thebeatles
After spending the last 50 years in an attic, John Lennon’s famous 'Help!' guitar is headed to auction as part of the upcoming “Music Icons” sale at Julien’s Auctions on 29 and 30 May. Both Lennon and George Harrison played the Framus 12-string Hootenanny acoustic guitar while making the album and accompanying film Help!, as well as their 1965 album 'Rubber Soul'. The guitar then went for a trip. It ended up with Scottish singer-songwriter Gordon Waller, who was one-half of the duo Peter and Gordon, before being passed on a road manager. Fifty years later, it was discovered in an attic in the ...
Euronews (English)
A lawsuit that threatened to hold movie studios accountable for the content of their trailers — especially the ones that weren’t especially accurate depictions of their subjects — has been settled. It all stemmed from the Danny Boyle movie Yesterday. The film imagines a world where a musician (Himesh Patel) gets into an accident and when he wakes up, he is the only one on the planet who remembers the Beatles. That allows him to present the Beatles’ classic songs as his own, and to become a huge star in the process. The trailers for Yesterday included a scene featuring Ana de Armas. When the fi...
ScreenCrush
A remastered edition of the Beatles’ Let It Be film will stream on Disney+ on May 8. It’s the first time the film has been available in over 50 years. The new movie was restored by Peter Jackson’s team at Park Road Post Production and contains footage not featured in Jackson’s 2021 Get Back docuseries, which also streamed on Disney+. The original Let It Be film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was released on May 13, 1970, about a month after the Beatles had broken up and a week after the album of the same name arrived. “Peter Jackson seesLet It Be and his Get Back as companion pieces,” Hogg...
ScreenCrush
A remastered edition of the Beatles‘ Let It Be film will stream on Disney+ on May 8. It’s the first time the film has been available in over 50 years. The new movie was restored by Peter Jackson‘s team at Park Road Post Production and contains footage not featured in Jackson’s 2021 Get Back docuseries, which also streamed on Disney. The original Let It Be film, directed by Michael Lindsay-Hogg, was released on May 13, 1970, about a month after the Beatles had broken up and a week after the album of the same name arrived. “Peter Jackson seesLet It Be and his Get Back as companion pieces,” Hogg ...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Paul McCartney handled the guitar solos on some of the Beatles‘ most memorable tracks, including “Drive My Car,” “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” “Helter Skelter” and “Taxman.” But he wasn’t always so confident about his playing – in particular during their initial performances. “We had this gig and it was like, the first thing I ever played, and I was lead guitar player,” McCartney says on the Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast. Beatles bandmate “John [Lennon] was rhythm, and I had a solo and I totally froze. [I] could not move my fingers. … It was like, just so embarrassing. My lead guitar play...
Ultimate Classic Rock
Paul McCartney handled the guitar solos on some of the Beatles‘ most memorable tracks, including “Drive My Car,” “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” “Helter Skelter” and “Taxman.” But he wasn’t always so confident about his playing – in particular during their initial performances. “We had this gig and it was like, the first thing I ever played, and I was lead guitar player,” McCartney says on the Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics podcast. Beatles bandmate “John [Lennon] was rhythm, and I had a solo and I totally froze. [I] could not move my fingers. … It was like, just so embarrassing. My lead guitar play...
PopCrush
Sir Paul McCartney is "so happy" with Beyonce's cover of 'Blackbird'. The 'Formation' singer has recorded her own version of the Beatles track for her new album 'Cowboy Carter' and the legendary musician has hailed her take on the track as "magnificent" and urged fans to listen to it if they haven't heard it already. He wrote on Instagram: “I am so happy with @beyonce’s version of my song ‘Blackbird’. I think she does a magnificent version of it and it reinforces the civil rights message that inspired me to write the song in the first place. "I think Beyoncé has done a fab version and would ur...
BANG Showbiz English
The gradually expanding credits for Beyonce‘s Cowboy Carter album have revealed a deeper Beatles connection with her cover of “Blackbird.” Beyonce’s update was built on instrumental elements from the original master recording of the song from 1968’s White Album, including Paul McCartney‘s foot tapping and acoustic guitar. A McCartney representative confirmed the news to Variety, citing Beyonce’s team. McCartney is officially listed as guitarist and co-producer on the track. Beyonce’s version also includes strings, violin and bass credited to fellow co-producer Khirye Tyler. Stevie Wonder‘s con...
Ultimate Classic Rock
The gradually expanding credits for Beyonce‘s Cowboy Carter album have revealed a deeper Beatles connection with her cover of “Blackbird.” Beyonce’s update was built on instrumental elements from the original master recording of the song from 1968’s White Album, including Paul McCartney‘s foot tapping and acoustic guitar. A McCartney representative confirmed the news to Variety, citing Beyonce’s team. McCartney is officially listed as guitarist and co-producer on the track. Beyonce’s version also includes strings, violin and bass credited to fellow co-producer Khirye Tyler. Stevie Wonder‘s con...
PopCrush
The internet is buzzing after Beyonce released her cover of The Beatles‘ “Blackbird” as part of her country-centric new album Cowboy Carter. The praise has been mostly universal, with many noting the significance of Beyonce’s song choice and the special guests she chose to accompany her on the track. About The Beatles’ “Blackbird”The song was original written by The Beatles’ Paul McCartney with some lyrical contributions from John Lennon. It appeared on The Beatles’ 1968 self-titled White Album. McCartney has spoken about the song’s origins, stating that he was in Scotland when he learned of t...
Loudwire
閲覧を続けるには、ノアドット株式会社が「プライバシーポリシー」に定める「アクセスデータ」を取得することを含む「nor.利用規約」に同意する必要があります。
「これは何?」という方はこちら