Stella McCartney And Yoko Ono Embrace At Funeral For "Fifth Beatle"

- AtTheMoon See Profile I'm a Fan of AtTheMoon

http://www.splcenter.org/images/dynamic/intel/report/31/Jeffs_The_Beatles.mp3

Here's an audio clip of creepy pedophile fundamentalist Warren Jeffs talking about the wicked Beatles!

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 10:40 AM on 04/11/2008

- rektruax See Profile I'm a Fan of rektruax

George Martin... To me, the only legitimate claimant. And he never (to my knowledge) "claimed" the title. He may have acknowledged that others referred to him as such, but he was generally very humble about his contribution.

All those orchestrations and arrangements and albums that set the band apart were his productions. He's more a Beatle than Ringo.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 06:25 AM on 04/09/2008

- GQTaste See Profile I'm a Fan of GQTaste

Why didn't Paul and Ringo show up? I don't care about the press and what a circus it would have been. These people have ways around it. If Yoko at a surprising 75 come fly over then surely the boys could have come to pay their respects. It just looks bad on their part. After all, Paul"s kid even went.

I also realize that Paul is going through a major pain in the ass w/ his divorce but it looks bad justhesame.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:47 AM on 04/09/2008

- sagopalm See Profile I'm a Fan of sagopalm

Larry King is the Keith Richards of broadcasting. He looks cadaverous without having had the benefit of dying first.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 05:02 PM on 04/08/2008

- michie62 See Profile I'm a Fan of michie62

Ringo and Paul stayed away out of respect for Neil's family, the zoo would have been huge had gthey been there. Rest in peace Neil.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:36 PM on 04/08/2008

- edbermac See Profile I'm a Fan of edbermac

They probably stayed away knowing that former drummer Pete Best would be there and the cameras would be clicking furiously to get a shot of them all. I don't believe they've crossed paths since the fall of 1962 when they sacked Pete.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 02:58 PM on 04/08/2008

- imanatheist See Profile I'm a Fan of imanatheist

Not true, Pete was involved with The Anthology project, cut a nice deal and finally cashed in as A BEATLE!!

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:51 PM on 04/08/2008

- Theda See Profile I'm a Fan of Theda

The term "Fifth Beatle" has become a cliche and a joke!
Wikipedia now has an entry called "The Fifth Beatle," explaining how countless people who knew or worked with the Beatles each stole that title for themselves.
Here are some other designated "Fifth Beatles".......
Billy Preston
Derek Taylor
Neil Aspinall
George Martin
Tony Sheridan
Eric Clapton
Murray the K
Casey Kasem

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 12:14 PM on 04/08/2008

- kipmartin See Profile I'm a Fan of kipmartin

of that list, only Billy Preston was accorded the distinction of being one of a select group of musicians who recorded and performed with the Beatles when John, Paul, George, and Ringo comprised the Fab Four. all of the others were either a 4th Beatle replaced at some point by one of the Fab Four (Stu Sutcliffe, Tony Sheridan, Pete Best), just helping out on a song or two (Alan White, Eric Clapton), producing (Sir George Martin), or employed in a non-musical, non-performance role (Neil Aspinall, Geoff Emerick, Derek Taylor). some were just hangers-on (Casey Kasem. sheesh...).

Billy Preston was asked to 'join' the Beatles by John Lennon but Paul quashed the idea by reminding the band that they were breaking up. Billy recorded and performed with George and Ringo in several post-Beatles situations and earned the title 'the 5th Beatle' when the song 'Get Back' debuted at #1 on the UK charts--a song featuring Billy's Fender Rhodes solo prominently.

how anyone can put Derek Taylor up against Billy Preston as a Beatle is beyond me. and Casey Kasem? right.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:20 PM on 04/08/2008

- imanatheist See Profile I'm a Fan of imanatheist

Your a little off with your facts regarding the original Beatles.

The bands original line up was John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best and Stu Sutcliff (George was actually the last to Join this original line-up).

Pete Best was replaced by Ringo Starr but that doesn't alter the fact that Pete was a Beatle and toured with them through the lean crazy times in Hamburg (3-4 hour sets with 3-4 sets per night, popping lots of uppers and hookers).

Stu Stutcliffe was never replaced. He left the band because of an illness (due to a severe kick in the head and beating he and John recieved from a group of thugs, It is surmised that his death was a direct result of that injury), and at that time he had fallen in love with Astrid Kirchherr.
Stu was also the one who came up with the name "The Beatles" taken from the Marlon Brando/James Corburn film "The Wild One" and he is the first to don "The Beatle Haircut"

Tony Sheridan was never a Beatle. The Bealtes were the back-up band for Sherridan on one album. The album produced a semi-hit for Sherridan called, "My Bonnie", which was heard by Brian Epstien, who liked the sound of the back-up band better than the lead, found the Fab Five playing at The Cavern and you all know the rest.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 03:48 PM on 04/08/2008

- AtTheMoon See Profile I'm a Fan of AtTheMoon

This makes it sound like Ringo's dead.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 11:54 AM on 04/08/2008

- PhillyQuaker See Profile I'm a Fan of PhillyQuaker

A good good friend of the Fabs, thanks again, Neil.

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:19 PM on 04/08/2008

- tkondaks See Profile I'm a Fan of tkondaks

...couldn't be worse than Larry King continually referring to Yoko and George's wife, Olivia, as "the widows" when he interviewed Paul, Ringo et al. on "Larry King Live" at the premiere of Cirque de Soleil's "Love".

Favorite Flag as abusive Posted 01:10 PM on 04/08/2008