Ian MacDonald says of “Run for Your Life”: “The performance is slapdash, Lennon muffing the words and “ popping” the microphone several times by getting too near to it. The guitar-work, some of which is badly out of tune, is similarly rough…” Likewise, inWay Beyond...
but that was ultimately shelved in favor of a design by Klaus Voormann, an old friend from the Hamburg days. Voormann drew the Beatles' faces from memory, though he struggled with one. "George's face was very difficult to draw," Voormann later told Martin O'Gorman. "It was easier...
As if they were actors in an old-fashioned silent movie, the two Beatles executed a perfectly timed double take and then bolted up the stairs together, full speed, in a frantic dash to retrieve their compatriot. They knew all too well that the(EMI) rooftophad only a narrow parapet and t...
However, Walter Everett inThe Beatles as Musiciansobserves, “‘Got to Get You Into My Life’ has always been one of the LP’s most popular tracks; it rose to the Top Ten in July-August 1976 when Capitol released it as a single in support of a compilation LP.” (p. 39) Tim Riley ...
Robert Freeman came up with an initial idea involving a montage of the Beatles' four faces, but that was ultimately shelved in favor of a design by Klaus Voormann, an old friend from the Hamburg days. Voormann drew the Beatles' faces from memory, though he struggled with one. "George'...
Sarah Dash Paul Natkin, Getty Images Sarah Dash Singer Sarah Dash, known for her work alongside Patti Labelle, Keith Richards and the Rolling Stones, died at the age of 76 in September. "She was a true giver…always serving," Labelle said of Dash, "always sharing her talent and her time...
74 ‘The Back Seat of My Car’ Photo : YouTube Before Meat Loaf had “Paradise by the Dashboard Light,” McCartney had his own paean to what can happen in cramped automotive conditions, although he extended his backseat anthem to encompass the full sweep of teenaged love, not just...
Robert Freeman came up with an initial idea involving a montage of the Beatles' four faces, but that was ultimately shelved in favor of a design by Klaus Voormann, an old friend from the Hamburg days. Voormann drew the Beatles' faces from memory, though he struggled with one. "George'...