I don't know Lana Del Rey, but I doubt her best-selling record is as entertaining as this pan review:



http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/lana-del-rey-born-die

This news warmed my heart.



It opened #3 on the Billboard 200. Pretty damn impressive considering his previous peak best was #131.

Does anyone know what today is (musically speaking)? Feb. 9th. It was this date 1964 that the Beatles debuted on the Ed Sullivan show.

Ahhh yes, I remember it well. I was a little young to participate in the excitement of Elvis when he hit the scene, but The Beatles, I was right in the middle of the excitement.

I remember the next day (Sullivan was on Sunday)at school, as the kids walked the halls to their classes EVERYONE was excited. You only needed to ask "did you see it?" Hard to explain, but we KNEW it was something big. Even teachers were talking about it.

From then on it was Beatle hats, Beatle Boots, Beatle pictures in the girls' lockers....and the rest as they say, is history. I am very happy I was at, what I would say, the perfect age (a teenager) to be a part of that excitement.

Here's a story on the Grammy flashback including the Beatles and AND a list of albums, songs, groups of the year in the 60's.

I thought I heard this morning that Sir Paul would be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame this afternoon, but I thought he already had a star. I know the Beatles do.

http://kearth101.radio.com/2012/02/09/grammys-flashback-the-top-award-winners-of-the-60s/


TIS

There's a well known myth that the hour they played there wasn't a single crime reported between 8pm and 9pm as the kids where transfixed by the show.. 73 million viewers watched the Ed Sullivan show that night, which is still one of the most watched shows in American history..

I wouldn't be surprised if that were true. I still remember going to see "A Hard Days Night" with some friends. The lines were unbelievable and the excitement was wonderful. Once in the theater, and I kid you not, you could NOT hear anything but screaming girls. You had to look around in amazement.

I kick myself that the Beatles appeared in Detroit and I didn't go see them. Never have that chance again.

TIS

It was the same in my school. I was just turning 13 and EVERYBODY was talking about the Sullivan show. I had only first heard of The Beatles a few weeks prior to the show. My cousin told me about them.... 4 British musicians who all looked like Moe (of the 3 Stooges).

SC

Do you remember that appearance (at least I think it was that appearance) as the Beatles were singing, they showed a close-up of each Beatle and who they were. When they came to John, they had written on the screen "sorry girls, he's married"? Even way back then, loving all the Beatles, my sister and I concluded that Paul was definitely the cute one.

I remember going to the local shopping center with girlfriends after school. One little teenage shop type store, had Beatle lipstick and the Beatle hats/caps became quite popular. Guys in school started growing their hair a little longer and got that "Beatle" look. LOL Exciting times.
Oh, and EVERYTHING English or from England was totally cool.

TIS

BTW, and our parents thought the Beatles hair was too long at that time??? Little did they know what a few years would bring hu?

Here it is, Tis. At 3:54 of the clip.

^^ Check out the chick at 5:30 of the tape. She's having an orgasm.

I'll have what she's having.

Ha ha ha ha!! Girls gone wild.

Thanks PB I watched the entire clip. To think the songs they sang, good at the time, were NOT their best. Their music kept improving. What young kids they were. And man I remember those 48 years ago as though it were only a few years back. We never would have dreamed that John would have been murdered by some psycho cutting his life so short. Thank God for the memories though.

Don't know where they were, but I like the dance scenes at the end. They were doing "The Swim." Ha ha ha. I remember it well.


TIS

Classic footage, especially Ringo dancing at the end of the video..

Slate argues that Leonard Cohen the lyricist isn't just only comparable to Dylan, he's better.

http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music...plugin_activity

(I won't go that far, but still worth a read.)

'Bout fucking time.

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Adds Six Backing Groups to the Class of 2012



http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/r...9#ixzz1lxp4Yl4M

BILL WARD FIRED FROM BLACK SABBATH BY SHARON OSBOURNE



Bummer. I was hoping it would completely be the original line up for the new album.

So that's where Ozzy's balls went.

LOL true. Sharon is a beotch for that move.

With Whitney Houston's passing, she's breaking into the iTunes charts.

Anyway, Whitney is breaking into iTunes (UPDATED):

#19 I Will Always Love You (Greatest Hits)
#67 I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Junior's Mix)
#85 How Will I Know
#115 Greatest Love of All
#117 I Will Always Love You (BODYGUARD soundtrack)
#124 I Have Nothing
#135 One Moment in Time
#140 Greastest Love of All
#165 I'm Every Woman
#171 Where Do Broken Hearts Go
#176 Didn't We Almost Have It All
#184 Saving All My Love For You

Her first TV appearance.

Her performance of The National Anthem was one of the best as far as I'm concerned.



TIS

She has three entries in the iTunes Top 10:

#1 I Will Always Love You
#8 I Wanna Dance With Somebody
#10 Greatest Love of All

It's sad how people buy music when they die..

YES! I hate that. If you liked their music seems like you should have already had it.
If you didn't then why are you buying it now?

My thoughts exactly...

Wow, really? And I was all set to stop watching Mad Men, a show I watched from the beginning BECAUSE they are taking too long between seasons. I know they've been having problems with this next season but for God's sake, I'm not gonna wait two years between freekin' seasons.

Now, all that being said, RR just sweetened the pot with the McCartney cameo. Ok, I'll tune in (if I'm still living by the time they decide to air it.)

TIS

Note about KOTB: It debuted #6 on the Billboard chart, which makes it Macca's highest opening stateside since FLAMING PIE 15 years ago.

At the UK, it opened #3 and KOTB has officially become his 25th solo/Wings Top 10 album in the U.K.

Outstanding.

On the cover of issue of the National Enquirer released last weak: Whitney Houston collapses; hits rock bottom. There are cover photos of her looking completely unkempt. They're undoubtedly pounding their chests this week.