Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Derivation of the name "The Beatles"


Stuart Sutcliffe, one of John's best friend, suggested "Beetles". And John suggested "Beatles". "e" changed "a". John says, our music is based on beat. So "Beetle" changed "Beatle".

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Complement of last post


First, the reason why John can't play the guitar well is that he didn't know chord of the guitar . He played it picking a banjo chord.

Second, John was taught by Paul how to play the guitar but John had to play the guitar looking mirror because Paul was a left-hander.

Encounter of John and Paul


When John was 16, he formed a band called "The Quarry Men" with his classmate.

July 6 1957, The Quarry Men performed at Garden Party. When Paul saw the performance of The Quarry Men, he thought "What a bad band this is!" But, Paul counted on John's ability. So Paul approached John playing the guitar. The song was "Twenty Flight Rock" made by Eddie Cochran. John was surprised at Paul because the performance was perfect. So John pleased Paul. Then a songwriter called "Lennon and McCartney" was born...

Friday, May 15, 2009

A sickly boy;Ringo

He gave his father's name, "Richard Starkey".

When he was a elementary school student, His appendicitis developed into peritonitis. So he lived hospitalization life more than one year.

Independence boy;George

He closely resembled his father.

When he was a student, he had a high grade. But he gradually lost eagerness against learning because of strict regulations of his school. So he would often wear colorful clothes to bother school teachers...

Friday, May 8, 2009

Wise boy;Paul


His eyes and round face resembled his father.

He was wise by birth so his grade was excellent.

But he became juvenile delinquent since his mother died.

Since this year that his mother died, he usually played the guitar.

He was very much into music...

Problem child;John



When he was an elementary school student, he was bully and he fought all year around.

So he was labeled as a problem child by birth.