The Beatles

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octopus garden

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Helter Skelter

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'She came in through the bathroom window'. You can see 'The fool on the hill' in the background top right. 

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Birthday 

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Twist and Shout.

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Norwegian Wood

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Things You May Not Know About the Beatles

The Real Girl Behind “She’s Leaving Home” — and Paul Had Already Met Her

In February 1967, Paul opened The Daily Mail and spotted a short article about a 17-year-old girl named Melanie Coe who had run away from home, leaving her parents confused and heartbroken. Inspired, Paul sat down and wrote “She’s Leaving Home.”

But here’s the twist most fans never hear:

Paul had already met Melanie three years earlier—though neither of them realized it at the time.

In 1964, Paul served as a guest judge on the popular TV show Ready, Steady, Go! Melanie, then just 14, won a prize for a mime contest. One black-and-white photo from that day captures the two shaking hands.

Three years later, unknowingly, he wrote her life into song.

Melanie later said:

“It’s just so weird that Paul would write about my life, and not even realize it was me.”

Did you already know this story—or is this one of those “No way!” Beatles facts for you?

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Happy Birthday Sir Ringo!

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Previously unseen interview.

Quite enjoyed watching this.

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Recreating how Tomorrow Never Knows was made/recorded.

This father and son make a bloody good attempt at it.

First rate.

 

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Unlikely Influences: Joe Brown & The Beatles

Before The Beatles conquered the world, they were just another Liverpool band trying to make their way onto bigger stages. One of the first established stars to give them that chance was Joe Brown—the skiffle-rocker best known for “A Picture of You.”

In 1962, The Beatles opened shows for Joe, and George Harrison in particular was a fan. George even covered “A Picture of You” on early BBC broadcasts—proof that Brown’s melodic guitar style left its mark.

As the years went on, George and Joe became close friends. They’d often play ukuleles together at Friar Park, and when George passed in 2001, it was Joe who performed “I’ll See You in My Dreams” at the Concert for George—a moment that still moves fans to this day.

Joe Brown might not get the headlines Elvis or Buddy Holly do, but his mix of skiffle, rock, and country gave the Beatles an early blueprint for versatility—and showed them what a true working musician could be.

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41 minutes ago, davieG said:

Amazing reading stories like this from people who were there, who it effected, yet years later some people play it down as if The Beatles didn't change anything.

 

I think anything like that sets a cultural movement and changes a generation of people.

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Learn all about the fascinating story of Brian Epstein with the 2024 biopic "Midas Man"!

Watch now at beatlesstory.com/midas-man

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How much would you be willing to pay to see McCartney in concert, in 2025? Feels like it's worth the investment for a show I'll likely never see again.

 

Fully aware that he doesn't have the same voice at his age, but I'll take a more soulful, slightly raspy rendition of the Abbey Road Medley any day.

 

 

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55 minutes ago, NJFox said:

How much would you be willing to pay to see McCartney in concert, in 2025? Feels like it's worth the investment for a show I'll likely never see again.

 

Fully aware that he doesn't have the same voice at his age, but I'll take a more soulful, slightly raspy rendition of the Abbey Road Medley any day.

 

 

No reason other than to enjoy the memory that your post brought up...... this was McCartney in oz in 93? 

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On this date in 1961, Brian saw The Beatles perform onstage for the first time - and was instantly hooked.

Satisfying the curiosity that had been piqued a short time earlier by record buyers at his downtown NEMS store, Brian stood with personal assistant Alistair Taylor towards the back of The Cavern, near the snack bar.

"He looked so out of place, that people were saying 'What’s ’e doin’ ’ere?'" Cavernite Margaret Douglas would tell Beatles historian Mark Lewisohn. "Ray McFall and Bob Wooler always wore suits and ties but they were nothing like Brian Epstein – he always looked like his mum got him ready."

Knocked out by the musicians' sound and stage presence, Brian was less impressed by their onstage swearing, eating and drinking.

"Their presentation left a little to be desired as far as I was concerned, because I’d been interested in the theatre and acting a long time," he'd later recall. "But, amongst all that, something tremendous came over, and I was immediately struck by their music, their beat, and their sense of humour onstage. They were very funny; their ad-libbing was excellent.

"I liked them enormously, I immediately liked the sound that I heard: I heard their sound before I met them. I think actually that that’s important, because it should always be remembered that people hear their sound and like their sound before they meet them. I thought their sound was something that an awful lot of people would like. They were fresh and they were honest and they had what I thought was a sort of presence, and – this is a terrible, vague term – ‘star quality’. Whatever that is, they had it – or I sensed that they had it."

After the show, Brian met The Beatles in the tiny Cavern dressing room.

"What brings Mr. Epstein here?" George flippantly asked of the man he initially perceived as “some very posh rich fella".

He and his mates were about to find out.

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Today’s “Rare Beatles Images”

The BBC’s Letter Banning “A Day in the Life” – May 23, 1967

In May 1967, just days before Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band changed the world, the BBC banned its haunting closer — “A Day in the Life.”

This letter from Frank Gillard, the BBC’s Director of Sound Broadcasting, was sent to EMI chairman Sir Joseph Lockwood, explaining that the line “I’d love to turn you on” could be “interpreted as encouraging drug-taking.” Gillard wrote that, while the track may have been made “in innocence and good faith,” its “mounting montage of sound” might carry a “sinister meaning.”

John and Paul were stunned.

“The BBC have misinterpreted the song,” said Paul. “It has nothing to do with drug taking. It’s only about a dream.”

“The laugh is that Paul and I wrote this song from a headline in a newspaper,” said John. “It’s about a crash and its victim. How anyone can read drugs into it is beyond me.”

The ban only fueled the song’s legend — and, ironically, gave Sgt. Pepper even more mystique. The BBC lifted its unofficial ban later that year, but by then, A Day in the Life had already become one of the most dissected songs in modern music.

Thank you to Boris for this remarkable document.

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Incredible show last night. The man does not sound his age, and was enjoyed by a passionate, multigenerational audience. There’s not enough hyperbole for it, simply an unforgettable experience.

 

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Leicester Memories

Mervin Wallace 

ON SUNDAY 1st DECEMBER 1963 -

The Beatles appeared at Leicester’s Demontfort Hall,

thanks to Hinckley’s Pop Promoter Arthur Kimbrell. 

 

My brother went to this I was too young.