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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 20, 2014 14:46:26 GMT -5
Why did Paul avoid live TV in the 1970's when he owned the world? Why did Wings not perform live on SNL in 1975 or 1976, that show's "Golden Era?"? Who knows? He wasn't asked because he was "the guy who broke up the Beatles"? He was trying to limit his TV exposure to "preserve the mystique"? Not enough money offered? We may never know....
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 20, 2014 15:03:56 GMT -5
Who knows? He wasn't asked because he was "the guy who broke up the Beatles"? He was trying to limit his TV exposure to "preserve the mystique"? Not enough money offered? We may never know.... Paul didn't do SNL in the '70s because he would only get 1/4th of the $3000 offered for a Beatles reunion. (pretty chintzy)
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Post by stavros on Dec 20, 2014 17:37:11 GMT -5
I'm all for hearing Paul discuss new things and not the same old stuff, but like I said in my last post, Paul referred to the younger fans he has (he called them "twenty-something babes"); I'm sure they haven't already heard Paul's stories 'yada yada' yet (and I'd bet neither did the other guests on the show with Macca). Why did Paul avoid live TV in the 1970's when he owned the world? Why did Wings not perform live on SNL in 1975 or 1976, that show's "Golden Era?"? I think the answer lies in your question. Paul was riding the crest of the wave of post-Beatles success during the mid 1970s and so he probably never felt the need to promote himself further by going on live 'TV' shows. I know when I was a kid the major UK Chat Show was "Parkinson" and Paul did not appear on that until 1999 according to Wiki. He might have appeared on Kenny Everett's TV show during that time (which was an irreverent comedy sketch show) but I don't really remember much else. My memories of anything before "Mull of Kintyre" though are very hazy. In fact I really don't remember seeing any of the Beatles on live TV during the latter half of the 70s. So I don't think he was leaving America out! I haven't seen all of the Tonight Show with Paul (although I do like Jimmy Fallon). So I'd prefer not to comment on that. As for when Paul was on the Jonathan Ross show here; I thought it was interesting how Miranda Hart mentioned Paul has told her he watched her show "Call the Midwife" because it reminded him of his mum (who was also a midwife). It was also good to hear a few questions about his 'early days'. I think John's death was mentioned because it was so close to the anniversary and I doubt Paul would have agreed to talk about it unless he was entirely comfortable with it. One thing I have always had a problem with "Rossy" is in his questioning style. He tends to ask long rambling questions. This often confuses the guests, and at best we get a partial answer. Like the one about 4 mins in with Paul where he asks the following: He could have said "Paul what made you and John decide to write your own songs?" But other than that I think we should be thankful Paul is still out and about and making music. Back in the 1970s I would never have imagined he'd still be touring, putting out new records and appearing on TV.
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 20, 2014 18:01:45 GMT -5
Yeah, Kenny Everett "I Had Enough", or was that just a video?
He did American Bandstand, lip-syncing to "With a Little Luck".
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Post by stavros on Dec 20, 2014 18:49:42 GMT -5
Yeah, Kenny Everett "I Had Enough", or was that just a video? He did American Bandstand, lip-syncing to "With a Little Luck". I honestly can't remember. The common Youtube video of "I've Had Enough" is not my memory of Paul on Kenny Everett. I seem to remember him wearing a leather jacket and being on a small stage. But I may well be getting mixed up with something else. The Wings "London Town" video is the one I remember as the same one on Kenny Everett. In fact it was the one and only time I ever saw it during the 1970s. There was also the "Back to the Egg" special Oh and then I also found this : And a very young Rossy and George from 1987 when the budget for his TV show didn't quite stretch as far and his questions were a bit more concise. George is very relaxed in this!
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Post by winstonoboogie on Dec 20, 2014 23:03:26 GMT -5
Paul (and Linda)did appear on SNL in 1980 - one of the SNL characters ("Father Guido Sarducci", a fake Italian priest) went to Paul and Linda's mansion at 5:30 AM (SNL aired in U.S on the east coast at 11:30 PM, so whatever time it was in England) singing Beatle songs (badly) through a megaphone (I can only imagine JSD trying the same thing!) until P and L came out in their bathrobes - this was followed by the U.S. premiere of the "Coming Up" video. Anybody else remember this?
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Post by nicole21290 on Dec 20, 2014 23:29:45 GMT -5
(Actually John gives Paul all the credit and says it's one of his favorite songs. Paul says John might had helped with a few words.) Well, let's be clear -- is it 89.5% Paul or is it 90.3%? 'Cause we NEED to know. #PaulyouIdiot
Neither. Although John didn't claim any of it himself, Paul gave him 20%, thus claiming about 80%. #justsaying
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 21, 2014 11:04:09 GMT -5
CBS Sunday Morning did a story on Elvis meeting Nixon. It happened in '70 on this day. They mention Elvis saying the Beatles had been a real force for anti-American spirit.
They also did a story of the Christmas Truce in 1914, 100 years ago. I thought they might mention Pipes of Peace. They didn't.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 21, 2014 19:22:34 GMT -5
I am of the school that wants Paul to walk softly but carry a big stick! Remember Joe when we kids of the 1970's longed for Paul to be on live TV but he never was back then. But meanwhile Paul was ruling the Pop World! He went from 1968 to 1984 to be back on The Tonight Show and then to plug that crap Broadstreet film. He has got nothing to plug now except some mediocre song for a violent video game! Save TV shows for when he's got a killer new album out that Rocks hard! Why did Paul avoid live TV in the 1970's when he owned the world? Why did Wings not perform live on SNL in 1975 or 1976, that show's "Golden Era?"? I think you need to track down DVD bootlegs, like I own. He did TV shows back in the '70s. (I also stayed up to tape the 1979 Tom Snyder Live Interview). In another post Nicole is pissed at me for slamming Paul; now, here I am with you, defending him. JSD, you have no business calling Paul's new song "mediocre" when you're always praising WILD LIFE. It's simple as that! Seriously, I just thing it's so weird that you're looking for a reason to whine about Paul still being up, active, and on TV at his age. Just enjoy it, as we will not have him much longer.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 21, 2014 22:37:16 GMT -5
I just wish Paul would have gone on live TV more in the 1970's to plug his then albums and play live on them like he does now. But by largely staying away from TV back then, he built a cool mystique, he did not over-saturate himself. Now we can predict every move. Even when he walks out at the start, that little obnoxious routine he always does, I can't even describe but he did it for both Fallon and especially John Stewart. Can't the man just for once walk out normal, give a brisk wave and "thank you" and sit down? Of course not, he loves the fawning and does his same old intro bit to milk the applause as long as he can. I don't want Paul to be on TV so much that we: (a) start taking him for granted; or (b) start mocking him with the sound turned down! Oops, too late as to both!
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 22, 2014 8:01:48 GMT -5
I just wish Paul would have gone on live TV more in the 1970's to plug his then albums and play live on them like he does now. But by largely staying away from TV back then, he built a cool mystique, he did not over-saturate himself. Now we can predict every move. Even when he walks out at the start, that little obnoxious routine he always does, I can't even describe but he did it for both Fallon and especially John Stewart. Can't the man just for once walk out normal, give a brisk wave and "thank you" and sit down? Of course not, he loves the fawning and does his same old intro bit to milk the applause as long as he can. I don't want Paul to be on TV so much that we: (a) start taking him for granted; or (b) start mocking him with the sound turned down! Oops, too late as to both! I just think you're never satisfied, John.
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 22, 2014 10:44:08 GMT -5
Thar's right, I can't get no satisfaction! Hey, what Beatles fan is ever satisfied? I've not met one yet who is 100% pleased with everything they do or release.
Oversaturation of Paul has been a real issue since 2001. We have seen more of Paul in the various media from 2001 to 2014 than we did in total from 1970 to 2000. Familiarity most often breeds contempt. All I am saying is save media blitzes for big things when there is something substantive to talk about.
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Post by Joe Karlosi on Dec 22, 2014 20:10:45 GMT -5
Thar's right, I can't get no satisfaction! Hey, what Beatles fan is ever satisfied? I've not met one yet who is 100% pleased with everything they do or release. Well, I wasn't talking about needing to be pleased with everything they release. But there is a certain "damned if he does, damned if he doesn't" thing in play, I think. I feel the "Destiny" game for the youth is something worth talking about and bringing to people's attention. Come to think of it, all those appearances you call "over-saturation since 2001" have been about things of substance, haven't they? When we're Beatles/Macca Fans, aren't we at least interested in what Paul is doing now? We should be...
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Post by John S. Damm on Dec 22, 2014 21:54:39 GMT -5
Then talk about Destiny and that lame new Paul song, the 2014 version of "Coming Up"(we want a better kind of future, one that everyone can share.... ). Stewart and Fallon spent 10 seconds on it: "Hey Paul, you wrote a new song for 'Destiny.' Paul: "Yep." Stewart/Fallon: "Are you any good at video games?" Paul[puts his finger up by his nose]: "No I am terrible at them, my grandkids play them as Stella and Mary use those games as babysitters while they are out partying but when I take a turn I get shot and killed immediately, bullets ripping me apart." Stewart/Fallon quickly move on to how cool it must have been for Paul to have been in the Beatles. Hello Paul, how do you think Yoko Ono feels with your graphic description of violence perpetrated against you but just pretend, in a stupid video game. Or for Olivia, who watched George get repeatedly knifed in real life?! I thought Paul's graphic description of getting blown away in stupid video games very insensitive in light of the history of the two guitarist Beatles. And what about Paul saying in Anthology that he was most proud that the over-riding message of Beatles music was love and peace?? Now it is glorifying virtual killing, non-stop! Bah humbug!
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Post by nicole21290 on Dec 22, 2014 22:01:22 GMT -5
In another post Nicole is pissed at me for slamming Paul; now, here I am with you, defending him. JSD, you have no business calling Paul's new song "mediocre" when you're always praising WILD LIFE. It's simple as that! Seriously, I just thing it's so weird that you're looking for a reason to whine about Paul still being up, active, and on TV at his age. Just enjoy it, as we will not have him much longer. Nope. I'm not pissed off at that. You weren't slamming Paul and, if you were doing so legitimately (with good logical reasons, and without resorting to feminising him to undermine him, or mocking his fans), I wouldn't have a problem with it. What DOES annoy me is the categorisation of hardcore Paul fans as 'Macca Mad Hatters' who are bent on minimising John, when that's very, very rarely the case. Thar's right, I can't get no satisfaction! Hey, what Beatles fan is ever satisfied? I've not met one yet who is 100% pleased with everything they do or release. Well, I wasn't talking about needing to be pleased with everything they release. But there is a certain "damned if he does, damned if he doesn't" thing in play, I think. I feel the "Destiny" game for the youth is something worth talking about and bringing to people's attention. Come to think of it, all those appearances you call "over-saturation since 2001" have been about things of substance, haven't they? When we're Beatles/Macca Fans, aren't we at least interested in what Paul is doing now? We should be... While Paul is pleased with the idea of reaching a different audience with this game, I bet the creators of Destiny aren't so averse to a Beatle hitting the chat-show circuit to promote the game (often, again, to a different 'audience') a little, either...
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 29, 2014 19:54:37 GMT -5
Very, very odd, but I just happened to record the BBC World News today. I was looking around the cable listings at stations I never watch and I seen it. The BBC News. I'll give it a look for a world perspective. I programmed it in. The lead story or maybe a between shows technology blurb was Paul McCartney talking about his Hope For the Future song.
He's not a gamer.
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Post by debjorgo on Dec 31, 2014 10:47:55 GMT -5
Changes Begins Within, the benefit concert for the teaching of transcendental Meditation is airing on AXS TV on Jan 4th at 8:00 P.M.
It features Paul and Ringo.
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Post by markc on Dec 31, 2014 13:40:44 GMT -5
That Ross interview of George in the pub is one of the best. Aspel one with Ringo is good too.
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 3, 2015 11:39:04 GMT -5
The choir that was once meant to represent the voice of Lenin and his revolution, The Russian Red Army Choir, is now singing the songs of Lennon and McCartney. They were featured on CBS This Morning today singing Hey Jude.
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Post by winstonoboogie on Jan 3, 2015 12:47:04 GMT -5
Ah, the irony! I remember when Russia asked to join NATO (the alliance that was formed to fight against the Soviets)! I thought my head would explode!
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 10, 2015 23:42:45 GMT -5
I'm doing a little binge watching of shows from a while back. On the show Talking Dead (a discussion show about the AMC show Walking Dead) from November 2, the host, Chris Hardwich gives away an electric guitar to all the members of the audience.
Strumming the Limited Edition Artist Series Walking Dead Guitar, he says "I should play Blackbird. We can afford that?"
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 23, 2015 19:54:39 GMT -5
Almost a Beatle reference on tonight's EXTRA: Mario Lopez asks his cohosts, if you could reunite any band for a concert, who would it be? He says Guns and Roses. Charissa Thompson says "My favorite hasn't split up. U2. So I'm good" Mario boooooed her. Tracey Edmonds (I didn't know she was Eddie Murphy's wife) said Paul McCartney and Wings. Mario says "Okay, Maybe I'm Amazed...". She adds Band on the Run.
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 26, 2015 23:25:15 GMT -5
Guest host on Saturday Night Live this past Saturday was Blake Sheldon. He sang Boys Around Here, with the lyrics:
Well the boys 'round here don't listen to the Beatles Run ole Bocephus through the juke box needle At a honky-tonk, where their boots stomp
All heck Red red red red red neck
The red neck line was his, not mine.
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 27, 2015 22:08:20 GMT -5
There was a Beatle reference on Sleepy Hollow, the show where Ichabod Crane comes from the 18th century to present times. He's been in modern times now for a while and apparently he's heard of the Beatles. He asks, looking at song titles at a Karaoke bar "Where might I find the Catch Club?" His companion says "The Beatles were 1760s?" He corrects her "No... the Beatles were the 1960s. Women swooned at the sound of their warbling". "Alas, lost to history", he finishes with a sad tone.
I'm not sure what the Catch Club was a reference to. Anyone know?
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 28, 2015 14:54:21 GMT -5
There was a Beatle reference on Sleepy Hollow, the show where Ichabod Crane comes from the 18th century to present times. He's been in modern times now for a while and apparently he's heard of the Beatles. He asks, looking at song titles at a Karaoke bar "Where might I find the Catch Club?" His companion says "The Beatles were 1760s?" He corrects her "No... the Beatles were the 1960s. Women swooned at the sound of their warbling". "Alas, lost to history", he finishes with a sad tone. I'm not sure what the Catch Club was a reference to. Anyone know? Good catch(no pun intended)! I love Sleepy Hollow but couldn't understand what Crane said as to the group's name. I just rewatched the opening bit with closed captioning on and yeah, Crane's request was for the "Catch Club." The dialog was a little different, Abbie Mills asks about the Catch Club, "The Beatles from the 1760's?" to which Crane replies, " The Beatles were The Catch Club of the 1960's!" Here is the best I can find on the Catch Club and it is something Baroque: imslp.org/wiki/The_Catch_Club_or_Merry_Companions_(Walsh,_John)
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 28, 2015 18:46:22 GMT -5
There was a Beatle reference on Sleepy Hollow, the show where Ichabod Crane comes from the 18th century to present times. He's been in modern times now for a while and apparently he's heard of the Beatles. He asks, looking at song titles at a Karaoke bar "Where might I find the Catch Club?" His companion says "The Beatles were 1760s?" He corrects her "No... the Beatles were the 1960s. Women swooned at the sound of their warbling". "Alas, lost to history", he finishes with a sad tone. I'm not sure what the Catch Club was a reference to. Anyone know? Good catch(no pun intended)! I love Sleepy Hollow but couldn't understand what Crane said as to the group's name. I just rewatched the opening bit with closed captioning on and yeah, Crane's request was for the "Catch Club." The dialog was a little different, Abbie Mills asks about the Catch Club, "The Beatles from the 1760's?" to which Crane replies, " The Beatles were The Catch Club of the 1960's!" Here is the best I can find on the Catch Club and it is something Baroque: imslp.org/wiki/The_Catch_Club_or_Merry_Companions_(Walsh,_John) Thanks John. I knew I must have had something wrong. What you have makes sense. Did you take it he meant the Beatles were lost to history or the Catch Club?
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 28, 2015 19:40:28 GMT -5
I thought that he said, "Alas, the Catch Club is lost to history." That dialog on the Beatles causes the wild dude, Nick Hawley, to laugh uproariously, like it was the funniest thing he ever heard. He wouldn't be laughing long as he gets duped by a hot babe from his past who is also a vetala, a Hindu vampire of sorts! LOL, the name of that episode was 'Kali Yuga' and wasn't Kali the god the bad guys in HELP! wanted to sacrifice Ringo to! Yeah, that's the goddess Kali!
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Post by debjorgo on Jan 28, 2015 21:07:13 GMT -5
And the bull Dharma, which represents morality, has four legs until the Kali Yuga, the Dark Ages, when it is reduced to one leg. And we've come full circle.
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 28, 2015 23:31:26 GMT -5
I can see the resemblance in the face......
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Post by John S. Damm on Jan 29, 2015 21:24:27 GMT -5
In the new episode tonight of The Big Bang Theory, the guys were looking for something to do and they had a board game entitled "Ticket To Ride."
I did a quick search and there is such a game. I did not see whether the game's origin pre-dates the 1965 Beatles' classic.
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