The Beatles Bible - Topic: MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Funny Paper on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sat, 19 Jan 2013 01:15:55 +0000

Perhaps a second memorial, as someone suggested, would be in order.

It could be a glass structure, modern, with lots of open air atriums. Call the place Glass Onion. Let musicians do whatever they want there.

However, mimes should be arrested on the spot.

fabfouremily on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:42:27 +0000

My friend is going to New York in a few months with a friend of hers and I´m going to ask her to pop by there and take some pictures for me - wish I was going!

c64wood on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Tue, 08 Jan 2013 15:05:23 +0000

Last weekend I happened to be in NY. Stopped at the Dakota and then across the street to Central Park and Strawberry Fields.

I understand people wanting to play music, but am happy it was peaceful and serene there.

(on a side note, it was nice to see grass and trees)

LennonCloset on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 20 May 2012 03:32:34 +0100

This really makes no sense.... John was a freaking MUSICIAN and now MUSICIANS can't play there! I've always wanted to go there since my favourite Beatle is Johnny, and I imagined people paying their respects differently. Some may want to perform his songs as a tribute to him while others may want to silently pay their respects. Whoever suggested that bright idea may need some mental help...

rubber_soul on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sat, 19 May 2012 16:15:34 +0100

I think that a great way to remember John is to play his music, and sing his songs.

So i think it would be weird if there was a law against music there...

mr. Sun king coming together on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 02:05:41 +0100

It comes down to what you want at Strawberry Fields - I see it as a silent, sombre place to reflect, others see it as a gathering place for people to play. I'm just glad my point of view is shared by the people who make the decisions. ITSWD - love the photo.

RevolvingPiggies on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 01:01:27 +0100

I'm upset about this. This is a place I love to go to, and I feel so brought together by so many people, singing together songs from people they love. It ties us together and it's the best feeling. Music brings us together, and without it the Strawberry Fields memorial is just that: a memorial. It seems more... quiet without music. But with music, it's alive. We can pay respects to John in that way, and feel his spirit linger on in his many, many fans.

The Strawberry on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:49:30 +0100

And it does makes sense that you'd want quiet at a memorial. But again, cell phones? Drinking? Smoking? Why just music then? If it's a memorial, there should not be people messing around and getting wasted.

Also, music is banned from an amphitheater in Central Park. That doesn't make ANY sense. Might as well make Sam Ash a quiet place now.

The Strawberry on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 23:46:23 +0100

All in favor of two memorials? One for paying respects and one for musicians/paying respects.

Zig on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Mon, 16 Apr 2012 20:27:29 +0100

I'm really not sure how I feel about this. One one hand, if I drove all the way to NYC to pay my respects at SF, I don't know if I would want someone playing/singing while I was there.

That being said, I would not want to deny someone the right to play their guitar there as that is how they are choosing to pay their repsects. Maybe a compromise is in order whereby the park could designate quiet hours each day.

Into the Sky with Diamonds on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 17:32:13 +0100

Coincidentally, I just came across this picture I took when Strawberry Fields was "created."

The Strawberry on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 15 Apr 2012 00:09:16 +0100

What really bothers me is that musical instruments are not allowed there, yet people are allowed to get drunk there, smoke there, and yap on their cell phones.

The Strawberry on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:36:14 +0100

I came all the way out here so I could write a song at Strawberry Fields.

And I took a walk around Central Park yesterday, it was nice. But I figured out why no one was being fined. All the police were sitting in their cars on the side of the street doing nothing.

mr. Sun king coming together on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 16:20:52 +0100

Strawberry Fields shouldn't be this place for fans to go sing - if you want, take a street corner in Time Square. Strawberry Fields is a place for reflecting, for thinking, for wondering "what if" - not for playing Imagine, or Yesterday, whatever the case may be. I still think, regardless of musical talent, that SF is a place for quiet reflection, not guitar strumming. I was there a while back - it was pin dropping silent (and it was families with young kids even) - the way it should be. I can't stop you from playing music, but now, ...

meanmistermustard on MUSIC BANNED FROM STRAWBERRY FIELDS!?

Sun, 08 Apr 2012 15:17:51 +0100

So its from a few public complaints. Reminds me of the Apple rooftop concert where some folks complaints helped get the police in. Surely everyone is aware that if you go to Strawberry Fields you're going to hear some music!

I cant see it being too heavily enforced unless its really loud or a large number of people. Unless you get a really strict pompous snooty official.