I named my youngest son McCartney. He's 4 now and loves The Beatles and the work of his namesake. I get to take him to see Paul in Newcastle in 2 weeks time and cannot wait!

I will have to look at his Facebook page. I have only seen Ringo two times prior to Atlanta. I really liked his 1992 tour when he was doing that great song “Weight of the World” as it was his current single at that time. Sadly, it has sunk into musical obscurity.

@njr said in Ringo takes a tumble:

@littlewillow You didn’t answer my question about the video I posted. Is that the one?

@NJR no sorry. It’s not this one. But beautiful video. I saw it one or tow years ago.

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@bruce-m said in Daily Howl:

@njr So he was what, 15? Not bad, I'd say (speaking as one who can't draw to save my life).

Yeah 14 or 15. I can barely draw a stick figure! It amazes me that all 4 Beatles can draw. I posted the caracatures they did of themselves on The Beatles Pictures Thread.

Happy 58th birthday to Zak and 52nd birthday to Stella (the 13th)

@love2travel said in Beatleweek 2023:

@njr said in Beatleweek 2023:

Well, of course I got Covid, as did practically everyone I know who was there, but it’s just a stuffy nose and slight cough (no fever)
Where do you think you caught the COVID? Did you wear a mask? Sounds like you had a great time otherwise.

Thanks @love2travel and Yankeefan!
I think I got it on the 28th at Grand Central Hall. The guy next to me was blowing his nose and didn’t look well. I attribute my 4th booster on July 20th to my very mild case. All sorts of people got it too, but mostly mild cases. It was worth it! And no, did not wear a mask during Beatleweek. Didn’t last year either, but we didn’t catch Covid!

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(1) …one of my ongoing annoyances in life is people thinking they can rewrite Paul's lyrics to make them more "logical."
(2) I've always taken the radical position that Paul knew exactly what he was doing.
(3) Great art is rarely neat or logical.
(4) In the case of "Yesterday came suddenly," he's expanding the song's timeline to look beyond the immediate disappointment he's experiencing now.

(1) I’m not trying to rewrite the song. I’m showing strong internal evidence that an error has crept in, and that Paul’s original intention was “yes, today came suddenly”.
(2) Like any human, Paul can make mistakes, and many of his mistakes are on record.
(3) (“Great”?) art may not always have to be neat and logical, but sometimes (whether “rarely” or not) it must be logical in order to achieve the artist’s intention.
(4) The song’s timeline is a period of less than 48 hours. “Suddenly I’m not half the man I used to be” is in the present tense – being uttered “today”. So “yesterday came suddenly” cannot be made to fit using any fanciful rationalization.

@oobu24 Thank you!