The Beatles

Early Beatles

I Saw Her Standing There : The Beatles

The Beatles : Takes That Went Wrong

Selamat Pagi Malaysia : Money (That's What I want!)

The Beatles : She Loves You

Life .....and The Beatles

At almost 69 I do not find much comfort in thinking of the past. For most of my life in K Hell (Kuala Lumpur) there was much Hell....a roller coaster that consumed me to the max...fade in and fade out of too many episodes of my life.... quiet like the Beatles "Helter Skelter"...and I am glad that it is all behind me. I do not know if I can face K Hell again at this period of my life.

 

And yet this same group that can come up with Helter Skelter came up with this : 



So many memories ....this time all good...all of a time long past....songs that can still move me today to smile, to joy and to a celebration of a life lived well and to the max...and I am truly grateful that for a few years of my life in the 60's, when I was in London, the Beatles lived there with me. Maybe...just maybe...I might have glimpsed Ringo go past me in a Mini Cooper maybe not.

   
But I was in London when Hey Jude came out. I was in London when the Beatles launched APPLE...in London when they gave their Roof Top concert.


The Beatles - Rooftop Concert (Full Version) by palanisito

Life was good then. Better now!

I'll Be Back Again : The Beatles

I Should Have Known Better : The Beatles

Penny Lane

In My Life

Across the Universe : Fiona Apple

McCartney weds for third time

MAP: England

Former Beatle Paul McCartney married for the third time on Sunday, exchanging vows with American heiress Nancy Shevell at the same London registry office where he wed his first wife Linda in 1969.

The beaming couple emerged from the grey-stone Old Marylebone Town Hall to confetti and cheers from dozens of fans who had waited hours to catch a glimpse of the music legend and his new wife.

Ms Shevell, 51, wore a knee-length, long-sleeved white dress which reports said was designed by McCartney's fashion designer daughter Stella.

The bride also had a white decoration in her hair and carried a small posy of flowers, while McCartney wore a dark suit and light blue tie.

Despite his huge wealth as a key singer and songwriter for the world's most successful pop band, 69-year-old McCartney chose a modest civil ceremony before a small group of family and friends.

Ringo Starr, the only other surviving member of the Beatles, and his wife Barbara Bach were among the guests at the wedding. Another ex-Beatle John Lennon, who was assassinated in New York in 1980, would have been 71 on Sunday.

After the ceremony, which lasted just over an hour, the newlyweds returned to McCartney's home in St. John's Wood for an evening reception.

The property in the upmarket area of north London is just a few streets away from the Abbey Road Studios where the Beatles recorded many of their most famous songs.

Asked how he felt after marrying for a third time, he told reporters: "Terrific, thank you. I feel married. I feel absolutely wonderful."

McCartney's spokesman has declined to divulge any details of the wedding day, but celebrity-hungry tabloids in Britain, where the affectionately named "Macca" is hugely popular, have been poring over every detail.

McCartney was married for 29 years to American photographer Linda until her death from breast cancer in 1998. He said at the time that he and Linda had spent just 11 nights apart during their marriage.

McCartney's marriage to former model and charity campaigner Heather Mills was less happy.

The couple wedded in 2002 in a lavish ceremony at Castle Leslie in Ireland estimated by celebrity magazines to have cost around 2 million pounds.

But four years later they confirmed they had separated, blaming media intrusion into their private lives, and in 2008 the couple divorced.

A judge had to rule on the size of the divorce settlement after the couple failed to reach agreement themselves, and Ms Mills was awarded 24.3 million pounds, ending one of the most acrimonious breakups in showbusiness history.

McCartney has a son, two daughters and a stepdaughter from his marriage to Linda, and a daughter from his marriage to Ms Mills. Ms Shevell has a son from a previous relationship.

Reuters

Beatles : Abbey Road

PAUL : For No One.

Beatles : I Will

Paul McCartney wrote this about Linda Eastman, who later became his wife. It was the first song he wrote about her. In the televised documentary The Beatles Anthology, Paul, George and Ringo are shown relaxing on a blanket outside. Ringo asks Paul what he wrote in India and Paul answers, "I Will." Then George begins playing this on his ukulele while he and Paul harmonize with it. McCartney had the tune for a long time. While in India he made an unsuccessful attempt, together with psychedelic singer-songwriter Donovan, to pen a lyric to go with it, months before the final version

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Beatles : Come Together

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