Arcane Beatles lore

So I just watched the excellent Beatles Anthology series.
Wow, lots of stuff you never knew about them, I found it fascinating, YMMV.
Anyways, so I was feeling curious, and I started poking around for more little known stuff, and I came up with a few interesting tidbits.
As an example, here’s one I’d never ever heard before regarding the much disputed “Fifth Beatle” desgination.
Everyone knows, of course, about the sacking of original drummer Pete Best, and the departure of original bassist Stu Sutcliffe.
Also well-known is the 1964 replacement of the tonsillitis-stricken Ringo by Jimmy Nicol for tours of Europe and Australia.
Of course, the last claimant to the title could arguably be Billy Preston, who joined the band for the ill-fated sessions to Let It Be.

What I hadn’t known before, and I found fascinating, was the following.
After their disastrous visit to the Philippines and then (what would prove to be their final public) performance at Candlestick Park in SF, late August 1966, the four parted ways for a spell, each pursuing individual interests.
Apparently, at this time, George Harrison, increasingly attracted to Eastern music and disillusioned with the commercialization of the Beatles’ work, secretly quit the band.
Desperate for a replacement, the remaining three and their management considered countless candidates, and finally, with especially McCartney’s Irish-slanted preference, settled on a young unknown guitar slinger from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Within weeks of the new addition, Harrison, undergoing a change of heart, returned to the band and begged to to be re-admitted.
Of course, there was no question that he’d be allowed to re-join, and he promptly did so.
The young Irish lad, whose name has never been revealed, returned to his native Belfast and, crushed by the massive disappointment of the experience, took to drink and hard living and was never heard from again.

Only a single photograph remains of this rare Beatles lineup, click here to see it.

*Now, many people have questioned the veracity of this photo, but I and numerous other experts have examined it exhaustively, and have been unable to find even the faintest evidence of photoshopping or other image manipulation; as it stands, it is authoritatively considered to be genuine.

Wow! Quite a lot I didn’t know, not least of all the Norn Irish stand in! Farkin’ amazin’!

Since I was in the Philippines myself last weekend, I was piqued by this concert there I’d never heard of. Good grief! They were bloody lucky to get out alive. As true today for anyone as it was then, I guess!
“Stiffed” in Manila

From that link - John: “No plane’s going to go through the Philippines with me on it. I wouldn’t even fly over it.”
:laughing:
HG

I just watched that anthology, too. Fucking good show. I can’t believe you weren’t previously aware of the Irish connection, though. That’s just STRANGE!

Paul is dead.

No he’s not. He’s living in Taipei under an assumed name. Iris Hstu. Its Chinese, you see? Nobody would ever have guessed if it hadn’t been for that pesky the chief.

I got a lot of stuff to do this afternoon, so I’m going to have to ask you guys to help me out and just troll yourselves today. This may help:

The Beatles were (ADVERB) (ADJECTIVE) (PLURAL PEJORATIVE NOUN), and didn’t have a fraction of the talent of (EIGHTIES SYNTHESIZER BAND)’s (PLURAL BODY PART). The only people that like the Beatles are (NUMBER) year-old (ADJECTIVE) (PLURAL PROFESSION) who (ADVERB) (VERB) (ANIMAL) (PLURAL NOUN).

I’ve got that big ass DVD set from BBC. Is that the one? I’ll have to watch it again. In slow motion.

Paul was always dead. Now he’s undead.

Paul was always dead. Now he’s undead.[/quote]
You mean Paul is a zombie? Then why is he a vegetarian and not trying to eat people? Let’s see you explain that one to me :snooty: .

I like when they have people that ask the right questions.

[quote=“Dr. McCoy”]I like when they have people that ask the right questions.


[/quote]

I like it when people use the metatag right. :wink:

In 2004 Paul and doppleganger wife Ivana Trump visited Newfoundland. Governor Ray Davies said they were as welcome as any fifth columnist but could they please stop telling people not to buy Newfie fish. The MacCartknees responded that Red Robin would happily buy NFL maritime products if they would just stop murdering baby [strike]children[/strike] seals.

I may have a few details off.

All of the above and much much more can be seen on screen in Malibu West.

Ask the bar staff.

Cheers!

[quote=“the chief”]So I just watched the excellent Beatles Anthology series.
Wow, lots of stuff you never knew about them, I found it fascinating, YMMV.
Anyways, so I was feeling curious, and I started poking around for more little known stuff, and I came up with a few interesting tidbits.
As an example, here’s one I’d never ever heard before regarding the much disputed “Fifth Beatle” desgination.
Everyone knows, of course, about the sacking of original drummer Pete Best, and the departure of original bassist Stu Sutcliffe.
Also well-known is the 1964 replacement of the tonsillitis-stricken Ringo by Jimmy Nicol for tours of Europe and Australia.
Of course, the last claimant to the title could arguably be Billy Preston, who joined the band for the ill-fated sessions to Let It Be.

What I hadn’t known before, and I found fascinating, was the following.
After their disastrous visit to the Philippines and then (
what would prove to be their final public) performance
at Candlestick Park in SF, late August 1966, the four parted ways for a spell, each pursuing individual interests.
Apparently, at this time, George Harrison, increasingly attracted to Eastern music and disillusioned with the commercialization of the Beatles’ work, secretly quit the band.
Desperate for a replacement, the remaining three and their management considered countless candidates, and finally, with especially McCartney’s Irish-slanted preference, settled on a young unknown guitar slinger from Belfast, Northern Ireland.
Within weeks of the new addition, Harrison, undergoing a change of heart, returned to the band and begged to to be re-admitted.
Of course, there was no question that he’d be allowed to re-join, and he promptly did so.
The young Irish lad, whose name has never been revealed, returned to his native Belfast and, crushed by the massive disappointment of the experience, took to drink and hard living and was never heard from again.

Only a single photograph remains of this rare Beatles lineup, click here to see it.

*Now, many people have questioned the veracity of this photo, but I and numerous other experts have examined it exhaustively, and have been unable to find even the faintest evidence of photoshopping or other image manipulation; as it stands, it is authoritatively considered to be genuine.[/quote]

Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.

[quote=“Petrichor”]

Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]
Irony’s not your strong point, is it? Are you perchance Taiwanese?

[quote=“Petrichor”]

Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]

:unamused:
One (erroneously, it appears) presumed the reader would be able to leverage the intellectual and semantic wherewithal to actively differentiate between the Beatles’ last (paid, ticketed, venued) public performance, in Candlestick, and the spur-of-the-moment, one-off, 6 or 7-song jam on the top of the Apple building as seen in Let It Be.
At which, I have no doubt, your friend’s Auntie was fortunate enough to be in attendance.
OK then?

Anyway, like most of the posters, you appear to have missed the joke entirely.

[quote=“Petrichor”]
Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]
My second uncle’s ex-boss would have seen that show too, except he was in Benidorm at the time. That would have been a real bummer for him if he’d known about the Beatles!

[quote=“jimipresley”][quote=“Petrichor”]

Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]
Irony’s not your strong point, is it? Are you perchance Taiwanese?[/quote]

The part I addressed wasn’t ironic. What’s your point?

[quote=“the chief”][quote=“Petrichor”]

Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]

:unamused:
One (erroneously, it appears) presumed the reader would be able to leverage the intellectual and semantic wherewithal to actively differentiate between the Beatles’ last (paid, ticketed, venued) public performance, in Candlestick, and the spur-of-the-moment, one-off, 6 or 7-song jam on the top of the Apple building as seen in Let It Be.
At which, I have no doubt, your friend’s Auntie was fortunate enough to be in attendance.
OK then?

Anyway, like most of the posters, you appear to have missed the joke entirely.[/quote]

Failure to respond to your joke doesn’t mean it was missed. Maybe the absence of adulatory guffaws is upsetting you, but that’s not really my business.

I wasn’t sure if you were ignorant or just wrong. It turns out it was the latter. Pedantic of me to pick it up, I admit.

[quote=“sandman”][quote=“Petrichor”]
Huh? The Beatles last public performance was on the roof of the Apple studios in 1969. My friend’s aunt was lucky enough to be passing at the time and saw it.[/quote]
My second uncle’s ex-boss would have seen that show too, except he was in Benidorm at the time. That would have been a real bummer for him if he’d known about the Beatles![/quote]

Hilarious. No, really.