The Beatles Will Release Their Last Record 50 Years After Breakup

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The Beatles Will Release Their Last Record 50 Years After Breakup

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Some Excitement at Band Rehearsal

At Bad Rumor rehearsal last night, Kris brought up the idea of doing a medley of 50s tunes or Beatles tunes or Elvis tunes. It's not a given that we will play any of these medleys - I just wanted to mention that the idea was well-received by everyone. Also, we worked on a Huey Lewis tune that sounded really really cool. I was really happy with how it sounded the 1st time through.

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https://youtu.be/-RAiLT2MoaY - Tenacious D — Beatles Medley [Live @ SiriusXM]

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https://youtu.be/RSVE8GfCVG8 - 23 Beatles Songs in 8 Minutes

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https://youtu.be/rfOx4CmQWLs - The Best Beatles Medley on the internet!

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https://youtu.be/l5Uabw_Uhcc - STARS ON 45 - Beatles Medley

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https://youtu.be/hGQvqVz74_U - The Twist / Let's Twist Again / Twistin' The Night Away

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https://youtu.be/uhSHNBi6Yvg - Jive Bunny and the Mastermixers - medley/mix

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https://youtu.be/PAzkl6UnBKQ

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Playing Drive My Car the Right Way

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Being Rich Would Be Awesome

I strongly believe that everyone in the world wants to be rich. I do. I want more money to do three things that I cannot do without a shitload more money. These are off-the-top-of-my-head and what I would call "selfish" things I want to do because I am purposely excluding Karen and the kids in my list because, well, I am being selfish for the purpose of this post. Here's what I would do with a shit-ton of money.

1. Build an addition to our house in the backyard from the edge of our existing patio all the way down to the end of our house, including behind the garage where I would love to have a soundproof and climate controlled room for playing drums both by myself and with any musician friends that stop by. Having such a room would make loading equipment in and out of the house easier, eliminating the requirement to carry guitars and amps and microphones up and down our basement steps. Of course, if I'm adding on a room, I would need a brand-new set of drums to go in it. I have never purchased a complete set of drums for myself as the Yamaha electronic set belongs to Alex. The only drums I own are the Ludwig Vistalite set that my parents bought for me in 1984. Back to my drum room, there are some awesome advantages of building such a room, including I could easily get up at 5 AM and go play my "real" drums with no regards to it being 5 AM. I would free up space in the den, where the Yamaha electronic drums are located as well as underneath the steps, where my Ludwig Vistalite drums are stacked and covered with a blanket to avoid getting dusty. 
2. Take a trip to England (after COVID-19 of course) and see the places I just want to see to say that I've seen them. I don't have any desire to do anything more than to see these places and then turn around and leave for home - I imagine I would be content to spend 15 minutes at each location before I would be able to say, "Okay, that's awesome, and we should go to the next place." I know for a fact that no one else in my family would be jumping up and down with excitement if I actually tried to follow-through on this thing. I want to see where Black Sabbath played their early gigs.  I want to see where The Beatles rehearsed when Pete West was in the band. I want to see where Led Zeppelin drank booze. I want to see Wembley Stadium.
3. I want to go skydiving and I want to pay for my friends to go with me.
   

So those are the selfish things that I want to do. Here's a video about people who have as much money as Scrooge McDuck not making as much money as they did pre-COVID-19.

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Tribute to Rush that I DID NOT Write

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A friend of mine years ago told me that when you’re traveling through the town of Misery don’t stop to look around. I thought it was good advice. Neil’s passing hasn’t been easy but I take comfort in believing a couple of things. First, he set out to be the best he could be and I think he achieved that beyond measure. Second, he didn’t care about fame or fortune yet he acquired both as a “consequence” of his actions. He lost a family yet gained a new one. Some never do. He had a second family in Geddy and Alex, something I’m sure he never took for granted. Many great bands didn’t have what Rush had, the Beatles certainly didn’t, Kiss doesn’t , and Metallica doesn’t. There’s no feeling of true brotherhood in those bands like Rush had. They worked and got along perfectly whereas other bands fought and hated each other to the point of breaking up. Neil had a loving family and loving band mates. He literally had everything most people wish they could have and that’s leaving money and fame aside. Most importantly I believe that the man who couldn’t pretend a stranger is a long awaited friend did us all a favor by not telling us what he was going through. We feel as though Neil is family and I know how I would feel if a family member is fighting a no win battle. It would suck beyond all measure. He spared us that and I believe it was his last and most important selfless act for his fans. Thanks to Geddy and Alex for taking on that burden for us all. Rush is like no other band in the world!

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Invite Retracted

Ha! I didn't want to go to the U.K. for a meeting in the first place!

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I am a liar. I would love to go to the U.K. for pretty much any reason you can think of. I want to see where Black Sabbath hung out. I want to see where The Beatles hung out. I want to see where Led Zeppelin hung out. I am not naive to think that just because I'm in the city where they used to hang out, I would see Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne) or members of the Beatles (only Ringo Starr and Paul McCartney are still alive) or members of Led Zeppelin (only Robert Plant and John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page are still alive) when I went to those cities. Does any of those legends I just mentioned actually still live in those cities? I don't think it's relevant to my point.

My point in writing about all of this is to recap a recent conversation I was in. I talked to someone I know about how I would like to go to the U.K. someday and see those places. I also lamented that Karen would have zero interest in such a trip. I believe that because I relate this fictional trip to the U.K. with when Karen and I were in Long Beach, CA, for WinWriters 2007. While I was excited and giddy when our bus tour took us to the Sunset Strip bars, like The Rainbow and The Whiskey A-Go-Go, I was so excited! To me, that was a highlight of the entire trip - it was truly awesome. While I didn't see any of the legends of the bands that used to frequent those establishments, just being where Lars Ulrich, James Hetfield, and Kirk Hammett asked Jason Newsted to join Metallica felt amazing. 

That's why I feel odd to acknowledge that I want to go to those places in the U.K. because, as I said, I know I won't meet any of those musicians; frankly, I'm not sure what I could say to any of them without gushing like an idiot if I did actually see any of them. I'm certain I would be like any other of their millions of fans if, for example, I asked for an autograph. Wow. Just the thought of asking Bill Ward or Ringo Starr for an autograph sends shivers down my spine. I would ask for an autograph from any of the others, especially Ozzy Osbourne, but Bill & Ringo would be my targets.

Before I move on, can you imagine if those musicians got in the same room together and just jammed? That would be something to hear! Of all those musicians, only the original members of Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi, Bill Ward, Geezer Butler and Ozzy Osbourne) are still alive . . . and they don't play music together anymore. How sad!

Anyways, I'm okay that the invitation was retracted 53 minutes after I received it - I so do not like making anyone feel disappointment.g

SSS

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Editor's Note: Directed by Bob Giraldi, the music video for "Say Say Say" a duet between Paul McCartney and Michael Jackson, which became a number one hit in the US after its release in 1983.

The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album | The New Yorker

The Accidental Perfection of the Beatles’ White Album | The New Yorker

Tunes

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Up Mashing

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Went on a Beatles MashUp Bender

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When I Saw Sandman Standing There (Metallica/Beatles)

Revolver at 50

Sometimes, I read a music review and immediately want to go purchase the album being reviewed. That is the case when I read John Deeth's post about the Beatles' Revolver release. I am familiar with the Beatles in the sense that I am familiar with their "greatest hits" but I've never invested myself into actually listening to their albums. I'm the same way with bands like Aerosmith, the Grateful Dead, The Who, and The Rolling Stones. Those bands are ones I respect because of their reputation and because of the singles on the radio I've heard. In contrast, bands like Rush, KISS, Megadeth, Metallica (duh!), and Bayside (duh!) are bands into which I've invested hours of my time to embrace their albums independent of which tracks were released as singles. I think all musicians have bands that they are compelled to listen to on a more regular basis than other bands. All that said, this is the John Deeth article.

Editor's Notes: 

1. This is the first post with the "The Grateful Dead" tag.
2. John Deeth's blog has existed since 12/17/2002, which is 13 years, 7 months, 3 weeks, and 4 days (4986 days total). He has posted 6384 posts with an average of  0.781015037593985 posts a day. In contrast, this blog has existed for 8 years, 8 months, 2 weeks, and 2 days (3181 days). I have posted 3355 posts with an average of 0.9481371087928465 posts a day. In summary, John Deeth's blog has 3029 more posts than this one and has existed 4 years, 11 months, 1 week, and 2 days more than this one. None of this means anything except that I like statistics like this.

Much Respect

Worst Part About Numbers

I think the worst part about numbers is that sometimes they lie. I know the phrase that gets tossed around a lot is "numbers don't lie" and, for most things, that's true. If you look at the final score of a  Iowa v. Wisconsin game, the numbers don't lie - Wisconsin won because they had more points than Iowa. If you look at the final score of an awesome UNI v. Witchita State game, the numbers don't lie - UNI won because they had more points than Witchita State. Does that mean that Iowa and Witchita State are terrible basketball teams? No. Maybe it's not that numbers lie - they merely describe an aspect of whatever they are being used to describe something.

At least for sports. For Youtube playlists, though, numbers lie. It's a lie to describe a playlist as being the "Top 100 Beatles songs" (or "TOP 100 BEATLES SONGS", as shown below), but to then only have 89 videos in the playlist. It's a lie to describe a playlist as having 100 songs and to only have 90 as well as to describe a playlist as "100 best songs of the Beatles" and to only have 90 videos.

Editor's Note: Sometimes, when I enter labels in the Labels area of a post, I'm stunned to see that I've never entered the labels I enter for a previous post. For this post, the following labels are brand new to this blog:

• The Beatles
• youtube
• playlists

How can I write a blog that is predominantly about music for 7 years, 2 months, 6 days (if I go back to this blog's first post in November 2007 or 6 years, 10 months, 2 weeks if I go to this blog's second post in March 2008 and never write about the Beatles?!? Now I'm thinking I need to revisit each page on this blog and look for where "The Beatles" should have been added as a tag.