@yankeefan2 said in Bon Jovi - American Reckoning (Charlotte - 04/08/22):

It is almost year ago I took my wife to see Bon Jovi for her birthday and I forgot about taking this video. This is song called "American Reckoning" which is off the last album they made called "2020". Pretty good protest song although John Bon Jovi's voice has gone downhill. Note - around the 5:02 mark, the guy in front of me decided to stand up so for a few seconds screen is black. Rumor has it Richie Sambora may be back with the band, we will see.

His voice has gone downhill. It would be exciting to see Richie Sambora rejoin!

@wandy said in I Guess Jeff Lyne Really Is A Beatles Fan:

@oobu24 said in I Guess Jeff Lyne Really Is A Beatles Fan:

Found the video!

Excellent clip. If the Beatles hadn't have happened, ELO would be my all time fave band. Incidentally, did I spot Paul's "Abe Aborial jnr" playing drums in that clip? Looked like him from where I'm sitting.

Not Abe Laboriel Jr.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abe_Laboriel_Jr.

His name is Donovan Hepburn.

https://images.app.goo.gl/VdbSYMBPSDKLNf6r8

@yankeefan2 said in Daughtry Show:

@njr

Clay Aiken is from NC so when he lost it was a big deal here -lol. American Idol has gotten it correct a few times with the likes of Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood but on the whole most winners have not achieved great success.

Totally agree!! 👍

Here’s Graham Nash:

@njr said in The Fab Four:

One of my favorite Beatles songs performed by The Fab Four: Ardy Sarraf as Paul, Gavin Pring as George, Adam Hastings as John and Joe Bologna as Ringo (from April 2019) Both Gavin and Adam are English. Gavin Is from Bootle which is directly north of Liverpool. Adam is from Northern England - not sure which city.

Nice clip 👌

@wandy said in 8 celebrities still doing what they love after 80:

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@njr said in 8 celebrities still doing what they love after 80:

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@wandy said in 8 celebrities still doing what they love after 80:

@njr said in 8 celebrities still doing what they love after 80:

Of course, Paul is one of them!

https://www.aarp.org/entertainment/celebrities/info-2023/stars-excelling-after-80.html

Wish John and George were 2 of them 😭

Indeed! 😭

I bet someday (in the year 2525, if man is still alive) they will be able to clone them and start all over from the beginning! Wouldn’t that be a wild experiment to see what those 4 would come up with if they had them grow up in a created city that looked like Liverpool back then? They’d have to clone Pete too and have everyone else be lifelike androids! I know, a total fantasy and wildly unethical!
I bet @LadyLeslie would like my idea, though! Are you out there, woman?!

I understand what your saying, but it's a bit like Back To The Future 2. EVERYTHING MUST be timed to perfection. Paul MUST meet John to become Lennon and McCartney. The horse that Mona Best, bet on (Never Say Die) MUST WIN the race that provided her with the money to enable her the buy the house for the Casbah Club. And most important too is George Martin MUST be at Abbey Road Studios to hear the Beatles, for it was only George that got them the recording contract with EMI. Cor blimey!! This would make a fantastic movie. Back To The Beatles (part 1) Part 2, could be about what if Paul had never met Denny Laine, to help him form Wings. What if Linda had flatly refused to play in the band. What if Henry Mucullock, and the other guy, HAD gone to Lagos to be part of the recording of Band On The Run. What if Paul's Japanese drug bust had got Paul 7 years, or more, jail time. What if he hadn't of been busted AT ALL. Would Wings have lasted another 10 years? Would Wings still been going now? :::: hmm thinks🤔:::: I must get to work trying to figure out a script for this. Me day dreaming ➡️🤑LOL!!!

Yeah, get right on that and submit it to Ron Howard and/or Peter Jackson and get Danny Boyle to direct it!
The point of the experiment would be to see what would happen if you tried to recreate everything as it was (all the same people) How much would happen as we knew it?
It would be kind of like that Jim Carrey movie The Truman Show.

Wow!! So that's 2 movies I gotta work on. 1. What woulda happened if John Lennon had lived. (Title of that movie is "Got Back" ) And 2. Back To The Beatles ( Part1) Oh god! Too many movies!! Not enough time!!🫨😀

Did you like that movie, by Danny Boyle? "Yesterday". I have it on DVD. I do basically like it, but having the "John" lookalike, look like John did in 1968, was a bit of an issue with me. Johns style had moved on a lot since 1968. Hair especially. Plus, Danny Boyle missed a trick. He shoulda got Paul and Ringo in the movie, playing cameo roles. Paul coulda been a busker outside a toilet playing Ed Shearan songs. And Ringo should have been the toilet attendant moving Paul on for making too much noise. They both woulda loved being in the movie😀

Somebody on here spoiled the John Lennon appearance before I could see the movie (I was royally pissed!) Anyway, yes, I liked the movie very much. I agree it would have been super cool if they had been able to get Paul & Ringo in it in cameos!
As far as Robert Carlyle playing John, I thought it was quite poignant. Who knows what hairstyle John would have had in 2019? They had to “age” the actor because he is only 62 today! He had the long hair for his role in the TV show Once Upon A Time and I guess they didn’t want to put a wig on him and just greyed his hair. He’s a lot shorter than John too (not quite 5’7”) but we do shrink in height as we age. Plus he’s Scottish, so the accent was a tad off. But just to think that in that reality John was alive, put a tear in my eye.
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001015/

@yankeefan2 said in Tribute Band Playing Tonight in Atlantic City:

@njr

Thanks, I will check it out. It is all about the music for me, don't care about the "boots and suits" -lol.

I like both! 😉

@njr said in Denny Laine:

@fast-city-line said in Denny Laine:

@njr said in Denny Laine:

@fast-city-line said in Denny Laine:

Denny is an accomplished clarinet player too -- nice work on Picasso's Last Words doing deeper drollery probably on an Eb clarinet (and it seems he's double-tracking), and old-timey high clarinet soloing in the background of Nineteen Hundred and Eighty-Five.

Do you have a link proving that info?
For 1985:

Personnel

Paul McCartney – lead vocals, guitar, bass guitar, piano, keyboards, drums
Linda McCartney – backing vocals, keyboards
Denny Laine – vocals, guitar
Tony Visconti – orchestrations
Beaux Arts Orchestra – horns, strings
Personnel per The Beatles Bible

And Picasso’s Last Words:

Personnel

Paul McCartney – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums
Linda McCartney – backing vocals
Denny Laine – vocals, guitar
Ginger Baker – percussion
Tony Visconti – orchestrations

And fun fact: Tony Visconti had 2 Beatle-related wives:
Spouse: May Pang (m. 1989–2000), Mary Hopkin (m. 1971–1981)

My memory is that it's on the vinyl liner notes -- will check tomorrow

I looked in the book that came with the Archive edition and
info was the same as what I wrote. I also have it in vinyl, CD and 25th Anniversary Edition! Haven’t checked those yet! 😂

I can't find my vinyl album! I know it's somewhere... It was likely on the inner sleeve, not on the back of the album cover. All these years that little memory of Denny playing the clarinets has just stuck with me; I know I got it from somewhere...

@wandy said in It's A Bit Late But...:

Sure isHope your having a good day (sunshine)

Thanks @wandy I hope you have a great day too. 🙃

Wow! That is a lovely acoustic performance!

It's about time!

@wandy As you can see, your post was moved. Anytime you talk about a band or artist other than The Beatles, it goes under Band On The Run. This would also include close Beatle-related musicians like Denny Laine, Steve Holley, Laurence Juber, etc. (unless you’re talking about Wings - there is a thread somewhere for them!)

The Vanilla Fudge version of Eleanor Rigby sounds pretty good too!

@yankeefan2 Its great but I have to say it sounds more like Live And Let Die, to my ears. Does sound pretty darned good though😁

George and Roy would reunite again in the Traveling Wilburys!

The first time I saw Rami Malek was in a 10-part series movie called "The Pacific!" This movie was produced and directed by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. It is by far, the greatest as well as the most violent war movie ever made! Of course, Rami would move on to star in the Queen movie "Bohemian Rhapsody."

@wandy said in Dead rock stars:

@njr Yeah whatever 🙄 can you stop correcting my spelling please. This forum isn't a spelling lesson. You are not my school teacher. I left school 50 yrs ago.

INXS was a famous band and while I had to Google Michael Hutchence when someone first suggested it was him in the picture, I should think you could handle my telling you the correct spelling without pouting about it. Anyone here is free to correct my spelling at any time - I won’t be offended!

There is a band that I saw in October 2018 at the Austin City Limits, the same year I saw Paul. The band is called Greta Van Fleet, this band was being compared to Led Zeppelin!

I tried to post a link to Paul’s Twitter about Mary’s show, “Mary McCartney Serves It Up” but it would not paste! If you can get on Paul’s Twitter, check it out.