Time Machine to see The Beatles
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Erik in NJ:
hey_kittay:
Erik in NJ:
Hey Kittay, Do you like Chinese food? I'll pick you up at 8!
Erik, that was a good April Fool's post.
Yours or mine?
We know it wasn't yours!
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hey_kittay:
Actually I don't know anyone named Erik unless he is the lawn man.
OMG, that is so funny! The guy who cuts my lawn is named Eric and so is the guy who used to cut my Dad's lawn up in Ohio!
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Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
You had Paul for one hour and you want to hear him sing Oh! Darling 20 times? I'm afraid I'd have other things on my mind to do with Paul in 1968! ops:
Nancy, the way these time machines work is that you travel at the same age you are now ...or were you hoping to be the age you were in 1968? It makes you either too old for him or too young (and illegal) for him...but a girl can dream I guess!
Yeah, too old now for him (and only 13 in 1968!) Ahh, to have been 5 years older then! I would have gone to London that summer and been one of the "Apple Scruffs" in front of his house! (def. not an April Fool's joke!)
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I'm going to put a different spin on this thread now...if the time machine could take you back to the Beatles for one hour when they were together, what advice would you give them, knowing what you know now? (and some of you have already taken advantage of this "Back to the Future" moment) I'd say to the Beatles...."There's going to be this little boy from Indiana, Michael Jackson. Cute little boy. Very talented. Watch him like a hawk. Watch the Beatles catalogue." Oh and this..."Invest heavily in Apple..... Inc. not Corps."
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I'd like to have seen them at the Star Club in Hamburg before they were "discovered" and played with such raw energy and power....a hungry and very talented young band. That would have been special: bssydnor@yahoo.com
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Nancy R:
hey_kittay:
Actually I don't know anyone named Erik unless he is the lawn man.
OMG, that is so funny! The guy who cuts my lawn is named Eric and so is the guy who used to cut my Dad's lawn up in Ohio!
The guy who cuts my lawn is named Erik too! (and I'm cheap! )
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Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
hey_kittay:
Actually I don't know anyone named Erik unless he is the lawn man.
OMG, that is so funny! The guy who cuts my lawn is named Eric and so is the guy who used to cut my Dad's lawn up in Ohio!
The guy who cuts my lawn is named Erik too! (and I'm cheap! )
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Scarlett14:
I'm going to put a different spin on this thread now...if the time machine could take you back to the Beatles for one hour when they were together, what advice would you give them, knowing what you know now? (and some of you have already taken advantage of this "Back to the Future" moment) I'd say to the Beatles...."There's going to be this little boy from Indiana, Michael Jackson. Cute little boy. Very talented. Watch him like a hawk. Watch the Beatles catalogue." Oh and this..."Invest heavily in Apple..... Inc. not Corps."
I'd add to that, John: in the future, when you live at the Dakota in NYC, always have the car pull into the building--don't get out on the street. There will be a nutjob there on Dec. 8, 1980 who wants to kill you. George (and all of you): QUIT SMOKING or it will kill you! (not sure how to prevent the guy from stabbing him--anybody got any ideas?) Paul: Avoid any woman with the initials HM. Ringo: You do just fine.
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Scarlett14:
Are any of the Beatles considered to be introverts, Fave? I was thinking maybe George? He would talk quietly with you in a corner of the room I'm sure. None of the Beatles seemed shy but they could have been secret introverts. Well, not Paul. I'm a little surprised with the answers here so far. No one wants to help The Beatles write a song? I'd love to do that. I couldn't do the music at all but I know I could do the lyrics. "Yellow Submarine" would be so easy to come up with alternate lyrics I think. "Lucy in the sky with diamonds" too. Anyone else think they'd like to go back in time to help write a Beatles song? Forgot to say that if I'm going back to the 60's for an hour I'm taking a few minutes to call my mom and dad.
How about if I was there for the recording of the vocal for "Rocky Raccoon"? "Paul, can you try that again, please, and enunciate the word 'mountain'?"
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Nancy R:
She showed up on Paul's doorstep first, and Paul was the one who directed her to John!
That's the one thing I will never forgive Paul for! If only he would have said "No sorry Miss, I don't have anything here, but here's the address of my friend Mick's house, I think I left a handwritten song over there last week and the Stones write lots of cool stuff that you will really like!"
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Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
She showed up on Paul's doorstep first, and Paul was the one who directed her to John!
That's the one thing I will never forgive Paul for! If only he would have said "No sorry Miss, I don't have anything here, but here's the address of my friend Mick's house, I think I left a handwritten song over there last week and the Stones write lots of cool stuff that you will really like!"
Really
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I am not familiar with this story of Yoko first showing up on the doorstep of Paul and him sending her to John. Are you saying this is how she first met John? And so, are you also telling me that this was a way anyone could meet The Beatles back then....you just showed up at their doors? Why didn't more people try this? I was too young to try it but by golly I would have if I were older! The burning question that's REALLY on my my mind is why don't "I" have a lawn guy named Erik? I don't even have a lawn guy at all and I have half an acre of lawn. I don't have a pool guy either but that doesn't bother me as much because I don't have a pool.
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Scarlett14:
I am not familiar with this story of Yoko first showing up on the doorstep of Paul and him sending her to John. Are you saying this is how she first met John? And so, are you also telling me that this was a way anyone could meet The Beatles back then....you just showed up at their doors? Why didn't more people try this? I was too young to try it but by golly I would have if I were older! The burning question that's REALLY on my my mind is why don't "I" have a lawn guy named Erik? I don't even have a lawn guy at all and I have half an acre of lawn. I don't have a pool guy either but that doesn't bother me as much because I don't have a pool.
You could knock on any of their doors, or at least ring through a gate. But Paul lived in the middle of London, so he was easy to find. The other three lived out in the "stockbroker belt" outside the city in big houses behind walls. They were still accessible though. They weren't paranoid about stalkers like celebrities are now. And that's mainly because of John and George being attacked.
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I can see what you mean, Randy, and this behavior was not exclusive to London. A friend who was a big Barbra Streisand fan in the 60's used to take a two hour drive to NYC back then just to linger in the lobby of her apartment building, waiting for her to come off the elevator and when she did he'd walk along with her to wherever she was going. She allowed it...I guess because she could see he was a huge fan who knew everything about her music, her movies, her Broadway shows...what's not to trust? What a different world it is today.
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Nancy R:
Scarlett14:
I'm going to put a different spin on this thread now...if the time machine could take you back to the Beatles for one hour when they were together, what advice would you give them, knowing what you know now? (and some of you have already taken advantage of this "Back to the Future" moment) I'd say to the Beatles...."There's going to be this little boy from Indiana, Michael Jackson. Cute little boy. Very talented. Watch him like a hawk. Watch the Beatles catalogue." Oh and this..."Invest heavily in Apple..... Inc. not Corps."
I'd add to that, John: in the future, when you live at the Dakota in NYC, always have the car pull into the building--don't get out on the street. There will be a nutjob there on Dec. 8, 1980 who wants to kill you. George (and all of you): QUIT SMOKING or it will kill you! (not sure how to prevent the guy from stabbing him--anybody got any ideas?) Paul: Avoid any woman with the initials HM. Ringo: You do just fine.
great advice to all
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favoritething:
How about if I was there for the recording of the vocal for "Rocky Raccoon"? "Paul, can you try that again, please, and enunciate the word 'mountain'?"
I love it!
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Scarlett14:
I am not familiar with this story of Yoko first showing up on the doorstep of Paul and him sending her to John. Are you saying this is how she first met John? And so, are you also telling me that this was a way anyone could meet The Beatles back then....you just showed up at their doors? Why didn't more people try this? I was too young to try it but by golly I would have if I were older! The burning question that's REALLY on my my mind is why don't "I" have a lawn guy named Erik? I don't even have a lawn guy at all and I have half an acre of lawn. I don't have a pool guy either but that doesn't bother me as much because I don't have a pool.
Scarlett, you are a riot!! Yes, the story is true. And back in the late '60's after Paul moved into his London home, apparently it was quite easy to meet him and in the summer of '68, you could even "spend some time" with him if you were cute enough.
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oobu24:
Erik in NJ:
Nancy R:
She showed up on Paul's doorstep first, and Paul was the one who directed her to John!
That's the one thing I will never forgive Paul for! If only he would have said "No sorry Miss, I don't have anything here, but here's the address of my friend Mick's house, I think I left a handwritten song over there last week and the Stones write lots of cool stuff that you will really like!"
Really
I second that emotion!
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Nancy R:
Scarlett, you are a riot!! Yes, the story is true. And back in the late '60's after Paul moved into his London home, apparently it was quite easy to meet him and in the summer of '68, you could even "spend some time" with him if you were cute enough.
So I'm thinking that by "spend some time with him" you might not mean helping him polish off the lyrics to "Hey Jude" that would be released later that summer? Where are these "cute" women and why haven't they told their stories? I even want to know what ever happened to the gutsy girls who mailed themselves to famous singers/bands like The Beatles back in the 60's. Did they spend all morning setting their hair in big rollers then step into a box at the UPS office? Did they almost suffocate? Who unwrapped them? More importantly, was there an enormous shipping charge? I know my parents would have been ticked off with THAT. These are the burning questions I want to hear the answers to. You never hear from these gals. Where are they? Could we go back in the time machine to find them? (Full disclosure: I threw that last sentence in to keep on topic to please the admins.)
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Scarlett14:
Nancy R:
Scarlett, you are a riot!! Yes, the story is true. And back in the late '60's after Paul moved into his London home, apparently it was quite easy to meet him and in the summer of '68, you could even "spend some time" with him if you were cute enough.
So I'm thinking that by "spend some time with him" you might not mean helping him polish off the lyrics to "Hey Jude" that would be released later that summer? Where are these "cute" women and why haven't they told their stories? I even want to know what ever happened to the gutsy girls who mailed themselves to famous singers/bands like The Beatles back in the 60's. Did they spend all morning setting their hair in big rollers then step into a box at the UPS office? Did they almost suffocate? Who unwrapped them? More importantly, was there an enormous shipping charge? I know my parents would have been ticked off with THAT. These are the burning questions I want to hear the answers to. You never hear from these gals. Where are they? Could we go back in the time machine to find them? (Full disclosure: I threw that last sentence in to keep on topic to please the admins.)
None have come forward with a tell all because theyy were probably paid off! Here's one of Paul's...Maggie McGivern.