demo's recorded at Esher and the other Beatle homes at the time. We know Apple have better tapes than what are on the bootlegs (And they are very good) and a lot of the recordings are...
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fabfouremily said Gerell said This may be my only chance to see Paul! Better take it then and go! Yep! Paul's site confirmed the dates. parlance
View ArticleFunny Paper on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
One of the OP's premises he uses to construct his argument is flawed: "As the history of the Beatles begins to become akin to Tchaikovsky and Mozart, we need to be introspective. ... It's easy to say...
View ArticleSatanHimself on Official release "Wish List"
I think it's a safe bet that at some point we may see a compilation of demos or something along the lines of what we've already seen with George & John's "Early Takes" collections. Even if we...
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There is no blame on Yoko. It's kind of like a domino effect, one thing leads to another thing which leads to another. Yoko was from New York. Isn't that one of the reasons they moved there? But I...
View Articlemccartneyalarm on Questions about the Beatles
I have taken the same vow that Paul and Yoko have taken...never to mention the name of the man who killed our John. Actually, i try to take that one step further and not mention the names of other...
View ArticleJoe on Official release "Wish List"
I have a theory that a promo film collection is in the pipeline. Apple have got pretty keen on taking them (Paperback Writer, Hey Jude etc) off YouTube in recent months, suggesting they're gearing up...
View Articlemccartneyalarm on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
The Beatles will never die out (see Sinatra and Elvis). They are too important historically. As far as future fans of their music, there is no competition in today's music (I doubt anyone will remember...
View Articlemeanmistermustard on Questions about the Beatles
I have no real stance on the guy being named however If it would make folks here happier then I will adopt a non-naming stance. I get that the tosser wants to be famous and get loads of attention and...
View ArticleAppleScruffJunior on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
Nah, so long as there are people around, there will always be inquisitive people. People searching for something whether it be ideas, books, films, clothes, thoughts or music. People will always...
View ArticleLinde on Are we witnessing the final generation of Beatles fans?
Well said everyone, nothing more to add. I totally believe that in a few hundred years time, people will still know who they are. It will be different from now, but still. And of course I'll raise my...
View ArticleLinde on Official release "Wish List"
Wait. There are FOUR different versions of the Hello Goodbye video? o.O I only know one! A dvd like that would be great though, all the video's and different versions of them. And the demo's which are...
View ArticleLinde on Collection of Beatles stuff
Never read any of those. Haven't seen them anywhere around here either. Hmm. I have: -A huge Beatles mug -Abbey Road shirt -Revolver shirt -Yellow Submarine shirt -Yellow Submarine keyring -A poster (I...
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