My closest friends, what we call here the cuadrilla, are all quite musicians. They initated me in the old rock, thanks to them I knew Led Zeppellin, the Velvet underground, The Doors, and other groups from the sixties.
The Beatles were known by everybody, but they tought me that they're the fathers of almost everything that came later in the music.
In Spain, when they arrived dressed up as Toreros, they were some sort of revolution, it was amazing to see them in a dictatorial and puritan Spain, they were so provoking for the time!
But I'd like to hear not only about their music, but as what they meant for Liverpudlians. Were they very popular in they homeland ? (sometimes people are prophets everywhere but in their homeland!), Did it mean their revolution more than music as it meant here in Spain? Are they tipically Scouse or heterogeneus in their style? And... were they Liverpool fans?
I don't know if I explain my point, for me, the two ambassadors of Liverpool city are Liverpool Football CLub and the Beatles. I'd like to know if for you scousers they're good ambassadors of your city and what you think about them, not only in music but culturally.
The Beatles - The View from Liverpool
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by jonnymac1979 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:11 pm
I grew up listening to them mate and I have every song they ever officially recorded, from singles to B-Sides to Album tracks on my iPod.
One of the earliest things I remember from being a kid was being driven by my parents to trips to Wales etc... and we just used to have The Beatles on in the car the whole journey there and back.
Songs like If I Fell, I Will, Norwegian Wood, Help, and other such songs evoke memories of those journeys to this day. I'm telling you, if one of those songs come on now to this day, me and my brother will just say to each other "Trips to Wales in the old VW Jetta..."
They're an iconic symbol round here. In the city centre of Liverpool, there is so much to see about them. Museums, pubs, landmarks...
One of my mates actually lives on Penny Lane and works on the Waterfront. Was speaking to him the other day and there is a lot of work going on at the Waterfront at the minute. There is supposedly a new Beatles museum opening there, EVEN THOUGH there is one at the Albert Dock, just literally round the corner from the Waterfront.
Do you want to know why?
He reckons that the Beatles museum at the Albert Dock has that much memorabilia in storage, what you are seeing in that museum at the minute is only 10% of what COULD be on display. They simply haven't got the room. There's a lot of stuff we've not even seen yet.
My mate said that where he lives on Penny Lane, there are always buses with tourists on every day with their cameras etc... wanting to visit the place made famous by the song and get their photograph taken next to the street sign.
I'm not being disrespectful I hope or shattering any illusions but I'll tell you now. There is nothing to see except the street sign.
It's just a road.
What can you do though? It's part of where I'm from. It means a lot to a lot of people around the world though and I suppose if I was a foreigner and I visited Liverpool, I'd deffo have to visit Mathew Street and Penny Lane.
Mathew Street is good for getting bladdered but even I don't visit there that much anymore when I'm in Town.
Right now, it's 23:08pm in Liverpool and this is Mathew Street right now.
Check this webcam and those Scouse ladies out, Baby!!!!!!!
One of the earliest things I remember from being a kid was being driven by my parents to trips to Wales etc... and we just used to have The Beatles on in the car the whole journey there and back.
Songs like If I Fell, I Will, Norwegian Wood, Help, and other such songs evoke memories of those journeys to this day. I'm telling you, if one of those songs come on now to this day, me and my brother will just say to each other "Trips to Wales in the old VW Jetta..."
They're an iconic symbol round here. In the city centre of Liverpool, there is so much to see about them. Museums, pubs, landmarks...
One of my mates actually lives on Penny Lane and works on the Waterfront. Was speaking to him the other day and there is a lot of work going on at the Waterfront at the minute. There is supposedly a new Beatles museum opening there, EVEN THOUGH there is one at the Albert Dock, just literally round the corner from the Waterfront.
Do you want to know why?
He reckons that the Beatles museum at the Albert Dock has that much memorabilia in storage, what you are seeing in that museum at the minute is only 10% of what COULD be on display. They simply haven't got the room. There's a lot of stuff we've not even seen yet.
My mate said that where he lives on Penny Lane, there are always buses with tourists on every day with their cameras etc... wanting to visit the place made famous by the song and get their photograph taken next to the street sign.
I'm not being disrespectful I hope or shattering any illusions but I'll tell you now. There is nothing to see except the street sign.
It's just a road.
What can you do though? It's part of where I'm from. It means a lot to a lot of people around the world though and I suppose if I was a foreigner and I visited Liverpool, I'd deffo have to visit Mathew Street and Penny Lane.
Mathew Street is good for getting bladdered but even I don't visit there that much anymore when I'm in Town.
Right now, it's 23:08pm in Liverpool and this is Mathew Street right now.
Check this webcam and those Scouse ladies out, Baby!!!!!!!
- jonnymac1979
by jonnymac1979 » Fri Sep 28, 2007 11:18 pm
Incidentally, on the webcam, the bar on the left hand side called Reminiss?
That used to be called Labinsky's. That's where Don Hutchison and the infamous Budweiser label incident took place.
The papers got the pictures, Roy Evans turfed him out the club.
PS. Remeniss is a 1990's bar now. Only plays music from the nineties.
I was in there with the lads one night and one of my mates appeared to us all, absolutely horrified he was; and he told us all we were leaving right there and then.
When I got outside I asked him why and what the big rush was?
Jim - "They were playing The Only Way Is Up by Yazz"
Me - "And? What's your point?"
Jim - "That song was released in 1989. I was disgusted with the DJ for not knowing that fact and I told him I was leaving. Now let's go and get some tequila."
He was serious as well.
You couldn't make Jim up.
That used to be called Labinsky's. That's where Don Hutchison and the infamous Budweiser label incident took place.
The papers got the pictures, Roy Evans turfed him out the club.
PS. Remeniss is a 1990's bar now. Only plays music from the nineties.
I was in there with the lads one night and one of my mates appeared to us all, absolutely horrified he was; and he told us all we were leaving right there and then.
When I got outside I asked him why and what the big rush was?
Jim - "They were playing The Only Way Is Up by Yazz"
Me - "And? What's your point?"
Jim - "That song was released in 1989. I was disgusted with the DJ for not knowing that fact and I told him I was leaving. Now let's go and get some tequila."
He was serious as well.
You couldn't make Jim up.
- jonnymac1979
by PhiLFC » Sat Sep 29, 2007 11:36 am
I'm not from Liverpool but my Dad is. I've always been proud of the fact that my Dad came from the same city as The Beatles - Dad used to show me an A to Z of Liverpool (a city map) and pointed out where he grew up and where Ringo used to live and play as a kid.
I love The Beatles, they're a part of our culture - not just Liverpool but England (and maybe Britain too) - I believe they are as much a part of our history as football, the royal family and the Houses of Parliament. Try and make it to Liverpool during the last weekend in August for the Mathew Street Festival - basically a Beatles festival that takes over the City with tribute bands and people from all over the world singing, dancing and drinking - its a fantastic weekend. I can't wait for next year.
I love The Beatles, they're a part of our culture - not just Liverpool but England (and maybe Britain too) - I believe they are as much a part of our history as football, the royal family and the Houses of Parliament. Try and make it to Liverpool during the last weekend in August for the Mathew Street Festival - basically a Beatles festival that takes over the City with tribute bands and people from all over the world singing, dancing and drinking - its a fantastic weekend. I can't wait for next year.
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by Paul C » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:24 pm
As most know I'm the only non scouser in my family but was basically brought up in Liverpool, I love the city and feel more scouse than 'wool', one of the first songs I can remember growing up was when my granddad played 'love me do' and I'll always have a special place in my heart for that song, The Beatles are a part of Liverpool's history and no one will ever forget that, I love film from the sixties when the Kop used to sing 'she loves you', my mum grew up near John Lennon when he lived on Menlove Ave and was bridesmaid at his cousin Lesley's wedding 
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by 112-1077774096 » Sat Sep 29, 2007 2:32 pm
love the beatles, i am constantly listening to them in my car and sang 'yesterday' on the karaoke at a leaving do on thursday night
so many great songs, helter skelter is amazing and some of the stuff from george harrison is brilliant such as 'while my guitar gently weeps'.
i was born in 1967 so obviously i don't remember it all but i would love to go back and be a teenager in the 60s so i could have sampled the whole vibe in the city, i think they picked the whole city up along with the reds.
my mates dad is from manchester and he told me he traveled to liverpool regularly for nights out and to see the beatles in their early days.
its also great to see the influence they still have on the likes of 'oasis'
personally i am proud to be from the same city
so many great songs, helter skelter is amazing and some of the stuff from george harrison is brilliant such as 'while my guitar gently weeps'.
i was born in 1967 so obviously i don't remember it all but i would love to go back and be a teenager in the 60s so i could have sampled the whole vibe in the city, i think they picked the whole city up along with the reds.
my mates dad is from manchester and he told me he traveled to liverpool regularly for nights out and to see the beatles in their early days.
its also great to see the influence they still have on the likes of 'oasis'
personally i am proud to be from the same city
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by Paul C » Sat Sep 29, 2007 9:22 pm
peewee wrote:love the beatles, i am constantly listening to them in my car and sang 'yesterday' on the karaoke at a leaving do on thursday night
so many great songs, helter skelter is amazing and some of the stuff from george harrison is brilliant such as 'while my guitar gently weeps'.
i was born in 1967 so obviously i don't remember it all but i would love to go back and be a teenager in the 60s so i could have sampled the whole vibe in the city, i think they picked the whole city up along with the reds.
my mates dad is from manchester and he told me he traveled to liverpool regularly for nights out and to see the beatles in their early days.
its also great to see the influence they still have on the likes of 'oasis'
personally i am proud to be from the same city
What do you mean, Yesterday was done by Guns 'n' Roses not the Beatles
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by 112-1077774096 » Sun Sep 30, 2007 1:25 am
Paul C wrote:peewee wrote:love the beatles, i am constantly listening to them in my car and sang 'yesterday' on the karaoke at a leaving do on thursday night
so many great songs, helter skelter is amazing and some of the stuff from george harrison is brilliant such as 'while my guitar gently weeps'.
i was born in 1967 so obviously i don't remember it all but i would love to go back and be a teenager in the 60s so i could have sampled the whole vibe in the city, i think they picked the whole city up along with the reds.
my mates dad is from manchester and he told me he traveled to liverpool regularly for nights out and to see the beatles in their early days.
its also great to see the influence they still have on the likes of 'oasis'
personally i am proud to be from the same city
What do you mean, Yesterday was done by Guns 'n' Roses not the Beatles
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