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Yellow Submarine Week, Part 1!
Ahh, Yellow Submarine, the movie responsible for injecting coolness in every child that comes across it at just the right age. I personally believe that any age is the right age for Yellow Submarine, and that is why, naturally, Yellow Submarine Week is commencing today on this very website. Yellow Submarine is infamous for not…
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Stu Sutcliffe, Love Me Tender
There is a lot of conjecture as to who the fifth Beatle is, or was. Some think it was George Martin, their famed producer, others Brian Epstein, their cavalier manager. Others think it was Pete Best, the drummer ousted on the precipice of the Beatles massive fame. The real answer is the departed Stuart Sutcliffe. …
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Battle of the Bands, Part 5, Stones Surrender to the Beatles in Cleveland, perform "I Saw Her Standing There," as Pennance
As the battle raged for decades, with both bands suffering unspeakable tragedy (Brian Jones, John Lennon), the bloodshed just HAD to end. And end it did with Mick Jagger’s historic concession in Cleveland, at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Mick, clearly disgusted at being forced to admit bitter defeat, inducted the Beatles, minus…
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Battle of the Bands, Part 2, Beats & Stones, Day Tripper vs. Satisfaction
Welcome to part 2 of the epic slug-fest between Britain’s greatest musical exports, the Beatles and the Rolling Stones. Part 1 was a close contest, in which we found the Beatles barely squeaking by in a battle as to who could rock “I Wanna Be Your Man,” more proficiently. That was just kid stuff however,…
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Battle of the Bands, Part 1, The Beatles vs. The Rolling Stones, I Wanna Be Your Man
I was sitting around my new apartment, feeling kind of directionless and antsy, when a genius idea struck my temple. Get this, you take bands, and you pit them in some sort of competition, almost like a battle. Then, after all the notes are sung, and the riffs are all licked, you determine a winner,…
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WillieSimpson.com One Year Anniversary! The Beatles, Birthday
One year ago, as a birthday present to myself, I launched williesimpson.com to a total of 12 viewers, 99% of those viewers being myself, and even I wasn’t impressed. Yes, the start was slow, but over the course of the year, after presenting a top 100 list of my favorite youtube videos, being nominated for…
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The Beatles, Here Comes the Sun, Lost Guitar Solo
Well, this is miraculous. Here we have a simple video of famed Beatle producer George Martin, his son Giles, and George Harrison’s son Dhani, all playing around with the master track for “Here Comes the Sun.” Off Abbey Road, “Here Comes the Sun” is probably George’s second greatest song behind “Something,” also from the same…
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The Who, I Can See For Miles, and the Origins of Helter Skelter
So apparently, if it weren’t for this song, Charles Manson never would have heard the Beatles “Helter Skelter” and have murdered all those people. Legend goes that Paul McCartney read that this song was the “heaviest” ever made, and without even hearing it, took it upon himself to write a metal song, a genre that…