The Beatles Bible - Topic: If you could....

Zig on If you could....

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 18:26:30 +0100

Camarasaur8 said
Savile Row rooftop gig or the Woolton church fete in '57. Would love to see the Quarrymen and John's teenage escapades, as well as his first meeting with Paul.

That would have been my second choice, but only if I could have been there as a 17 year old. A 48 year old man hanging around that stage would have been...well...creepy.

BTW, welcome to the Forum.

Holsety on If you could....

Mon, 22 Oct 2012 03:06:48 +0100

I would either go to..

that concert; or I would go to the Revolver sessions, specifically Taxman. I would also go to Pink Floyd's Pompeii concert.

Camarasaur8 on If you could....

Sat, 20 Oct 2012 23:51:14 +0100

Savile Row rooftop gig or the Woolton church fete in '57. Would love to see the Quarrymen and John's teenage escapades, as well as his first meeting with Paul. Maybe I'd materialise my Tardis at a bus stop in Speke or wherever it was and get on that double-decker bus that John and Paul took late one night with George, and watch John talk to George and listen to him play for the first time.

Zig on If you could....

Thu, 18 Oct 2012 21:12:24 +0100

Monday 17 February 1964

bikelock28 on If you could....

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 16:27:43 +0100

Yeah, I've heard that Paul played Be-Bop-A-Lula and Twenty Flight Rock (didn't he write the words of 20 Flight Rock out for John?)....I also heard that he played something on the piano. Some sources say that the Quarrymen performed on the back of a lorry on the way to the the fete and some don't (I've been to St Peter's Church myself, and I can't see how a lorry would get there, it certainly wouldn't get into the churchyard)

I love Paul's description of the scene in In His Own Write, "I was a fat schoolboy and as he leaned an arm on my shoulder, I ...

fabfouremily on If you could....

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:56:39 +0100

6th of July '57 - oh yes I would have loved to be there. I can just picture myself in a blue gingham dress (don't know why) watching the two meet.

what were the Quarrymen like when they performed?

That's what I want to know. People have said (I'm pretty sure John himself being one of those people, and Paul another) that they weren't very good that day. John was drunk and didn't know the song lyrics so he just made them up as he went along.

I'd like to have seen that.

Was Paul nervous or cocky when they were introduced?

Good question.

What ...

bikelock28 on If you could....

Wed, 17 Oct 2012 15:41:49 +0100

I know this was kind of abandoned, but I am ALWAYS thinking about this question. My top 3 would be:

1. 7th February 1964: British Invasion Begins- Being on the flight with them! And how they'd all be so nervous and excited, and then you'd be with them and see all the crowds at the airport and be like, "Wow!".... and the press conference when they're so funny, and going to the hotel and waving at all the fans below, and having the entire 12th floor to themselves and ending up in the bathroom, just becuase they wanted to be together....

2. ...

vonbontee on If you could....

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:35:44 +0100

AWESOME photos, thanks for posting those!

Those Band of Gypsys New Years Eve/Day concerts are just fantastic - I'd be happy for a box set documenting all 4 shows in full! No, the "disastrous" show i was referring to was the Winter Festival for Peace or whatever it was called - from January 28 in MSG, when Hendrix was sick or bum-tripping and had to leave the stage after two songs.

(Big Jimi fan, obviously, and would happily talk more about him; but, you know, gotta stay on topic!)

Into the Sky with Diamonds on If you could....

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 01:01:33 +0100

Actually, I wouldn't have minded swapping Madison Square Garden '68 for New Year's Eve at the Fillmore East 1970.

The MSG concert was just fair: Hendrix was on a

vonbontee on If you could....

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 06:38:09 +0100

LOL at The Walrus's answer!

ITSWD, I'm in thrall over your having seen Hendrix! (I take it the MSGshow in question wasnt the disastrous Band of Gypsys performance of January 1970)

Into the Sky with Diamonds on If you could....

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 23:20:35 +0100

Good thread even for those who were there! (I had just turned 10 when Ed Sullivan first sucked me right up to the TV screen).

1. In the audience of the Ed Sullivan Theater Feb '64

2. Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock Aug '69 (though I did see him live at Madison Square Garden and took cool pictures of him. And have my ticket stub)

3. Apollo 11 launch (July '69). [Yes, Bryan Adams is right: "Summer of '69" was special. Too bad my parents had sent me to Europe]

4. Beatles at Shea Stadium (Aug '65, not the '66 concert)

5. Rooftop; but not at ...

Dipsy on If you could....

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 20:11:16 +0100

The Walrus said
The day the "aahs" were recorded for ADitL.

Hahahahaha!

As for my own ideal '60s time travel, I'd have to say the day The Beatles first smoked pot with Bob Dylan. *I know: strange choice...* Imagine being in a room with John, Paul, George, Ringo, and Bob Dylan while they all got high--of course, I would've gotten stoned with them (how could anyone pass up the opportunity?!)--and witnessing the absurdity that might have taken place: I'm pretty sure it ...

The Walrus on If you could....

Sun, 05 Aug 2012 19:13:29 +0100

The day the "aahs" were recorded for ADitL.

meanmistermustard on If you could....

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 19:02:46 +0100

I think in the other thread of this type i said Hamburg in the early 1960's and i still would go there - preferably when Ringo sat in for Pete Best but December '62 would be fine as well. Judging on the available recordings from that time their playing would have been phenomenal, they were irrelevant to their audience but hilarious when doing so and it would have just been an incredible experience to behold and savour. Obviously i'd need to be surrounded by a couple of large bodyguards so i didnt get beaten up by the drunkards in the audience tho.

fabfouremily on If you could....

Sat, 04 Aug 2012 15:01:15 +0100

I did think it would be a popular choice.