Tag Archives: beatles

“Everybody’s talking about bagism”

  Shea and I went to “Yesterday” as my annual birthday movie tonight and it got me thinking about how long I’ve been a Beatles fan (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed in university) and how long I’ve been using computers (hint: since I was a kid but it blossomed when I […]

The Craziest Edit in Beatles History

I’ve got a mini-Beatles/music theme going on the past couple days (so much so that when I looked at my post about the Mi’kmaq version of “Blackbird” yesterday, I thought it *was* my Music Monday post and I’d somehow missed posting on Tuesday!) Anyhow, to keep the theme going, here’s a YouTube video about one […]

“Blackbird” by The Beatles sung in Mi’kmaq

This is a very cool cover by a Cape Breton teen that even got a shout-out from Macca himself!  

Saturday Snap – Rain Beatles Tribute in #yqr #raintribute

As a huge Beatles fan, I really enjoyed the “Rain: A Tribute To The Beatles” show earlier this week, especially since they played much of the Abbey Road album (which is my favourite Beatles album) in this version of their ongoing touring show.

Friday Fun Link – What If Everyone Forgot The Beatles But One Person?

This movie looks great:  

Kids React To The Beatles

I am pleasantly surprised at the majority of the reactions these kids have to clips of the Beatles at various points in their history…

Music Monday – “I’ve had enough of watching scenes/Of schizophrenic, ego-centric, paranoiac, prima-donnas/All I want is the truth now/Just gimme some truth”

“Gimme Some Truth” – John Lennon

Friday Fun Link – Listen To Every Single Music Genre Ever

Someone posted an article on Facebook about a cool site called Every Noise At Once. The site allows you to listen to samples and playlists of every kind of genre of music there is, grouped by similarity and searchable by artist, location and many other ways.

Friday Fun Link- A Hard Day’s Night First Chord Solved?

Atheist Advent Calendar – Day 8 – John Lennon, The World’s Most Famous Atheist?

John Lennon was murdered 33 years ago today.  He is perhaps the most famous atheist to have ever lived. While still a member of the Beatles, he caused an enormous controversy by stating a view shared by all of the group’s members: Christianity will go. It will vanish and shrink. I needn’t argue about that; […]