The best music sometimes causes physical reactions in listeners. For example, Peter Frampton said one song from The Beatles’ Rubber Soul gives him “goosebumps.” Frampton also revealed how he learned one of The Beatles’ codenames.
Peter Frampton said John Lennon emoted on a song from The Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Frampton named his favorite Beatles song. He picked “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” from Rubber Soul. “There’s an emotion there in John’s voice,” he said. Frampton’s comment is interesting, as John’s performance on the song could just as easily be interpreted as detached or sarcastic.
“The chord structure of it — the way he put the song together — has always given me goosebumps,” Frampton added. “And don’t forget: Buy the mono versions. That’s all we had. I can’t wait not to hear voices on the left. I want...
Peter Frampton said John Lennon emoted on a song from The Beatles’ ‘Rubber Soul’
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Frampton named his favorite Beatles song. He picked “Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown)” from Rubber Soul. “There’s an emotion there in John’s voice,” he said. Frampton’s comment is interesting, as John’s performance on the song could just as easily be interpreted as detached or sarcastic.
“The chord structure of it — the way he put the song together — has always given me goosebumps,” Frampton added. “And don’t forget: Buy the mono versions. That’s all we had. I can’t wait not to hear voices on the left. I want...
- 1/16/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Paul McCartney said a song from The Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band features a sleazy line that was rumored to be about a real person. Paul said it was complete fiction. The song also shows off many of Paul’s main traits as a songwriter.
The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ has a sexual lyric about a plush interior
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the origin of a line from “She’s Leaving Home.” “There’s the famous little line about a man from the motor trade; people have since said that was Terry Doran, who was a friend who worked in a car showroom, but it was just fiction, like the sea captain in ‘Yellow Submarine,’ they weren’t real people,” he said. “George Harrison said once he could only write songs from his personal experience, but they don’t have to exist for me.
The Beatles’ ‘Sgt. Pepper’ has a sexual lyric about a plush interior
In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul recalled the origin of a line from “She’s Leaving Home.” “There’s the famous little line about a man from the motor trade; people have since said that was Terry Doran, who was a friend who worked in a car showroom, but it was just fiction, like the sea captain in ‘Yellow Submarine,’ they weren’t real people,” he said. “George Harrison said once he could only write songs from his personal experience, but they don’t have to exist for me.
- 11/20/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
When The Beatles made it big, John Lennon used his new flow of money to buy cars and began encouraging Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison to race him. Lennon’s longtime friend, Pete Shotton, said these races were exhilarating but terrifying. They always seemed to be at risk of a crash. The risk didn’t bother Lennon at first, but he watched Starr narrowly avoid a deadly accident. The experience shook him so much that he stopped asking his bandmates to race.
John Lennon almost watched Ringo Starr get into an accident while racing
While visiting Shotton on Hayling Island, Lennon suggested they race cars. He brought his Ferrari and thought the small island would make a perfect race track.
“We then set out on the most hair-raising drive of my life,” Shotton wrote in the book The Beatles, Lennon, and Me. “Only a few miles out of Hayling Island,...
John Lennon almost watched Ringo Starr get into an accident while racing
While visiting Shotton on Hayling Island, Lennon suggested they race cars. He brought his Ferrari and thought the small island would make a perfect race track.
“We then set out on the most hair-raising drive of my life,” Shotton wrote in the book The Beatles, Lennon, and Me. “Only a few miles out of Hayling Island,...
- 7/18/2023
- by Emma McKee
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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