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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
Yeah, I was raised on the Beatles...my parents had me well indoctrinated into Sgt. Pepper's, Let It Be, & Abbey Road, before I even heard Queen's music. So you could say I'm a fan. I like their later stuff (the music they recorded after they started using drugs) especially. I actually like Paul...George is my fav, where John is my least favourite. I think the money had a lot to do with it (they're already a household name, their market will likely NEVER die), if Paul, Yoko, & Ringo can stop iTunes from selling The Beatles catalog of music on iTunes, then they certainly must have enough control over the music that if they wanted to stop it, they would have. So again, it was VERY much about the money. There are so many devout Beatles fans, that the studio/writers/crew would be expected to deliver and do them justice (which should be the case anyways...it's the Beatles for God's sake!). So they made it a pseudo-psychadelic broadway, historical, story-like movie, with all the cliche's and all the hits. It was a clever movie, and I did like it (for being a musical). I just wasn't CRAZY about it. The best rendition from that movie IMO is "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." They made it like a Freddie King blues number.
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But it wouln't be the same, would it?, since the music in the film is covers, no originals.
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Good point, but like you said...all of the songs used in Across The Universe are owned by the Fab Four (or the estates of the deceased), and given the concepts, ideas, and even the character names involved...it would be very hard to believe that they didn't have a choice in the film being made or not. But I can't say for sure.
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I heard Yoko tried to stop "Imagine" being used for some lame ad campaign and didn't succeed.
At the same time, she did stop Brian from releasing his modified lyrics to "God".
I heard Yoko tried to stop "Imagine" being used for some lame ad campaign and didn't succeed.
At the same time, she did stop Brian from releasing his modified lyrics to "God".
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[b]Zebonka12 wrote: [/b]
Depends on the nature of the thing..
I heard Yoko tried to stop "Imagine" being used for some lame ad campaign and didn't succeed.
At the same time, she did stop Brian from releasing his modified lyrics to "God".
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Brian did a cover of that song???, really?.
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Depends on the nature of the thing..
I heard Yoko tried to stop "Imagine" being used for some lame ad campaign and didn't succeed.
At the same time, she did stop Brian from releasing his modified lyrics to "God".
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Brian did a cover of that song???, really?.
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[b]April wrote: [/b]
Yes, you are right. That`s why I like this forum very much, [b]it is very democratic and people feel free[/b]. Though sometimes the posters start using dirty language but then you can just stay away for some time or go to another thread. On the whole all the guys, and there are mostly guys, are great. I don`t know about you, whether you`re a he or she.
And yes, some forums seem to be made for all those numerous moderators whose aim is to keep others away and to enjoy speaking to themselves or to attack together their victim. There are more moderators than posters in some forums.
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Oh, I am a she :).
And I agree with you, for the most part people seem to be nice here.
The Beatles forum I go to is not moderated, actually.
[b]April wrote: [/b]
Yes, you are right. That`s why I like this forum very much, [b]it is very democratic and people feel free[/b]. Though sometimes the posters start using dirty language but then you can just stay away for some time or go to another thread. On the whole all the guys, and there are mostly guys, are great. I don`t know about you, whether you`re a he or she.
And yes, some forums seem to be made for all those numerous moderators whose aim is to keep others away and to enjoy speaking to themselves or to attack together their victim. There are more moderators than posters in some forums.
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Oh, I am a she :).
And I agree with you, for the most part people seem to be nice here.
The Beatles forum I go to is not moderated, actually.
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[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
Good point, but like you said...all of the songs used in Across The Universe are owned by the Fab Four (or the estates of the deceased), and given the concepts, ideas, and even the character names involved...it would be very hard to believe that they didn't have a choice in the film being made or not. But I can't say for sure.
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It depends on what "owned" would mean... The Beatles don't own the publishing rights. Well, Paul doesn't, I think Yoko does (I'm talking about the Lennon/McCartney songs). Though I don't know if that has anything to do with how much of a saying would The Beatles have...
[b]redspecialusa wrote: [/b]
Good point, but like you said...all of the songs used in Across The Universe are owned by the Fab Four (or the estates of the deceased), and given the concepts, ideas, and even the character names involved...it would be very hard to believe that they didn't have a choice in the film being made or not. But I can't say for sure.
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It depends on what "owned" would mean... The Beatles don't own the publishing rights. Well, Paul doesn't, I think Yoko does (I'm talking about the Lennon/McCartney songs). Though I don't know if that has anything to do with how much of a saying would The Beatles have...
I don`t think that Yoko and Paul got any money from Across the Universe movie, as the Beatles didn`t sing the songs there. Only Paul was asked, as I wrote before, his opinion about it, and he said it was ok.