How do they keep coming up with more and more unseen footage of the Beatles? I mean, one day, will we see them going to the bathroom? Will the material ever run out? And, why don’t we see such things happening with Elvis? - Jinx
Unlike Elvis, the Beatles decided at one point to subject themselves to being filmed while making an album (which turned into Let It Be). There are hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of this footage, most of it, I expect, unwatchable.
Access to Elvis (and if anyone would know, it would be me) was always severely limited by the Colonel, who would never have dreamed of giving away for free that for which he could charge a price.
Will it ever end? I suppose it will when people like me stop buying it. Until then? Probably not.
Why would you want it to end? If we can’t get John and George back, I wanna see what I can.
Which reminds me, Ringo is touring this summer. I think we should all go see him while we can—though it’ll be ironic if he outlives all of them.
Why is this ironic? Please explain…
Because lesser minds think of him as an “average” drummer.
But if he had been, would JP&G have kept him on?
Now, was he as brilliant as the other three? (Some might ask “Was anyone…?”)
Maybe when YOKO ONO Dies, and goes to HELL, for being the Money Grubbing Bitch that she is, I’d like to see Julian Lennon (who inherited the talent of John Lennon, pretty much nothing else) get some of Dad’s Money.
Every time I hear about the Widow Lennon - I think O NO YOKO.
If Ringo outlives them all it would be ironic because little Richard Starkey was a sickly boy that nearly died once.
He spent nearly his entire childhood in and out of hospitals–as a matter of fact, he barely got any schooling because he spent more time in hospitals than he did in school.
Then his appendix nearly burst while the Beatles were on tour and he missed several shows.
Then he nearly died in the 80s because he spent nearly all of the 70s and 80s in an alcohol induced hazed. That’s why the album before his most recent is called “Vertical Man”—as opposed to being the horizontal man that he almost was because he was a raging alcoholic (on top of all the other drugs he used.)
Plus, he’s the oldest.
I mean, George died of cancer but he led, all in all, a much much healthier life than Ringo, and forget about Paul—other than pot (which he doesn’t seem to want to give up ever) the man has no vices.
Julian Lennon actually is more then set for life, and his kids lives and their kids, etc. He’s getting his share of Dad’s money, trust me. Whether or not he’s being smart and saving it or blowing it on hookers is another question altogether.
Who are these “Beatles” of which you speak?