I think I need to read a good history of The Beatles. Any recommendations?
Well, it's just good to know that when the chips are down and things look grim you'll feed off the girl who loves you to save your own ass!
Xander ,'Chosen'
Buffista Music 4: Needs More Cowbell!
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Aug 28, 2009 10:18:54 am PDT #1517 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Trudy Booth - Aug 28, 2009 10:20:21 am PDT #1518 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
I really enjoyed Peter Brown's The Love You Make.
DebetEsse - Aug 28, 2009 2:59:11 pm PDT #1519 of 6436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
Todd (my BF whose Beatles stuff has currently spread into 3 rooms in the house) recommends Shout by Philip Norman.
He also asks for more details as to what you're looking to get out of it.
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2009 5:00:54 pm PDT #1520 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Thanks for the recommendations - I'll have to pick up one of those this week.
ION, I saw this in two blogs, so....
Guitarist death to be re-examined
The death of former Rolling Stones guitarist Brian Jones is to be reviewed following new evidence, it has been revealed.
Police in Sussex were handed new information connected to the musician's untimely death 40 years ago.
Mr Jones, was found dead at the bottom of a swimming pool at a house in Cotchford farm, Hartfield, East Sussex.
An inquest recorded a verdict of death by misadventure but speculation continued that he was murdered.
A spokesman for Sussex police said the force had been handed documents connected with Jones's death, prompting the review.
But he added it was too early to launch a fresh investigation.
He added: "These papers will be examined by Sussex Police, but it is too early to comment at this time as to what the outcome will b
tommyrot - Aug 30, 2009 5:01:59 pm PDT #1521 of 6436
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oops - forgot to answer this:
He also asks for more details as to what you're looking to get out of it.
Dunno. I'm curious about the very early days of the Beatles... like when they were playing in Hamburg and what-not....
Trudy Booth - Aug 30, 2009 6:48:50 pm PDT #1522 of 6436
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
Well, the film Backbeat is all about Hamburg. I never read the book its based on, but there is one. [link]
I feel like my brain has a fair amount of info about the Hamburg era but I'm not sure if its from one book or a dozen. I'll flip through the ones I still have and see.
(Edit: That link is being a PitA. It cuts off that close paren. It's just the Backbeat article on Wikipdia.)
Jon B. - Aug 31, 2009 4:54:08 am PDT #1523 of 6436
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I fixed the link.
Barb - Aug 31, 2009 3:13:53 pm PDT #1524 of 6436
“Not dead yet!”
Review/article on the 33 1/3 books in LA Times: [link]
Part of the beauty of the 33 1/3 series is that there's something for any fan of popular music to appreciate. The series has covered soul musicians like Dusty Springfield and James Brown and country acts such as the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers. There are books for indie rock fans (Neutral Milk Hotel, Guided By Voices), hip-hop enthusiasts (Nas, A Tribe Called Quest), and Top 40 aficionados (Celine Dion, Bruce Springsteen).
Amy - Aug 31, 2009 3:35:01 pm PDT #1525 of 6436
Because books.
The Byrds are country?
DavidS - Aug 31, 2009 3:53:55 pm PDT #1526 of 6436
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The Byrds are country?
They're credited with inventing country-rock when they added Gram Parsons and then Clarence White for Sweetheart of the Rodeo.