Paul McCartney

Whisper words of wisdom

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For me, John Lennon was always a historical fact, even though we overlapped by five years. Thinking about that this morning, I started wondering about my own son and someone like Michael Jackson — a defining cultural personality while I was growing up (if not quite on the level of Lennon), h...

Published 22 hours ago

Music Trivia Quiz #3

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The weekend is a good time to throw out this quiz….good luck. What is the first U.S. Chart hit (Hot 100) of a song written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney? The weekend is a good time to throw out this quiz….good luck. What is the first U.S. Chart hit

Published Fri, Nov 6

Interview: Bootleg Beatles - When Harrison met McCartney

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When he was a teenager, Neil Harrison sang with Paul McCartney. When he grew up, he turned into John Lennon. For a man who spends two hours a night being John Lennon, Neil Harrison, one quarter of The Bootleg Beatles tribute band, has one overriding regret. He never got to see The Beatles perfor...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Book Review: Paul McCartney a Life

source: Beatles

A new book, Paul McCartney a Life, by Peter A Carlin, traces the origin of Paul McCartney's life, how he met John Lennon, and how they became the Beatles. The book looks at his loves, his life with first wife Linda through to her unfortunate death, and his disastrous second marriage with Heat...

Published Thu, Nov 5

Opinion: Paul McCartney Setlist Liverpool 1999

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Das war die Setlist Paul McCartney’s “Live At The Cavern” am Dienstag, 14. Dezember 1999, Cavern Club, Liverpool (UK): What It Is (McCartney) Try Not To Cry (McCartney) I Saw Her Standing There (Lennon/McCartney) The Band: Paul McCartney – bass guitar、vocal

Published Thu, Nov 5

John Lennon's days in the life

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It is 18 October 1957 and the Quarrymen are experiencing their first modest taste of fame. This new musical partnership, between 17-year-old John Lennon and 15-year-old Paul McCartney, might be on to something. Over 50 years later, in April 2009, in a time-capsule Irish pub in the north-w...

Published Sun, Nov 1

On an Upcoming John Lennon Biopic

source: Allyn Gibson

A friend of mine, Michael Schuster, pointed me to this, the trailer for Nowhere Boy, an upcoming biopic about the teenage years of John Lennon: Aaron Johnson, whom I’ve never heard of, plays the young Lennon, and Thomas Sangster plays Paul McCartney. While Sangster doesn’t look especial...

Published Fri, Oct 30

Nowhere Boy movie trailer now online

source: Beatles

What to make of a John Lennon biopic featuring actors that look nothing like Lennon and Paul McCartney? Actually, I'd rather be sold on a character based on performance, not the fact that the actor looks just like the real person. So Nowhere Boy has been an object of curiosity. Now there's a tr...

Published Wed, Oct 28