Who does the count-in for The Beatles’ song ‘Taxman’?
“One, two, three, four, one two.” A cough. The bass and bass drum kick in followed by a syncopated guitar stab, and so begins one of the most important albums […]
“One, two, three, four, one two.” A cough. The bass and bass drum kick in followed by a syncopated guitar stab, and so begins one of the most important albums […]
Before they were selling out stadiums for tens of thousands of adoring fans, the Beatles were performing in rather racy venues across the U.K. and Europe. Aside from the questionable […]
Even decades after releasing some songs, Paul McCartney sees fans poring over the lyrics, searching for meaning. John Lennon once said this was fruitless on some Beatles songs, as he […]
The Beatles were forever tinkering with their sound in the studio in an effort to create something unique and magical. That occasionally meant they’d bring in guest musicians to make […]
The Beatles delivered some of the finest ballads in the history of music during their time together. But it took them a little while to get comfortable with the slow […]
The Beatles spent the 1960s carving out a cultural legacy like no other. As they pioneered new feats in musical engineering, penned some of the most enduring songs in music […]
The wistful tug-of-war to gain the ultimate musical crown in the 1960s was fraying but stronger than ever. Background noise couldn’t ever compete with The Beatles or The Beach Boys, […]
Anyone who tuned in to the first few seconds of Peter Jackson’s The Beatles: Get Back were greeted with a charmingly lo-fi doo-wop song. It perfectly fit the black-and-white setting […]
On December 8th, 1980, TV and radio broadcasts around the world were interrupted by some devastating news. ABC sports commentator Howard Cosell, on hearing the news while at an NFL […]
One of the things that set The Beatles apart from their contemporaries – and most other groups in the history of music – was the multi-faceted nature of their musicianship. […]