This coming Saturday is THE BIG DAY, the 2008 New Orleans Beatles Fest at House of Blues! “I CAN HARDLY CONTAIN MYSELF, REN!”
Check out some Fab Four moments, some of my favorites, as courtesy of YOUTUBE!
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Yesterday
The Beatles, Live @ The Budakon 1966. The only time that “Yesterday” was performed by the entire band, usually, it was just Paul playing with an orchestra or taped strings as the other members left the stage. This arrangement has full bass, drums, and guitar. Gotta love it!
Hello Goodbye
From the Magical Mystery Tour album, this was a video given to one of the major TV shows at the time to fill a demand for a Beatles appearance on TV (They stopped performing live in 1966). This video is from the end of 1967. The end of this song is just good times and always makes me dance, regardless of where I am (hope the choir never plays this in church).
I Am The Walrus
C’mon. It’s Walrus. Does it make any sense at all? nope.
Notice at the end, the band sings “everybody smoke pot.” that’s not popular rumor, those are the actual lyrics.
Something
One of the best ballads ever written. Period. This is a video taken around the last sessions of The Beatles together, at the end of 1969. Notice Harrison’s wife, Patty Boyd Harrison, who would later become “Layla” a year later…the love inspiration of Eric Clapton’s best work with Derek and The Dominoes.
Free As A Bird
The song that started it all for me. This was the first “Beatles” session post the break-up….recorded using the voice of John Lennon from a track he made in 1978…the surviving Beatles adding their parts in 1994 for the Beatles Anthology. This video is AMAZING, putting visuals to all of their songs. Can you pick them all out? I’ve been trying for 13 years….good luck!
Beatles Festival this Saturday at HOB…it will be amazing! Don’t miss this tribute to the most amazing band ever! 8pm
