I still see high school students wearing Beatles T-shirts, just like I did in the early 90's.

The Beatles will never really die. :cheers:

I'm very glad some recent things in modern pop culture have inspired me to revisit my life-long uber-fandom for The Beatles.

Cirque du Soleil's Love and Julie Taymor's Across the Universe were a kick for me, and I started listening to the original music again for the first time in many years.


It's always fun to know when others share that Beatles Love, so we'll have to chat about them next time we meet, lindyhop.



And yeah, The White Album is kind of a kitchen sink, separate-ways mess. But I'm surprised how good and often cohesive it is despite that ... for which I largely credit George Martin.

I've only seen one scene of Across the Universe (courtesy of my son who was indoctrinated, er, introduced to the Beatles early) but one of these days I'll see the whole thing. And I'm waiting for the Beatles catalog to finally show up on iTunes so I can get my music back.


I'm currently reading All You Need is Ears, George Martin's memoir. Every time I see the title I think of mouse ears.

Don't know if this is just blowing smoke in the direction of iSm and mousepod (ew, bad pun, sorry), but thought it worth posting and pondering


McCartney hints at mythical Beatles track release


Will Carnival of Light see the light of day at least?

Eh, I don't even care.


Revolution 9 was crap then and it's crap now. I don't want to hear any more of their misguided "avant garde" or "experimental" jeuvenalia.

I strongly disagree, but then that's what opinions are for.

I enjoy the avant-garde stuff, and the fact that it's The Beatles makes it a valuable footnote at least. Actually, when I read first read about it, I instantly thought to myself, "I bet mousepod's got that."

I also thought about the long sequence in the unrated edition of Walk Hard in which Dewey Cox spends apparently weeks on end creating a ridiculous experimental work in his studio, complete with orchestra, livestock and a woman giving birth. The sequence really didn't go anywhere, and was wisely cut from the theatrical release, and yet, I grinned throughout it.

There are some scenes which really don't fit into a movie but make for great extra fodder on DVDs.

What if it's being released hinged upon Paul McCartney dying? Bonus points if Ringo runs him over in a Rolls Royce.

There was a lot of crap and a lot of gold on the Anthology sets. It'll be interesting to see which side this one ends up on.