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Post by emerald on May 4, 2018 6:02:36 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on May 25, 2018 21:05:09 GMT -5
www.rollingstone.com/music/news/paul-mccartney-hey-jude-english-village-derek-taylor-excerpt-w519594Introductory quotation to this article: "Derek Taylor was always one of the most beloved figures in the Beatles’ inner circle. The Apple press officer was famous for his superhuman levels of charm and wit, both badly needed in the band’s dark final days. When John, Paul, George and Ringo fell apart, Taylor wrote his 1973 memoir As Time Goes By, one of the very best books written about the Beatles – but strangely little-known, just because it was impossible to find a copy for so many years. So it’s great news for fans that Faber & Faber is finally bringing Taylor’s lost classic back into print, with a new introduction by Jon Savage. Taylor chronicles the 1964 world tour, the chaos of American Beatlemania, the L.A. scene of the Byrds and Beach Boys, the utopian Summer of Love, the bitter end. Taylor is candid; at one point, he admits, "I don't think I ever hated anyone as much as I hated Paul in the summer of 1968." But he also captures the unique warmth and optimism the Beatles embodied. In this chapter, he joins Paul and his sheepdog for a spontaneous road trip in 1968, as they make a surprise stop in the English countryside. It’s an unforgettable moment from an unforgettable book. –Rob Sheffield"
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Post by emerald on Jun 25, 2018 6:05:06 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Jul 2, 2018 22:27:30 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Jul 3, 2018 8:25:41 GMT -5
What a mess, impersonating impersonators!
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Post by beatlies on Jul 15, 2018 23:01:16 GMT -5
Karaoke: that's when a person sings along to someone else's song.... www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/8464249/carpool-karaoke-drives-paul-mccartney-hot-rock-songs'Carpool Karaoke' Drives Paul McCartney & The Beatles Onto Hot Rock Songs Chart 7/6/2018 by Kevin Rutherford Christopher Polk/Getty Images for Clear Channel Sir Paul McCartney performs onstage during the iHeartRadio Music Festival at the MGM Grand Garden Arena on Sept. 21, 2013 in Las Vegas. Both of his new solo songs debut, while The Beatles' 'Let It Be' arrives after his jaunt with James Corden. Paul McCartney returns to Billboard's Hot Rock Songs chart, snagging his first top 25 hit as a solo artist on the July 11-dated ranking, following a busy week that saw him release two new solo songs and perform Beatles classics on the latest edition of James Corden's Carpool Karaoke series on June 21. McCartney ranks highest on Hot Rock Songs via The Beatles' 1970 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 "Let It Be," which debuts at No. 18; older songs are able to re-enter the Hot 100 or its corresponding genre-based hybrid charts, like Hot Rock Songs, if they have meaningful reasons for their return and rank in a chart's top half. After McCartney performed "Let It Be" on Carpool Karaoke with Corden, it debuted thanks to 1.5 million U.S. streams (a 68 percent gain) and 10,000 downloads sold (up 973 percent) in the week ending June 28, according to Nielsen Music. |
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Post by beatlies on Jul 15, 2018 23:06:34 GMT -5
Talk about "copying".... Faul the imposter pimps for the music corporations: news.sky.com/story/sir-paul-mccartney-calls-on-meps-to-back-music-copyright-change-11426177Sir Paul McCartney calls on MEPs to back music copyright change Former Beatle Sir Paul McCartney says some artists are being cheated out of earnings when music is illegally uploaded online. 17:26, UK, Wednesday 04 July 2018 Paul McCartney performs in concert in New Jersey Image: Sir Paul McCartney says musicians should be paid fairly for their work By Bethany Minelle, entertainment reporter Sir Paul McCartney has written a heartfelt open letter to the European Parliament, calling for all music artists to be fairly paid for their work. The former Beatle is urging MEPs to back proposed changes to EU copyright law - Article 13 - which would force user upload content platforms to pay songwriters and performers fairly for the use of their work. The 76-year-old musician says that without this change, the future of the music industry could be at risk. In the note, Sir Paul writes: "Music and culture matter. They are a heart and soul. But they don't just happen; they demand the hard work of so many people." |
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Post by beatlies on Jul 31, 2018 23:14:14 GMT -5
www.telegraph.co.uk/science/2018/07/29/sir-paul-mccartney-misremembers-writing-life-says-harvard-analysing/"It has been a long and winding road, but academics may have finally solved the dispute over who wrote the melody for The Beatles’ song ‘In My Life.’ The track has always been attributed to John Lennon on the sleeve notes of The Beatles’ 1965 album Rubber Soul. Yet Sir Paul McCartney has long claimed that he actually penned the melody, telling the music writer and broadcaster Paul Gambaccini in the 1970s: ‘Those were the words John wrote, and I wrote the tune to it. That was a great one.’ Now US and Canadian researchers have concluded that Sir Paul probably ‘misremembers’, because the song bears all the musical hallmarks of Lennon. Mark Glickman, senior lecturer in statistics at Harvard University, and Jason Brown, Professor of Mathematics at Dalhousie University, created a computer model which broke down Lennon and McCartney songs into 149 different components to determine the musical fingerprints of each songwriter...."
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Post by emerald on Aug 1, 2018 6:08:53 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Aug 13, 2018 23:26:54 GMT -5
Faul interviewed by former "Air America" host, Marc Maron (also the former boyfriend of Laurel Canyon-raised Moon Unit CIA Zappa). variety.com/2018/music/news/paul-mccartney-attends-capitol-records-event-hollywood-1202900216/"The Beatles co-founder was presented with a special Capitol Icon Award by CMG chief Steve Barnett, who programmed the day’s sessions, performances and Q&As. McCartney was later interviewed by podcast host and “Glow” star Marc Maron, a talk that will make up an episode of his “WTF” show. Among the topics brought up by Maron: fame, meeting fans, recording with John Lennon and the long life of the Beach Boys vs. Beatles oneupmanship as well as the Beatles vs. Rolling Stones rivalry. Of the latter, said McCartney: “We were at that Oldchella thing together. They’re great. We go back a long way and there was never really a rivalry.” Asked about “Helter Skelter,” McCartney recalled being “suddenly singled out for being the soundtrack to a murderer. … For years I wouldn’t do that song. I felt like if I did it, it would be a victory for him. Then I thought, ‘Wait a minute, I wrote it!'”...." |
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Post by beatlies on Aug 26, 2018 1:21:07 GMT -5
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Post by emerald on Sept 24, 2018 7:36:29 GMT -5
The Untold Stories of Paul McCartney He’s as famous and accomplished as a man can be. He could just stay home, relax, and count his money. But Paul McCartney is as driven as ever. Which is why he’s still making music and why he has loads of great stories you’ve never heard—about the sex life of the Beatles, how he talked John Lennon out of drilling holes in his head (really), and what actually happened when he worked with Kanye. www.gq.com/story/the-untold-stories-of-paul-mccartney |
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Post by emerald on Oct 2, 2018 6:00:43 GMT -5
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Post by beatlies on Oct 7, 2018 22:47:25 GMT -5
www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/international-news/article/paul-mccartney-loves-to-meet-his-beatles-bandmates-in-dreams/295805Paul McCartney loves to meet his Beatles bandmates in dreams Entertainment Updated Oct 08, 2018 | 08:40 IST | IANS Beatles was formed in Liverpool with Lennon, McCartney, Harrison and Ringo Starr -- and became widely regarded as the foremost and most influential music band of their times. Paul McCartney Paul McCartney loves to meet his Beatles bandmates in dreams | Photo Credit: Twitter Los Angeles: Legendary singer Paul McCartney has revealed that he still spends time with his Beatles' bandmates, but in his dreams. In an interview to the Sunday Mirror, the 76-year-old became nostalgic and shared that he often dreams about his former late bandmates John Lennon and George Harrison. McCartney said: "I often have dreams about John or George. I often dream about people who aren't here anymore. They tend to be very good. And it's only when you get to wake up you go, 'Oh yeah, it was a dream'."
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Post by beatlies on Nov 17, 2018 11:37:47 GMT -5
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