The Beatles

[angelaudie]

Lucy Vodden, the inspiration for "Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds", has died. She was 46.

[gremlin45]

Heck, she was only 46! That's no age at all. Poor lady.

I thought Julian Lennon came off really well in that article though. Sending her vouchers for gardening stuff as she loved gardening was really sweet.

[Mutagen]

46, my god, that is so young.

[divasahm]

I've always loved the story of Julian's picture of Lucy becoming such an iconic song. This hits close to home for me, though--I'm 45, and my diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis came about from a false positive test for lupus. My doctor was quick to tell my parents and me that the lupus test had a high rate of false positives, but that it was a good sign that I had some other autoimmune disorder. I won't die from RA, but I remember being very frightened for a while before we discovered that lupus was not what I have.

Bless Julian for trying to brighten Lucy's last days--I hope she was surrounded by peace and comfort.

[Deleted]

So I’m up at silly o’clock and my playlist sent me searching for a Beatles thread.
There is one
I’ve resurrected it from 10 years ago almost...

2 songs this fair morning have popped up and as much as I love the originals I adore these too
1 My Guitar Gently Weeps ..live performance Loads of folks and Prince
2 The Long and Winding Road ..George Michael
3 while I’m up and sending myself over the edge.....I’ll add Bowie covers Imagine

There are so many originals I love and covers that stand so well alongside
Anyone else have theirs ?

[Mutagen]

I can't even remember how I originally heard of this group, but if you'd like a trippy 1970s Iranian-Chilean instrumental cover, I really enjoy Dia Prometido's cover of Something. (Off topic but they also did my favorite cover of The Sound of Silence as well).

[Babycakes]

Saw them up top, and thought Ringo was dead. If Paul died, it would be breaking news on all television channels. Sorry Ringo.

My family was decidedly not into The Beatles, so I only know a handful of songs, and most of those came through commercials, television, and movies. As I got older, I found I much preferred solo George Harrison. I guess it's hard to understand the impact/shift they caused in music because I wasn't there. When I was growing up, the only white bands I heard and listened to were the ones my mom and aunts listened to. One of my very first memories is being around 2 years old, and listening to Another One Bites the Dust on a 45 while sitting on an orange shag carpet. lol There was plenty of Queen played in the house, but never any Beatles. There might have been a Rolling Stones record somewhere in the collection. Then came the 80s and there was Hall and Oates. Huey Lewis and The News. Eurthymics. The Police. Genesis. Culture Club. Cyndi Lauper. Madonna.

By the time I was old enough and cared enough to explore them, nothing seemed new, innovative, or particularly special about them. Sacrilege, I know. I did like the Hello/Goodbye song from the Target commercial though.

[americanchai]

My dad was a big Beatles fan - he also owns all of their solo things, Wings, etc.

Me - I like the simple garage-y stuff and the early days. I don't like anything after that. I think Paul seems like a cool guy though.

In the Beatles v. Stones court of appeals, I'm a Stones girl.

[chiqui]

I grew up with the Beatles. Some of my earliest memories of music are to do with my cousins and their Beatle albums. My younger cousin playing the intro to Let It Be on the piano. "Hey Jude" on the radio. In my early teens I went back and rediscovered all that childhood music, and I was a big fan for years before moving on to the Rolling Stones and then college radio and punk and new wave.

When I listen to them now, it's clear to me that George Martin (the producer of all their recordings) was the fifth Beatle. The group would not have risen so far and fast without him. They were excellent songwriters, but so were a lot of other groups of the time. Their harmonies made them unique and extrapolated the Everly Brothers had done, and the Beach Boys were doing. Again, it was up to George Martin to capture that sound. Even now some of the recordings just sound *delicious*. I lean towards Revolver as my favorite album.

I also think David Bowie would not have become a superstar without Tony Visconti.

[hildymatildy]

My 15 year old is a huge Beatles fan. He taught himself how to play Blackbird, Here Comes the Sun, and Strawberry Fields on guitar and Come Together on bass. He is always rhapsodizing about the composition of their songs. Ask him who his musical idol is and he says, "Paul, no question." His Beatlemania amuses me. I myself have always been a Pink Floyd girl.