Articles tagged with: the beatles
The Greatest Live Acts Of ALL TIME!
Some of you will have gone to V this year, or Reading. Or the Glastonbury one. A few of you might even have been to all of them. You probably had a great time. After all, what's not to love? You got those middle management guys staring into the middle distance nonchalantly twirling fire on a rope as if that suddenly makes them at one with the earth. You've got loud HR workers chewing their own mouths off in the dance tent. You might even have found yourself in the reggae area, desperately attempting to hold down a gush of puke having mixed a brewski with a marijuana joint. Festival season - it's just brilliant. But before you pull your dreads apart and return to civilisation with tales of how great Blur were, or how Dizzee Rascal is totally blowing your mind right now, take a deep breath and scroll through our top five list of the greatest live performers ever. Prepare to be amazed...
Some of you will have gone to V this year, or Reading. Or the Glastonbury one. A few of you might even have been to all of them. You probably had a great time. After all, what's not to love? You got those middle management guys staring into the middle distance nonchalantly twirling fire on a rope as if that suddenly makes them at one with the earth. You've got loud HR workers chewing their own mouths off in the dance tent. You might even have found yourself in the reggae area, desperately attempting to hold down a gush of puke having mixed a brewski with a marijuana joint. Festival season - it's just brilliant. But before you pull your dreads apart and return to civilisation with tales of how great Blur were, or how Dizzee Rascal is totally blowing your mind right now, take a deep breath and scroll through our top five list of the greatest live performers ever. Prepare to be amazed...
Paul McCartney & The BNP: Can We Blame Him? Can We At Least Try?
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has revealed his decision to avoid voting in the recent European Parliament Elections, as a protest to naughty governmental shenanigans. The 'annoying sounding one' from the pop legends told of his choice to abstain in an interview with The Independent, saying his decision came about as a result of the ongoing expenses scandal. For those not in the know: the people in charge of Britain spent a great deal of taxpayers money on personal items like houses for ducks. HOUSES FOR DUCKS.
Ex-Beatle Paul McCartney has revealed his decision to avoid voting in the recent European Parliament Elections, as a protest to naughty governmental shenanigans. The 'annoying sounding one' from the pop legends told of his choice to abstain in an interview with The Independent, saying his decision came about as a result of the ongoing expenses scandal. For those not in the know: the people in charge of Britain spent a great deal of taxpayers money on personal items like houses for ducks. HOUSES FOR DUCKS.
Hecklerspray at E3: Rock Band: The Beatles
Fancy playing the drums as badly as Ringo Starr? Well, now you can, thanks to a new video game which allows you to sing, strum and drum along to your favourite Beatles tracks – and Octopus’s Garden. The Beatles: Rock Band was officially launched by Sir Paul McCartney and Starr at the start of E3 in Los Angeles and will be released in September. They were even joined by Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the wives of the dead half of the Fab Four, John Lennon and George Harrison.
Fancy playing the drums as badly as Ringo Starr? Well, now you can, thanks to a new video game which allows you to sing, strum and drum along to your favourite Beatles tracks – and Octopus’s Garden. The Beatles: Rock Band was officially launched by Sir Paul McCartney and Starr at the start of E3 in Los Angeles and will be released in September. They were even joined by Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison, the wives of the dead half of the Fab Four, John Lennon and George Harrison.
WEBTHUMP! Monday 11 May 2009
10 - Public hysteria through history - Time 9 - More slow motion goodness, this time ridiculously beautiful - YouTube 8 - The new Star Trek movie would have been better if any of these aliens had been included - Cracked 7 - The Beatles Rock Band game is quickly becoming the best way for rich idiots to look authentically stupid - Gearlog
The Beatles Reunite! Minus Two Members!
There’s nothing more we love then seeing a band reunite so they can relive former glories. Of course, it would be cynical of us to see it as a money making money opportunity, but what do we know? Perhaps in fifty years time, the current writing staff of hecklerspray will get together in a grotty boozer to relive the past. Plenty of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Take That and - despite no one wanting them - Crowded House have reformed for gigs and spanking new material. Now one of the world’s finest bands have come back together, just minus a couple of key band members.
There’s nothing more we love then seeing a band reunite so they can relive former glories. Of course, it would be cynical of us to see it as a money making money opportunity, but what do we know? Perhaps in fifty years time, the current writing staff of hecklerspray will get together in a grotty boozer to relive the past. Plenty of bands such as Led Zeppelin, Take That and - despite no one wanting them - Crowded House have reformed for gigs and spanking new material. Now one of the world’s finest bands have come back together, just minus a couple of key band members.
Some School Offers Post-Graduate Beatles Degree, Calls It Education
Usually when hecklerspray attends job interviews with a resume in-hand, the interviewers ask us things like "That thar piece a paper say you know how to dig graves?" Which it doesn't - and it never has. For years the only thing our resume has had printed on it are the words me, work and good. So far no takers, likely due to the economic climate. Our resume is probably in need of a makeover - once we have our absolutely real degree in advanced Beatles-ology from Liverpool Hope University - that's probably when potential employers will stop pushing us out of things.
Usually when hecklerspray attends job interviews with a resume in-hand, the interviewers ask us things like "That thar piece a paper say you know how to dig graves?" Which it doesn't - and it never has. For years the only thing our resume has had printed on it are the words me, work and good. So far no takers, likely due to the economic climate. Our resume is probably in need of a makeover - once we have our absolutely real degree in advanced Beatles-ology from Liverpool Hope University - that's probably when potential employers will stop pushing us out of things.
Sorry Grandpa: Still No Beatles On iTunes
If you've been waiting to hear what hot new pop combo The Beatles sound like, then you're in for a spot of bad news. Paul McCartney from The Beatles has announced that none of his band's music will be available on iTunes for the foreseeable future because everyone is arguing over money. But Paul McCartney says he wants The Beatles on iTunes, EMI wants The Beatles on iTunes, and iTunes wants The Beatles on iTunes, so all is not yet lost. Until then, the music of The Beatles is still available on something we're told is called a Seed Ee, and you can put these Beatles Seed Ees into your computer and download them onto iTunes that way. But this Seed Ee-buying method does involve leaving the house, and that's so old-fashioned that they may as well be asking to go into the woods and kill Beatles songs with rocks for food. What do we look like, bloody Luddites?
If you've been waiting to hear what hot new pop combo The Beatles sound like, then you're in for a spot of bad news. Paul McCartney from The Beatles has announced that none of his band's music will be available on iTunes for the foreseeable future because everyone is arguing over money. But Paul McCartney says he wants The Beatles on iTunes, EMI wants The Beatles on iTunes, and iTunes wants The Beatles on iTunes, so all is not yet lost. Until then, the music of The Beatles is still available on something we're told is called a Seed Ee, and you can put these Beatles Seed Ees into your computer and download them onto iTunes that way. But this Seed Ee-buying method does involve leaving the house, and that's so old-fashioned that they may as well be asking to go into the woods and kill Beatles songs with rocks for food. What do we look like, bloody Luddites?
Rock Band: The Beatles (Wigs, Drugs, Annoying Wives Not Inc)
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was a brave experiement, but a successful one - now it's time to repeat it with a band that people actually like. It's strongly rumoured that MTV is about to announce a forthcoming Rock Band: The Beatles edition. If it's true, then Rock Band: The Beatles would be a truly landmark game. Not only would it mark the first time that The Beatles have licensed their music to a videogame, but also, if the song In My Life gets included in the tracklisting, it'll also mark the debut of the Rock Band harpsichord peripheral. It's expected that Rock Band: The Beatles will be so realistic that it'll actually feel like you're one of The Beatles. For instance, John Lennon's guitar will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels, George Harrison's guitar will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels, Paul McCartney's bass will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels and Ringo's drums will have one very easy level that even a baby could play.
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith was a brave experiement, but a successful one - now it's time to repeat it with a band that people actually like. It's strongly rumoured that MTV is about to announce a forthcoming Rock Band: The Beatles edition. If it's true, then Rock Band: The Beatles would be a truly landmark game. Not only would it mark the first time that The Beatles have licensed their music to a videogame, but also, if the song In My Life gets included in the tracklisting, it'll also mark the debut of the Rock Band harpsichord peripheral. It's expected that Rock Band: The Beatles will be so realistic that it'll actually feel like you're one of The Beatles. For instance, John Lennon's guitar will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels, George Harrison's guitar will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels, Paul McCartney's bass will have easy, medium, hard and expert levels and Ringo's drums will have one very easy level that even a baby could play.
