Mötley Crüe played a “secret” club show at Bowery Ballroom in New York City on Monday night (May 6th). The band had teased the concert on social media under the moniker “1981” (the year they formed), and were met with a packed house for the gig.
The 12-song set at the 600-capacity venue was mostly filled with the Crüe’s best-known tunes like “Looks That Kill,” “Shout at the Devil,” “Dr. Feelgood,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” and the closing number, “Kickstart My Heart.” The band also played its new single, “Dogs of War” (their first song featuring new guitarist John 5), as well as a covers medley featuring tunes by The Beatles, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, and more.
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Tickets to the club show sold out in five minutes when they went on sale last week, as fans quickly caught on that it was a Mötley Crüe concert.
The 12-song set at the 600-capacity venue was mostly filled with the Crüe’s best-known tunes like “Looks That Kill,” “Shout at the Devil,” “Dr. Feelgood,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” and the closing number, “Kickstart My Heart.” The band also played its new single, “Dogs of War” (their first song featuring new guitarist John 5), as well as a covers medley featuring tunes by The Beatles, Ramones, Sex Pistols, Beastie Boys, and more.
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Tickets to the club show sold out in five minutes when they went on sale last week, as fans quickly caught on that it was a Mötley Crüe concert.
- 5/7/2024
- by Heavy Consequence Staff
- Consequence - Music
In an oddball metaphor, John Lennon compared The Beatles to flags on top of a boat. However, he said that the Fab Four weren’t the ones getting the boat to move. In other words, he felt the band were products of their society as much as they were trendsetters. Paul McCartney made some similar remarks about his own musical legacy.
John Lennon said ‘Maybe The Beatles were in the crow’s nest shouting ‘Land Ho!”
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, the “Imagine” singer was asked what “moved The Beatles.” “Whatever wind was blowing at the time moved The Beatles, too,” he replied. “I’m not saying we weren’t flags on the top of the ship. But the whole boat was moving.
“Maybe The Beatles were in the crow’s nest shouting ‘Land Ho!
John Lennon said ‘Maybe The Beatles were in the crow’s nest shouting ‘Land Ho!”
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, the “Imagine” singer was asked what “moved The Beatles.” “Whatever wind was blowing at the time moved The Beatles, too,” he replied. “I’m not saying we weren’t flags on the top of the ship. But the whole boat was moving.
“Maybe The Beatles were in the crow’s nest shouting ‘Land Ho!
- 3/11/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney said The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter” used a metaphor to portray the rise and fall of the Roman Empire. He also said that The Who influenced the song indirectly. One of these claims is easier to swallow than the other. Regardless, “Helter Skelter” still inspired one of the most infamous cults of all time.
A review and the Roman Empire inspired The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled writing “Helter Skelter.” He said he read a review of The Who’s “I Can See for Miles,” which described the song as the loudest and dirtiest entry in the band’s catalog. “I was always trying to write something different, trying to not write in character, and I read this and I was inspired, ‘Oh, wow! Yeah! Just that one little paragraph was enough to inspire me, to make me make a move.
A review and the Roman Empire inspired The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled writing “Helter Skelter.” He said he read a review of The Who’s “I Can See for Miles,” which described the song as the loudest and dirtiest entry in the band’s catalog. “I was always trying to write something different, trying to not write in character, and I read this and I was inspired, ‘Oh, wow! Yeah! Just that one little paragraph was enough to inspire me, to make me make a move.
- 3/1/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles famously visited India with The Beach Boys’ Mike Love, Donovan, and Mia Farrow. In retrospect, Love had a lot to say about the trip through his words and through his music. Here’s a look at why these rock stars decided to go to the other side of the world.
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love said the trip to India helped The Beatles grow
During a 2023 interview with Forbes, Love said he wrote his song “Pisces Brothers” as a tribute to visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, though the song is primarily written in honor of the quiet Beatle. In the song, Love sings, “We were drawn to Rishikesh not for fortune or for fame but for enlightenment we came.”
In a 2014 article he wrote for HuffPost, Love put the trip in the context of two careers.
The Beach Boys’ Mike Love said the trip to India helped The Beatles grow
During a 2023 interview with Forbes, Love said he wrote his song “Pisces Brothers” as a tribute to visiting the Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in India with John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison, though the song is primarily written in honor of the quiet Beatle. In the song, Love sings, “We were drawn to Rishikesh not for fortune or for fame but for enlightenment we came.”
In a 2014 article he wrote for HuffPost, Love put the trip in the context of two careers.
- 2/7/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ The White Album has some social commentary. It’s also supposed to be a joke. Is it a funny joke? Well, that’s a dicey question to look at all these years later.
John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ was inspired by tigers’ deaths
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John was asked about “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill.”
“Oh, that was written about a guy in Maharishi’s meditation camp who took a short break to go shoot a few poor tigers, and then came back to commune with God,” John recalled.
“There used to be a character called Jungle Jim and I combined him with Buffalo Bill. It’s a sort of teenage social-comment song and a bit of a joke.
John Lennon said a song from The Beatles’ ‘White Album’ was inspired by tigers’ deaths
The book All We Are Saying: The Last Major Interview with John Lennon and Yoko Ono features an interview from 1980. In it, John was asked about “The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill.”
“Oh, that was written about a guy in Maharishi’s meditation camp who took a short break to go shoot a few poor tigers, and then came back to commune with God,” John recalled.
“There used to be a character called Jungle Jim and I combined him with Buffalo Bill. It’s a sort of teenage social-comment song and a bit of a joke.
- 2/5/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Glynis Johns, the upbeat leading lady with the British charm who starred as the spirited feminist mother Winifred Banks in Mary Poppins, has died. She was 100.
Johns lived in West Hollywood and died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the area, her manager, Mitch Clem, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A multitalented actress, dancer, pianist and singer, Johns earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for playing the widowed saloon and hotel owner Mrs. Firth in Fred Zinnemann’s Australia-set The Sundowners (1960).
Plus, she memorably sang “Send in the Clowns,” which Stephen Sondheim wrote just for her, in her Tony Award-winning performance as Desiree Armfeldt in the original 1973 production of A Little Night Music.
The husky voiced Johns was nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying a daffy older socialite who is stirred by the young stud she meets on the beach in a then-controversial film about sex,...
Johns lived in West Hollywood and died Thursday of natural causes at an assisted living facility in the area, her manager, Mitch Clem, told The Hollywood Reporter.
A multitalented actress, dancer, pianist and singer, Johns earned a best supporting actress Oscar nomination for playing the widowed saloon and hotel owner Mrs. Firth in Fred Zinnemann’s Australia-set The Sundowners (1960).
Plus, she memorably sang “Send in the Clowns,” which Stephen Sondheim wrote just for her, in her Tony Award-winning performance as Desiree Armfeldt in the original 1973 production of A Little Night Music.
The husky voiced Johns was nominated for a Golden Globe for portraying a daffy older socialite who is stirred by the young stud she meets on the beach in a then-controversial film about sex,...
- 1/4/2024
- by Mike Barnes
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
If it’s been a patchy few years for Errol Morris––one solid doc in-between a bad Steve Bannon portrait and iffy look at John le Carré––our interest in his thorough, startling oeuvre remains strong, and it’s naturally a thrill to hear word of two new features. On the documentary front he’s been adapting, for Netflix, Tom O’Neill’s Chaos: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties, which quickly engendered great attention for challenging standard Manson Family narratives; and there’s a feature screenplay about Ed Gein, who Morris interviewed in 1975 for a never-completed documentary. If it doesn’t feature that footage and opts for a biopic / procedural path, it would make Morris’ first narrative since 1991’s The Dark Wind. [Screen Daily]
Meanwhile, Michael Almereyda has found his first feature since Tesla. Per Deadline, he and Courtney Stephens are developing an untitled documentary about John C. Lilly,...
Meanwhile, Michael Almereyda has found his first feature since Tesla. Per Deadline, he and Courtney Stephens are developing an untitled documentary about John C. Lilly,...
- 12/20/2023
- by Leonard Pearce
- The Film Stage
Since it launched last month, the podcast Paul McCartney: A Life in Lyrics has captured the artist reflecting on the stories behind songs he recorded with the Beatles and Wings and as a solo artist. In addition to picking apart the lyrics, he has also discussed some of the interesting arcana that has surrounded his life. On upcoming episodes — which premiere on Wednesdays via iHeartPodcasts and Pushkin Industries and can be accessed here — McCartney delves deep into Beatles lore to find some interesting trivia.
In the episode dedicated to his solo track “Here Today,...
In the episode dedicated to his solo track “Here Today,...
- 11/7/2023
- by Kory Grow
- Rollingstone.com
“I think I’m a decent detective,” says lifelong true-crime aficionado Octavia Spencer, “but my friends and family might beg to differ, because sometimes I can’t find my reading glasses or phone.” Nevertheless, the Oscar winner has devoured whodunits since childhood, played a true-crime podcaster on Truth Be Told and has even deemed herself “an encyclopedia of crime.” Now she executive produces and narrates The Lost Women of Highway 20, a three-part docuseries premiering on Sunday, November 5 on Investigation Discovery. It starts with a 13-year-old girl gone missing in 1990 and snowballs into multiple unsolved murders spanning two decades along a highway in the Oregon wilderness. Here, Spencer previews the docuseries, sharing her connection to the true-crime genre and why these stories need telling now. What fuels the supremely sweet-faced Octavia Spencer’s obsession with dark deeds? Octavia Spencer: As a child, I read age-appropriate mysteries, but when I was 11, I accidentally read Helter Skelter.
- 11/3/2023
- TV Insider
On Wednesday, November 1, Investigation Discovery (ID) hosted a special event at Nya Studios West in Los Angeles for their upcoming series “Lost Women of Highway 20” from executive producer Octavia Spencer. The evening consisted of an advance screening of the first installment of the docuseries, followed by a fireside chat with Spencer and Paula Zahn, host of ID’s “On the Case with Paula Zahn.” Spencer also shared a sneak peek of another ID project, “Feds,” showcasing unprecedented access to active-duty FBI agents.
“When I was a kid I read mystery books because I’m dyslexic,” the Oscar winner told Zahn. “My teacher introduced mysteries to me to keep me engaged with narratives. There was a natural progression as I got older to read thrillers. At 11, I saw this little yellow book with red, fluffy writing called ‘Helter Skelter’ and I thought, ‘This looks like it’s gonna be a great book!
“When I was a kid I read mystery books because I’m dyslexic,” the Oscar winner told Zahn. “My teacher introduced mysteries to me to keep me engaged with narratives. There was a natural progression as I got older to read thrillers. At 11, I saw this little yellow book with red, fluffy writing called ‘Helter Skelter’ and I thought, ‘This looks like it’s gonna be a great book!
- 11/2/2023
- by Denton Davidson
- Gold Derby
Yoko Ono revealed she likes one of The Beatles‘ albums better than Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. She also named her favorite Beatles song, which was a huge hit. Blasphemous though it may seem, John Lennon wasn’t the biggest fan of Sgt. Pepper.
Yoko Ono loves ‘The White Album’ and the message of 1 Beatles song
During a 2016 interview with US Weekly, Yoko discussed her attitude toward two of The Beatles’ albums. “I don’t know if people will hate me for saying this, but I always preferred The White Album to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” she said. “Don’t get me wrong, I love Pepper’s too.” At this point, plenty of Beatles fans would agree with Yoko’s conclusion.
During a 2012 interview with The Telegraph, Yoko named “All You Need Is Love” as her favorite Beatles song. “I’m glad they were saying all you need is love,...
Yoko Ono loves ‘The White Album’ and the message of 1 Beatles song
During a 2016 interview with US Weekly, Yoko discussed her attitude toward two of The Beatles’ albums. “I don’t know if people will hate me for saying this, but I always preferred The White Album to Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band,” she said. “Don’t get me wrong, I love Pepper’s too.” At this point, plenty of Beatles fans would agree with Yoko’s conclusion.
During a 2012 interview with The Telegraph, Yoko named “All You Need Is Love” as her favorite Beatles song. “I’m glad they were saying all you need is love,...
- 10/31/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney kicked off the Australian leg of his 2023 tour at Adelaide Entertainment Centre on Wednesday night (October 18th), marking his first live performance in more than a year.
During the nearly three-hour set, McCartney mixed in his own solo hits alongside his work with the Beatles and Wings. As with his previous “Got Back” concerts, Macca opened the show with “Can’t Buy Me Love” before going into Wings’ “Junior’s Farm” and “Letting Go.” This was followed by his first performance of the Beatles’ “She’s a Woman” since 2004.
Though none of the songs from Macca’s most recent album, McCartney III, made the setlist, he did run through “Fuh You” and “Come On to Me” from 2018’s Egypt Station. He also reached back into his catalog for songs like “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Here Today,” and “Dance Tonight.”
And as he has in the past, McCartney played The...
During the nearly three-hour set, McCartney mixed in his own solo hits alongside his work with the Beatles and Wings. As with his previous “Got Back” concerts, Macca opened the show with “Can’t Buy Me Love” before going into Wings’ “Junior’s Farm” and “Letting Go.” This was followed by his first performance of the Beatles’ “She’s a Woman” since 2004.
Though none of the songs from Macca’s most recent album, McCartney III, made the setlist, he did run through “Fuh You” and “Come On to Me” from 2018’s Egypt Station. He also reached back into his catalog for songs like “Maybe I’m Amazed,” “Here Today,” and “Dance Tonight.”
And as he has in the past, McCartney played The...
- 10/18/2023
- by Eddie Fu
- Consequence - Music
Mötley Crüe played a “surprise” intimate club show Friday night (June 30th) at The Underworld in London in advance of their concert at Wembley Stadium the next evening.
The band performed to around 450 attendees under the pseudonym Dogs of War — the title of a new Crüe song that has yet to be released — and ran through a setlist stacked with hits, including “Shout at the Devil,” “Too Fast for Love,” “Live Wire,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Dr. Feelgood,” and “Kickstart My Heart” (which closed the set).
Mötley Crüe typically perform a medley of covers during their sets, and for The Underworld performance, they fused Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll, Part 2” with Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.,” and the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
They followed the medley up with a full rendition of Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!
The band performed to around 450 attendees under the pseudonym Dogs of War — the title of a new Crüe song that has yet to be released — and ran through a setlist stacked with hits, including “Shout at the Devil,” “Too Fast for Love,” “Live Wire,” “Girls, Girls, Girls,” “Dr. Feelgood,” and “Kickstart My Heart” (which closed the set).
Mötley Crüe typically perform a medley of covers during their sets, and for The Underworld performance, they fused Gary Glitter’s “Rock and Roll, Part 2” with Brownsville Station’s “Smokin’ in the Boys Room,” The Beatles’ “Helter Skelter,” Sex Pistols’ “Anarchy in the U.K.,” and the Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop.”
They followed the medley up with a full rendition of Beastie Boys’ “(You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To Party!
- 7/3/2023
- by Jon Hadusek
- Consequence - Music
Netflix has unveiled the first trailer for its latest live-action original series from Japan, Burn the House Down, set to launch globally on July 13.
A domestic revenge thriller, the show stars Mei Nagano (My Love Story!, Hanbun, Aoi) as Anzu Murata, a young woman whose childhood was torn apart when her family’s home burned down, prompting her parents to divorce. Convinced that her ailing mother was wrongly accused of the conflagration, Anzu goes undercover to work as a housekeeper for the suspicious woman who married her father in the wake of the blaze — convinced that she can gather evidence and discover the truth of what really happened.
The show is an adaptation of the popular manga Burn the House Down (Mitarai-ke Enjō Suru), which ran in Japan from 2017 to 2021. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the manga in English in June 2022.
‘Burn the House Down’
The lead cast includes: Asuka Kudo,...
A domestic revenge thriller, the show stars Mei Nagano (My Love Story!, Hanbun, Aoi) as Anzu Murata, a young woman whose childhood was torn apart when her family’s home burned down, prompting her parents to divorce. Convinced that her ailing mother was wrongly accused of the conflagration, Anzu goes undercover to work as a housekeeper for the suspicious woman who married her father in the wake of the blaze — convinced that she can gather evidence and discover the truth of what really happened.
The show is an adaptation of the popular manga Burn the House Down (Mitarai-ke Enjō Suru), which ran in Japan from 2017 to 2021. Kodansha USA Publishing began releasing the manga in English in June 2022.
‘Burn the House Down’
The lead cast includes: Asuka Kudo,...
- 6/20/2023
- by Patrick Brzeski
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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Some of The Beatles’ songs and The Rolling Stones’ songs inspired a Rob Zombie song. Zombie revealed why he loves The Beatles’ The White Album. He compared The White Album to his own work. Rob Zombie | Jason Merritt / Staff
The Beatles‘ songs are pretty different from Rob Zombie songs. Despite this, Zombie said The Beatles introduced him to sounds he incorporated into his music. In addition, Zombie once put out a macabre Beatles cover with fellow shock-rock star Marilyn Manson.
Some of The Beatles’ songs paved the way for a Rob Zombie song that uses the sitar
During a 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Zombie noted there was a sitar on his song “Get Loose.” He was asked if he was interested in Eastern music on its own terms, or if he just liked the way The Beatles and The Rolling Stones incorporated Eastern sounds. Zombie said The Beatles...
Some of The Beatles’ songs and The Rolling Stones’ songs inspired a Rob Zombie song. Zombie revealed why he loves The Beatles’ The White Album. He compared The White Album to his own work. Rob Zombie | Jason Merritt / Staff
The Beatles‘ songs are pretty different from Rob Zombie songs. Despite this, Zombie said The Beatles introduced him to sounds he incorporated into his music. In addition, Zombie once put out a macabre Beatles cover with fellow shock-rock star Marilyn Manson.
Some of The Beatles’ songs paved the way for a Rob Zombie song that uses the sitar
During a 2021 interview with Entertainment Weekly, Zombie noted there was a sitar on his song “Get Loose.” He was asked if he was interested in Eastern music on its own terms, or if he just liked the way The Beatles and The Rolling Stones incorporated Eastern sounds. Zombie said The Beatles...
- 5/21/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Many songs by The Beatles include weird outtakes that make their way into the final recording. From a curse word in “Hey Jude” to Ringo Starr’s “blisters on me fingers” exclamation at the end of “Helter Skelter”, it’s amazing how many memorable moments in Beatles’ history happened by accident. One bizarre moment at the end of a Beatles song features Paul McCartney acting like a dog, but it does fit the theme considering the title.
Paul McCartney barked like a dog on The Beatles’ ‘Hey Bulldog’ The Beatles | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“Hey Bulldog” was released in 1969 on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. John Lennon wrote the song, but the recording of it was improvisational and free-spirited. The end of the track features a skit where Lennon is talking to a dog, played by McCartney. The dog howls and...
Paul McCartney barked like a dog on The Beatles’ ‘Hey Bulldog’ The Beatles | George Harrison, John Lennon, Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr | Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
“Hey Bulldog” was released in 1969 on the Yellow Submarine soundtrack. John Lennon wrote the song, but the recording of it was improvisational and free-spirited. The end of the track features a skit where Lennon is talking to a dog, played by McCartney. The dog howls and...
- 5/17/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
MGM+ has given the green light to Hollywood Black, a documentary series from director Justin Simien that aims to serve as “a definitive chronicle of a century of the Black experience in Hollywood.”
The four-part series, based on the work of scholar Donald Bogle, is being produced by Simien’s Culture Machine, Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi’s Significant Productions, and the Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia.
“We are thrilled to work with Justin Simien, Jeffrey Schwarz, RadicalMedia, and to expand our prolific creative partnership with Forest and Nina,” Michael Wright, head of MGM+, said in a statement. “Hollywood Black, like other recent MGM+ docuseries, is an entertaining and thoughtful look at a vital part of American culture, examining the evolution of Black cinema and the talented artists who built it. It is a timely and relevant look at the Black experience in Hollywood.”
Simien’s credits include directing the 2014 film Dear White People,...
The four-part series, based on the work of scholar Donald Bogle, is being produced by Simien’s Culture Machine, Forest Whitaker and Nina Yang Bongiovi’s Significant Productions, and the Academy Award-winning production company RadicalMedia.
“We are thrilled to work with Justin Simien, Jeffrey Schwarz, RadicalMedia, and to expand our prolific creative partnership with Forest and Nina,” Michael Wright, head of MGM+, said in a statement. “Hollywood Black, like other recent MGM+ docuseries, is an entertaining and thoughtful look at a vital part of American culture, examining the evolution of Black cinema and the talented artists who built it. It is a timely and relevant look at the Black experience in Hollywood.”
Simien’s credits include directing the 2014 film Dear White People,...
- 4/11/2023
- by Matthew Carey
- Deadline Film + TV
Thankfully, there aren’t many repetitive Beatles songs, but a few fell through the cracks and into the band’s catalog. Here are the 10 most repetitive Beatles songs.
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 10. ‘Twist and Shout’
Many of The Beatles’ early songs were repetitive, but “Twist and Shout” was one of the worst. All the verses are very similar and start with: “Well, shake it up, baby, now/ Twist and shout/ Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now/ Come on and work it on out/ Well, work it on out, honey.” Then, the song closes out, repeating, “Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now.” It gets a bit annoying after a while.
9. ‘It Won’t Be Long’
“It Won’t Be Long” is repetitive in the first verse. The song starts with: “It won’t be long, yeah/ Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah/ It won’t be long,...
The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images 10. ‘Twist and Shout’
Many of The Beatles’ early songs were repetitive, but “Twist and Shout” was one of the worst. All the verses are very similar and start with: “Well, shake it up, baby, now/ Twist and shout/ Come on, come on, come, come on, baby, now/ Come on and work it on out/ Well, work it on out, honey.” Then, the song closes out, repeating, “Well, shake it, shake it, shake it, baby, now.” It gets a bit annoying after a while.
9. ‘It Won’t Be Long’
“It Won’t Be Long” is repetitive in the first verse. The song starts with: “It won’t be long, yeah/ Yeah (yeah) yeah (yeah) yeah/ It won’t be long,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The Beatles were a talented band that developed many innovative recording techniques and instrumental playing styles. However, a few of their songs demanded a lot out of them and were tough to record. Whether it was due to intense instrumentation or blaring vocals, The Beatles almost went overboard on a few songs. Here are 4 Beatles songs the band struggled to record.
‘Twist and Shout’ The Beatles | David Farrell/Redferns
‘Twist and Shout’ is a cover of the 1962 track by The Isley Brothers. The Beatles had been recording at Abbey Road Studios for 12 hours for the album Please Please Me. They ended the session with a bang by recording “Twist and Shout”. John Lennon took on the demanding vocal performance and barely got through it. In The Beatles Anthology, Lennon said he was “bitterly ashamed” of his performance on the song, even though it turned into a hit.
“My voice wasn...
‘Twist and Shout’ The Beatles | David Farrell/Redferns
‘Twist and Shout’ is a cover of the 1962 track by The Isley Brothers. The Beatles had been recording at Abbey Road Studios for 12 hours for the album Please Please Me. They ended the session with a bang by recording “Twist and Shout”. John Lennon took on the demanding vocal performance and barely got through it. In The Beatles Anthology, Lennon said he was “bitterly ashamed” of his performance on the song, even though it turned into a hit.
“My voice wasn...
- 4/1/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
In the 1980s and early 1990s, hard rock bands like Guns N’ Roses ruled the charts. Bands like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones weren’t too fashionable anymore. The kids wanted loud, fast, hard rock with pyrotechnics and massive stage productions. When Axl Rose and his band covered Paul McCartney‘s “Live and Let Die,” the former Beatle couldn’t have been further in fans’ brains.
Few of Guns N’ Roses’ younger fans could recall that Paul had written the song for the James Bond film of the same name in 1973. When Paul’s children tried telling their friends at school that their father had written the song, no one believed them.
Paul McCartney and his children | Ronald Dumont/Getty Images Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’ was ‘a bit of an accolade’
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote it’s nice when someone else commissions a song.
Few of Guns N’ Roses’ younger fans could recall that Paul had written the song for the James Bond film of the same name in 1973. When Paul’s children tried telling their friends at school that their father had written the song, no one believed them.
Paul McCartney and his children | Ronald Dumont/Getty Images Paul McCartney’s ‘Live and Let Die’ was ‘a bit of an accolade’
In his book, The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote it’s nice when someone else commissions a song.
- 4/1/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney and John Lennon were both inspired by surreal and colorful imagery and often incorporated these images into The Beatles‘ songs. The two were fans of Lewis Carroll, who is responsible for some of the most imaginative stories, such as Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. Their interest in Carroll can be heard in their songwriting, as Carroll’s writing inspired several Beatles songs.
Here are 5 Beatles songs inspired by Lewis Carroll books ‘Yellow Submarine’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Cummings Archives/Redferns
“Yellow Submarine” was written by McCartney and Lennon, and featured contributions from Scottish musician Donovan. The Revolver track was The Beatles’ attempt at creating a children’s song, and Donovan said Alice in Wonderland was an inspiration for this.
“Children’s songs were easy for me because I had absorbed so much poetry,” he explained in a 2008 Goldmine interview. “My father had read me Robert Louis Stevenson,...
Here are 5 Beatles songs inspired by Lewis Carroll books ‘Yellow Submarine’ Paul McCartney and John Lennon | Cummings Archives/Redferns
“Yellow Submarine” was written by McCartney and Lennon, and featured contributions from Scottish musician Donovan. The Revolver track was The Beatles’ attempt at creating a children’s song, and Donovan said Alice in Wonderland was an inspiration for this.
“Children’s songs were easy for me because I had absorbed so much poetry,” he explained in a 2008 Goldmine interview. “My father had read me Robert Louis Stevenson,...
- 3/13/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Some of the scariest Beatles songs don’t necessarily have terrifying themes, but the way the music sounds can send a chill up your spine. Here are the scariest Beatles songs.
The Beatles | Express Newspapers/Getty Images 5. ‘Helter Skelter’
Before Charles Manson and his cult “hijacked” it, “Helter Skelter” was designed to be jarring. After hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song, “I Can See for Miles,” Paul McCartney wanted to do the same. So, he went into the recording studio and told the band, “Let’s just see how loud we can get and how raucous. Let’s try to make the meters peak.”
However, the song had innocent beginnings. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that a helter skelter is a conical fairground fixture with a slide around the outside. He also took inspiration from a song in Alice in Wonderland.
The Beatles | Express Newspapers/Getty Images 5. ‘Helter Skelter’
Before Charles Manson and his cult “hijacked” it, “Helter Skelter” was designed to be jarring. After hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song, “I Can See for Miles,” Paul McCartney wanted to do the same. So, he went into the recording studio and told the band, “Let’s just see how loud we can get and how raucous. Let’s try to make the meters peak.”
However, the song had innocent beginnings. In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that a helter skelter is a conical fairground fixture with a slide around the outside. He also took inspiration from a song in Alice in Wonderland.
- 2/26/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney had some simple and obvious inspiration for his 1971 song “Eat at Home.” However, he also had some not-so-simple and not-so-obvious inspiration. When he meshed it all together, it worked.
Paul McCartney and his wife Linda | Keystone/Getty Images Linda McCartney’s cooking inspired Paul McCartney to write ‘Eat at Home’
Shortly after The Beatles split, Paul retreated to his High Park Farm in Kintyre, Scotland, with his wife Linda and their kids. One day, Paul and Linda sat down to eat a meaty dinner and casually looked outside their window. There, they saw their lambs happily galloping away in the fields.
Suddenly, their roast dinner wasn’t appetizing. It was an awkward moment that ultimately turned them into vegetarians. Eventually, Linda started coming up with great meatless dishes and later wrote her own cookbook.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that nobody was writing simple and...
Paul McCartney and his wife Linda | Keystone/Getty Images Linda McCartney’s cooking inspired Paul McCartney to write ‘Eat at Home’
Shortly after The Beatles split, Paul retreated to his High Park Farm in Kintyre, Scotland, with his wife Linda and their kids. One day, Paul and Linda sat down to eat a meaty dinner and casually looked outside their window. There, they saw their lambs happily galloping away in the fields.
Suddenly, their roast dinner wasn’t appetizing. It was an awkward moment that ultimately turned them into vegetarians. Eventually, Linda started coming up with great meatless dishes and later wrote her own cookbook.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote that nobody was writing simple and...
- 2/12/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney didn’t want to perform The Beatles‘ “Helter Skelter” for years after Charles Manson “hijacked” it. The cult leader “hijacked” many Beatles songs and claimed the Fab Four were the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ after Pete Townshend said something interesting
Sometimes, a simple phrase triggers something in a songwriter’s head and results in a hit song.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote “Helter Skelter” after hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song, “I Can See for Miles.” Paul loved the description, so he went into the recording studio and said to the band, “Let’s just see how loud we can get and how raucous. Let’s try to make the meters peak.”
On “Helter Skelter,” Paul added contradicting elements. The music was loud and raucous,...
Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Mirrorpix/Getty Images Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ after Pete Townshend said something interesting
Sometimes, a simple phrase triggers something in a songwriter’s head and results in a hit song.
In The Lyrics: 1956 to the Present, Paul wrote “Helter Skelter” after hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song, “I Can See for Miles.” Paul loved the description, so he went into the recording studio and said to the band, “Let’s just see how loud we can get and how raucous. Let’s try to make the meters peak.”
On “Helter Skelter,” Paul added contradicting elements. The music was loud and raucous,...
- 2/10/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney said he based the verses in The Beatles‘ “Helter Skelter” on a song in Alice in Wonderland. There are other aspects of the song that aren’t childlike.
The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd./Getty Images Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ after Pete Townshend said he wrote ‘the loudest, dirtiest, rockiest’ song ever
Musicians always inspire each other, not just with their music. Sometimes, all someone has to do is say something that could inspire a hit song. Jimmy Page wrote Led Zeppelin’s “The Rain Song” after hearing George Harrison criticize the band’s lack of ballads. John Lennon wrote “She Said She Said” after hearing Peter Fonda talk about death.
Paul wrote “Helter Skelter” after hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song. The singer-songwriter loved that description, so he went into the recording...
The Beatles’ Paul McCartney | Tony Evans/Timelapse Library Ltd./Getty Images Paul McCartney wrote The Beatles’ ‘Helter Skelter’ after Pete Townshend said he wrote ‘the loudest, dirtiest, rockiest’ song ever
Musicians always inspire each other, not just with their music. Sometimes, all someone has to do is say something that could inspire a hit song. Jimmy Page wrote Led Zeppelin’s “The Rain Song” after hearing George Harrison criticize the band’s lack of ballads. John Lennon wrote “She Said She Said” after hearing Peter Fonda talk about death.
Paul wrote “Helter Skelter” after hearing The Who’s Pete Townshend say he’d written the “loudest, dirtiest, rockiest” song. The singer-songwriter loved that description, so he went into the recording...
- 2/10/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Ringo Starr has many quirky ad-libs that made their way into Beatles songs. This side of Ringo never left him, and he incorporated it into his later projects. During a Paul McCartney collaboration, Ringo Starr did an impression of a doorman during the recording, and McCartney decided to leave it in the song.
Paul McCartney recorded ‘Beautiful Night’ with Ringo Starr Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney | Fred Duval/FilmMagic
In the mid-1990s, McCartney, Starr, and George Harrison reunited to work on The Beatles Anthology, an extensive retrospective of the band that consisted of a documentary, a book, and a new music compilation. McCartney was influenced by this return to the band and started working on his tenth album Flaming Pie. In an interview with Global News, McCartney said he invited Starr to play on a Flaming Pie track after trying to get together with him for a few years.
Paul McCartney recorded ‘Beautiful Night’ with Ringo Starr Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney | Fred Duval/FilmMagic
In the mid-1990s, McCartney, Starr, and George Harrison reunited to work on The Beatles Anthology, an extensive retrospective of the band that consisted of a documentary, a book, and a new music compilation. McCartney was influenced by this return to the band and started working on his tenth album Flaming Pie. In an interview with Global News, McCartney said he invited Starr to play on a Flaming Pie track after trying to get together with him for a few years.
- 2/9/2023
- by Ross Tanenbaum
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
George Harrison liked “highbrow” music, but that doesn’t mean he was more musical than his fellow Beatles. The guitarist admitted many times that he should’ve practiced more.
John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Keystone Features/Getty Images George said he liked ‘highbrow’ music but wasn’t sure if he was more musical than the other Beatles
The guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depends. He explained that some people have said he is only because he admitted to liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney,...
John Lennon, George Harrison, and Paul McCartney of The Beatles | Keystone Features/Getty Images George said he liked ‘highbrow’ music but wasn’t sure if he was more musical than the other Beatles
The guitarist interviewed himself in a November 1964 issue of The Beatles Book Monthly (per Beatles Interviews). George asked the questions he thought reporters missed, including if he thought he was the most musical out of The Beatles.
George replied that it depends. He explained that some people have said he is only because he admitted to liking Segovia’s guitar playing, “and they think that’s all very highbrow and musical.”
George believed he loved his guitar more than the others loved theirs. For John Lennon and Paul McCartney,...
- 2/9/2023
- by Hannah Wigandt
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
The top-to-bottom rebrand of Epix into MGM+ under Amazon’s ownership means an increase in not only scripted series but also documentary content.
R.J. Cutler’s “Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus and Mayhem in the USA” is the first of five docuseries that will stream on the new platform in 2023.
About Jack Roland Murphy, an infamous jewel thief turned murderer, “Murf the Surf” was commissioned by Epix three years ago after Imagine Documentaries’ president Sara Bernstein and her former co-president Justin Wilkes pitched the story to Michael Wright, former president of Epix and current head of MGM+. (Wilkes was recently promoted to president of Imagine Entertainment.) After reading a New York Times’ article with the headline “How a Band of Surfer Dudes Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in N.Y. History,” Bernstein and Wilkes were immediately intrigued.
“It read like an “Ocean’s Eleven” story,” Bernstein says. “So, we sought out Jack Murphy,...
R.J. Cutler’s “Murf the Surf: Jewels, Jesus and Mayhem in the USA” is the first of five docuseries that will stream on the new platform in 2023.
About Jack Roland Murphy, an infamous jewel thief turned murderer, “Murf the Surf” was commissioned by Epix three years ago after Imagine Documentaries’ president Sara Bernstein and her former co-president Justin Wilkes pitched the story to Michael Wright, former president of Epix and current head of MGM+. (Wilkes was recently promoted to president of Imagine Entertainment.) After reading a New York Times’ article with the headline “How a Band of Surfer Dudes Pulled Off the Biggest Jewel Heist in N.Y. History,” Bernstein and Wilkes were immediately intrigued.
“It read like an “Ocean’s Eleven” story,” Bernstein says. “So, we sought out Jack Murphy,...
- 2/6/2023
- by Addie Morfoot
- Variety Film + TV
Paul McCartney has released Radiohead guitarist Ed O’Brien‘s remix of his song “Slidin’.” The song will appear on McCartney’s upcoming release, McCartney III Imagined, which features numerous artists putting their own spin on songs from last year’s McCartney III.
O’Brien shared the story of his remix on BBC Radio 6 Music, detailing how he collaborated on the track with producer Paul Epworth.
“I really liked [‘Slidin’], and so I said to Paul Epworth, would you fancy getting stuck in?” O’Brien said on the radio show.
O’Brien shared the story of his remix on BBC Radio 6 Music, detailing how he collaborated on the track with producer Paul Epworth.
“I really liked [‘Slidin’], and so I said to Paul Epworth, would you fancy getting stuck in?” O’Brien said on the radio show.
- 4/7/2021
- by Emily Zemler
- Rollingstone.com
Ringo Starr might have just turned 80, but he can’t be accused of taking it easy. The Beatle drummer kept busy making music this year, even though it was the first time in years he couldn’t hit the road with his long-running All-Starr Band. His new single, “Here’s to the Nights,” is a quintessential Ringo ode to peace and love, just in time to sing out the end of a 2020 where everybody had a hard year. He got a little help from his friends for “Here’s to the Nights.
- 12/16/2020
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
After a young woman leaps to her death, a mystery begins to unfold around the enigmatic Aki Fujino and her relationship with author Mizorogi whose latest work, “Utsubora”, is proving to be a great success. As the truth around the release becomes tied to the suicide of the aspiring author in Aki, those investigating and involved with the author begin to spiral at the realization that the work could be plagiarized.
Asumiko Nakamura remains a relatively unknown name here in the west, with a large part of that playing into a style that feels unfamiliar among popular manga titles of the day. Additionally, the approach of the artist in both narrative and visual speaks to the genre of “Gekiga” which focuses on stories more grounded in realism. While the genre has a slew of dedicated followers, it has stayed out of the mainstream market relegated to publishers...
Asumiko Nakamura remains a relatively unknown name here in the west, with a large part of that playing into a style that feels unfamiliar among popular manga titles of the day. Additionally, the approach of the artist in both narrative and visual speaks to the genre of “Gekiga” which focuses on stories more grounded in realism. While the genre has a slew of dedicated followers, it has stayed out of the mainstream market relegated to publishers...
- 11/3/2020
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
In today’s TV News Roundup, Apple TV Plus announced the premiere date for “Little Voice,” and Netflix released a trailer for Season 5 of “Queer Eye.”
Dates
Apple TV Plus has announced that its upcoming series “Little Voice” will debut on the streamer on July 10. The series follows a talented performer (Brittany O’Grady) struggling to fulfill her dreams in New York. The series features original music by Sara Bareilles and is produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Bareilles, Jessie Nelson and Ben Stephenson serve as executive producers. See a first look at the new series above.
TNT has announced the second season of “The Alienist” will premiere on July 26 at 9 p.m. The new season, titled “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness,” sees stars Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning returning to play investigators caught up in a murder mystery in...
Dates
Apple TV Plus has announced that its upcoming series “Little Voice” will debut on the streamer on July 10. The series follows a talented performer (Brittany O’Grady) struggling to fulfill her dreams in New York. The series features original music by Sara Bareilles and is produced by J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Abrams, Bareilles, Jessie Nelson and Ben Stephenson serve as executive producers. See a first look at the new series above.
TNT has announced the second season of “The Alienist” will premiere on July 26 at 9 p.m. The new season, titled “The Alienist: Angel of Darkness,” sees stars Daniel Brühl, Luke Evans and Dakota Fanning returning to play investigators caught up in a murder mystery in...
- 5/21/2020
- by J. Kim Murphy
- Variety Film + TV
Supermodel Liliko has become one of Japan’s most recognizable faces, her face plastered over Tokyo in print and on television. To the general public, the star seems to have it all and is unstoppable as a super talent. However, there is a dark secret behind the model’s success, in the form of countless plastic surgeries, making her beauty entirely constructed. In order to deal with the pain of constant surgeries to upkeep her image, Liliko begins a drug fueled, downward spiral that puts her career at risk. The central focus of Liliko’s outbursts is aimed at her assistant Hana, whom along with her boyfriend, become tools for the model to vent her frustrations and fears.
Kyoko Okazaki is known for her rather simplistic art style, largely through her work as a fashion illustrator and this style gives some contradictory impressions of the quality of the manga.
Kyoko Okazaki is known for her rather simplistic art style, largely through her work as a fashion illustrator and this style gives some contradictory impressions of the quality of the manga.
- 11/14/2019
- by Adam Symchuk
- AsianMoviePulse
Photographer turned director Mika Ninagawa is returning to the big screen with an adaptation of the 2003 manga Helter Skelter. Her first film, Sakuran back in 2007, found a lot of favor among the writers here at Twitch. The film also marks the return to the big screen of Jill of all trades - Erika Sawajiri. The actress, model, gravure model and pop singer fell out of favor with Japan's entertainment industry after a less than adequate appearance during a press conference at the Pusan International Film Festival in 2007. The story revolves around a woman named Ririko (Sawajiri), a top model in the entertainment industry. However, her perfect beauty has been attained entirely through plastic surgery, a secret that she cannot reveal to anyone.So after...
- 1/12/2012
- Screen Anarchy
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