cannot believe that my first introduction to true Beatles fandom was my best friend in primary school taking me under her wing (I knew the main songs but virtually nothing about the band itself) and getting us to play 'the Beatles' every breaktime, in which she'd be John and I'd be Paul. There was no Ringo, as far as I remember? George appeared sometimes as a baby we had to look after.
half an hour into Privilege (1967, dir. Peter Wakins) desperately hoping this movie does something to disappoint me soon because if it keeps up like this I'm pretty sure I'm going to become obsessed with it
I like this song because it's like John Flansburgh doing his usual upbeat pop punk power pop thing but somehow downbeat and depressing at the same time? It's like alternate universe emo music
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I started watching the Now and Then documentary in tears.
The video started with Come Together's opening riff, how symbolic is that?
"I am ready to sing for the world." John Lennon says, not something we heard for the first time. But still it made me cry.
I really lost it when John's voice came through with the help of technology. Paul announcing and "then there it was John's voice crystal clear":
and know it's true, it's all because of you. And if I make it through, it's all because of you.
And then with the additions of Paul's bass, Ringo's drums, George's guitar, violins and orchestra in beatlesque fashion, of course it's going to be amazing.
It's the last Beatles record.
How gut wrenching and beautiful. Four lads from Liverpool still conquering the world in 2023.
There’s a new Lennon-McCartney songwriting team on the scene.
And “Primrose Hill,” a Sean Ono Lennon/James McCartney composition recorded by McCartney, was clearly inspired by their respective fathers’ “Strawberry Fields Forever” and “Penny Lane.”
Ethereal and backward-looking toward youth, the song is ethereal in a Beatlesque way with a partially synthetic rhythm track plucked from the 1990s and some programmed strings for good measure.
I’ll always remember Primrose Hill, McCartney sings on the chorus.
Lennon doesn’t play on the track but father Paul drops in on guitar, harmonium and shaker. And while “Primrose Hill” ain’t the Lennon-McCartney of yore, this new Sons Of … effort suggests they might have something worth exploring a little further.
Grade card: James McCartney - “Primrose Hill” - B-