So half of you are dead, one remaining member's a vege-sausage-munching environmentalist and t'other has a fondness for talking trains. Does that stop you releasing a new album? Apparently not...
Word around the gossip campfire is that a new Beatles album could see the light of day this summer. Yes, new. Well, kinda: Neil Aspinall, head of Apple Corps, picks up the story...
“It involves the creation, by the re-mixing and re-mastering of the Beatles' recorded performances, of completely new music, which will be featured in the show, and which should lead to the release of the show album.”
Aaah, 'the show'. The show in question being one of the stage variety that's being planned in the US. Producers apparently have been granted access to 200 hours of recorded material.
Sir Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr are said to be on board with the stage show project (and presumably any new album that follows), along with Sir George Martin.
I think the Rutles should re-form
C-h-e-e-s-e a-n-d o-n-i-o-n-s
oh yes
My thoughts:
Wire up the cadaver of John Lennon to a dynamo and you could power a whole city from him turning in his grave.
(Erm, unless he was cremated - I don't know)
Or
Get George's son Dhani (who looks just like him)and Yoko (not Sean or Julian) and be done with it.
truth
i don't think *anyone* looks more like their dad than Dhani Harrison. It's spooky.
i look
like you, dad.
Would it be in poor taste
to rehash the 'What would it take to reunite The Beatles?' gag?
two...
...bullets rather than three...
No, no...
Even if he was cremated, his ashes would be turning in their urn.
EnviroNmentalist
silly!
Noooo!
The Beatles are possibly the only band in history of their calibur who haven't made twats of themselves by doing some pointless, money sponging return.
Free as a Bird?
The Smiths?
I reckon the only reason they're doing this
is to strengthen their case that Apple Corps is suffering from Apple infringing their trademark and should give them a load of money. Which would make them whores.
Free As A Bird = Superb
The Smiths = A good exception.
You're right, I wrong.
even so
your general point about pointless money sponging returns stands.
Hmm
Well I think the Anthologies (the albums not the TV programmes) are a little dubious. They've got a lot of filler, to the point where you feel they may as well have gone with 3 discs each and put a load more takes on there to make them 'complete', or else why not just take them down to one three disc set that just loses the duffer stuff?
Spit.
Ringo wrote nothing with the Beatles.
Any new material written would be simple Paul McCartney with Ringo doing session.
Unless they want to do some 'Dont Pass Me By's.