The Beatles

Why Norwegian Wood Cuts Through John Lennon's Thin Veneer as a Hero?

Robin Lee | Posted 09.01.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Icons, Ringo Starr, Yoko Ono, Rubber Soul, George Harrison, The Beatles, Norwegian Wood, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, UK Entertainment News

John Lennon was not always the angel people like to think he was. Since his death and canonisation little has been said about his bouts of questionable behaviour. In his formative years he had more than his fair share of fisticuffs.

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The Week In Art: Gypsies, Beatles & Warhol

Posted 08.27.2011 | Arts

Read More: Andy Warhol, The Beatles, Art, Kisa Lala, Modern Gypsies, Nomads, This Week, Romania, George Harrison, New Nomads, This Week in Art, Slidepollajax, Arts News

This has been a week filled with distinct personalities and characters for HuffPost Arts. From Kisa Lala's riveting photoessay about modern gypsies, t...

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Dog Ears Music: Poolside Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 08.26.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Jesca Hoop, The Caretaker, Broken Social Scene, William Basinski, Steve Winwood, Danielle Evin, Laurie Anderson, Debbie Harry, Max Richter, ALbert Hammond Jr., Music, Air, The Beatles, mp3s, Bangups, Tracy Bonham, Pavement, Feist, Phil Ramone, Albert Collins, Doves, Alice Coltrane, Architecture in Helsinki, Dog Ears, B.B. King, Seabear, Enon, Entertainment News

This week we review albums by Bangups, The Caretaker, Laurie Anderson, AIR, and others.

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VOTE: Scorsese Chose George; Who's Your Favorite Beatle?

Posted 08.24.2011 | Arts

On October 5 and 6, HBO will air George Harrison: Living In The Material Wold, Martin Scorsese's latest documentary. Scorcese said of Harrison's m...

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Seeds We Sow: Chatting With Lindsey Buckingham Plus Robert Earl Keen and Rose Hill Drive's Video Premiere

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.24.2011 | Entertainment

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Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.19.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Asher, Buddy Holly, Blue Fish, Imelda May, Nigel Ledgerwood, Two Fish, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Darrel Higham, Fleet Foxes, Nicole Kidman, Craig Ferguson, Mtv, Subway Fresh Buzz, Swami Vivekananda, Les Paul, Matisyahu, One Fish, Billie Holiday, Dr. Suess, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, The Jonas Brothers, Dr. John, Red Fish, Ryan Peterson, Jimmy Cliff, Shareen Anderson, Jay Leno, Gene Vincent, Michael Franti, Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Motopony, Bumbershoot, Entertainment News

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The Beatles Battle Music Piracy With New Video

AP | Posted 08.17.2011 | Technology

Read More: The Beatles Music Matters, Music Piracy, The Beatles, The Beatles Anti-Piracy, Music Matters, Video, The Beatles Piracy, Why Music Matters, Technology News

AP/THE HUFFINGTON POST (LONDON) -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for ...

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Beatles Backing UK Anti-Piracy Campaign

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 08.17.2011 | Arts

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LONDON -- The Beatles are up for the fight against pirates. The estate of iconic British band has pledged its support for the anti-piracy campaign ...

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The Fab Four Reunite As Stick Figures Who Need Cash

The Huffington Post | Mallika Rao | Posted 08.17.2011 | Culture

Read More: Iron Maiden, The Beatles, Music Matters, John Lennon, Stevie Wonder, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Beatles, Internet Pirating, Music Matters the Beatles, Music Industry, Why Music Matters, Music Pirating, Culture News

Paul and Ringo are the latest musicians to throw in with Why Music Matters, the year-old campaign intended to shame you from BitTorrenting. In WMM’s...

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A Better Class Of Riot

Simon Napier-Bell | Posted 08.17.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Russell Brand, The Beatles, Riots, John Lennon, Mick Jagger, Malcolm McLaren, Tariq Ali, Ukmusic, Rolling Stones, Revolution, UK Entertainment News

After last week's riots, Russell Brand writing in the Guardian owned up to having once been involved in such things. And a while back in the Daily Mail, right-wing columnist Peter Hitchens also owned up. Neither attempted to excuse their behaviour, but there was a slight suggestion that perhaps, in their day, compared with what we saw in Britain last week, there was a better class of riot.

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The Beatles In Fight Against Illegal Music Downloads - How Do You Get Yours?

Posted 08.17.2011 | UK Entertainment

Read More: Downloads, Ukmusic, The Beatles, Music Matters, Video, Illegal Downloads, UK Entertainment News

PRESS ASSOCIATION -- The Beatles have backed a campaign to encourage people to appreciate the value of music and discourage illegal downloads. They...

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Government Fiddles While the Country Implodes

R.W. Sanders | Posted 08.09.2011 | Politics

Read More: Speaker John Boehner, Minority Leader Eric Cantor, Fab Four, Stephen Hawking, Majority Leader Harry Reid, Standard and Poor's, The Beatles, Paul Krugman, Hollywood, Politics News

When a marriage is as horrendously divided as is our society, usually divorce is the only reasonable action. I fear that is where we find ourselves today.

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Ken Kesey Rides Again In Magic Trip

Cynthia Ellis | Posted 08.08.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Oscar, Duke, Alan Ginsberg, The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, The Day After Superman Died, David Kahne, Tie Dye, Angelina Jolie, Alex Gibney, The World's Fair, Cold War, Easy Rider, Lsd, Allen Ginsberg, Twist and Shout, Ravi Coltrane, On the Road, The Beatles, Archival Verite, Emmy, Stanley Tucci, John Coltrane, Larry McMurtry, Thomas Wolfe, Love Potion Number 9, Howl, Ken Kesey, One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, Jerry Garcia, JFK Assassination, Jack Kerouac, Allison Ellwood, The Merry Pranksters, Hair, Greensleeves, Mad Men, Timothy Leary, The Sixties, Ellington, Neal Cassady, Post 9/11, Entertainment News

Directors Alex Gibney and Allison Ellwood have resurrected, cinematically, the pivotal moment when our country went from Mad Men to HAIR.

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7 Best Songs Inspired By Books

Posted 07.29.2011 | Books

Read More: Book News, The Beatles, Music Books, Songs Books, Shery; Crow, Inspired Music, Pink Floyd, Inspired Songs, Coldplay, Books News

It's said that art imitates life, but for these songs, art simply imitated art. From Coldplay to The Beatles, these seven artists were inspired by the...

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10 Albums To Bring To A Desert Island

Jeff Pollack | Posted 07.27.2011 | Arts

Read More: Top Ten List, The Beatles, The Who, Green Day, U2, Paul Simon, Music, Bob Dylan, Love (Band), The Kinks, The Byrds, Bruce Springsteen, Arts News

It's July and we're all anxious to get away for some time before the end of summer is upon us. So the eternal question came up again at dinner last ni...

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McCartney Hits It Out of the Park

Salvatore Bono | Posted 07.20.2011 | New York

Read More: The Beatles, John Lennon, Wings, Yankee Stadium, George Harrison, Sir Paul, Paul McCartney, Macca, The Firemen, Jimi Hendrix, Billy Joel, New York News

How does one review someone like Paul McCartney? Someone who did more at the age of 28 than most have ever done in a lifetime? How does someone actual...

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Photos Of Beatles 1st US Concert To Be Auctioned

AP | ULA ILNYTZKY | Posted 07.20.2011 | Arts

Read More: The Beatles, History, Art, Christie's Auction House, Music History, Art Auctions, Auction, Beatles, Christie's, Music, Arts News

NEW YORK — In 1964, an enterprising 18-year-old snapped pictures of the Beatles' momentous first U.S. concert in Washington, D.C. On Wednesday,...

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The Ballad of Paul and Nancy or Why There's No Beatles Song Called 'Third Time Lucky'

Deborah Finding | Posted 07.19.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Heather Mills, The Beatles, Linda McCartney, Paul McCartney Divorce, Paul-Mccartney-Nancy-Shevell, Paul McCartney, Stella Mcartney, Nancy Shevell, Divorce News

Beatles Romantics differ from your ordinary romantics.

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PHOTOS: Mick Jagger Pouts His Way To The National Portrait Gallery

Posted 07.19.2011 | Arts

Colin Jones' 1967 portrait of Sir Mick Jagger, with a confrontational gaze and a military coat à la Sgt. Pepper's, says it all. Jagger and the Rollin...

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The Who Arrive Late, Beatles News Arrives Early, Central Park, August 1968

Binky Philips | Posted 08.31.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Hilly Kristal, The Beatles, The Who, 1968, Ringo Starr, John Entwistle, Central Park, George Harrison, Shaefer Festival, Binky Philips, Entertainment News

 The Who performed just once in Central Park on August 7th, 1968, as part of what was called The Schaefer Festival.

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Chatting With Joe Jackson And Earl Klugh, Plus Mick Harvey's "The Ballad Of Jay Givens" Video

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.30.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Ted Danson, Mary Tyler Moore, Ian Dury, Ian Dury and the Blockheads, Christian McBride, Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, The Birthday Party, Hubert Laws, Rosie Westbrook, Johnny Mandel, PJ Harvey, Mick Harvey, Chick Corea, Blue Note, Burt Bacharach, Regina Carter, John Cassavetes, Suzanne Vega, Marvin & Tige, George Benson, Lenny Waronker, Roberta Flack, Late Night With Jimmy Fallon, Michael Franks, Duke Ellington, McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Fallon, Donald Passman, Mo Ostin, Just Between Friends, William Shatner, Milestone, Tupac Shakur, Paul Simon, Larry Rosen, Jamie Foxx, Chuck Mangione, Dave Grusin, How to Beat the High Cost of Living, Downbeat, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The Merv Griffin Show, Joe Jackson, Grand Theft Auto, David Bowie, Chet Atkins, Billy Dee Williams, Questlove, Motown, J.P. Shilo, George Shearing, Simon & Garfunkel, Dave Houghton, A Cure for Gravity, Standing in the Shadows of Motown, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Patrick Williams, Steve Vai, Bill Evans, Anthrax, Nelson Rangell, Ludacris, Ben Folds, Earl Klugh, Graham Maby, Roland Kirk, Wes Montgomery, Cti, Entertainment News

According to Joe Jackson, performing is the best part of the "madness" that he's involved in. It's better than being in the studio or anything else.

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Still Time to Vote: Chatting With Atlantic Records & Rolling Stone Contest Finalists Lelia Broussard and The Sheepdogs

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.26.2011 | Entertainment

Lelia Broussard and Ewan Currie of The Sheepdogs are the finalists in a contest sponsored by Garnier Fructis where the winner gets a contract with Atlantic Records and the cover of Rolling Stone.

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What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Masters Apprentices, A View to a Kill, Sting, Nusrat Fateh, Global Zero, Gary Burton, Sinead O'Connor, Doug Martsch, Geoff Emmerick, Alan Parsons, Queen Noor, Nike, Chick Corea, Yes, Jonathan Elias, Simon Le Bon, Chaplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Freed, Desmund Tutu, Steve Swallow, Daniel Lanois, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, 9 1/2 Weeks, Bach, Mahler, Sonic Youth, Pat Metheny, The Police, Andy Warhol, Michael Jordan, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Haring, Duke Ellington, Alien, Jimmy Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joni Mitchell, John Taylor, Stravinsky, Linda Manzer, Children of the Corn, Paul Simon, David GIlmour, Lady GaGa, Bud Powell, Nels Cline, Grace Jones, Miles Davis, The Beatles, John Barry, Yahoo, Lyle Mays, Charlie Chaplin, Carly Simon, Yo La Tengo, Ralph Bakshi, Duran Duran, Debussey, Salif Keita, Mtv, Mick Ronson, Prayer Cycle, Jon Anderson, Brian Blade, The Doors, Randy Newman, Alanis Morrisette, Ali Khan, Stephen Malkmus, Wes Montgomery, Gorbachov, Entertainment News

Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.

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Paul McCartney Talks Beatles Breakup

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 08.14.2011 | Entertainment

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NEW YORK — It's hard to think of how Paul McCartney could have given his first solo album a bigger publicity hurdle to overcome, unless he'd bee...

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee’s Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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