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Good thought, but this is why I think James Bond is referring to the Beatles themselves: in 1963-1964 the Beatles were uniformly considered by the press to be (excessively) LOUD (and bad - at least until the movie A Hard Day's Night came out. Then they suddenly became the songwriters of the year).

One publication called the Beatles the loudest thing in Great Britain since the dismantling of the World War II sirens.

Bond's statement would therefore have been in step with the opinion of the general public.

But yes, the statement applies to the audience too!

Into the Sky with Diamonds said
It's not Disney, but the Beatles are mentioned (in a negative way) in Goldfinger.

James Bond says, "drinking a martini that's been stirred [or something to that effect] is like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs."

Ironically, decades later the same Sean Connery would record a spoken version of "In My Life" for George Martin's CD

I think this was referring to the noisy fans and not the Beatles themselves. I do recall hearing Long Tall Sally on a Lizzy McGuire episode, although I think it was Little Richard's version. Time to search deep in ...]]> Fri, 28 Dec 2012 03:29:04 +0000 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/disney-references-to-the-beatles/page-2/#p57780 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/disney-references-to-the-beatles/page-2/#p57780 Though not Disney movie, there is John's reference in new movie Ted, where guy says he owns John Lennon glasses and that they were very expensive. 

I also agree with George's pick having more talent than the three of them combined

Any other Harry Potter fans?!

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Into the Sky with Diamonds said

Good point.

But in 1964, "product placement" didn't exist the way it does today.

And who in the Beatles' entourage would have had the ear of the Goldfinger script writers?

I think it's more likely that the script writers wanted to put in some current events to make the movie seem, well, current; what more current than to reference the Beatles? And if you were beyond the teenage years, the consensus was that the Beatles were awful.

I didn't mean that The Beatles had something to do with the script. I mean, why would they write something like ...]]> Sun, 09 Sep 2012 19:33:34 +0100 http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/disney-references-to-the-beatles/page-2/#p57572 All together now http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/all-together-now/disney-references-to-the-beatles/page-2/#p57572 Good point.

But in 1964, "product placement" didn't exist the way it does today.

And who in the Beatles' entourage would have had the ear of the Goldfinger script writers?

I think it's more likely that the script writers wanted to put in some current events to make the movie seem, well, current; what more current than to reference the Beatles? And if you were beyond the teenage years, the consensus was that the Beatles were awful.

James Bond says, "drinking a martini that's been stirred [or something to that effect] is like listening to the Beatles without earmuffs."

Ironically, decades later the same Sean Connery would record a spoken version of "In My Life" for George Martin's CD

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