Saturday, July 5th, 2008
PM tells of favourite Beatles song
Prime Minister Gordon Brown has revealed his favourite Beatles song - All My Loving - because he played it on the piano as a child.Tory leader David Cameron picked the Long and Winding Road and Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg opted for A Day in the Life.
The politicians were asked for their Fab Four favourites […]
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Monday, June 30th, 2008
Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two
by Christel Loar
Jason Falkner
Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two
(Adrenaline)
US release date: 17 June 2008
UK release date: Available as import
Bedtime With the Beatles Part Two, much like its 2001 predecessor, is billed as being specifically for sending young ears off to dreamland. However, once again, Jason Falkner’s reimagining proves pleasant for infants and insomniacs alike (not […]
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Friday, June 27th, 2008
Joe Cocker with subtitles
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=T4_MsrsKzMM
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Sunday, June 8th, 2008
Penny Lane nu Floraplein
‘Floraplein’. Onder die titel vertaalde de Valkenswaardse tekstdichter Frans Hoppenbrouwers de oude Beatle-hit ‘Penny Lane’. Hoppenbrouwers is één van de mensen die hun naam verbonden hebben aan het ‘Bietel-project’ van het Lieshoutse dialectenfestival.
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Wednesday, May 21st, 2008
Melanie Coe: The Girl Who Inspired ‘She’s Leaving Home’
17 year old Melanie Coe ran away from home in 1967, and became part of pop music legend.
Four decades on, Melanie, now 58, is on the move again, and this time it’s not by choice. Caught up in Spain’s complex rural planning laws, she has been forced to demolish her home that was built illegally […]
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Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008
The Beatles were right - there are 4,000 holes in Lancashire
By Ben Robinson
The Beatles were right - there ARE 4,000 holes in Lancashire.
The famous newspaper headline, immortalised in the Beatles song ‘Day in the Life’, rang true with news almost 4,000 potholes remain unfilled in Lancashire.
The song, off the iconic Sgt Pepper album, actually says there were ‘4,000 holes in Blackburn, Lancashire.’
But news that a […]
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Wednesday, February 13th, 2008
Knox told to stop singing in jail
Murder suspect Amanda Knox has been annoying warders and inmates in the prison where she is being held, by singing the Beatles classic Let it Be at the top of her voice.
The 20-year-old, who is being held on suspicion of killing her former flatmate, British student Meredith Kercher, 21, has been asked to keep the […]
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Wednesday, September 5th, 2007
New classical recording to include version of Eleanor Rigby
Napster has teamed up with EMI Classics to record its first live classical session at the renowned Abbey Road Studios. The recording, which will be offered exclusively to Napster’s member community, will feature British tenor Alfie Boe, and will include a special version of the classic Beatles song, Eleanor Rigby.
http://www.tech.co.uk/computing/internet-and-broadband/news/napster-records-special-emi-classics-session?articleid=1445772451
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Saturday, September 1st, 2007
Songwriters reveal top 10 tracks
Strawberry Fields features in a poll of famous song writers by Q Magazine to find the 10 greatest tracks. “You can play Strawberry Fields Forever on an acoustic guitar and it sounds beautiful,” said Serge Pizzorno, of Kasabian. “But the Beatles took the song to its furthest point, and the results are mind-bending.”
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6972837.stm
Coldplay’s Chris Martin […]
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Wednesday, May 9th, 2007
The Strawberry Beats brengen nieuwe CD-Single uit!
Eerbetoon aan 40 jaar Sgt. Pepper
The Strawberry Beats, Nederlands gestaag in populariteit groeiende Beatles-tribute band, zet op 1 juni met de nieuwe single (It Was) 40 Years Ago Today luister bij aan het feit dat het befaamde album Sgt. Pepper”s Lonely Heats Club Band op die dag exact veertig jaar geleden uitkwam. Op de single […]
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Friday, April 13th, 2007
Julian Lennon sells stake in Beatles songs
Julian Lennon has sold a financial stake in his late father’s compositions for the Beatles to Primary Wave Music Publishing. Terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the parties are quoted as saying in a statement that the share of the catalog was “significant.”
http://www.reuters.com/article/musicNews/idUSN1340484820070413
Julian Lennon sells stake in Beatles songs: report- Julian Lennon, the 44-year-old […]
