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Sept 9, 2006 19:48:48 GMT -5
Post by atd on Sept 9, 2006 19:48:48 GMT -5
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Sept 10, 2006 12:31:24 GMT -5
Post by lili on Sept 10, 2006 12:31:24 GMT -5
Nice job, atd.
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Sept 14, 2006 20:54:01 GMT -5
Post by beatlies on Sept 14, 2006 20:54:01 GMT -5
It could be a composite photo of JPM and an early Faul (more than just pasting on a mustache/ hair/ eyefolds onto a photo of JPM) ......
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Sept 20, 2006 14:02:05 GMT -5
Post by LOVELYRITA on Sept 20, 2006 14:02:05 GMT -5
That particular "Pepper Paul" does have more features like JPM...I'm thinking, as Beatlies, that it's a composite of both JPM and Faul...whichever one that was who posed in Sgt. Pepper attire.
IMO from what I've seen on Sgt. Pepper pics, and alternate Sgt. Pepper pics, there are two Fauls, the SFF Faul and "Bill". Because in the orginal facial fades, there is that long faced Faul that was used compared to JPM with a "mustache" added.
Now, looking at the back cover of Sgt. Pepper and seeing a taller, and beefier Faul...and appears to be beefier than our man "Bill"...maybe SFF Faul was taller, and perhaps a bit more beefier than Bill, who seemed to be too thin to ever be considered "beefy".
IMO SFF Faul was tall, like Bill, but just had a little broader shoulders a bit wider in the waist...
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Sept 25, 2006 0:51:47 GMT -5
Post by atd on Sept 25, 2006 0:51:47 GMT -5
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Sept 25, 2006 22:15:35 GMT -5
Post by LOVELYRITA on Sept 25, 2006 22:15:35 GMT -5
Eeks...
Sgt. Pepper picked a peck of Pickled Pauls If Sgt. Pepper picked a peck of Pickled Pauls, How many Pickled Pauls did Sgt. Pepper pick?
The first original pic in question is either a doctored Bill to look JPM-ish, or there are two Fauls...
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Oct 22, 2006 1:42:22 GMT -5
Post by atd on Oct 22, 2006 1:42:22 GMT -5
In my opinion, based on the visual evidence, the gatefold photo on Pepper is a picture of the replacement that has been altered in 2 ways: 1. Vertically compressed or horizontally stretched (take your pick) 2. Airbrushed to conceal an oddly shaped left side of chin and lower lip. The so-called red pepper and yellow pepper pictures from the CD booklet show this chin abnormality and as an added bonus, are true to life and match quite nicely to our present day !Paul. As far as I can tell, there have been only TWO Paul McCartney's, the original musical genius and the man who replaced him in 1966/67 until our present day. There are two men who may be important to our understanding of the story who have been discussed as being used as doubles for JPM: Keith Allison and Dino Danelli. In my opinion, they may have been used in unrecorded events as crowd distraction , but neither of them was used as a photographic or performance stand-in. Denny Laine (Brian Hines) has been discussed as being involved as vocal double and perhaps considered (and rejected) as a body double as well. There may be some merit to this line of thought. I'm just gonna post these pics for no good reason..enjoy! Well, I won't be going after the admins here, so...Party On? Wheee! Thanks Jo!x2 You're welcome.. Those are interesting stills, especially the Admiral Halsey line. Who could forget: Admiral Halsey notified me He had to have a berth or he couldnt get to sea I had another look and I had a cup of tea and butter pie (the butter wouldnt melt so I put it in the pie)... I've been meaning to watch the movie, picked it up at a video store going out of business sale because of the Shears business. Any general impressions ATD? Well Jo, aside from the Beatles related stuff, it's a pretty good movie. Almost 3 hours long, but the story and acting is good enough that I didn't really notice. Check it out... I'm pretty certain that this is the Shears referenced in Pepper. To me, the idea of the Bridge itself,and it's demise, are the biggest reason for the somewhat striking Billy Shears/ William Beedle(Holden) /Beatle/Halsey references. After Revolver, I think the Beatles were meant to be dismantled..I think the animosity between some of the members was scripted and not entirely real. Beatlies, who played the female lead in Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band, the movie?
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Oct 22, 2006 10:00:10 GMT -5
Post by JoJo on Oct 22, 2006 10:00:10 GMT -5
Well Jo, aside from the Beatles related stuff, it's a pretty good movie. Almost 3 hours long, but the story and acting is good enough that I didn't really notice. Check it out... I'm pretty certain that this is the Shears referenced in Pepper. To me, the idea of the Bridge itself,and it's demise, are the biggest reason for the somewhat striking Billy Shears/ William Beedle(Holden) /Beatle/Halsey references. Been meaning to mention it, yes I did last week, and you are correct, it's an amazing movie. Wasn't it ironic that the British leader in the camp, with his strict adherence to the rules, to the point of spending weeks in solitary confinement to make a point, broke them at the end because of his pride in the bridge construction? I think you may be right about the rancor being scripted. It gave a convenient reason for the breakup..Whose decision do you think this dissolution was? I picked up a vinyl of the soundtrack yesterday, I'll make a scan of the sleeve. A "Dianne Steinberg" is listed as "Lucy".
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Oct 22, 2006 13:51:05 GMT -5
Post by revolver on Oct 22, 2006 13:51:05 GMT -5
In my opinion, based on the visual evidence, the gatefold photo on Pepper is a picture of the replacement that has been altered in 2 ways: 1. Vertically compressed or horizontally stretched (take your pick) 2. Airbrushed to conceal an oddly shaped left side of chin and lower lip. The so-called red pepper and yellow pepper pictures from the CD booklet show this chin abnormality and as an added bonus, are true to life and match quite nicely to our present day !Paul. As far as I can tell, there have been only TWO Paul McCartney's, the original musical genius and the man who replaced him in 1966/67 until our present day. I agree 100%. MFH/PIA protestations notwithstanding, the CD red and yellow pepper photos are accurate, as your fades indicate. The LP gatefold and cover are way off.
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Oct 22, 2006 13:55:36 GMT -5
Post by JoJo on Oct 22, 2006 13:55:36 GMT -5
Pepper soundtrack sleeve:
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Oct 22, 2006 18:46:23 GMT -5
Post by atd on Oct 22, 2006 18:46:23 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Jo.. Who decided upon the script? Good question..It seems to me that decision wasn't solely up the Beatles and their management. Military perhaps? Secret Service? Here's some extra stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Purple_Onionen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_Marchen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball Hitler has only got one ball, The other is in the Albert Hall His mother, the dirty bugger, Cut it off when he was small. Hitler was originally intended to be on the Pepper cover ( behind Ringo I believe) and the Albert Hall was mentioned in A Day in the Life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weaverswww.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3856The beginning verse to I am the Walrus... MARCHING TO PRETORIA I'm with you and you're with me And so we're all together. So we're all together So we're all together Sing with me, I'll sing with you And so we will sing together As we march along. Cho: We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria today. We have food, the food is good, And so we will eat together. So we will eat together So we will eat together. When we eat, 'twill be a treat, So let us sing together As we march along: www.musichallcds.com/var22_page.htmUmpa umpa stick it up your jumper ...heard at the end of I am the Walrus.
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Oct 22, 2006 20:29:08 GMT -5
Post by JoJo on Oct 22, 2006 20:29:08 GMT -5
Someone's been digging away.. Good stuff ATD. I got a hold of the SPLHCB dvd and I've mostly skimmed through it.. Skimmed, because the story, and most of all the music is painful to watch/listen. All except Aerosmith doing Come Together, other than John himself, this is the best version ever, esp. Joe Perry's guitar playing. Awesome! But, there is nothing much to intrigue here, perhaps there is something to the idea of a "replacement" SPLHCB, so maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and watch it. Yes...the female voices, the male ones sing "everybody smoke pot".. John threw a variety of material in there. Let them try to figure that out. The end part is clearer in this Youtube video I made, using a remix for the audio, hope you enjoy: www.youtube.com/watch?v=EE0Mt9TKnDE
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Oct 23, 2006 5:33:41 GMT -5
Post by beatlies on Oct 23, 2006 5:33:41 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Jo.. Who decided upon the script? Good question..It seems to me that decision wasn't solely up the Beatles and their management. Military perhaps? Secret Service? Here's some extra stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Purple_Onionen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_Marchen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball Hitler has only got one ball, The other is in the Albert Hall His mother, the dirty bugger, Cut it off when he was small. Hitler was originally intended to be on the Pepper cover ( behind Ringo I believe) and the Albert Hall was mentioned in A Day in the Life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weaverswww.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3856The beginning verse to I am the Walrus... MARCHING TO PRETORIA I'm with you and you're with me And so we're all together. So we're all together So we're all together Sing with me, I'll sing with you And so we will sing together As we march along. Cho: We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria today. We have food, the food is good, And so we will eat together. So we will eat together So we will eat together. When we eat, 'twill be a treat, So let us sing together As we march along: www.musichallcds.com/var22_page.htmUmpa umpa stick it up your jumper ...heard at the end of I am the Walrus. Yeah, as you know the lead female actor in the Bee Gees' 1978 movie Sgt. Pepper, playing "Strawberry Fields," is Sandy Farina, as in Pilchard Semolina Richard Farina.
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Oct 23, 2006 11:04:46 GMT -5
Post by McCartneyIII on Oct 23, 2006 11:04:46 GMT -5
Yeah, as you know the lead female actor in the Bee Gees' 1978 movie Sgt. Pepper, playing "Strawberry Fields," is Sandy Farina, as in Pilchard Semolina Richard Farina. And Mike Torello?
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Oct 23, 2006 11:16:14 GMT -5
Post by il ras on Oct 23, 2006 11:16:14 GMT -5
interesting that billy shears and sgt. pepper are clearly two different persons
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Oct 23, 2006 20:54:23 GMT -5
Post by LOVELYRITA on Oct 23, 2006 20:54:23 GMT -5
That movie was horrifying...to use great music with a pathetic storyline. I was in high school when that came out..and I think I could have written a better plot back them myself.....
Pitiful...
Peter Frampton's fake tears when the Strawberry Fields' charcter fell and died was really bad. Singing Golden Slumbers at her funeral and I thought "Academy Award" material....NOT!
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Oct 26, 2006 22:49:21 GMT -5
Post by atd on Oct 26, 2006 22:49:21 GMT -5
Well, if anyone can stomach it, here's a page with a lot of stuff about the movie , including all the dialog.. www.geocities.com/~sgtpepper78/SgtPepperMain.htmlEven though the acting etc. is crap, the story itself, about corruption in the music industry, may be the important message. That, and the people and names in it. Beatlies posted earlier today about the Walrus..Chumley and his friend Tennesee Tuxedo, a penguin...from a cartoon series in the '60's. They lived in a zoo (what a thing to do) under the eye of a caretaker called Stanley Livingstone. Now remember, David Livingstone was featured on the Pepper cover, in wax no less.. Henry Morton Stanley was charged with finding Livingstone in Africa... Stanley Livingstone was a combined reference to both men. In addition, Tennesee Tuxedo was produced by TTV (Total Televison Productions) which produced another cartoon series called ... The Beagles. Curiouser and curiouser..
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Oct 26, 2006 23:52:47 GMT -5
Post by Doc on Oct 26, 2006 23:52:47 GMT -5
Well, if anyone can stomach it, here's a page with a lot of stuff about the movie , including all the dialog.. www.geocities.com/~sgtpepper78/SgtPepperMain.htmlEven though the acting etc. is crap, the story itself, about corruption in the music industry, may be the important message. That, and the people and names in it. Beatlies posted earlier today about the Walrus..Chumley and his friend Tennesee Tuxedo, a penguin...from a cartoon series in the '60's. They lived in a zoo (what a thing to do) under the eye of a caretaker called Stanley Livingstone. Now remember, David Livingstone was featured on the Pepper cover, in wax no less.. Henry Morton Stanley was charged with finding Livingstone in Africa... Stanley Livingstone was a combined reference to both men. In addition, Tennesee Tuxedo was produced by TTV (Total Televison Productions) which produced another cartoon series called ... The Beagles. Curiouser and curiouser.. Yep, there was no striving for realism in this movie. It is a fancy; it is a symbolic farce, a metaphoric indulgence. If viewed that way, as a jibe, a send-up, a way of communicating darker ideas and packaged as post-Disco camp, then it becomes very enjoyable. They utilized the Hollywood elements/talent they had going at the time. This film does reek of that period. Again, if taken that way, a romp with a message told in dated frivolities, then it becomes a different movie. Take a Quaalude*, put on the BeeGees Greatest Hits album, wear a white disco suit with gold neck chains, and drive your Firebird with the t-top down to the local drive in and see it on the Big Screen. * I am not promoting illicit pharmaceutical indulgences. Besides, they don't even MAKE quaaludes anymore. But.......if you should find one you've been hoarding since 1979......... split it in two and send half of it to...........oh, never mind. You better flush it instead.
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Oct 29, 2006 21:15:24 GMT -5
Post by LOVELYRITA on Oct 29, 2006 21:15:24 GMT -5
Well, if anyone can stomach it, here's a page with a lot of stuff about the movie , including all the dialog.. www.geocities.com/~sgtpepper78/SgtPepperMain.htmlEven though the acting etc. is crap, the story itself, about corruption in the music industry, may be the important message. That, and the people and names in it. Beatlies posted earlier today about the Walrus..Chumley and his friend Tennesee Tuxedo, a penguin...from a cartoon series in the '60's. They lived in a zoo (what a thing to do) under the eye of a caretaker called Stanley Livingstone. Now remember, David Livingstone was featured on the Pepper cover, in wax no less.. Henry Morton Stanley was charged with finding Livingstone in Africa... Stanley Livingstone was a combined reference to both men. In addition, Tennesee Tuxedo was produced by TTV (Total Televison Productions) which produced another cartoon series called ... The Beagles. Curiouser and curiouser.. Yep, there was no striving for realism in this movie. It is a fancy; it is a symbolic farce, a metaphoric indulgence. If viewed that way, as a jibe, a send-up, a way of communicating darker ideas and packaged as post-Disco camp, then it becomes very enjoyable. They utilized the Hollywood elements/talent they had going at the time. This film does reek of that period. Again, if taken that way, a romp with a message told in dated frivolities, then it becomes a different movie. Take a Quaalude*, put on the BeeGees Greatest Hits album, wear a white disco suit with gold neck chains, and drive your Firebird with the t-top down to the local drive in and see it on the Big Screen. * I am not promoting illicit pharmaceutical indulgences. Besides, they don't even MAKE quaaludes anymore. But.......if you should find one you've been hoarding since 1979......... split it in two and send half of it to...........oh, never mind. You better flush it instead. Doc, we'll sit you in a padded cell, put you in a straight jacket and force you listen to "Say, Say, Say", David Hasselhoff's entire recording package, Michael Bolton's Greatest Hits and Slim Whitman yodeling "Una Paloma Blanca".... and then you can sip some Catnip Tea....that ought to give you some sort of shock therapy, without using electric charges to your brain.... Or... we'll make you watch MMT backwards.... Then we'll pause it on the scene where Ringo's Aunt Jessie is eating spaghetti by the shovel fulls....since rumor has it you think Aunt Jessie is a "hottie"....and that alone should subject you to listening to the Michael Bolton collection in it's entirety.... Rumor also has it that you daydream that you're Buster Bloodvessels dancing with Aunt Jessie on the Beach, like in MMT.... Sorry, don't mean to pic on you DOC.... You didn't deserve that....that is forcing you to listen to Michael Bolton AND David Hasselhoff.....that is a bit severe... Perhaps if you play their music backwards you may hear this "I really, really, stink at singing, but buy my records just as gag gifts for your family and friends...." 1979....that was a good year....that was the year I was released from Public School Education Purgatory....(I graduated high school) after 12 years of hell..... Anyhow...what was this subject?
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Oct 29, 2006 22:29:09 GMT -5
Post by Doc on Oct 29, 2006 22:29:09 GMT -5
Yep, there was no striving for realism in this movie. It is a fancy; it is a symbolic farce, a metaphoric indulgence. If viewed that way, as a jibe, a send-up, a way of communicating darker ideas and packaged as post-Disco camp, then it becomes very enjoyable. They utilized the Hollywood elements/talent they had going at the time. This film does reek of that period. Again, if taken that way, a romp with a message told in dated frivolities, then it becomes a different movie. Take a Quaalude*, put on the BeeGees Greatest Hits album, wear a white disco suit with gold neck chains, and drive your Firebird with the t-top down to the local drive in and see it on the Big Screen. * I am not promoting illicit pharmaceutical indulgences. Besides, they don't even MAKE quaaludes anymore. But.......if you should find one you've been hoarding since 1979......... split it in two and send half of it to...........oh, never mind. You better flush it instead. Doc, we'll sit you in a padded cell, put you in a straight jacket and force you listen to "Say, Say, Say", David Hasselhoff's entire recording package, Michael Bolton's Greatest Hits and Slim Whitman yodeling "Una Paloma Blanca".... and then you can sip some Catnip Tea....that ought to give you some sort of shock therapy, without using electric charges to your brain.... Or... we'll make you watch MMT backwards.... Then we'll pause it on the scene where Ringo's Aunt Jessie is eating spaghetti by the shovel fulls....since rumor has it you think Aunt Jessie is a "hottie"....and that alone should subject you to listening to the Michael Bolton collection in it's entirety.... Rumor also has it that you daydream that you're Buster Bloodvessels dancing with Aunt Jessie on the Beach, like in MMT.... Sorry, don't mean to pic on you DOC.... You didn't deserve that....that is forcing you to listen to Michael Bolton AND David Hasselhoff.....that is a bit severe... Perhaps if you play their music backwards you may hear this "I really, really, stink at singing, but buy my records just as gag gifts for your family and friends...." 1979....that was a good year....that was the year I was released from Public School Education Purgatory....(I graduated high school) after 12 years of hell..... Anyhow...what was this subject? Well, thanks for the idea about the padded cell---what a lovely, restful idea, but I've already done something about that. After so many years, checking in, checking out, and taking that long cab ride 'cross down to the Institute, I just told 'em, hey look guys, I'll just redesign my guest bedroom with the padded walls, the heavy locking door, cameras, the whole nine yards. The county paid for it all, seeing as how it was of a benefit to the public sanity, and voila, why ever leave the house again? I just walk in and pull the door. Igor the manservant monitors my condition by remote audio and video, and when I reach what they call "optimum lucidity", they let me out for 2 hours to see how it goes. It's a great system and I encourage everyone to consider their own "Home Mental Health Treatment Center." Of special benefit has been the new one-use stick-on dermal patch, which seeps high-dosage time-released Lithium Hydrochloride directly into the skin. The only drawbacks are the bizarre side effects, which for one, make you WANT to start smoking cigarettes, and two, give you the delusion that you are pregnant. But since cigarettes make me cough and I never learned how to change a diaper, these are possible to overlook. Actually, Mr. Hasselhoff used to live in Atlanta, and I am still friends with his former voice teacher who also lives here. David was a very nice man, from a nice family, very well liked back then, and with a very promising acting ability. I don't know any more to say, other than, singing is tricky and God and Mother Nature have generally been rather stingy in doling out TRUE vocal ability. A lot of people learn to make sounds, and physicalize thru some kind of rehearsed rendition, but a true singer has an extra dimension, an extra capability that, sadly, can not be given or taught by mere mortals. Slim Whitman? Well, I'm not from Mars, so that ought to be OK. Thanks for the feed-back, LR.
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Nov 1, 2006 23:58:56 GMT -5
Post by LOVELYRITA on Nov 1, 2006 23:58:56 GMT -5
Hey DOC, they left you out long enough to be Liberace on Elm Street.....you left photographic evidence of your "breakout".
But the real difficulty is not letting you out, but getting you back in....Igor has a difficult time....esp. on Halloween when other "spooks" try to take advantage of him, being a hunchback and with that one eye problem...well, they think he's wearing a costume...and it hurts Igor's feelings when he breaks it to them that he really does look like that and it's not dress up. Then he comes home all upset and wants you to minister to him....
....What do you do then?
A Home Mental Health Treatment Center is not a bad idea....except when patients try to administer electric shock treatments to themselves with the toaster...then it gets pretty messy...and Igor has to get out the shopvac to clean up the mess.
Speaking of mess...what are we talking about? Sgt Pepper picture comparisons JPM/Bill/ Mountain Man/Beach Party Man.... OR
One of Doc's visual images of his alter ego's life.
OR
Look at how messed up one can get when they stay up too late and is in need of sleep but can't get to sleep.
Speaking of sleep, maybe I should go off to get some myself!
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Sept 19, 2007 13:01:34 GMT -5
Post by B on Sept 19, 2007 13:01:34 GMT -5
www.mtv.com/movies/news/articles/1569910/20070918/story.jhtmlRewind: 'Across The Universe' Evokes The Worst Beatles-Related Movie Ever — 'Sgt. Pepper' It's hard to make a movie worse than this 1978 Bee Gees/Peter Frampton vehicle. By Karl Heitmueller Julie Taymor's "Across the Universe," a story of love and rebellion in the turbulent 1960s, uses characters, situations, words and music from the songs of the Beatles. You can forgive fans of the Fab Four if they're skeptical; the last time someone attempted something similar, things got ugly. Following 1968's animated "Yellow Submarine" (with which the Beatles had very little involvement) and the bizarre "All This and World War II" (a 1976 documentary juxtaposing vintage newsreel footage with covers of Beatles songs), came an attempt at a big-budget musical fantasy based on what many considered the Beatles' greatest album: "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band." Partially based on a 1974 stage musical, the 1978 movie (which also included songs from Abbey Road and Revolver) was produced by Robert Stigwood, a top-flight rock manager and label head who'd had prior rock movie successes with "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1973), the Who's "Tommy" (1975), "Saturday Night Fever" (1977) and then-current smash "Grease." People trusted Stigwood's instincts. Maybe the idea of putting '70s chart-toppers Peter Frampton and the Bee Gees in front of the camera to bring Beatles songs to life wasn't so horrible. What ended up onscreen proved otherwise. the plot:During World War I, the town of Heartland U.S.A. sends Sgt. Pepper and his Lonely Hearts Club (marching) Band into a European theater in order to bring inspiration to the fighting forces, helping to win the war. Upon his death in 1958, Pepper leaves the custody of his magical instruments, which guarantee the ongoing happiness of mankind, in the care of Heartland's mayor, Mr. Kite (George Burns, wearing the first of the film's many bad toupees). Thirty years later, Pepper's grandson, Billy Shears (Frampton) starts a new Lonely Hearts Club Band with his pals, Mark, Dave and Bob Henderson (the Bee Gees). Almost instantly, the band gets an offer from Big Deal Records' head honcho B.D. Hoffler (Donald Pleasence in another bad wig). So off they jet to Hollywood, separating Billy for the first time from his true love, Strawberry Fields (Sandy Farina in her first and last performance). As soon as the band hits L.A., the debauchery of the music biz is in evidence: the booze, the drugs, the sex, the payola, the convertible limousines. After signing with B.D., the band quickly records and releases a record that becomes an overnight smash, putting them on a sellout tour and the cover of Time magazine. Meanwhile, Heartland has fallen prey to the mean Mr. Mustard (British character actor Frankie Howerd in bad rug #3), an agent of the FVB (Future Villain Band), which instructs him to steal the original Sgt. Pepper's magical instruments and distribute them to various evil accomplices. Without the instruments' guarding force, Heartland falls into an iniquitous spiral not seen since Bedford Falls became Pottersville. Casinos, liquor stores and — horrors! — video arcades pop up on the streets, which are now frequented by hookers, pimps and punk rockers! Desperate to save the town, the wide-eyed (literally) Strawberry boards a bus for Hollywood, only to find the salacious Lucy and the Diamonds trying to taint the purity of Billy and the LHCB. But when she explains what's happened to Heartland, they all go in search of the stolen instruments. Their first stop is the lair of Dr. Maxwell, played by a wild 'n' crazy Steve Martin (in his big-screen debut). Maxwell, who uses his magical silver hammer to turn old people into young automatons in servitude to FVB, loses possession of Sgt. Pepper's heart-shaped cornet in a tepid battle with our satin-clad heroes. After finding the drum left in Mustard's van, the band retrieves the tuba from FVB's brainwasher, Father Sun, played by an obviously bored Alice Cooper. Finally, the LHCB attacks and somehow manages to defeat the corruptive FVB, played by the Bee Gees' antithesis, Aerosmith. However, Strawberry is killed in the melee. After a funeral befitting Snow White (including glass coffin), a suicidal Billy leaps off the Fields home roof. But wait! A weather vane magically transforms into the reincarnated Sgt. Pepper (now mysteriously black in the form of Billy Preston), who shoots lasers from his fingers that in turn save Billy, transform the villains into Catholic clergy, return the town to its former wholesome self and resurrect the dead Strawberry! Talk about a deus ex machina! Abruptly, the film ends with a huge singalong of the title theme, as the cast is joined by a bizarre menagerie of '70s stars (some super, some not), including Robert Palmer, José Feliciano, Helen Reddy, Heart, Hank Williams Jr., Peter Allen and, uh, Sha Na Na?! Additionally (adding to the bad wig count), we have Carol Channing, Wolfman Jack, Tina Turner, Frankie Valli, Connie Stevens and, again, uh, Dame Edna!? It's a perfectly strange cap to a perfectly strange film. For one thing, aside from George Burns' narration, there's no dialogue at all in the movie other than sung lyrics. While this was partially done to avoid having the leads' very British accents come out of the mouths of very American characters, the fact that the inexperienced "actors" were left stranded in the land of broad pantomime doesn't help the film. On top of that, some of the more abstract lyrics ("He wear no shoeshine, he got toe jam football!") don't quite work in a film that's using them as the literal screenplay. So what's left is the music — and with precious few exceptions, that's a miss as well. Frampton's presence and voice are both too slight to carry the weight of Lennon and McCartney, and the Bee Gees' lovely harmonizing has no place to go. Earth, Wind & Fire pull off an entertaining (if funk-lite) version of "Got to Get You Into My Life," but Alice Cooper's mere recitation of "Because" is as embarrassing as George Burns' soft-shoe take on "Fixing a Hole." Doing a down-and-dirty version of "Come Together," Aerosmith are the only act to emerge from the film with their reputation unscathed, probably because they got to play the bad guys in this train wreck! Frequent Beatles guest player Billy Preston's "Get Back" sounds great (and he's got moves that rival James Brown's), but his involvement in this project feels almost like a betrayal. But not as much as the soundtrack's producer and arranger, actual Beatles producer George Martin! Ultimately, the movie feels like a '70s TV variety show à la "Donny and Marie," comprised of awkward skits featuring non-acting musicians cut together with splashy musical numbers. Perhaps not surprisingly, "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" was a critical and box-office dud. Over the years, the film has slowly built a minor cult of the "so bad it's good" variety. The lack of dialogue makes shout-along viewings difficult, but there are still plenty of jaw-dropping elements (Billy's white overalls! Completely inaccurate lip-synching! Female robot massage!) that make this a great DVD to throw on at a party. The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper album remains a controversial touchstone. While many (including Rolling Stone magazine) cite it as the greatest rock album of all time, there is a school of thought that says its ambitious structure and inventive recording methods took rock into the more serious realm of art, making it more pretentious and less vital (The New York Times compared the record to a spoiled child). Certainly no one ever has or will argue that the movie version is anything close to "art," but you can't totally hate a movie that answers the question, "What would Ed Wood have done if he lived in the disco era?"
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Mar 15, 2008 15:36:04 GMT -5
Post by iameye on Mar 15, 2008 15:36:04 GMT -5
Thanks for posting that Jo.. Who decided upon the script? Good question..It seems to me that decision wasn't solely up the Beatles and their management. Military perhaps? Secret Service? Here's some extra stuff. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Live_at_the_Purple_Onionen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colonel_Bogey_Marchen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_Has_Only_Got_One_Ball Hitler has only got one ball, The other is in the Albert Hall His mother, the dirty bugger, Cut it off when he was small. Hitler was originally intended to be on the Pepper cover ( behind Ringo I believe) and the Albert Hall was mentioned in A Day in the Life. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Weaverswww.mudcat.org/@displaysong.cfm?SongID=3856The beginning verse to I am the Walrus... MARCHING TO PRETORIA I'm with you and you're with me And so we're all together. So we're all together So we're all together Sing with me, I'll sing with you And so we will sing together As we march along. Cho: We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria, Pretoria We are marching to Pretoria, Pretoria today. We have food, the food is good, And so we will eat together. So we will eat together So we will eat together. When we eat, 'twill be a treat, So let us sing together As we march along: www.musichallcds.com/var22_page.htmUmpa umpa stick it up your jumper ...heard at the end of I am the Walrus. ufos.about.com/od/ufocrashes/p/safrica1965.htm
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Pepper
Mar 15, 2008 16:42:58 GMT -5
Post by JoJo on Mar 15, 2008 16:42:58 GMT -5
Interesting list of songs related in some way to IATW: Comments: A mix devoted to “I Am the Walrus” by the Beatles. Full of strange imagery and possessing a dense sound, “I Am the Walrus” is John Lennon at his most idiosyncratic. Pete Shotton was in the Beatles’ inner circle and he tells the story that John was getting frustrated with people reading so much significance into their songs that he set out to write the most deliberately obscure lyrics he could. They recalled a grotesque children’s verse from their school days and Lennon combined that with other song fragments he had written. Even though Lennon pieced together ideas from different sources, “I Am the Walrus” contains a sharp social critique and is pointed in its sarcasm. Lennon followed Bob Dylan’s lead in stringing together imagery that may not be immediately accessible but leaves the listener with a strong impression, starting with the Zen-like opening line “I am he as you are he and we are all together”.
1. “I Am the Walrus” from Magical Mystery Tour
2. Whether he knew it or not, with the opening line Lennon was echoing the Weavers’ version of “Marching to Pretoria”, which contains lines such as “sing with me, I’ll sing with you, and sing we all together” and ”I’m with you and you’re with me and we are all together”.More: www.artofthemix.org/FindAMix/getcontents.asp?strMixID=97118
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Pepper
Mar 15, 2008 16:46:47 GMT -5
Post by iameye on Mar 15, 2008 16:46:47 GMT -5
related find duing the search" Jimmy Dorsey " The Love Bug Will Bite You "
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