Music
Why the Beatles split up — in their own words
In 1980 Peter Brown, a former assistant to Brian Epstein who later ran Apple Corps, managed the Beatles and was best man at John Lennon and Yoko Ono’s wedding, started work on the definitive account of the Beatles. With the American author Steven Gaines, he spoke to the three surviving band members alongside wives, girlfriends, managers, friends, hangers-on and everyone else in the Fabs’ universe. The book promised to be the last word in Beatles history. Then in 1983 The Love You Make was published, and all hell broke loose.
Hotel California lyrics trial: The case over Eagles classic begins
“You can check out any time you like, but you can never leave,” Don Henley sang of guests at the Hotel California, that strange establishment on a dark, desert highway, which gave the Eagles their greatest hit.
The same was not apparently true of the yellow legal pads on which Don Henley drafted those lyrics, however. Those left Henley’s home in Malibu in the late 1970s and found their way to New York, eventually ending up in the hands of a memorabilia collector and a curator of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Now Henley, 76, who wrote the song about the lure and trap of Hollywood, wants them back.
Your Afternoon Musical Interlude
Merry Saint Nicholas Day!
Let us remember the real man and not the Coke version, but the one who embodied true generosity and adherence to belief.
To get one in the festive mood:
