4 posts tagged “beatles”

What was the first movie you remember seeing in a movie theater? 
Question submitted by mainmor.

It would either be the first Herbie the Lovebug movie, at a drive-in, or "Yellow Submarine" which our babysitter took us to in a matinee showing at a theater in Harvard Square. I don't remember enjoying either one that much. Especially "Yellow Submarine." Man was it tedious. I wasn't that into music at that age, and the cartoons were way too hippie-trippy for my sensibilities-I was more into character-based stuff like the Flintstones and Rocky Racoon. I've seen bits of Yellow Submarine since then and I have to say-the Beatles wrote some amazing songs for it, but it's still pretty crappy. There's some stuff from the 60s that is timeless (pretty much the entire Beatles catalog, the Rolling Stones "Let It Bleed", Bonnie and Clyde, Jimi Hendrix playing the Star-Spangle Banner at Woodstock) and then there's the "you had to be there" stuff. "Yellow Submarine" the movie is in the latter category, IMHO.

The first movie I really remember enjoying in the movie theater was the Pink Panther Strikes Back, which came out in late '76. That's actually pretty late, I was eight at the time, so it seems like there must have been a movie before that I saw and liked, but I can't think of one. I don't know... I think I was much more into TV. I was a shy, hyperactive child, so I doubt a movie theater would have been my favorite place, what with all the strange people and lack of convenient bathroom.

Unquestionably George. Brilliant songwriter with a dry sense of humor. A thoroughly decent man, beloved by all who came in contact with him. Even forgave Eric Clapton for stealing his wife.

One glaring fault of the iTunes Music Store is the lack of music by two of the greatest bands of all time, The Beatles and Led Zeppelin. Now reports are surfacing in the Apple rumorsphere of the Beatles catalong being remastered and put on the ITMS. This is interesting in light of the continuing legal struggle over the Apple trademark. It's amazing that it hasn't been settled already. I mean, Apple Records... didn't they last release an album in the 70s? Aren't half of the Beatles (some might say the talented half) dead? Really, just sell the rights to the name to Apple and start cashing checks.

This isn't a big deal for me or most people in my generation, since we all have the Beatles on record and CD. But for the kids, this is nice, since the ITMS is a major avenue for musical discovery among the younger set.