Paul McCartney close show of opening of olympiad of London
The Beatle confirmed the information in an interview with BBC 5: "I was chosen!"
The Beatle Paul McCartney confirmed that he will do the closing show of the opening day of the Olympic Games in London, on July 27. "I was chosen. I close the opening of the Olympics, "said Paul McCartney, told BBC Radio 5 Live on Monday. McCartney is the main attraction of the festival, but will not be the only one. In the opening of the Beatle, other artists will represent each of the countries of the UK in a show at the time of the ceremony. Duran Duran (England), Snow Patrol (Northern Ireland), Stereophonics (Wales) and Paolo Nutini (Scotland) also will play at the opening of the largest sports competition world.All attractions for July 27 are still to be confirmed by the Organizing Committee.
Fourth day, of June, 2012
Beatles dominate sales of singles in the last 60 years in the UK
The Beatles appear as the group that got more singles top the list of sales in the UK during the 60-year reign of Elizabeth II, said on Monday the Official Charts Company, which specializes in the development of these indices.
Despite having only played together for eight years (counting from the first release), the Beatles, who broke more than four decades, stood 17 singles top the list of sales, while Paul McCartney, after the group, reached 11. In those six decades, the Beatles, whose first hit was "Love Me Do" in 1962, sold 21.9 million copies of her singles. Following this list, it appears Elvis Presley, with 21.6 million "singles" and Cliff Richard, with 21.5 million. Indeed, alongside Paul McCartney, Richard introduces himself tonight at a concert in honor of the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Since the Official Charts Company started making this list in 1952, the same year the arrival of the current British Queen to the throne, only five artists or bands have managed to overcome the sale of more than 15 million singles in the UK. In addition to Beatles, Elvis and Cliff Richards, this illustrious quintet also includes Madonna (17.6 million) and Michael Jackson (15.3 million). Singer Rihanna, for example, appears in tenth place with 10.4 million "singles" and is still in front of the Rolling Stones, who, despite having achieved the first number one in 1963, appear in 13th place position. This is because the group does not lead Mick Jagger over this list of sales since 1981.
The day in that Pinky & brain found the Beatles
"Wait, so here is Paul McCartney?"
Along with "McCartney" the album "McCartney II", 1980, will also be remastered and released. Produced by Paul himself, the album marks his "back" to a solo career, since it is the first post-Wings. It's an album rather experimental and electronic. Thus, even though maccamaníaco, it is common to find who took years to "digest it". Easy is to hear phrases like "hey, this here is Paul McCartney?" When songs like "Check My Machine" are performed. It is the album's most diferentão Paul, so to speak.
Like "McCartney" McCartney II "begins with the test equipment that led Paul to Scotland to record the album in July 1979. The test is "Check My Machine", which is not the first track on the album, but it was the first to be recorded. Opening the album - officially - have "Coming Up", a track more dance and electronic, the icing on the album. Her music video recently completed 31 years. Then we have "Temporary Secretary" whose letter is a letter to the department of employment Alfred Marks ("Mr. Marks can you find for me ..."), who after hearing it, asked to use it in a radio advertisement. Paul refused. They say that this song has an alternate take, never released.
The third song, "On The Way," had his instrumental record and then left alone for a week. At that time, Paul saw a BBC special about Alexis Korner, was inspired and decided to transform it into what we know today. The next, "Waterfalls", has little secret. Originally titled "I Need Love," had its title changed to the name of Paul's house in Kent. When asked what he wanted of her singles had made it more successful, Paul mentioned this song, saying it is "cool." It also has an alternate take - as "Temporary Secretary" - guarded and never released. "Nobody Knows", the next track, was also inspired by the documentary that Paul saw. It is a lively and noisy track. The B side of the disc begins with "Front Parlour", so named because it was recorded in the living room of the same name at the home of Paul. It is instrumental as well as the next two songs: "Summer's Day Song" and "Frozen Jap" (which sounds very oriental, as the name). "Bogey Music" is a track with the voice of Paul and estranhona, neat in reverberation. After she comes "Darkroom" that although the name can be associated with, was not inspired by Linda interests in photography (dark room is where it shows pictures, but Paul said he had nothing to do). The latest, "One Of These Days" is one of those sweet ballads that only Paul can do. In 1993 the album was reissued, and two more songs into the album, "Secret Friend" and "Goodnight Tonight". The first is a full 10 minutes and 31 seconds purely experimental, whereas the second is a range of Wings, but Paul put on the album. It has taken a flamenco, with an incredible low. The clip is Paul and Wings dressed like the 30s. John Lennon even declared that "not connected" to the music, but had "loved the bass of Paul." The song was in 5th place in the Billboard Top 100.
The Paul McCartney Archive Collection, "McCartney" and "McCartney II"
Save your money, Beatlemaniac and / or Maccamaníaco: 13th and June 14th pledge, after all, will be released in those days the remasterizações of "McCartney" and "McCartney II" by Paul. The project is part of "The Paul McCartney Archive Collection" which this year has featured release of remastered version of "Band On The Run" and plans to relaunch all the greatest hits of the most famous left-handed music. Time, then, to know more deeply the two disks. "McCartney," the first solo post-Beatles Paul (yes, because there's "The Family Way", namesake movie soundtrack he composed and George Martin, still in the Fab), was released in 1970. In this record, Paul played all the instruments (bass, drums, acoustic guitars and regular, Piano, Mellotron, organ, xylophone and toy bow and arrow!) And had the help of Linda in the backings.
The beginning of "McCartney", incidentally, is peculiar: Paul began to write it, secretly, in 1969. It took a tape home and began to test it. The first test was "The Lovely Linda", who would later become the first track on the disc. The second track, "That Would Be Something", made in Scotland, was described by George Harrison as "excellent", one of the only songs that he really liked the album, along with "Maybe I'm Amazed." The next track, "Valentine Day" is one of those "improvisations" instrumental by Paul. He plays guitar, bass and drums on this track. Soon after, comes "Every Night" where he plays the same instruments. The band was composed while he was on holiday in Greece. Linda does the backing vocals on the chorus (woo woo woo hooo ...). The fifth track is "Hot As Sun / Glasses". The first part of the song, they say, was composed by him in 50 years, but only recorded this album. Besides the instruments already mentioned, in "The Hot Sun" he plays organ. In "Glasses," Paul tried to "touch" glasses of wine. It has only a few seconds and, as Paul said, was composed by him with Frank Sinatra in mind. McCartney played this song on one of the passages sound of his concerts in Brazil in November 2010. Soon after come the beautiful "Junk". This is a track Paul recorded at home - he also used the studio to record the album, including his own Abbey Road! - Playing the instruments already mentioned and a toy xylophone, her daughter Mary. She has also been recorded at the time of the Beatles, but never came to any of them hard.
"Man We Was Lonely" closes the first part of the disk and has a sound of steel guitar, which is actually a Telecaster being played with a drumstick. The middle of the song was written during a lunch rush and in a way, since he would record the music that day. This was the first duet of Paul and Linda together. Side B starts with "Oo You", another track on which Paul plays instruments, at least "peculiar". To this, he invented the "touch" an aerosol spray. It was originally recorded as an instrumental music that could turn, the home of Paul. Later, he won letter, which, like "Man We Was Lonely" was written in one day. The version of the album was recorded at Morgan Studios. Then, another instrumental, "Momma Miss America". This track also an improvisation was recorded by Paul at home, and was actually two different pieces of music that then he decided to join to see how it would. The next is "Teddy Boy" that as "Junk" is the time of the Beatles. She came to be recorded during the sessions of "Let It Be", but did not enter the disk. Then, "Singalong Junk" as the name implies, is the instrumental version of "Junk", for those who are listening to sing along. This version was to be the instrument of first, being written for it, but then Paul decided to simplify it as much, making the version we know. "Singalong Junk" is played on a piano and drums is more prominent than the "parent track". The dream of every Beatlemaniac and / or Maccamaníaco hear the next track is live. "Maybe I'm Amazed" was written by Paul for his wife, Linda, who he said always supported him and was his confidant during his period of depression by the end of the Beatles. It was recorded at Abbey Road and has a promotional video with pictures of Paul, Linda and Heather.
Finalizing the disc, we have "Kreen - Akrore" which was inspired by a TV show about a Brazilian tribe. In this age of sound is the addition of a bow and arrow, and the deep breathing of Paul. The album sold 2 million copies around the world, and before its release, was delivered to the press containing a sheet of paper with questions and answers that journalists probably wish to know. In question 28, Paul said to be out of the Beatles. Continued ...
45 years of "Sgt Pepper's "- The masterpiece of Beatles continues the hearts solitary
Chico Buarque de Holanda recalls, "Paratodos" Brazilian music can be taken as a remedy. The same reasoning goes for the pop. So now in June, many users of this active ingredient - the popular song - celebrate the anniversary of Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band. If "against loneliness wild / Luiz Gonzaga is sure shot / Pixinguinha is undisputed," the thirteen tracks on the disc of the Beatles are a true elixir. Launched on 1 June in England and June 2 in the United States when he was to get the "summer of love" California, the long-playing reaches the age of 45 still hard to warm the lonely hearts more stubborn.
In appearance, it provides the alternatives of the time to cheer. The main one, a typical fruit of the season it was recorded between December 6, 1966 ("When I'm sixty-four") and April 20, 1967 (the reprise, modified, openness), is resorting to additives chemicals. Besides the traditional cannabis, LSD experiences were at the peak. Despite the terms literal and psychedelic sound, it is misleading to assume that Pepper is a compliment to summarize drug, or the eastern variant of the pursuit of happiness. Instead, and in this consists its originality, he criticizes various forms of escape from reality. Unable to make an inventory of issues such as lysergic acid and Orientalism that Sergeant Pepper came to the mythology of mass culture as the best LP (now CD) in pop history. The reason lies in artistic quality. There is a long and unfinished debate over whether to sell objects projected on a large scale should be considered works of art. Without going this delicate harvest, we agree, at least for purposes of this analysis, the creators of the material to be converted into goods incorporate more or less success, artistic elements to the stages of composition, arrangement and interpretation of the songs. It was the success of this absorption which ensured the permanence of the songs on Sgt Pepper's. As a note Caetano Veloso in the book Tropical Truth, "the lesson from the outset, Gil wanted to learn from the Beatles was to transform commercial waste in creating inspired and free, reinforcing the autonomy of farmers - and consumers." In Pepper, the teachings reached the zenith.
John Lennon and Ringo Starr, then 26, Paul McCartney and George Harrison, both 24, had achieved great performances - live and on vinyl - and still others would get later. But the record of 1967 was the highest point reached by the group that the last time, fully functioned as such. John and Paul acted in partnership and harmony in the decisive moments of the four months of pregnancy. The four performers engaged fully in the implementation of the material. The producer and conductor George Martin added, as some elements of classical music, electronic incidental effects and tricks. While the Beatles' debut LP, Please please me, was recorded in almost every single day (February 11, 1963), occupying 16 hours of studio, Sgt Pepper's spent 700 hours at an approximate cost of 25,000 pounds, a special budget for the music industry for 60 years.
The result gained recognition at both ends of the culture. It is one of the best selling albums of all time - reaching the milestone of 10 million copies by the murder of Lennon, em1980. Over time, just too elated by musicologists, to the point of English Allan Moore, professor of popular music at the University of Surrey, ask yourself if a "future dictionary of music will have an entry for 'Sergeant Pepper' somewhere between 'Schoenberg 'and' Sprechstimme? "Sprechstimme is a vocal technique of" spoken song "which uses Schoenberg in Pierrot Lunaire, 1912. "It seems that Sgt Pepper will actually grow to fill the gap between Schoenberg and his voice and in so doing, will mark a paradigm shift toward an appropriation and use of musical materials more flexible and less driven by guilt" , concludes Moore, a 1997 book published by the prestigious publisher of Cambridge University. Liverpool's young people have left, in short, a legacy that reminds one of Shakespeare done to the people and later adopted by high culture. The Australian critic Craig McGregor points out other examples of double acceptance (popular and elite), as the novels of Charles Dickens and the films of John Ford. Power would add the serials of Honore de Balzac. Along this line, Pepper follows a script, without the hassle of reaching rock opera, calls for a full hearing, to be enjoyed to the fullest.
The title track, a product of McCartney's pop genius tempered by critical instinct Lennon, establishes, in the opening, a strange game of ambiguities, where the Beatles disguise themselves as Band of the Lonely Hearts Club for as long a point of view distance, to criticize the Beatles nostalgia and simultaneously topple another success of the Fab Four.
To open the show's fictional band led by Pepper, Paul wrote to a rock'n'roll style of Little Richard, one of the founders of the genre in the 50s. In an ontological interpretation, Paul parodies and reinvents the way Richard (author of "Tutti frutti") composing, playing piano and singing. "Anyone who thinks that Paul McCartney is not a good rock'n'roll singer just need to watch this age," says George Martin. If the player is still in doubt, listen to the replay of the opening in the last track played "live" at the time of writing, to better reflect the mood of the show. If uncertainty persists, try the second volume of the Anthology. In it, a crude version of the replay lets you view, as a whole, the expression of Paul's voice.
McCartney, the "presenter", calls the band, judging by the sound should be great - after all, are the Beatles - although "sometimes being trendy, sometimes not" (reference to the fact that in United States, said that the Beatles were "already"). When the chorus is materialized in the voices of John and George, the presenter sounds, by contrast, weak, hesitant, "We are the Band Sergeant Pepper Lonely Hearts Club, hope you enjoy the show," Sing, with modesty. No they had finished they came to tell, McCartney back and warns: "Do not want to interrupt the show, but now the singer will sing." End of opening. The "first and only" Billy Shears enters without the traditional separation between the tracks, to the second number. The dynamics fake / reality of the introduction unfolds for forty minutes, towards the grand finale of "A day in the life." The spirit of mass culture, with the Beatles at its center, is said to be subsequently denied in a go-and-coming and critical acceptance of reality. When Ringo / Billy Shears sings the first verse of "With a little help from my friends" ("what would you do if I sang a song?") Is talking about himself. The music invented by Lennon and McCartney for the drummer had, though not a singer, at least a prominent role, as always happened in previous concerts and LPs, is a touching simplicity. It was made for that could be interpreted without a tune ("I try not to go out of tune"). Again the game: disguise themselves in order to autocriticar and also produce more successful. The interpretation of the music of Joe Cocker, Woodstock, in 1969, clarifies its emotional charge.
Thus, the hard benefits of having opening and closing bright and connected. The arrangement is the forte of Sgt Pepper, with Paul's voice in counterpoint to the chorus, the guitars he and Harrison, the low that sole (another hallmark of Paul), the battery release of Ringo, the French horns George Martin, the incidental effects that simulate a live audition. But the secret of "With a little help" is the encounter between text and music. The way children's melodic line - as in "Yellow Submarine" - refers to the helplessness of the subject of the poem, who disguised as Billy Shears persona reinforces the sad and sympathetic, especially children, from Ringo, who apologizes for his artistic defects .Some have suggested, amid fever hippie summer of 67, that the end of the day, friends helped Ringo / Shears with drugs, because the last line states: "Oh, I get high with a little help from my friends. " This decrease is very beautiful song. Anyway, even though songs are very different in color, prepares to pass the reference to "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" in which John in (e) take a stroll through the wonderland lysergic."Lucy" is part of a series of ballads that Lennon composed between 1966 and 1967. It is possible that, along with "Strawberry Fields Forever", "A day in the life", "All you need is love" and "I'm the walrus", recorded in the selection of the most beautiful popular compositions of the twentieth century. In five, John describes an experience of disintegration of the individual who gives them an atmosphere of uncertainty and anxiety. On more than one interview in which he recalls the time, Lennon talks about paranoia. The books to give credit to non-authorized biography, always dubious sources, the former leader of the Silver Beatles could have been around something like a psychotic break. Therefore, from Pepper (inclusive), Paul will have effective leadership in the last phase, which runs out in the real dissolution, but not formal, set about two years later. It happens that the individual contributions of John, though in smaller numbers, have changed the meaning of hard thinking maybe by Paul, who tried to reproduce the magic, without much success in Magical Mystery Tour and the b-side of Abbey Road.
Imagine walking by a river where the skies are jam and flowers, cellophane, incredibly high, suggests John. In between, a girl with kaleidoscope eyes calls. You go after her and she vanishes. Lucy appears in the sky with diamonds. Interestingly, the appearance of Lucy (which refers to light), the song ends the dream melody and arrangement. Upon arrival, the ongoing changes, and the chorus, preceded by three beats of drums, is sung in the style of the previous track child in another diction. The chorus enters with military fervor, the sound stops dragged and distorted, like the one to call the subject to reality. The situation is repeated twice, with the traveler in and out of delirium with the return of the chorus.John always said that "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" was not an acronym for lsd, but the title made by drawing young son at school. The chorus seems to say that in the end, in fact, the ride is hallucinogenic only child's play. Or maybe the search for someone or something that we take another trip, heavier. The same Lucy that appeals to the dream ("follow her down ...") can return to reality. Escape and reality intersect, a constant theme in this phase of Lennon songbook. In "Strawberry Fields", for example, he says, so ironic, that "living is easy with eyes closed," then to take the listener to a place where "nothing is real."The two songs following ("Getting better" and "Fixing a Hole"), identified by the use of the gerund in the title and the choruses are as a refreshment between "Lucy" and "She's Leaving Home," the sad story of a girl who leaves home without notifying parents. There, McCartney, the Beatle best (most complete), moves with the versatility of one gender to another. Paul makes ragtimes, reggaes, souls, oratorios, romantic ballads, classic rocks, hard rocks, countries etc.. effortlessly. In addition to composing and singing, playing bass, guitar, piano, and if they fail, battery. Like to produce albums and tour, led with an iron hand the progress of the teams involved, now with hundreds of people. It is as if he had the brain of an alternative pop file which could take the material best suited for the moment (which involves obvious market considerations).
Because they are seen as less songs, "Better" and "Fixing a Hole" help break the denser atmosphere left by "Lucy." The optimistic message and solar at a faster pace of "Better" serves as a relief. On Monday, Paul gives an insight to the issue of soft drugs, paint the room a colorful way and let your mind wander. He was referring to marijuana.George Martin got a similar effect counterpoint to put "When I'm sixty-four" shortly after "Within you, without you," five sections below. Without forcing a semblance of unity, which was not realized, he hits his hand in choosing the order of songs. The recording was in progress for over a month when Paul came in February 1967 with the song "Sgt Pepper "and the idea of a concept album. As the Beatles had decided six months before, that would no longer shows, the joke was supposed that, instead, had appeared a new set, whose name was inspired by the San Francisco bands like Jefferson Airplane, then the crest wave hippie. The record would show that the band in place of the Beatles. "In a strange way, must have been the king himself, Elvis Presley who inspired the idea. It seems that once he sent his Cadillac for a tour, without accompanying it, "says Martin.For the sake of balance, the project was not carried forward. The opening theme reappears explicitly only in the penultimate track. There, "Sgt Pepper "to be played back with a change in the wording to say that the show is about to end and then, without a space divider, comes the guitar that introduces" A day in the life "- a book of stories where the author decides to repeat the character at the beginning and end of the volume. That did not turn into soap opera, but provides a common atmosphere for the units that are in the middle. The Beatles were the best of both worlds. The housing "conceptual" Pepper suggests a dialogue between the tracks, which enhances the meaning of each one, without losing the lightness of pop songs and independent short in which they were masters.
From this angle, the disc is a collection of nine light pieces, punctuated by four approaches greater pretension: "Lucy," "She's Leaving Home", "Within you, without you" and "A day in the life." The story told in "She's Leaving Home" serves as the only explicit chronic disc on the transformation of youth in the 1960s. So, perhaps the most dated. Accompanied by a string nonet (four violins, two violas, two cellos and double bass) - and a harp that gives flavor to the arrangement corny - Paul recounts the moment in which middle class parents discover that their daughter was gone, "leaving a note that she hoped to say more. " Say what? Maybe explain what father and mother will find the hand of John, which contributes to a sophisticated counterpoint to the narrative voice of Paul: "Fun is the one thing that money can not buy."Viewed from a distance, the statement may sound naive, but the right to leisure, excitement and pleasure is part of the hippie ideals. In "Good morning, good morning," which is the end of Pepper and is - for my taste - one of the best rocks for Lennon, fighting boredom, even if it takes the girl to leave the parental home, will be taken in another context. In it, John speaks of the suburban boredom of everyday life. That the lack of conversations with neighbors and depression of having to go to work. Suddenly, everything improves: you start to smile and all are full of life. Win a cake herbs find out who did the character change of mood.As demonstrated by the accelerated expansion of the entertainment economy, fun is an object of consumption, and the Beatles, the eye of this hurricane business, know inside the belly of the beast. The "Swinging London", so named by Time magazine in April 1966, was the immediate context in which Pepper was recorded. London, the main temple of planetary fashion and hype, to use end of period, in addition to the four boys was recording at Abbey Road, which housed the studios of the British record company issued, Mary Quant miniskirts to draw to your store in Chelsea, Twiggy and which can be considered the first supermodel world.
Unlike what occurred in France, the English youth movement of the '60s proved to be less aggressive and politicized (which would be partly offset by the punk wave of the next decade). While France was in the oven universities and factories of the radical May 68, dominated by left-wing currents with a view to defeat the Conservative government of De Gaulle, in England the Labour cabinet of Harold Wilson (1964-1970) promoted social reforms and sought an approach to youth, through gestures such as the grant in June 1965, the title of Member of the British Empire to the Beatles. Perhaps this explains the bias of consumption that characterized the environment in comparison to London to San Francisco, not to mention Paris.Anyway, if anyone knew what fun is something that money can buy the new sires were Buckingham, kings of the world symbolized by Carnaby Street fashion. Maybe if instead of the fun was love ... So it seems to propose the eastern exit. Mediated circus "Being for the benefit of Mr. Kite!" - A compliment simple kind of fun almost craft - the weird "Within you, without you" almost follows "She's Leaving Home." According to Martin, it sounds strange to Western ears because it "has no harmonic structure, no chord and does not modulate." With this support musical, Harrison makes comments inspired by Indian philosophy put into anxieties about the "Lucy" and "She's Leaving Home." States that the distance between people stems from a misunderstanding of what love and life are a common good. Involved in the competition to win the material universe, individuals lose their inner world, and with it the notion that they are part of a whole. If recovered spirituality, stop hiding behind the wall of illusions and see the truth, they could love each other and save the world.The different format and the long duration (more than five minutes) featuring the single composition by George Harrison to Pepper. It was a bold enclose it. The mystical Beatle had earlier proposed "Only a northern song the" which came to be recorded on the nights of 13 and 14 February. Rejected as not being considered the height of the project, can be heard on LP Yellow Submarine, 1969. The exclusion of "Northern Song" reveals that the group was not willing to compromise with quality and that in the declining phase, began to publish works under (or to meet business requirements is to keep the brand alive). The lighter songs on the album ("Pepper", "With a little help," "Better," "Fixing a Hole", "64", "Lovely Rita" and "Good morning") maintain a standard of excellence.
On the way the Beatles, Harrison was slowly and with apparent difficulty, ceasing to be a companion to climb the optimal position of the author and singer reasonable. Not coincidentally, two of his compositions - "Something" and "Here Comes the Sun" - are featured in Abbey Road, the last recorded by the group lp. "Something," in particular, for the first time George deserved to occupy the A side of a single compact Beatles, was praised by Frank Sinatra, who hated rock. As a singer, George limits were noticeable, until his untimely death from cancer in 2001. Compared to John and Paul, in particular, limits voice George are clear. It is true that John Pepper on stage, did not like his voice, but this may be the result of "paranoia." Just hear him sing "A day in the life" to see how much was wrong.In the fight for the valuable space between the Beatles, Harrison was smart. As we say in neoliberal language, added value to the sound of the band with lyres, dilrubas, tambouras and tablas. In "Within You" went further and placed the Hindu philosophy on the charts. Henceforth never stopped, and turned, with "My Sweet Lord", 1970, a producer and performer of his hits.The spiritual message of "Within" is followed by an ode to the more earthly happiness, which may result from the small pleasures. "When I'm sixty-four" is a delightful journey to old age with the comforts of the welfare state and affects the English - this is contained, ironic, distant. To scare away every trace of sadness that Hindu skepticism has left, Martin amended the "64" also "Lovely Rita" ("May I inquire discreetly When are you free / to take some tea with me") and "Good morning" ( "Watching the skirts you start to flirt / now you're in gear"), two urban chronicles that replaces the pleasure of dating the absence of love songs (the only quick quotation passion is "Getting better") to disk . To complete the atmosphere of joy, maybe that sought by the girl who leaves the parental home, comes the famous reprise of the opening, sung and played with will and energy by four.
If Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band ended at this point would be a great album with a final upward. However, when John begins to chant "A day in the life" perceives that there is a slam dunk, the touch that makes an excellent starting a game to remember. The news that Lennon account, the tone and the way he sings them, take the listener to the nightmare. A man blows his brains out in a car accident and people just want to know if he belongs to the House of Lords. The English Army had just won a war and nobody wants to see. Faced with the indifference, the singer says he would love "bind" the listener, which, somehow, already done. The orchestra simulates vertigo who falls or sinks to sleep. "The innocent listener is drawn into one of the most harrowing songs ever written," says Allan Moore. The alarm sounds, change the rhythm, melody, and Paul, in an excerpt from his unfinished song, gives another version of the beginning of the day. No fatal accidents, war and indifference. Only the daily tasks and secure. Lift, coffee, pick up driving. After a drag on the bus, however, back to dreaming. Again, John's voice leads to oppressive environment. Dream with news, according to which 4000 holes were counted on the streets of Blackburn, Lancashire. Nothing more concrete than the hole in the street, as if playing in newspaper newsrooms. What guarantee, then, that what is called reality (wake up, coffee etc..) Is not just a dream, an appearance, and that true reality is that here appears in the dream? In other words, the description of reality proposed in the smooth passage of Paul is not a dream sweetened intended to hide the reality that comes in the newspapers? This is the holy grail of Sgt Pepper's.
The singer repeats: "I would love to leave you on", and detonates a second and more powerful orchestral vertigo, which ends in a kind of explosion (nuclear?). The reality is so absurd that, after the senseless death, there is only laughter. When war movie, you need to watch, only because I had read the book. Before the counting of thousands of potholes, the absurdity of the activity report (perhaps it will know how many of these holes fill the Albert Hall, which serves no purpose). "On" the listener can either be the veil that hides the truth as to allow, "on", he goes looking for the girl with kaleidoscope eyes, let your mind wander in the colorful room, find distraction in a circus with horses or valsantes find fun, because yes, the rush of the evening in any city. Finally, to escape the news. Thanks to "A day in the life", the BBC thought it was so suspicious that have banned its broadcasts, Pepper manages to keep the ambiguity to the end. "Rock is mass culture. There is folklore or art, but a dream commercialized: it hides much as it reveals, "says sociologist Simon Frith. The main reference in pop history it could not do both at the highest style.
"Ah ... So John Lennon was not talented ..."
As most should have seen this week came out in a field site Hypescience 8 Facts about John Lennon fans prefer to ignore.
Well, I'm a fan of Lennon. And do not ignore the defects of it. John Lennon was a person likely to have defects and qualities that every human being has. Consider this post as a response to the citizen who wrote to this matter.8 - beater womenCynthia Lennon has said that John hit her on her face once when they were still on the faculty of arts, before the fame. About Yoko, have not heard any story. May Pang has suffered from some threats, but no concrete fact to have caught John Lennon. Now, one thing he could do was beat up as well with words. All three suffered.7 - emotionally abused the childJulian was the person who suffered the most with the temperament of John, no doubt. When Julian arrived, John was not ready for fatherhood. And as always, he fled. That was his behavior with something for which he was not prepared: fleeing or screaming. And Julian received both treatments. However, when he acknowledged that his son was so disgusting, John changed his behavior with Sean, Julian leaving aside once again.6 - Pathological LiarJohn actually said to come from the working class, but it was middle class, lived in a house above the average for their friends from school days. About Yoko, the story is true. She wanted him to sponsor your exposure until he relented. On departure from the band, everyone knows that he lost interest in the Beatles, both the kind of music I wanted to do, and by his relationship with Yoko. His interests have changed. That does not make a pathological liar.5 - separated the BeatlesWell, this is a complex issue, everyone had a bit of guilt. But yes, John asked to leave the band and was only until the end of Abbey Road (the Let It Be was terminated by the other three Beatles, while John traveled).4 - Ignorant in politicsIgnorant is a bit strong a word. Even at the time of the Beatles, all four were instructed not to comment about war, political parties and anything related. Had involvement with the Black Panthers yes, even did a show to help a group member, John Sinclair. John's intention was to draw attention to what was happening in the world, not become a politician.3 - I had no talentJohn was not a guitar genius, this position was occupied by George Harrison. He had even admitted it. But will that person ever heard in my life "I Want You (She's So Heavy)"? "Yer Blues"? Or "Helter Skelter" (the latter, John recorded the bass). Letters empty and outdated? "Woman" must be a letter very empty, like, okay to whale in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. "All You Need Is Love" must be overcome in order to "All You Need is Money" is more taken into account. Too bad this lyricist John Lennon, after hits like "ah Ulala bad romance" "Tonight is gonna be a good night" and "uhh baby baby baby", not to mention national successes "oh if I get caught" and "I chu want, I want cha ".
I will not go under "Who was the best lyricist" because my favorite song was written by Lennon, haha. But to say there is nothing in John Sgt Pepper's? Confused with the John George? "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds," "Being For the Benefit of Mr. Kite!", "Good Morning Good Morning", "With a Little Help From My Friends", not to mention "A Day in the Life", considered the best song of all time. "Happiness Is a Warm Gun." Listen to the song and then tell me if John Lennon had no talent. If Paul McCartney is the most talented guy in the band, then listen to them. This song was the favorite of Paul's White Album. As for John's solo career. Well ... "Jealous Guy," "Imagine," "Woman", "(Just Like) Starting Over," "Mind Games", "# 9 Dream" and the "Sometime in New York City": "Woman is the Nigger of the World "and one that is so unknown, empty and outdated that Paul McCartney still sings in his concerts:" Give Peace a Chance. "Is it good for you?
2 - No personality The only thing I have to say about it: If you follow the trends of each season is to be "no personality", the world has no personality. 1 - Hypocrisy My mother often told me the same phrase "do as I say, not do what I do." Should I call her a hypocrite? As a comment that has the words "by politicians climb the podium, speak well of the NHS and when they get sick, go pro particular service." The guy's "Imagine No possessions" lived in a luxury apartment and failed to cite, had a studio in the building. It was a duplex. Paul and George sang with him "all you need is love" and also lived in luxury homes. The rappers who criticize the company, talk about equality, divide your money to the poor? It's very easy to criticize, right? In short, whoever did that matter, needed more information and sources. For here I quote my: 1, 2, 5, 6, 7, 8: John Lennon Cynthia. 1, 2, 3, 5: Beatles Anthology. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8: Live Peace at Toronto; Imagine John Lennon Live in New York City. If you still have any doubt about the talent of Lennon, listen to the entire discography of The Beatles and his.
Childhood home of Ringo Starr in Liverpool will not be demolished
The house where Ringo Starr was born in Madryn Street, Liverpool, suffered eight years ago the threat of demolition. But due to a government grant of 2 million pounds, Liverpool Echo reported on Wednesday that the building is safe.
Not only the home of Ringo, but a total of 117 properties in the Welsh Streets are saved, according to the Democrat leader of Liverpool, Councillor Richard Kemp. . The decision to save the house ends after eight years of debate. The Echo said that in August 2010, the citizens of Liverpool met with the city council to avoid the work to be demolished. . "You know, because of the impact that the Beatles were in Liverpool, people come to know the city - and they should see where we came from," said Councilman BBC radio. . Kemp said he does not know what will happen now with the properties. He said he expects the National Trust take over the house in Madryn Street property and open to the public, as the childhood homes of Paul McCartney and John Lennon.
Sgt. Pepper’s – The creative apex of Beatles
In a meeting with Paul McCartney, Bob Dylan heard some songs from the new Beatles album and said, "Have you no longer want to be cute!" This phrase is the best introduction one can find to talk about all the artistic revolution, political and philosophical this new album was a symbol. The year 1966 was very confusing to the Beatles. The declarations of John on Christianity had created many problems, even among the Beatlemania. Even the Ku Klux Klan was organizing protests, which further affected the quartet. All this coupled with the lack of security, technical resources for live performances, most of the problems faced in the Philippines, made the Beatles chose the end of the tour. This decision has generated many questions among fans and the press, who thought the band was over.
In fact, the Beatles evolved very quickly, not only musically, but the behavior of the band was no longer the same. The use of drugs like marijuana and LSD changed the theme of the compositions and that image of four boys naive not matter to them most. In fact, not even very interested to Beatlemania Beatles at the time of the events. What they wanted was to talk about their experiences. Now, without the rush of touring, it was possible to produce a disc with calm, using the maximum of technical resources. Moreover, with all the band's creativity, you could even create new recording techniques.
After the Revolver album, EMI released a compilation called "A Collection of Beatles Oldies ... But Goldies!" And 6 December 1966 the band enters the studio again, under the influence of albums like Pet Souds (Beach Boys) and Freak Out! (Frank Zappa). Paul McCartney had the idea of creating a concept album where the songs were all connected and following the same theme. However, from the second song, the album loses this feature, although all the songs maintain a similarity in tone and style of production. All realized that the moment was historic and that the world was going through a big cultural change. Paul wondered then, as another Beatles band. The "Club Band Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts."
Amid the climate of experimentation and psychedelia with a wide variety of influences, the Beatles come into the studio to produce a record that would serve as a portrait of an entire generation. Everything there must be different. Recordings were compressed, condensed, distorted or excessively equalized to meet the requirements of the Beatles. Loaded sounds echo, tape recordings spins around and voices and instruments with changed speeds showed that something revolutionary was being created.
Em 17 de fevereiro de 1967, atendendo à pressão do empresário Brian Epstein, é lançado um compacto simples (chamado de single) com duas canções que entrariam no novo disco: Strawberry Fields Forever / Penny Lane. A banda apostava muito no lançamento destas canções, tanto que lançaram como um compacto com dois lados “A“, porque achavam que as duas músicas teriam o mesmo destaque.
Despite the high quality of the songs, the single only reached the second place. After 129 days and approximately 700 hours of recording, the new album's 13 songs were completed, adding Indian music, jazz, reversed sounds, big bands, ballads and noises of animals to pop music, turning the rock into an art form to be worshiped for several generations, as we can check: Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: February 01,02, 03 and March 6, 1967 The title track written by Paul. The song gives the idea of a live performance where the band is presented. The end of it serves as a "hook" to the next song. With a Little Help From My Friends - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: 29 and March 30, 1967 Composition of John and Paul originally called "Bad Finger Boogie." Ringo sings, representing "Billy Shears", which appears at the end of the previous track. Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: 01 and March 2, 1967
Despite many controversies, the idea of the composition was taken from the design of Julian, son of John and the initials forming LSD is purely coincidental. At least that's what John himself warranty. Paul also plays a harpsichord with his tone changed. Getting Better - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: 09, 10, 21 and March 23, 1967 Paul wrote the song inspired by the words of Jimmy Nicol, the drummer who replaced Ringo on some tour dates for 1964. George Harrison plays an Indian instrument called Tamboura and Ringo playing bongos. This song would change the basic structures of rock, transforming it into something totally new. With his constant guitar, the music speaks of hope in something new. Fixing a Hole - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: 09 e 21 February 1967 Composition of Paul, who also plays the harpsichord recording. The song began to be recorded at Regent Sound Studios, Abbey Road since the day was busy. Although many think that it was the use of heroin, the song talks about a farm that Paul had recently purchased and was in reforms. She's Leaving Home - (Lennon / McCartney) Record: 17 and March 20, 1967 Most of the composition is Paul, although John has as an aid. Only Paul and John sing and arrangements were made by Mike Leander because George Martin could not at the time and Paul did not want to wait. Martin claimed to have been upset with Paul for that. Many music critics compare this song to great classical masterpieces.
Being For The Benefit Of Mr. Kite – (Lennon/McCartney)
Record: 17, February 20, 28, 29 and March 31, 1967The lyrics are almost all taken from a 1843 poster, which advertised the attractions of a circus.Lennon stated that this composition was used only to fulfill your work to disk. During the recording process, George Martin had to satisfy the request of John, who wanted that particular piece of music had "smell" of sawdust.Within You Without You - (Harrison)Record: 15, March 22, 03 and April 4, 1967Unique composition of George to the disk. Only he participates in the writing, singing and playing harp. Other Indian musicians participating in the recording. The song speaks of God and love, extolling the spiritual side of the Beatle mystique.When I'm Sixty Four - (Lennon / McCartney)Record: 06, 08, 20 and 21 December 1966Paul had this composition almost all ready and was made in honor of his father.The clarinets were recorded by session musicians.Lovely Rita - (Lennon / McCartney)Record: 23, February 24, 07 and March 21, 1967Another composition of Paul, honoring controllers parking meters. George Martin plays the piano Honky Tonk.Good Morning Good Morning - (Lennon / McCartney)Record: 08, February 16, 13, 28 and March 29, 1967John was inspired by a cereal commercial. It is he who sings. Paul makes the guitar solos. The band recorded the Sound Incorporated saxophones and trombones and the sounds of animals were taken from the tape recorder had.Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (Reprise) - (Lennon / McCartney)Record: April 1, 1967The version of "replay" the title track has a heavier footprint and serves as an announcement of the end of the show. A sort of closure of the concert "Club Band Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts." After this age, comes the encore.A Day In The Life - (Lennon / McCartney)Record: April 21, 1967John wrote a song inspired by a story about the holes in Lancashire. His was provisionally "In The Life Of ...". An orchestra with 40 musicians studio emerges, giving a sense of grief that takes account of the song. An alarm triggered by Mal Evans stops the music and Paul comes up with a new song until John appears again and the band ends the song, even more present and stopping abruptly. The last chord, which lasts nearly a minute, is played on a piano eight hands. Then comes the famous footnote in a high frequency that only dogs can hear. After the end of the track, unlike a recording containing conversation and laughter, is being repeated in the last groove of vinyl. This meant that the listener LP swirled around to try to decipher what was said.Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band was released in England on 1 June 1967 and the United States the next day, the beginning part of the hippie era. The album topped the UK charts on 31 May and stayed for 22 weeks, still yielding four Grammy Awards: "Album of the Year", "Album of contemporary music" (which later became known as "Best pop vocal album" ), best sound engineer (Geoff Emerick) and better cover.
Speaking of cover ...
The Beatles had one, created by a group called "The Fool", formed by Dutch artists, but suggested that Robert Fraser to hire another professional to create the Peter Blake cover and called for work.
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Paul and John suggested that he imagine the band after a concert in a park. With that came the idea of sticking with artists behind the Beatles, as if they had seen the show. The photo session was held on March 30 with photographer Michael Cooper. The Beatles landed in clothing of sergeants and among the famous people who appear on the cover, are: Marilyn Monroe, Marlon Brando, Bob Dylan, Cassius Clay, Karl Marx, among others. The list was the suggestion of Peter Blake, who asked each of the Beatles chose who would appear. John Lennon wanted Gandhi, Hitler and Jesus Christ, but were excluded from the cover for fear of the label. Moreover, for the first time, the back cover featured the lyrics printed booklet and had a vinyl protector for the colored paper and many figures to be cropped.
Several other artists were inspired by the cover of Sgt Pepper's. Among them are: The Rutles, the disk We're Only in It for the Money, released in 1968 by Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention and Zé Ramalho, the album Nation Northeast. The split very little commercial appeal to critics. Some songs had prohibited its implementation and the disc did not play on the radio. Still, sold more than 11 million copies in the United States today and the disc appears in every list of best albums, being ranked as the best album by Rolling Stone's list of 500 great albums of all time. A film starring Peter Frampton and Bee Gees was released in 1978, honoring Sgt Pepper's album. Several other artists participating, including George Harrison and Linda McCartney. In addition to Strawberry Fields Forever and Penny Lane were released on compact before the song called It's Only a Northern Song was also part of the recording sessions, but was only launched in 1969, the soundtrack to the animated film Yellow Submarine.
At the same time as Sgt Pepper's was produced, Pink Floyd recorded their first album, called "The Piper at the Gates of Dawn", also at Abbey Road studios. Therefore, these two discs are considered as the milestone of progressive rock. Even today, more than four decades after its release, Sgt Pepper's still arouses curiosity and respect. "The album is revolutionary," "the album that turned the rock into art," "the watershed of pop music", well ... it's up to each fan set the record the way that suits you.
From:Kelly Dione
@holdthebeatles
