Tonight I saw Lion King with my program. Curtis was able to tag along with us! He tried to take me back when we were first dating, but I already had tickets to see it with my Grandma and Mom. I decided to take him this time since he missed out! Afterward we got a drink at a pub. Here is a preview of Lion King:
I had British Pop Music with Rob today. I have been learning some very interesting things in this class! If you are interested here is a brief overview of the things I've learned the past 4 weeks in his class.
So who really started British pop music? Well the Beatles of course! It all started with four boys from Liverpool as Rob would say. The Beatles first band name was actually called the Quarrymen though. The band consisted of John Lennon and was soon joined by Paul McCartney who brought along George Harrison. Also in the band was Stuart Sutcliffe and Pete Best. The bands name changed many times. It changed from the Quarrymen to Johnny and the Moon Dogs to Silver Beatles to just the Beatles. At the time the Beatles were the worst band in Liverpool. They soon got a gig in Hamburg, Germany. This made the Beatles. They spent 12 hours performing everyday in a pub. All the practice is how the Beatles got good. This is where Paul and John discovered that the money was in song writing so they started writing a lot of songs. Harrison was deported because someone found out that Harrison was underage and performing and drinking in pubs. Stuart decided to stay in Germany, but the rest of the boys moved back to Liverpool. This is what I find very interesting, the Beatles were turned down by every recording studio in England. One man, Dick Rowe, told them that there was no future in guitar based music. Wow were they wrong. After a long time the Beatles were about ready to give up, but decided to give it one last chance. They auditioned at Abbey Road Studios. Rob said that the manager said that he told the Beatles that their music was "shit" and that he didn't like them. The manager asked the Beatles if there was anything that they didn't like about him and Harrison replied that he didn't like his tie. This is what got the Beatles signed. He signed them because he liked their personality. The manager told them that they had to sack Pete Best because he wasn't a good enough drummer. The Beatles went to Liverpool and asked the best drummer in Liverpool at the time to join their band. Ringo Starr could not turn down a band who signed with a recording studio and joined the band. On the first album though the manager actually had a man named Alan White to play drums on some of the songs, because he didn't think that Ringo was good enough. Their first single "Love Me Do" made 17 on the charts, but was still an average song. The second one was called "Please, Please", which made number 1. Rob said what made the Beatles so great was the tension between Paul and John. I mean whose band was it really? Then the Beatles made the song "She Loves You" and it moved the Beatles in front of all other bands at the time. Beatles Mania started. Their first album was recorded in 12 hours. The last song recorded was "Twist and Shout". Ever wonder why Lennon's voice sounds like it is about to give out? Well that's because it was about to give out. I always thought that this was on purpose, but after 12 hours straight of recording a whole album Lennon could only do 3 cuts of the song before he lost his voice. They went on tour the next day. This is what Rob would say is "F-ing Rock N Roll Baby".
This is all I have time to write for now. I am going to Oxford tomorrow and need to get some sleep! I will continue with Beatle mania and how they shaped the path for all other British bands tomorrow!
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