![]() Side 2: Let Me Roll It (McCartney), I Dig Love (Harrison), Crippled Inside (Lennon), It Don’t Come Easy (Starr), On You (McCartney), All Things Must Pass (acoustic from Beatles Anthology, Harrison) Side 1: Cold Turkey (Lennon), Gimme Some Truth (Lennon), Monkberry Moon Delight (McCartney), Working Class Hero (Lennon), Wah Wah (Harrison) ![]() We also set a loose formula (from which I strayed): four Lennons, four McCartneys, two Harrisons and a Ringo! It should sound something like a Beatles record released around 1974, with two sides like a real LP and a title. This speculation led to us setting ourselves a fun exercise: to put together our own Beatles album from the solo work released following their break-up. James is twelve but has been a Beatles fan since he pilfered my Sergeant Pepper CD some years back (clever boy) so we spent the following few hours basking in our favourite bits and geeking out over the movie’s many treasures speculating on what the Beatles would be doing now if all still alive (I’m certain Bob Geldof would have got them back together for Live Aid!). Peter Bradshaw in the Guardian says it better than I ever could: “A wave of euphoria and happiness pours from the screen, and Howard’s movie surfs that wave.” Read his review here. ![]() ![]() Now for something a little different…Ī few weeks ago, my son James and I went on an outing to London to see the wonderful new movie Eight Days A Week: The Touring Years. For those of you that don’t know, the film is a documentary about the Beatles during their heyday when they were the biggest band in the world – and it’s pure joy. Last time, Rob used the natural phenomenon of the Black Moon as a shameless marketing opportunity. ![]()
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