The Beatles Bible - Topic: Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/ Simple:Press Version 5.2.6 FlyOn13 on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p54521 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p54521 I like When We Was Fab, How Do You Sleep?, Crippled Inside, Too Many People (Which I guess was aimed more at John and Yoko personally), Wah-wah, and my favorite is all those years ago.
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]]> Mon, 23 Jul 2012 22:34:39 +0100 robert on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53437 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53437 isn't there a promo film (that's what they were called back in the day) for Love Me Do? There's a film of them lip synching the actual single - so it's not a live performance that was filmed - it was a specially filmed lip synch of the song to be used for promotional purposes - thus making it a promo film.

 

Anyone remember that one of Love Me Do?

]]> Sat, 16 Jun 2012 11:02:32 +0100 meanmistermustard on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53390 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53390 Beatles started making promos in late '65 for Help!, Ticket To Ride, I Feel Fine, We Can Work It Out and Day Tripper. I think SFF & PL were the first with a storyboard.

 

As for BOTR i would agree it would be strange for Paul to put together a music video packed with beatles images however the reissues are calling it the original promo, suppose it could mean from later. Maybe it was put together for the '76 world tour when Paul started revisiting the beatles work, tho Paul did go back to Yesterday, Michelle and Blackbird for the 1973 ...]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 11:45:44 +0100 Long John Silver on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53385 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53385 Beatles did it with Rain/Paperback Writer (Beatles hipsters :) ). Also to me it looks profesional. 

 

Also John had promo for his Cold Turkey, so it's hard to say there were not music videos back then, of course not completely like it is done now.

]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:24:29 +0100 Into the Sky with Diamonds on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53382 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53382 I think we're getting into semantics - but why not?

A film clip created specifically around the release of a work of music would be considered promotional.

Using a previously created bit of film for a new musical release could also be considered a promotional work if you stretch the definition a bit.

Using those definitions, the film clips (pre-video) of the Beatles on horseback in the country side could be considered promotional film for Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields. Of course, in the absence of MTV or any MTV-like TV channel, precious few people ever saw those clips at the time of their release, ...]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 00:01:33 +0100 meanmistermustard on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53379 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53379 Is there a difference between a promo video and a video taken from a documentary/film being used for promotion? VH1 used the Eleanor Rigby scene from Yellow Submarine in 1999 when YS was reissued. Ive never given it much thought. They also used the Ticket To Ride scene from Help!, i think when the red and blue albums were reissued on cd in 1993, it was certainly shown on VH1 as i was amazed to see a Beatle promo of any kind.

Nowadays the only Beatle promo i see is Free As A Bird and thats very infrequent and only on those Top 20 Greatest Bands In The ...]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 18:22:21 +0100 vonbontee on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53375 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53375 Just to be pedantic, that Dylan video wasn't really a promotional video for the single; it was a clip from the "Don't Look Back" documentary.

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 17:57:19 +0100 meanmistermustard on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53365 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53365 Paul was putting out so called music videos before Band On The Run. Maybe Im Amazed had a promo video + there are videos for Heart of The Country & 3 Legs. Admittedly these were more home movies and pictures of Paul, Linda and their kids put together to the music but would still be viewed as a music video.

 

According to reports when Band On The Run was reissued it included the original promo videos of the title song, Mamunia and Helen Wheels. That BOTR promo is the one with the Beatles clips.

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 12:35:15 +0100 Ben Ramon on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53358 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53358 There were music videos of sorts in 1973, ITSWD: the Beatles and some other artists made those promotional films to accompany their new singles, the most famous example probably being Dylan's "Subterranean Homesick Blues" video where he holds up those placards that accompany the lyrics.

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 10:12:08 +0100 Into the Sky with Diamonds on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53354 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53354 Nice video - not sure what it explains though.

The caption reads "original video"

Not sure either what "original" means here.

Certainly not "original" as in the sense of "dating back to when the song was released" - there were no videos then.

Perhaps "original" as in "clever, unique"

In any case, much of the video (especially the beginning) is taken from the Yellow Submarine movie.

I've never heard of any connection between "Band on the Run" and the Beatles. McCartney's band certainly was on the run in Nigeria.

Two of the band members quit just before the trip, and once there, they were actually ...]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 03:44:24 +0100 Long John Silver on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53350 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53350

Ben Ramon said

Long John Silver said
Isn't Band on the Run song about The Beatles?

I always thought it was about Wings being persecuted as a "lesser" band than the Beatles and consequently fleeing to Nigeria for some exotic free time. But I suppose you could view it like that as well.

Well I saw this video:

 

and with it, song makes a lot more sense actually :) .

]]> Wed, 13 Jun 2012 00:31:06 +0100 Ben Ramon on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53323 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53323

Long John Silver said
Isn't Band on the Run song about The Beatles?

I always thought it was about Wings being persecuted as a "lesser" band than the Beatles and consequently fleeing to Nigeria for some exotic free time. But I suppose you could view it like that as well.

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 11:44:42 +0100 robert on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53307 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53307 Run of the Mill is about John by George on All Things Must Pass. John called George's songs "Run of the mill"

]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 02:06:48 +0100 meanmistermustard on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53306 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53306 Ringo's Liverpool 8 what with mentions of Hamburg, Shea and John, Paul and George.

Hasnt Ringo done a trilogy of beatle look back songs over the last few albums? He seems more open to reminiscing thru his music than in interviews, which is totally understandable when you think that people only want to discuss the beatles days in interviews. He is a bir more mellow to it all.

 

Re Band On The Run there has certainly been stories of it being about the Beatles plus there is a promo vid packed with beatles images. I can see how it can be viewed ...]]> Tue, 12 Jun 2012 01:01:28 +0100 Long John Silver on Solo Song's about the band after break up http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53305 Yesterday... and today http://www.beatlesbible.com/forum/yesterday-and-today/solo-songs-about-the-band-after-break-up/#p53305 Isn't Band on the Run song about The Beatles?

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