Who's buying The Beatles Rockband 09/09/09?

Some people already have the game. Stores have been selling it sense like Thursday.
 
That is wonderful that you have a house full of Beatlemaniacs! I have tried for years to get my girls (15,14) into the Beatles and they have resisted. My husband isn't a fan, either. I'm the only Beatle fan for now. Hopefully, Rock Band will do the trick and they will finally learn to love the Beatles.

Funny story: our neighbors name is Rocky. We were sitting on the deck one day and he got home. Haley, DD15 started singing "Rocky Raccoon" and I joined in. She looked at me, flabbergasted and said "HOW do you know that song??". I told her it was a Beatles song. She said her middle school teacher brought his guitar to school one day and sung it. She thought HE wrote it.:eek:

I told her there must have been a mixup at the hospital when she was born. ;)

Your girls might really enjoy the move Across the Universe, which is one of the ways mine have become hooked on the Beatles. One of the Showtime channels has been running a documentary called All Together Now, which chronicles the rehearsals and opening of the Vegas Cirque-style show Love, which is a tribute to the Beatles. I found out some things about some of the songs I didn't know.
 
Thank you to the poster who gave the heads up to the vh1classics. I haven't seen A Hard Day's night or Help in years. I'm taping the them this time to keep forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you.
 
For all of us Beatlemaniacs, VH1 Classic is playing all sorts of Beatles stuff this week. There are 3 Anthologies (stuff even I didn't know!), A Hard Day's Night, HELP (boy that movie was lame :sad2:), concerts and all kinds of goodies.

Will this work with the plain old Guitar Hero (the original, old one)? I would love to play some Beatles on Guitar Hero.

Oh my gosh! I LOVED "Help!"!! "Go to the window.. go to the WINDOW!!"

:rotfl2:
 

Thank you to the poster who gave the heads up to the vh1classics. I haven't seen A Hard Day's night or Help in years. I'm taping the them this time to keep forever. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

Now that movie is a classic! I can remember as a kid going to the theater and watching this movie ALL DAY LONG! We would get there in the morning and basically camp out until dark. That first chord as the movie opens, ahhhhh, that gives me chills!

So, can anyone answer my question whether or not the new Beatles game can be played on the old Guitar Hero guitars? Thanks!
 
Now that movie is a classic! I can remember as a kid going to the theater and watching this movie ALL DAY LONG! We would get there in the morning and basically camp out until dark. That first chord as the movie opens, ahhhhh, that gives me chills!

Oh so true, you'd get their for the first showing and stay all day. I think I saw A Hard Day's night 35 times in a theater. No way could you do that today.

"Who's the little old man"
"What little old man"
"THAT little old man"
"That's me grandfather"
"That's not yout grandfather, I've seen your grandfather at your house"
"It's me other grandfather"

Sigh they just down write movies, scripts, like this anymore ;)
 
I was finally able to see A hard Day's Night on You Tube. " Mister, can we get out ball back" "He's really clean" What a great movie!

PBS shows HELP! occassionally. I think it's hilarious! Dumb, but hilarious :laughing:

Not to mention that my Paulie looks totally gorgeous in both films :love::cloud9: I wish I'd been the girl he "plays" on the beach during "Another Girl"
 
Oh so true, you'd get their for the first showing and stay all day. I think I saw A Hard Day's night 35 times in a theater. No way could you do that today.

"Who's the little old man"
"What little old man"
"THAT little old man"
"That's me grandfather"
"That's not yout grandfather, I've seen your grandfather at your house"
"It's me other grandfather"

Sigh they just down write movies, scripts, like this anymore ;)

Hey, wasn't the script nominated for an Oscar? (Seriously). I seem to remember it was nominated for some AA.

Most critics give high praise to this movie. I've even seen it on "best movies ever" lists.

I envy that you got to see it in a Theater. :) I love, love that movie :cloud9:
 
Oh so true, you'd get their for the first showing and stay all day. I think I saw A Hard Day's night 35 times in a theater. No way could you do that today.

"Who's the little old man"
"What little old man"
"THAT little old man"
"That's me grandfather"
"That's not yout grandfather, I've seen your grandfather at your house"
"It's me other grandfather"

Sigh they just down write movies, scripts, like this anymore ;)

You must be as old as dirt like I am!!:lmao:

Hey, wasn't the script nominated for an Oscar? (Seriously). I seem to remember it was nominated for some AA.

Most critics give high praise to this movie. I've even seen it on "best movies ever" lists.

I envy that you got to see it in a Theater. :) I love, love that movie :cloud9:

Mary Ann and I saw it enough for you and 20 of your closest friends!

Here is A Hard Day's Night on IMDB rated 7.6!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/

And you are right, the screenplay was nominated!

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
George Martin

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Alun Owen

And here is the trivia!
# Norm and Shake are loosely based on The Beatles real-life road managers Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans, respectively.

# The people chasing The Beatles into the train at the beginning of the film are real fans.

# The word "Beatles" is never mentioned in the movie.

# The movie's working title initially was "The Beatles", then "Beatlemania", until Ringo Starr who was exhausted after a long day coined a phrase 'A Hard Day's Night', that was accepted by the studio.

# The song "You Can't Do That" was cut from the concert scene at the end of the film, but the scene in which it is performed is still intact.

# Ringo Starr is invited to "Le Cercle" gambling club, the same club where James Bond makes his first appearance in Dr. No (1962). Coincidentally, both "A Hard Day's Night" and "Dr. No" were originally released by United Artists.

# Another James Bond connection is the song, "This Boy" (a.k.a. "Ringo's Theme"), an instrumental version of which was used in the film to accompany Ringo's solo scene. The guitarist was Vic Flick, who previously played on "The James Bond Theme" from Dr. No (1962).

# A young Phil Collins can be seen in the audience at the television theatre. He's wearing glasses.

# DIRCAMEO appearance of Richard Lester: seen briefly at the back of the stage while The Beatles perform "Tell Me Why".

# The Beatles first shared the bill with Wilfrid Brambell at the Royal Command Variety Performance in November 1963.

# When shooting began, The Beatles had not yet joined the British actor's union. They were hastily inducted on the set with Wilfrid Brambell proposing their membership, and Norman Rossington seconding the motion.

# In the scene where Paul's grandfather suggests Ringo to be parading instead of reading a book, the book he's reading is "Anatomy of a Murder".

# John's line, "She looks more like him than I do" was dubbed in after shooting.

# The woolly sweater worn by the film's T.V. Director (Victor Spinetti) was his own. The sweater was given to him as a gift and later given to a fan club who had asked him for it.

# John's written answer to the female reporter asking him if he has any hobbies, is the word "****".

# Pattie Boyd (later George Harrison's first wife) appears in several scenes in the first act, all on the train. 1) She is one of the two "schoolgirls on the train" they first encounter 2) Paul chats her up with her friend. 3) She sits next to Paul and smiles and sings on "I Should Have Known Better".

# The tire that Ringo Starr trips over in the scene at the river bank had to be thrown again and again, as it kept rolling incorrectly. Finally, after numerous wasted takes, it was offered to young actor 'David Janson', on hand to play the young boy Ringo meets. Janson rolled the tire correctly on the first try.

# George Harrison stumbles and falls during the opening sequence of the group running down a street towards the camera. This wasn't intended and he ripped the suit he was wearing, but as he quickly recovered, laughed and continued running, it was decided to retain the shot in the film.

# The song accompanying the boys' romp in the field was orignally "I'll Cry Instead". It was changed to the previously-released track "Can't Buy Me Love" when the director felt the first song didn't fit the mood properly.

# United Artists was pressuring the producers to finally come up with a title for the film. When John told producer Walter Shenson about Ringo's malapropisms, Shenson thought that Ringo's phrase "a hard day's night" might make a good title. John agreed. Shenson called United Artists with the proposed title, which was coolly received. Shenson suggested that they ask the secretaries and other young employees, who may be fans of The Beatles, what they thought of the proposed title. The suggestion worked and the title was accepted.

# While all four Beatles attended the movie's premiere, reportedly none stayed for the whole show.

# Ringo was praised for his solo scene at the riverside as a forlorn soul. However, his expression in that scene was actually the result of being severely hung over after a previous night of heavy drinking.

# CAMEO appearance of Brian Epstein): in the hotel lobby prior to The Beatles' appearance at the press reception.

# Two scenes were filmed but never used. A sequence where the Beatles are stuck in a traffic jam along with their chauffeur (Frank Thornton) and a solo scene where Paul meets a Shakespearean actress (Isla Blair) rehearsing in her dressing room.

# Mal Evans, one of the Beatles assistants along with Neil Aspinall, makes a cameo in the film. He is the person carrying the upright bass/cello in between John Lennon and Anna Quayle (Millie) as they are talking in the hallway backstage at the television theater.

# The movie's conversation "Are you a mod, or a rocker?." - "I'm a mocker." between a reporter and Ringo was voted as the #58 of "The 100 Greatest Movie Lines" by Premiere in 2007.

# United Artists wanted to produce "A Hard Day's Night" because the Beatles' contract with Capital Records did not include a provision covering film scores. As a result, the original soundtrack for "A Hard Day's Night" was released on United Artists Records. All of the selections were simultaneously released on Capital, as well, on either the "Something New" album or as 45 rpm singles.

# Writer Alun Owen put together the plot of the movie while following them around on their tour of France before they went to America. From observing them, he created their "stereotypes": John is a smart-***, Paul is "cute" and sensible, George is quiet and shy, and Ringo is dim-witted and sad. He also picked up their manners of speech, and their daily routines, with which he created the plot. (Despite the comic elements, it really was a "day-in-the-life" look at the Beatles.)

# Beatles producer George Martin got an Academy Award nomination for his music score in the movie. But The Beatles themselves weren't nominated for their music.

# There was a scene filmed, but cut, which featured Paul flirting and dancing with a ballerina preparing for her performance. It was cut to save time and because Paul already had his own plot line with his "grandfather".

# According to Norman Rossington, in the scene where John takes the scissors and cuts the tailor's tape and says "I now declare this bridge open." John improvised other versions where instead of "bridge" he would say "Synogouge", "Fish and Chips Stand", etc. Also of interesting note, the tailor in the scene is the Beatles real tailor. Another nugget: In the same scene, when Norm and Shake walk into the room, there's a copy of John Lennon's book "In His Own Write" on the shelf (the black book with the picture).

# The constant mention of Paul's grandfather being "very clean" are references to actor Wilfrid Brambell playing a rag and bone man in "Steptoe and Son" (1962), featuring the catch-phrase, "You dirty old man." "Steptoe and Son" (1962) was remade in the USA as "Sanford and Son" (1972).

# Once Ringo Starr's line "A Hard Day's Night" was confirmed as the movie's title, it was put to music by John Lennon and Paul McCartney with participation of George Harrison and Ringo Starr. The Beatles collectively composed the song that same night, playing it the next morning to producer Walter Shenson in their dressing room.

# Screenwriter Alun Owen claimed that the word "grotty" was a word used in Liverpool to mean "grotesque", but the Beatles never heard it before and believed Owen made it up. It subsequently passed into general usage and linguists certainly cite The Beatles as the popularizers of the word in the early 1960s and trace its origins to Liverpool.

# Besides Grandfather's gambling at "Le Cercle Club," there is other James Bond connections: Richard Vernon (the grumpy old man on the train) plays Smithers - the man who lectures Bond on gold in Goldfinger (1964), and Margaret Nolan (girl at "Le Cercle Club") also appeared in that film, as "Dink", the girl at the hotel swimming pool.

# In the scene where The Beatles are running and playing in the field, John Lennon was not there. He was away promoting his new book "John Lennon: In His Own Write." A body double filled in for John, and close-up shots of him were edited into the scene later. A copy of the book can be seen on a mantelpiece in the background of a shot of Norm, Shake and Paul's (very clean) grandfather.

# Screenwriter Alun Owen claims that the only Beatle who ad-libbed was John Lennon. The truth is that all four members of The Beatles sparked each other's imagination and improvised.

# While Paul McCartney is singing "And I Love Her," the camera panning around him picks up an arc light that flashes straight into the lens. United Artists executives, reviewing the dailies and certain the shot had to be a mistake, asked producer Walter Shenson if he was aware of it; Shenson replied it had taken them all morning to get it like that.

# The camera's 360-degree pan around Paul McCartney during his performance of "And I Love Her" was achieved by dangling the camera from strings marionette-style and moving it in a circle around McCartney.

# Premiered in England on the eve of Ringo Starr's 24th birthday.

# This was The Beatles' first feature film and happens to be their only feature filmed in black & white.

# The first movie ever put out on DVD, it was issued as a single disc. It was later reissued as a two-disc DVD.

# Paul's comment to the mirror in the dressing room "That this too too solid flesh would melt" is from Hamlet, Act 1 Scene 2

# A 'Bridewell' is an English slang term for a prison.

# Paul's grand-father says that he is 'a Soldier of the Republic'. This is reference to IRA and shows the links to the Irish immigration to Liverpool. He quotes from the song, "A Nation Once Again" written in the 1840s by Thomas Osborne Davis (1814-1845), a founder of an Irish movement whose aim was the independence of Ireland.


Beatlemania still lives!!

And the fact that my spell check recognizes Beatlemania as a word proves it!!:thumbsup2
 
Here is A Hard Day's Night on IMDB rated 7.6!
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058182/

And you are right, the screenplay was nominated!

Best Music, Scoring of Music, Adaptation or Treatment
George Martin

Best Writing, Story and Screenplay - Written Directly for the Screen
Alun Owen


I knew it! more nominations too! I bet there aren't many other movies (if any) featuring rock or pop stars which received such praise, not to mention Oscar nominations!


And here is the trivia!
# Norm and Shake are loosely based on The Beatles real-life road managers Neil Aspinall and Mal Evans, respectively.

They weren't the brightest bulbs, were they :laughing: ;)

# The word "Beatles" is never mentioned in the movie.

I never noticed that


# Ringo Starr is invited to "Le Cercle" gambling club, the same club where James Bond makes his first appearance in Dr. No (1962). Coincidentally, both "A Hard Day's Night" and "Dr. No" were originally released by United Artists.

# Another James Bond connection is the song, "This Boy" (a.k.a. "Ringo's Theme"), an instrumental version of which was used in the film to accompany Ringo's solo scene. The guitarist was Vic Flick, who previously played on "The James Bond Theme" from Dr. No (1962).

The Beatles and James Bond.....those were the days

# A young Phil Collins can be seen in the audience at the television theatre. He's wearing glasses.

I didn't spot him, but I bet that's the only time he looked young :laughing: Really, he always looked almost the same age as the Beatles.



# In the scene where Paul's grandfather suggests Ringo to be parading instead of reading a book, the book he's reading is "Anatomy of a Murder".

That's one of my favorite scenes in the movie


# The woolly sweater worn by the film's T.V. Director (Victor Spinetti) was his own. The sweater was given to him as a gift and later given to a fan club who had asked him for it.

And what a hideous sweater that was


# The tire that Ringo Starr trips over in the scene at the river bank had to be thrown again and again, as it kept rolling incorrectly. Finally, after numerous wasted takes, it was offered to young actor 'David Janson', on hand to play the young boy Ringo meets. Janson rolled the tire correctly on the first try.

How embarrassing for Ringo :guilty:



# While all four Beatles attended the movie's premiere, reportedly none stayed for the whole show.

I wonder why? It was a short movie, and it must have been exciting for them to be in a feature film



# There was a scene filmed, but cut, which featured Paul flirting and dancing with a ballerina preparing for her performance. It was cut to save time and because Paul already had his own plot line with his "grandfather".

I've read that before and it makes me so mad :mad: The storyline with the Grandfater involves the four of them. Paul deserved to have a solo scene just like the rest did, and he didn't get one. It feels to me like Paul is not seen as much as the rest are :guilty: I wonder if the scene still exists? I'd love to see it sometime Paul dancing and flirting :cloud9:

Richard lested also cut a scene featuring Paul and Wendy Richard (Are you being Served?) what was with that guy :sad1:



# Screenwriter Alun Owen claimed that the word "grotty" was a word used in Liverpool to mean "grotesque", but the Beatles never heard it before and believed Owen made it up. It subsequently passed into general usage and linguists certainly cite The Beatles as the popularizers of the word in the early 1960s and trace its origins to Liverpool.

This is so funny! :laughing:









Beatlemania still lives!!

And the fact that my spell check recognizes Beatlemania as a word proves it!!:thumbsup2

Yes it does! I'm alway happy and surprised at the number of kids HS age wearing Beatles T Shirts. People were surprised I was a "second generation fan" We're now down to the fourth or fifth generation fans! They keep going, and going and going.....
 
Moon! You sure did your homework and you are second generation Beatlemaniac! You rock! :cool1:
 
Look at all the cross addicted Disney/Beatle fans:thumbsup2 I guess I'm not the only one here that has a few "not-so-subtle" items of each genre around the house?:rolleyes1
 
Moon! You sure did your homework and you are second generation Beatlemaniac! You rock! :cool1:

Thank you! You rock too! (but really, don't we all Beatle fans rock? :cool1: )

Look at all the cross addicted Disney/Beatle fans:thumbsup2 I guess I'm not the only one here that has a few "not-so-subtle" items of each genre around the house?:rolleyes1

Yup. The Beatles and Disney, my two obsessions!
 
I've already pre-ordered DH's set for his birthday. It's not until the 18th, but I don't know if I'll... um, I mean if HE will be able to wait until then to play it. He wasn't interested at all in the whole rock band thing until this one was announced. Even the kiddos like the music and are anxiously awaiting DH's birthday. ;)
 
Ok, I'm watching vh1 all day today. they are up to the Concert for George -- is that George's son Dani playing the guartar in the first set? OMG, he looks just like him at that age. It's unreal.

Edited to add, that it was his son. That was a good concert / memorial they did in his honor. I was getting choked up at parts.
 
We are so disappointed. :sad1:

We have a PS2 and they didn't make the Beatles for that game system. That would have been my favorite game. My DS was playing it at Best Buy last week and it sounds and looks great.
 
Just have to get through a real life gig with band tonight, and tomorrow is Beatles Rockband!! :)
 
Ok, I'm watching vh1 all day today. they are up to the Concert for George -- is that George's son Dani playing the guartar in the first set? OMG, he looks just like him at that age. It's unreal.

Edited to add, that it was his son. That was a good concert / memorial they did in his honor. I was getting choked up at parts.

I am glad you wrote this prior to my just now seeing this concert. His son looked so much like George it was spooky.
I didn't even realize he had a son.

I loved the end of the concert with all the confetti flowing down. I am really enjoying all of these Beatles memories.
 
Yes, he had a son with his second wife. I never it it to very close to his death. I read a story that Patti (the first wife) as much as they tired could not have children. He always took the blame (although I don't beleive in blame -- words I read, not my thoughts on the subject) anyway he very easily fathered a child with the second wife.

As a side note, has anyone ready the book by Patti Harrison? Very good read if you should come across it.
 
I haven't read the book, but I've wondered how it feels to be the woman who inspired such memorable songs as "Something" and "Layla".

Must be a nice feeling.
 













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