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Title: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 06, 2014, 01:52:03 PM
This is being broadcast on Feb. 9th.

Do you think Paul or Ringo will make an appearance?

So far, the lineup is pretty Ho-hum.


NEW YORK (AP) — The Eurythmics are reuniting — to pay tribute to the Beatles.

The Recording Academy announced Monday that Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart will perform as a duo for "The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles." The event will be taped at the Los Angeles Convention Center on Jan. 27, a day after the Grammy Awards.

Longtime Grammys producer Ken Ehrlich, who is also producing the Beatles special, thought the Eurythmics would be ideal to honor the iconic group.

"When it came around to booking this show, what I felt was important was to try and find those artists who not only would be able to interpret Beatles songs, but would also have an ... understanding of what they meant," he said in an interview.

The Eurythmics, who sold millions of albums and whose hits include "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of These)," released their debut in 1981. Ehrlich said Lennox and Stewart, who have launched successful solo careers, are thrilled to perform in tribute to the Beatles.

Ehrlich wouldn't say which Beatles tune the British duo would perform, but John Mayer and Keith Urban will pair up to perform "Don't Let Me Down," while Alicia Keys and John Legend will perform a duet on "Let It Be." Maroon 5 also will hit the stage.

The special will air on CBS on Feb. 9 — exactly 50 years after the Beatles made their U.S. debut on "The Ed Sullivan Show." An estimated 73 million viewers tuned in to watch the event, which has become one of the world's top cultural moments.

"They really did change people's lives, so what I'm hoping this show ... gets across is the message that occasionally in history we are touched by certain artists who have a profound effect on us beyond just the music that they make," Ehrlich said.

Ehrlich wouldn't confirm if Paul McCartney or Ringo Starr would attend the event, although the Beatles will be honored with a lifetime achievement award two days earlier at the Recording Academy's Special Merit Awards in Los Angeles.

The special will include about a dozen performances, Ehrlich said. More performers will be announced at a later date.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: tkitna on January 07, 2014, 12:27:31 AM
Ringo will probably make an appearance since Dave Stewart is putting some effort into it. A duet by John Mayer and Keith Urban? Maroon 5? Yeah, no thanks. Hope somebody likes it.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Normandie on January 07, 2014, 11:26:15 PM

Oh, I'd heard the Eurythmics were reuniting for some event but was not aware of this Beatles tribute. Very cool. I'm looking forward to other shows commemorating the anniversary of February 1964 as well. Note to self: Start clearing out the DVR queue!
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 09, 2014, 09:27:47 AM
Im going to go out on a limb and say I think they will both be there and surprise everyone. There aren't too many of these milestones left. Paul seems to be a little more open to these hokey, one-shot type of events. 
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: stevie on January 10, 2014, 07:58:52 AM
The Grammys havent been relevant for years. With the appalling stuff that passes for music these days winning them, well, big deal.

And yeah, TK, those artists covering the songs are pretty lame too. Get someone like the Boss or Eddie Vedder. People who know music.


Yawn...
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Normandie on January 14, 2014, 10:05:03 PM


Looks like Paul and Ringo will indeed be there...... http://music.msn.com/grammy/ringo-starr-and-paul-mccartney-to-perform/story/feature/ (http://music.msn.com/grammy/ringo-starr-and-paul-mccartney-to-perform/story/feature/)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 15, 2014, 08:49:32 AM
Yeah, I'm excited about it. Definitely adding it to the DVR list.  partypeople


Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Bobber on January 15, 2014, 07:58:55 PM
They will both perform seperately.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: tkitna on January 16, 2014, 01:02:59 AM
This will be a Youtube deal at the most for me.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 21, 2014, 04:05:22 AM
They will both perform seperately.


I certainly hope that is not the case.

This article leads you to believe that they will perform together, but I wouldn't put it past Paul to put up some kind of obstacle to it.

I recently watched the documentary Sound City and Paul was in it, visiting the guys from Nirvana and jamming with them. If he can make time for them, playing whatever crap song they wrote together, he can certainly carve out some time to jam a few songs with Ringo for a special occasion. Enough is enough already.  Just f***ing DO IT. Make everyone happy and you never have to do it again if you don't want.

The article also mentions the possibility that they could even go on Letterman, which shoots in the old Ed Sullivan theatre.

Lastly, the article refers to them as ex-Beatles which I'm not sure I agree with. Pete Best is an ex-Beatle. I'm convinced that Paul and Ringo are Beatles even if they don't wanna be  ;D

http://www.spin.com/articles/grammys-2014-beatles-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-taylor-swift/ (http://www.spin.com/articles/grammys-2014-beatles-paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-taylor-swift/)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Klang on January 21, 2014, 04:32:15 AM

Yea, it's not like those two working together is some kind of taboo. They did it for Anthology, Concert for George, etc. Get real.

 roll:)

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Kaleidoscope_Eyes on January 21, 2014, 08:45:20 AM
Yea, it's not like those two working together is some kind of taboo. They did it for Anthology, Concert for George, etc. Get real.

 roll:)
Priceless!!!!!!  ;yes
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 26, 2014, 04:06:44 AM
Another article about the Paul and Ringo playing together as the finale to the show.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/01/24/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-cirque-love-to-cap-beatles-tribute/4838959/ (http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2014/01/24/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-cirque-love-to-cap-beatles-tribute/4838959/)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: BeatleChick on January 26, 2014, 06:51:54 AM
I'm looking forward to it. It should be good, however it pans out (who plays with who, etc). Counting down the hours now.  ;D
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Badgirl66 on January 26, 2014, 08:26:13 AM

  (http://img107.imagevenue.com/loc513/th_724746899_tumblr_mzzkw9MHKz1qgv804o2_400_122_513lo.jpg) (http://img107.imagevenue.com/img.php?image=724746899_tumblr_mzzkw9MHKz1qgv804o2_400_122_513lo.jpg)
     
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Hello Goodbye on January 28, 2014, 01:09:03 AM
Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr - Queenie Eye 2014 Grammys HD (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UzG_lbKu5cU#ws)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on January 29, 2014, 04:59:54 AM
I'll tell you what, I'm not sure if they sweetened the audio, adding in screams, but that audience reception was something else, eh? 


Oh, and if you want the spoilers for the 9th, (as in, who is playing what) here they are..

http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mccartney-and-starr-team-again-as-eurythmics-grohl-honor-the-beatles-20140128 (http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/mccartney-and-starr-team-again-as-eurythmics-grohl-honor-the-beatles-20140128)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on February 10, 2014, 05:23:39 PM
Welp I guess that's as good as we're going to get. Wasn't tooo terrible, although I wish Paul and Ringo had played a couple more songs, but overall, I was happy with it. I seriously got chills when Dhani sang Something with Jeff Lynne. It f***ing sounded like George.  Interestingly, Dhani looks a little LESS like his father these days.  But I was thinking, damn, just let the kid sing it, it would've been a special moment.

Anyway there was a point where I thought it would be hilarious if Yoko Ono got up there and started caterwauling to one of the tribute songs.  But that thought didn't last very long :) ha2ha
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: KelMar on February 10, 2014, 11:34:18 PM
I seriously got chills when Dhani sang Something with Jeff Lynne. But I was thinking, damn, just let the kid sing it, it would've been a special moment.

I found that very touching too and I agree; it would have been nice if he sang it.


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Anyway there was a point where I thought it would be hilarious if Yoko Ono got up there and started caterwauling to one of the tribute songs.  But that thought didn't last very long :) ha2ha

I was really afraid she might! Thank goodness she just danced. Overall I enjoyed it much more than I thought I would.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on February 11, 2014, 10:34:56 AM
Yeah that crazy dance.  Not sure why she couldn't just sit there and let them have their moment without drawing attention to herself. But, that's Yoko.

I guess I need to resign myself to the fact that we'll never get a quality Paul/Ringo concert ever. This was good, but 2 songs? Really?

It's apparent that Paul does NOT want to play with Ringo any longer. He goes through the motions for certain events, like Ringo's bday or Concert For George but it's clear that he'd rather just play with his own band.
I was hoping for at least a She Loves You or a IWTHYH which makes sense to ME, that on a 50th anniversary, they would play some of the songs that helped launch Beatlemania, but I think I need to remove my ego from the equation and just accept that what I expect will never happen and that's all there is to it.

Anyway, that's all I got.

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: stevie on February 11, 2014, 09:27:00 PM
Something was brilliant, the sound was amazing. The tenderness shown by Dhani, Jeff and Joe to this wonderful song was spine tingling. Special kudos to Joe for his work on this and WMGGW.

The rest of it was meh. Maroon 5 was a shocking choice to be even there, though to their credit they did their best. The lead singer has no oomph in his voice for songs other than their own. Only watched bits of the keys/legend and urban/Mayer. Haven't seen much of the rest.  Can't find anything on the net where they show the whole show at once yet?

I loved Paul and Ringo doing WALHFMF, that was great.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 11, 2014, 11:04:28 PM
Yeah that crazy dance.  Not sure why she couldn't just sit there and let them have their moment without drawing attention to herself. But, that's Yoko.

I guess I need to resign myself to the fact that we'll never get a quality Paul/Ringo concert ever. This was good, but 2 songs? Really?

It's apparent that Paul does NOT want to play with Ringo any longer. He goes through the motions for certain events, like Ringo's bday or Concert For George but it's clear that he'd rather just play with his own band.
I was hoping for at least a She Loves You or a IWTHYH which makes sense to ME, that on a 50th anniversary, they would play some of the songs that helped launch Beatlemania, but I think I need to remove my ego from the equation and just accept that what I expect will never happen and that's all there is to it.

Anyway, that's all I got.


And that's all we got.  But I was happy to see them perform together once again.  A half-century just flew by...


The Beatles: The Night That Changed America - A GRAMMY Salute - David Letterman with Paul and Ringo (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KgYRJIh0cPc#ws)

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: KelMar on February 12, 2014, 05:44:14 PM
It was also good to see that The Rutles were given their due. After all, they were only expected to last a lunchtime.  ;)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Brynjar on February 12, 2014, 09:14:42 PM
Have to say, I really think Paul should lay ´Hey Jude´ to rest for awhile - I feel he is overusing this song when playing live. It´s becoming a bit tedious.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: stevie on February 13, 2014, 01:42:21 AM
Just watched the whole show. Well. Most of it - I skipped through any rubbish. Here's my ratings out of 10 for the songs and comments

All My Loving and Ticket To Ride - 0.  Woeful choice to have Maroon 5 involved.

We Can Work It Out - 1.  Received a higher mark cos I liked the harmonica. Have never been a fan of Stevie Wonder and this is prolly why, lol.

Don't let Me Down - 4.  Sounded ok but performed by two C graders

Revolution - 0.  Should change their name to Insipid Dragons. Not that I have a clue who they are, lol

Yesterday - 4.  Woulda got lower but ny daughter likes KP and I like some of her songs.

Let It Be - 5.  Nice try but again nothing new here. I don't even know who John Legend is.

In My Life - 6. Not bad for a nobody

Here Comes The Sun -3. Gave it a higher mark cos it sounded good but still pretty meh.

Fool On The Hill - 7. I had heard this was sh*t but I thought it was quite good! Annie's voice suited the song.

Hey Bulldog - 9.  Great stuff here. John woulda liked the version.

WMGGW - 8.  Top performance. This isn't one of my favorite Beatle songs for some reason but the dudes shredded nicely!

Something 10.  Spine tingling. I have watched this one 3 times now and always get teary. Joe Walsh boosts himself to legendary status in this and the previous song. Jeff and Dhani's  voices combine perfectly.

The Paul and Ringo were ok. Loved WALHFMF, the magic was there between them.

Anyway, I know I'm a hard marker but  well, these are OUR SONGS we are discussing here.

No version of any great Beatle song will ever top the original
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: KeepUnderCover on February 13, 2014, 04:43:11 AM
It was a wonderful tribute. Annie Lennox, Katy Perry, and Dave Grohl's were my favorite.

I'm wondering, was that Frampton up there with them? If it was, he wasn't credited.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: stevie on February 13, 2014, 05:21:18 AM
 8)
It was a wonderful tribute. Annie Lennox, Katy Perry, and Dave Grohl's were my favorite.

I'm wondering, was that Frampton up there with them? If it was, he wasn't credited.

Yeah it was Pete. Ringo yells his name out during the solo in Matchbox
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Moogmodule on February 13, 2014, 12:37:16 PM
I haven't seen much if the performance but based on Stevie's reviews I youtubed Something and Hey Bulldog.

Something was done really nicely. Jeff and Dahni's voices blended well. I think it's the first time I heard Dahni sing. I wasn't quite as pleased with Joe's solo though. A little stilted in some parts. But still sounded fine enough.

Hey Bulldog came across exactly as it should. A fun rocker. The band played it well. It sure did miss John's vocals though. Especially in the middle 8. It was a good choice by Grohl. Nice to see someone think out of the box and get away from the greatest hits repertoire.

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Klang on February 13, 2014, 02:16:50 PM

I give everyone at least a five. I would say there were no "bad" performances. They were mostly reinterpreted covers (except for Paul and Ringo's bits, of course), and as such should not be expected to match up to the originals.

I don't really get people crabbing on Maroon 5. I'm no particular fan, but they played the right notes on their instruments and were on key vocally and did the right harmonies. Maybe a bit low key energy-wise, but that would be my only criticism.

Katy Perry's contribution has been overly-vilified as well, I'd say. Altering lyrics to change the gender is a timeless practice, and her performance was fine.

The other younger artists did OK too, imo.

I was somewhat disappointed with Annie Lennox's vocal performance. Sounded strained and tired. Might have just been an off night for her. But still a very touching rendition of the song.

I agree that 'Something', 'Hey Bulldog', and 'WMGGW' were highlights.

And yes, I would say that 'Hey Jude' gets trotted out as the big finale a bit too often. There were other good choices that could have been made.

In all, there were a lot of moving moments for me and it was an entertaining show. Glad they did it.

 :)

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Moogmodule on February 14, 2014, 01:19:32 AM




And yes, I would say that 'Hey Jude' gets trotted out as the big finale a bit too often. There were other good choices that could have been made

 :)

I suppose it's hard to pass up the chance to get everyone on stage for the long coda singalong.  ;)

I thought Paul sounded generally better on this then when he sang it at the London Olympics. He was sounding one step from retirement there.

It was nice seeing Ringo slapping the drums on this one. He's looking pretty spry for a 70 odd year old.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: stevie on February 14, 2014, 01:44:08 AM
Nice bit of family trivia...

I posted on Facebook about showing my daughter Katy Perry doing 'Yesterday'. My dad's cousin posts that one of her closest friends father played viola on the original 1965 recording!

I wiki'ed and his name was Kenneth Essex. I thought that was pretty cool, lol.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Hello Goodbye on February 15, 2014, 12:41:47 AM
I suppose it's hard to pass up the chance to get everyone on stage for the long coda singalong.  ;)


Yeah.  That's the way we first saw Hey Jude aired...


The Beatles - Hey Jude (HQ) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFy7-XuCN2w#ws)
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: KelMar on February 15, 2014, 07:04:57 PM
8)
Yeah it was Pete. Ringo yells his name out during the solo in Matchbox

Aha...so that's there where it was. I remember Ringo saying someone's name. I'll have to find that part on my dvr and watch it again. My cousin told me that Frampton was on there and I couldn't remember seeing him. That's not like me to not notice Peter Frampton. LOL
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Dcazz on February 15, 2014, 07:38:15 PM
I was wondering why he took such a backseat to the other musicians. I noticed him right away but thought it odd he didn't have any moments to speak of.
Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: Casbah on February 17, 2014, 05:29:12 PM
Just a note, the other guitarist next to Pete was Steve Lukather. A very able guitarist who was in Toto and is big in the L.A. studio scene.

I agree about Hey Jude. It's definitely not one of my favorite Beatles songs, but it makes sense as a show ender to bring everyone on stage for one massive sing-along.

Title: Re: The Night That Changed America: A Grammy Salute To The Beatles
Post by: tkitna on February 18, 2014, 01:18:40 AM
Just a note, the other guitarist next to Pete was Steve Lukather. A very able guitarist who was in Toto and is big in the L.A. studio scene.

Very able? Frampton couldnt hold his jock when it comes to playing guitar. Lukathers incredible.

Not yelling at you Casbah, its just Frampton seemed to get all the attention and he shouldnt have.