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I reckon there are a lot of things which the Beatles were able to do which only they could really have done, or carried off, or succeeded at. And the same goes for each individual Beatle. So, what is there? I reckon only John Lennon could have got away with his famous quote ''Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands ? All the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry''  |
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Only Paul could smooth over John's flippant comments to minimalize the damage with that charming grin of his! |
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"It's fear of the unknown. The unknown is what it is. And to be frightened of it is what sends everybody scurrying around chasing dreams, illusions, wars, peace, love, hate, all that--it's all illusion. Unknown is what it is. Accept that it's unknown and it's plain sailing. Everything is unknown--then you're ahead of the game. That's what it is. Right?”-JL |
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WELCOME ELEMENTARY PENGUIN!!  Only John could have said that the beatles were bigger than jesus. |
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Only John could have said that Ringo is not the best drummer Perhaps we should call this thread "Only John could..." Joking.  |
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Only they could get near Elvis's house and forget where they were going ("a couple of 'cups of tea'"?  ) ... |
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Only the Beatles could create something like the "Beatlemania" |
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Only they could have released a double album in November and began to record a new one in January ... |
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Only the Beatles were checky enough to say "we are not going to
America, till we get a number 1 hit"! |
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Only the Beatles were checky enough to say "we are not going to
America, till we get a number 1 hit"!
Don't think it was cheek - more timerity (sp). They'd seen Cliff crash and burn and didn't want to suffer the same ignomity. |
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Only they could have released a double album in November and began to record a new one in January ...
Frank Zappa released a triple album set (1 + 2) - Joes Garage - in Sept and November 1979 and began recording his follow up (Tinsel Town Rebellion) that very month. Sorry, that took some work, but I had to find one. |
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I'm always confused with the whole American No1 claim. Mccartney states that they would only tour America when they had a No 1 - and this happened with I Want To Hold Your Hand. Yet - Harrison says it was handy to have a number one hit, as they were already booked to go there after Paris. So... had Epstein already planned the American tour regardless of a number one ..and then just been lucky in his timing ... Or... was the American tour quickly organised after I Want To Hold Your Hand had peaked at No 1 in America |
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Frank Zappa released a triple album set (1 + 2) - Joes Garage - in Sept and November 1979 and began recording his follow up (Tinsel Town Rebellion) that very month. Sorry, that took some work, but I had to find one.
Zappa regularly issued three albums a year in the early part of his career. 61 official releases during hiss lifetime! |
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I'm always confused with the whole American No1 claim.
Paul is just having some fun with the story. You're right when you say, "Epstein already planned the American tour regardless of a number one ..and then just been lucky in his timing ..." The timelines all back this up. Paul could not have anticipated that IWTHYH would go to number 1. The Beatles were all ecstatic in Paris when they heard the news, because they were fearing to flop! |
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only they could learn how to smoke marihuana from Bob Dylan |
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^ Hee! That's a good one. |
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Frank Zappa released a triple album set (1 + 2) - Joes Garage - in Sept and November 1979 and began recording his follow up (Tinsel Town Rebellion) that very month. Sorry, that took some work, but I had to find one.
But when did he finnish? June and began the next one in November? It's not the same ... and many years later ... I thought we were talking about the time the group still existed ... because surely Prince, to say one, have done something like that too ... and surely Bob gave marihuana to someone else for the first time or someone else (less famous, of course) have said "bigger than Jesus" somewhere ... anyway, thanks for the info, Kevin! |
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Don't think it was cheek - more timerity (sp). They'd seen Cliff crash and burn and didn't want to suffer the same ignomity.
They obviously took notes! |
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Bump.
But to get back ON TOPIC!....
Only Ringo Starr would be a Beatle and yet still aspire to be a hairdresser. |
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Don't think it was cheek - more timerity (sp). They'd seen Cliff crash and burn and didn't want to suffer the same ignomity.
They obviously took notes!
Umm, do you mean Cliff Notes ? And to keep the post on track ... only the Beatles would have said "No" to George Martin when he offered them a song to record that was destined to be a # 1 hit for someone  , saying they wanted their first #1 to be a song they had written ... and they hadn't even written it yet! The song they turned down was "How Do You Do It", which did go on to #1 for another Brian Epstein group, Gerry and the Pacemakers. It was written by Mitch Murray - born the same year as John!!, and who I think went on to write other great pop tunes: "Hitching a Ride" released by Vanity Fair, "I'm Telling You Now", "Billy Don't Be a Hero", by Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods, and "The Night Chicago Died". The song they ultimately submitted for George Martin's approval to replace instead of "How Do You Do It" was ... "Please Please Me", their first # 1 hit!! They had actually written it already, and played it to GM, asking for it to be recorded instead of "How Do You Do It". He actually turned it down the first time they submitted it , "too slow and dirgelike" were the gist of his comments. John took it back, sped it up, and voila, BeatleMania here we come |
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Umm, do you mean Cliff Notes ?
*groan* I would smack you around, but your post was too interesting. |
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only the bealtes could have looked so innocent. but not really |
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only the bealtes could have looked so innocent. but not really
What are you trying to say with that? |
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Only the Beatles were soooooooooooooooo CUTE!!!!! |
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that they looked innocent but they smoked and had sex with prostitutes at clubs. maybe I'm wrong about that last part but they did some bad things. |
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Yes, you are not wrong on any of those accounts. They did look so innocent, didn't they! |
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^^^^Neil and Mal "pulled" the chicks for the Boys when on the road. But I've read/heard that Neil and Mal "auditioned" the girls before sending them to the Beatles......... |
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Yes, you are not wrong on any of those accounts. They did look so innocent, didn't they!
good. I was afraid I was wrong  |
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Were they really that bored? |
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who really knows |
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who really knows
only mama knows.  |
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"Idle time is the devil's handiwork"? Maybe.........??? |
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If i was in my early 20's, and was a hot guy who was in a band... I would probably do all those things too  |
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Only George would have the bravery to be the best man at the marriage of his best friend and ex-wife. |
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Only George would have the bravery to be the best man at the marriage of his best friend and ex-wife.
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Only The Beatles are the Fab Four Forever!!! |
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only the Beatles could do drugs, and smoke and stuff and still be the GREATEST band ever! |
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Alot of other bands smoked and do/did all kinds of drugs and are great bands... but your right... they are the GREATEST band! |
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Only the Beatles could have inspired the Rutles. |
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