[lit-ideas] Re: Moonlight Beatles
- From: Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 11:28:37 -0500
I was caught off guard (shouldn't have been) by the easy way the Beatles
fell in with the older, less "them" music ad lib. It gave me a new picture
of them.
Julie Krueger
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 11:20 AM, Donal McEvoy <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
> Have watched end, but not sure what point you have in mind about it? If
> you tell me now, I don't think it will spoil any surprises.
>
> D
> Who enjoyed the clip (and knows the filthy joke they start to tell)
> Ldn
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
> *To:* lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> *Sent:* Tuesday, 24 April 2012, 14:46
> *Subject:* [lit-ideas] Re: Moonlight Beatles
>
> Just the other day I happened upon this performance of the Beatles, early
> on, on Morecambe and Wise. Be patient -- the point is not the performance
> but the end when M & W join in the fun.
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_GR9Q1UOaZk
>
> Julie Krueger
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 8:07 AM, Donal McEvoy
> <donalmcevoyuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* Julie Krueger <juliereneb@xxxxxxxxx>
> **
> >How fun!!>
>
> There is something magical about The Beatles. Just a pennys worth, and
> like many of my posts sent with a sense of deja lu, but the "Beatles first
> L.P" as Larkin rightly had it, is a v special thing which I discovered v
> late - last of their works. A friend of mine, who wanted my advice, tried
> to set the mood for a long session by playing "There's A Place", one of the
> truly magical Beatles' tracks, and I bought the album essentially to get
> this. But everything on it is truly great. That sense of energy and
> outgoing 'happy-go-lucky' spirit is pristine there before the touring and
> studio bickering wore it thin - but I cannot help hearing the Beatles
> almost fall about laughing as, with their seamy experiences of Hamburg etc,
> they sing the most innocent 'boy-girl' love lyrics with more than a hint of
> knowingness and ridiculousness. Not so fresh-faced and wholesome but in
> that blues tradition were the hypocrisies and inanities of mainstream
> culture towards sexual matters are wryly sent-up. It is this use of form
> and tone that makes later songs like "I Want To Hold Your Hand" much more
> subversive in effect than the 'plain-as-your-face' approach of The Rolling
> Stones, since the exhilarating musical rush tells a different story to
> apparent tweeness of the title sentiment.
>
> But then what really shocked me and hit me in the solar plexus was this:
>
>
> >I've never heard of Morecambe & Wise.
>
> D
>
>
>
>
>
Other related posts:
