Quoted from Andy Smith

And it's 40 years ago today since they sang it on live broadcast around the world!!

Plus exactly 60 years ago since Anne Frank's diary was published for the very first time. How's that for a coincidence?

I liked the anthologies...some of the things that George and Ringo said amused me!
  
Like when they played at Shea Stadium for the second time and Paul was like oh we only had 50,000 that time instead of 70,000 or something and then George goes... I never knew we played there twice! Gets Me Every Time!

I love that quote, too, DSL. It really makes the point that they really had no idea where they were when touring, it all became one big blur.

Quoted from Bobber

Plus exactly 60 years ago since Anne Frank's diary was published for the very first time. How's that for a coincidence?

AND Lieutenant Colonel George Armstrong Custer was killed at Battle of the Little Bighorn. I never knew his first name was George. *The evidence is out there*

I love the bit in the Anthology when George was on about meeting
Elvis & looking if any of his guys had Reefer on them!

Quoted from Bobber

Plus exactly 60 years ago since Anne Frank's diary was published for the very first time. How's that for a coincidence?

My goodness, i think you can read me like a book (*no pun intended*) as i've been
reading up on Anne Frank's life recently.

Anyone see Paul and Ringo on Larry King tonight? I missed it.  

I thought the Bonus disc could have been better.  It could have included the "other promotional videos" that weren't shown in the Anthology due to time restraints.  Or more interview footage (complete interview footage, as opposed to fragments of the "best quips").  Or more of anything from their time as Beatles.  Instead, we get all modern, "now" footage.  I don't know, it could have been really better to me.

As far as the Anthology itself, I laugh at Paul sometimes.  In the "modern sequences," some shot of Paul driving a boat while talking to an off-camera reporter, is kinda pompous.  Ringo and George sat like regular human beings and talked.  Paul had to be theatrical and drive a boat and talk.  

And Paul!  Dang, I like him, don't get me wrong, but George must have been pissed when he watched the final product on TV, or whenever.  During the footage(s) of All My Loving...whenever George launched into the great guitar solo, it would cut to "modern Paul" talking about something.  This happened not once, not twice, maybe not even three times, but perhaps as many as four times!  At the exact moment George starts his electrifying solo on stage, bam!  cut to Paul.  I woulda been steamed but good.

my favourite songwriter has always been paul, but i do cringe sometimes when he talks, george and ringo seem so natural and genuine and paul always comes across as trying to hard.

Whether he trying to be funny or just trying to be interesting, i like him when he occasionally lets his gaurd down and switches off from camera/media mode

Quoted from Buttmunker

And Paul!  Dang, I like him, don't get me wrong, but George must have been pissed when he watched the final product on TV, or whenever.  During the footage(s) of All My Loving...whenever George launched into the great guitar solo, it would cut to "modern Paul" talking about something.  This happened not once, not twice, maybe not even three times, but perhaps as many as four times!  At the exact moment George starts his electrifying solo on stage, bam!  cut to Paul.  I woulda been steamed but good.

LOL! Thanks for pointing that out. I completely missed it, although I was frustrated that we didn't see more George solos. I love watching his hands in the LIB clip (his left hand, stupid cameraman, not a close-up of picking the strings!)

Paul loves to perform, period. It doesn't matter if he's on a boat, on a stage with some wild set and lights behind him (we had a lot of those, too) or, his fave I think, sitting with a piano or guitar, so he can launch into some tune. He's old Mr. Razzle-dazzle. I warmed to George instantly from the Anthology series-- it launched my Beatles interest, frankly. I think I loved him from the point where he complained about having to take Jimmy Nicol on tour, because it wasn't the Beatles without Ringo. A good, honest opinion, spoken from the heart. Ringo was harder for me to figure out, but when I learned about his recovery from alcohol I felt I understood where he was coming from. He's now one of my favorite old geezers. John came from every-which-place because, of course, they had to rely on this old footage, and John changed his attitudes and pronouncements radically over time. He's the one I first started to investigate in the library, and fortunately there's been tons written about him.

But Paul is the performer. I think he'd carry more weight with people if he let his hair down more, but I've never had to live in a fishbowl the way these guys did, so whatever he needs to do to create a shell of privacy about himself is okay with me. But it is fake and everyone knows it's fake, so it's very hard to get a real read off him.

coincidentally, I just pulled out my Anthology DVD collection a cpl of days ago--sat through the entire set again (like the 7th time!) --also saw it when it previewed on TV back in '95 (the abbreviated version, that is)and I always loved the way it opened --showing the Liverpool docks, then it goes right into "In My Life" while showing vintage black & white footage of JPGR...always thought that was brilliant. And I'm very grateful they added the "Something" video towards the end--then the final footage of The Fab standing out in a field (circa 1969, Abbey Road)...possibly the last shots of the boys together before the split. Very, very touching to old Beatle fans who've been w/ them from the start...

I have several Fab "rockumentaries" (among them "The Compleat Beatles"--narrated by Malcom McDowell of all ppl), but Anthology is by far the best--not simply because of it's length, but because of it's comprehensive treatment of each Beatle "period", and because of the plethora of personal recollections. To me, Anthology was not only the best overall summary of the world's most beloved band, but I felt it also had a real  elegiac feeling to the piece.. almost poetic..   (only one caveat : The LONGER version ties up any lose ends in the chronology, so if you were left slightly unsatisfied by the televised version, you'll be pleasantly surprised w/ the discs)

KM

for a guy who was heavily involved with the Beatles recording sessions, Geoff Emerick is a glaring omission from Anthology.  Was he not invited to participate, or did he refuse due to not being able to agree on a price?

I for one am extremely glad they limited who would appear in the Anthology series. I wanted to hear the Beatles' story, not endless viewpoints of people who'd worked with them. It's like making a wedding list; as soon as you invite those people, you have to invite all these others with the same degree of relationship. Bah. Less is more (I could have done with less Neil, personally, but perhaps that's only me...)

Quoted from harihead

I for one am extremely glad they limited who would appear in the Anthology series. I wanted to hear the Beatles' story, not endless viewpoints of people who'd worked with them. It's like making a wedding list; as soon as you invite those people, you have to invite all these others with the same degree of relationship. Bah. Less is more (I could have done with less Neil, personally, but perhaps that's only me...)

I think Mal would have done some of Neil's parts if he had been alive.

I'd like to have seen people like Alf Bicknal in it.

I would have loved to have seen Mal in there. He would have a unique view, to say no more. I read something recently when I was looking up info on the incident in the Phillipines. I never was sure if Mal got into a fight there or not. We know Alf was knocked down-- didn't he have some broken ribs and an injured spine? Ringo was supposedly shoved in the back and stumbled but didn't fall. What happened to Mal?

So this quote (I have to remember where I read this), someone is asking Mal what happened and he said there were like 4 or 6 guys pounding on him. I'm reading this horrified, and Mal goes on to say, "Yeah, they were all punching me and I was hitting them back and it was great!" Which made me laugh. Of course; the former Liverpool bouncer would relish a good fight. So he enjoyed that punching bit... and I'm sure he was the only member of the party who did.  

Quoted from BlueMeanie

I'd like to have seen people like Alf Bicknal in it.

Good 'ol Alf, their driver and ancient roadie. Damn... hahaha havent heard him mentioned in AGES

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