Category : Tout sur les Beatles

Tony Calder obituary

Music promoter behind 60s hits by the Beatles, Rolling Stones and Marianne FaithfullAmong the young visionaries, hustlers and chancers who emerged from the art colleges, advertising agencies, record company mailing rooms and photographers’ studios of...

Jane Bown's photographs of the Beatles in colour

GNM Archive has a serendipitous set of rare colour photographs taken of the Beatles by Jane Bown in 1967Jane Bown (1925-2014) worked for the Observer for 65 years, taking unforgettable images of hundreds of subjects. She used basic equipment and ofte...

Readers recommend playlist: songs about old and new

Reflecting changes at this time of year, our latest reader-curated playlist includes tunes from the Beatles, the Buggles and Bing Crosby Here is this week’s playlist – songs picked by a reader from your suggestions on last week’s callout. Thanks for...

Beatles promoter Tony Calder dies aged 74

The British record executive, producer and manager worked with acts including Marianne Faithfull, Black Sabbath and Fleetwood MacTony Calder, the music manager who promoted the Beatles’ debut single Love Me Do, died on 2 January at the age of 74. Rel...

Arise, Sir Richard! Ringo Starr is knighted for services to music

Ringo Starr is to be knighted in the Queen's 2018 New Year's honours list, it has been announced. It’s great! It’s an honour and a pleasure to be considered and acknowledged for my music and my charity work, both of which I love. Peace and love. Ring...

The Beatles' Magical Mystery Tour: 'a romantical view of show business'- archive, 28 December 1967

28 December 1967 The Guardian’s television reviewer finds himself almost alone in praising the Fab Four’s latest filmMy feelings on finding myself almost alone in praising the Beatles television film Magical Mystery Tour are amazement, and the sad co...

Beatles haircuts ‘unsightly, unsafe, unruly, and unclean’ – archive, 6 December 1963

6 December 1963 Young engineer back at work after suspension for sporting a Beatles-style haircutThomas Charnock (16) returns to work as an apprentice at a Birkenhead factory today after a two-week suspension imposed because he had a Beatles-style ha...

The culture Christmas gift guide 2017

Wes Anderson Top Trumps, Peter Blake’s bomber jacket, A Bigger Splash beach towel, Taylor Swift’s jewellery … and other ideas for the creative pressie-buyer Continue reading...

Paul McCartney review – wondrous night of songs, stories and a marriage proposal

NIB Stadium, PerthOpening his first Australian tour in 25 years, the Beatles legend treated his fans to a crowdpleasing set to rememberLast week, in the lead-up to his tour of Australia and New Zealand, Sir Paul McCartney returned to Subiaco, Perth –...

The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’ at 50: A Monument to Paul McCartney’s Genius

The Daily Beast•November 25, 2017 & Released fifty years ago—on November 27, 1967—the Beatles’ last slice of psychedelia is an underrated masterpiece, and more fun than ‘Sgt. Pepper.’ STEREO WILLIAMS 11.25.17 11:00 PM ET In 1967, the Beatles...

A day in the life: Shahrokh Hatami's Beatles photographs, 1963

Iranian photojournalist Shahrokh Hatami has died aged 89. He covered front-page events from the revolution in Iran to the Beatles backstage as Beatlemania took off. A 1963 Paris Match assignment took him to Liverpool to meet the band Continue reading...

Parsing Beatles’ Most Nonsensical Song

from The Atlantic Released 50 years ago, “I Am the Walrus” is endlessly analyzable, and yet somehow analysis-proof. “It seems very pretty,” she said when she had finished it, “but it’s rather hard to understand!” (You see she didn’t like to confess,...

The Delights of Parsing the Beatles’ Most Nonsensical Song

from The Atlantic & Released 50 years ago, “I Am the Walrus” is endlessly analyzable, and yet somehow analysis-proof. & “It seems very pretty,” she said when she had finished it, “but it’s rather hard to understand!” (You see she didn’t lik...

Sexually Inappropriate Songs Thru The Years

by Pat Matthews I was trying to come up with a more interesting title to this piece….to no avail. So, I think I’m going to run with the one I have. Hopefully, I have your attention by now. I received several e-mails here at the Beatles-A-...

Put (in)famous names in historical context | Letters

John Dubber says trying to erase difficult parts of history from our national consciousness could be counterproductive, while Peter McKenna makes an interesting observation about Penny LaneMichael Rosen is right that simply removing historic names fr...