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The Beatles Today
« on: May 23, 2007, 08:55:54 AM »
Olivia is on TV today talking about George.
On the promo's for The Champion League Finals they're using the Love version of Get Back.
On a news story on Sunday they used the Ticket To Ride phrase for a story about rail fares.
Beatle influences seem to be every where.
Are you guys interested in using this thread to get a snapshot of this. We could for a few months record everytime we here or see a Beatle phrase, or see a Beatle interview, or hear Beatle music is a diffent/unusual setting?
Post if you dare.l
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #1 on: May 23, 2007, 09:40:47 AM »
sounds good!

This one is a bit vague but on Saturday, there was a Beatle reference in Doctor who (they had to know whether the beatles or elvis had more number 1s to get through a door) and the Doctor says 'Here Comes the Sun' a bit later (relevant because they are in a spaceship heading towards the sun). Funny

(can I just ask when Olivia is talking about George- what channel and time? I can't find it)
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #2 on: May 23, 2007, 09:44:51 AM »
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(can I just ask when Olivia is talking about George- what channel and time? I can't find it)

BBC 1 morning news. They announced at 8.40 that it was to follow and the programme finishes at 9.00
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #3 on: May 24, 2007, 12:39:58 AM »
The only thing i can think of is that Telecom ad on nz tv, they are using "Come Together" as their music (its not the Beatles singing though)
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #4 on: June 08, 2007, 09:12:01 AM »
A van, loaded with potatoes, passed me this morning. On the cabin was written: POWER TO THE PIEPER. Note that a 'pieper' is Dutch slang for potatoe.
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #5 on: June 09, 2007, 09:51:42 AM »
It seems there are many Beatle-related questions in the game 'articulate'.

But then that isn't very suprising

But it made me win a game- and I NEVER win games  :)
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #6 on: June 09, 2007, 10:59:24 AM »
drive my car is used in a tv-commercial here.

sometimes there are beatle-related questions in our quiz-shows here too. last week they asked who of the beatles married a bond-girl... there was only john and ringo left... and the guy thought yoko was a bond-girl  :-/
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #7 on: June 09, 2007, 11:13:28 AM »
Paul was on Later with Jools Holland last night...i only caught him doing 'lady Maddonna', and it seemed pretty shabby.
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #8 on: June 09, 2007, 11:18:02 AM »
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Paul was on Later with Jools Holland last night...i only caught him doing 'lady Maddonna', and it seemed pretty shabby.

Early in the show Jools had a chat with Paul and said that when he was 10 he (Jools) and his mother learnt to play Lady Madonna on the piano, and would Paul play it later. If this was genuine (and not a set up - I fell asleep and didn't see him play it) then it was unrehearsed, which might explain its shabiness.
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #9 on: June 09, 2007, 11:48:30 AM »
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Early in the show Jools had a chat with Paul and said that when he was 10 he (Jools) and his mother learnt to play Lady Madonna on the piano, and would Paul play it later. If this was genuine (and not a set up - I fell asleep and didn't see him play it) then it was unrehearsed, which might explain its shabiness.

In retrospect that was a stupid thing to say. Every second the show would be accounted for and there would be no time for unrehearsed numbers.
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #10 on: June 09, 2007, 01:31:41 PM »
I saw the show & thought he did a brilliant job on Only Mama Knows!! :)
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #11 on: June 14, 2007, 09:04:40 PM »
Everywhere i go, i hear Beatles!! :)

Yes, i walked into a book-cafe in town today & they were playing the one & only fabs!
It sounded like a slef-made compilation to me & i know a lass who i've
grown to like. Maybe the fabs are trying to direct me in a great direction here!
Know what i mean Harihead!, nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more! :)
I couldn't leave as the fabs were "once agian" making me feel great! ;)
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #12 on: June 14, 2007, 11:17:51 PM »
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Maybe the fabs are trying to direct me in a great direction here!
Know what i mean Harihead!, nudge nudge, wink wink, say no more! :)
Just use Monty Python on her, and she'll be eating out of your hand. Good luck!  :)

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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2007, 12:23:26 PM »
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Just use Monty Python on her, and she'll be eating out of your hand. Good luck!  :)


Thanks!
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2007, 12:21:59 AM »
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drive my car is used in a tv-commercial here.

sometimes there are beatle-related questions in our quiz-shows here too. last week they asked who of the beatles married a bond-girl...

Hehe, yeah, that reminds me of something similar in the movie Love Actually... Liam Neeson's character went "for goodness sake, Ringo Starr married a Bond Girl"... There are actually quite a few Beatles references in that movie...

And today there's an article in the paper about the Beatles' visit to New Zealand (in 1964) and their (brief) stay here in Wellington. There's a picture of the four of 'em with Tiki necklaces...  ;D Aw...
Looks like they had a good reception down here. And it says that John and Ringo got in touch with some relatives here (which is backed up with a picture). Pretty cool  8)

  
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #15 on: June 16, 2007, 05:48:57 PM »
i've just seen a quiz on tv.... name as many members of the beatles as possible... and of course they forgot george. always the same  :(
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #16 on: June 16, 2007, 08:47:04 PM »
^ Look at it this way, Komakino. George would laugh!  ;D
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #17 on: June 16, 2007, 09:06:50 PM »
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i've just seen a quiz on tv.... (

Umbelieveable!!  ??)
God, it makes me angry! >:(

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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #18 on: June 17, 2007, 06:56:35 AM »
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^ Look at it this way, Komakino. George would laugh!  ;D

they didn't get the money... i laughed too  ;D
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Re: The Beatles Today
« Reply #19 on: June 17, 2007, 11:16:52 AM »
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they didn't get the money... i laughed too  ;D

Hee Heee!

I was walking down to the bus stop today and from a cd store near by I heard a faint "... I am he as you are he as you are me.... " Put a smile on me face.

Each day there's a "Five minute quiz" in the papers and my family do it and one question was "which cd first had the lyrics of the songs written on its sleeve?" (it was worded differently, of course). Sister Octie and I said in unison "SGTP!!!!!"

And also, on the wat to the railway station, so Octie tells me, there's a guy who plays the guitar i beleive there and two weeks ago he played "working class hero" and last week he played "Norwegian Wood". He also played "Day Tripper" once.
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