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Beatles And Abbey Road

Mersha — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:49:14 GMT

I do not recall seeing this photo before.

It is the Beatles BEFORE crossing Abbey Road in 1969.

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ECBG — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 16:55:39 GMT

Oh my goodness! Unique!

Thank you!

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SloopJohnB — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:01:54 GMT

Wow, how cool. Getting primped last minute before the photo shoot. 🎵🎶

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Pearlee — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:32:04 GMT

Paul could primp me any time! 🥰

i have seen that photo before in one of the millions 😄 of Beatles biographies I've read but I haven't seen it in many years so thanks for posting it @Mersha . It's a good one!

As many of you probably know, Abbey Road was going to be named Mt Everest, and the Beatles were going to go to Mt Everest to shoot a photo for the album cover. Some of the Beatles thought that was too much of a shlep (not their exact words! 😄) for an album cover so Paul said let's just go outside the (then EMI) record studio and do the shoot. Hence, Abbey Road and the iconic walk across it.

@hckynutjohn Your wife isn't the only self-proclaimed Beatles historian!

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spiderw — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:40:08 GMT

I love that photo of the fab four but than any photo of the Beatles is fantastic!!!! My niece just saw Paul in concert and gushed over how great he is but then we all know that!!!! Thanks for sharing this musical story.

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Mersha — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 17:42:14 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
Paul could primp me any time! 🥰
i have seen that photo before in one of the millions 😄 of Beatles biographies I've read but I haven't seen it in many years so thanks for posting it @Mersha . It's a good one!

As many of you probably know, Abbey Road was going to be named Mt Everest, and the Beatles were going to go to Mt Everest to shoot a photo for the album cover. Some of the Beatles thought that was too much of a shlep (not their exact words! 😄) for an album cover so Paul said let's just go outside the (then EMI) record studio and do the shoot. Hence, Abbey Road and the iconic walk across it.

@hckynutjohn Your wife isn't the only self-proclaimed Beatles historian!

@Pearlee Thanks for the additional info. The photo and album are so iconic it would be hard to imagine that record cover done anywhere else.

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Pearlee — Thu, 23 Jun 2022 18:45:17 GMT

@Mersha I so agree! Not to mention there wouldn't be nearly as many tourists having their photo taken in front of Mt Everest as there are having their photo taken walking across that Abbey Road crosswalk! Which is on my bucket list of things I want to do! 😁

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phoenixbrd — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:30:05 GMT

Thanks @Mersha and @Pearlee

So loved the Beatle era and all that came with it!

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cindyNC — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:34:18 GMT

What a great photo! Thanks so much for sharing!

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Cakers3 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 00:56:29 GMT

A little bit of trivia:

6 photos were taken; Paul was only barefoot in 4. The other two Paul wore sandals.

In the end the photo used on the album cover was chosen because they were all in sync (yes, Paul's right foot is not in the same place as the other three) but they were all walking in the same stride.

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PuppyLoverBob666 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 14:51:07 GMT

I recently listened to Abbey Road and the White Album, and I was surprised at how dated some of their music sounded.

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Pearlee — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:02:31 GMT

@PuppyLoverBob666 wrote:
I recently listened to Abbey Road and the White Album, and I was surprised at how dated some of their music sounded.

@PuppyLoverBob666 😂 I have no doubt it will last and still be popular long after you are gone.

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naturalfan — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:21:36 GMT

Love the Beatles and the music of that era. Took my daughter to a Stones concert a while back and all she kept saying is "I didn't know this was their song." Of course she was making comments about all us "old" folks at the concert but was surprised to learn she knew most of the music. Just did not know it was the Stones songs she was singing and dancing to. Needless to say, she loved the concert. Some music never dies.

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PilatesLover — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:36:51 GMT

Let's see, according to the Paul is Dead conspiracy:

John was supposed to be the preacher

Ringo - the undertaker

Paul - the corpse (burial without shoes was a custom)

George - the gravedigger

Anyone remember seeing that special many, many years ago explaining all the clues and signals? i.e. "I buried Paul," the walrus is a Norwegian sign of death, etc.

Funny I can remember that but forget a dentist appointment.

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PuppyLoverBob666 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:40:26 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:

I have no doubt it will last and still be popular long after you are gone.

What a lovely thing to say.

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Mersha — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 15:59:58 GMT

@PilatesLover wrote:
Let's see, according to the Paul is Dead conspiracy:

John was supposed to be the preacher
Ringo - the undertaker
Paul - the corpse (burial without shoes was a custom)
George - the gravedigger

Anyone remember seeing that special many, many years ago explaining all the clues and signals? i.e. "I buried Paul," the walrus is a Norwegian sign of death, etc.

Funny I can remember that but forget a dentist appointment.

@PilatesLover We were caught up in the conspiracy issue that Paul was dead as evidenced on the Abbey Road cover.

I listened to countless theories on the radio and we talked about it endlessly.

Thank heavens he is now 80 and still with us.

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PuppyLoverBob666 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:24:51 GMT

I like the two remaining Beatles but, really, Ringo is my favorite. He's 80 years old (I think) and looks exactly (in my opinion) the way an aging rocker should look. Evidently he hasn't abused his body with drugs etc. and I hope he'll be around for a while.

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Pearlee — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:54:24 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
@PilatesLover wrote:
Let's see, according to the Paul is Dead conspiracy:

John was supposed to be the preacher
Ringo - the undertaker
Paul - the corpse (burial without shoes was a custom)
George - the gravedigger

Anyone remember seeing that special many, many years ago explaining all the clues and signals? i.e. "I buried Paul," the walrus is a Norwegian sign of death, etc.

Funny I can remember that but forget a dentist appointment.

@PilatesLover We were caught up in the conspiracy issue that Paul was dead as evidenced on the Abbey Road cover.

I listened to countless theories on the radio and we talked about it endlessly.

Thank heavens he is now 80 and still with us.

@Mersha Last week when Paul was turning 80 I kept seeing on FB a photo of Paul today with his arms around a life sized cutout of him from his Beatles days when he was in his 20s. I forwarded it to a few Beatles fans friends of mine with the comnent "for those who thought Paul was dead." Clearly the faces of both Paul and the cutout were the same, with one having aged. There was no denying it was the same person!

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Cakers3 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 16:59:52 GMT

@Mersha wrote:
@PilatesLover wrote:
Let's see, according to the Paul is Dead conspiracy:

John was supposed to be the preacher
Ringo - the undertaker
Paul - the corpse (burial without shoes was a custom)
George - the gravedigger

Anyone remember seeing that special many, many years ago explaining all the clues and signals? i.e. "I buried Paul," the walrus is a Norwegian sign of death, etc.

Funny I can remember that but forget a dentist appointment.

@PilatesLover We were caught up in the conspiracy issue that Paul was dead as evidenced on the Abbey Road cover.

I listened to countless theories on the radio and we talked about it endlessly.

Thank heavens he is now 80 and still with us.

@Mersha @PilatesLover

It wasn't just the Abbey Road cover. The cover for Sgt. Pepper Lonely Hearts Club Band was also "filled" with clues that Paul was dead, on the cover and the supposed backward playing of "A Day in the Life".

I remember both albums and the conspiracies but there were also others.

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Sage04 — Fri, 24 Jun 2022 17:34:09 GMT

@Pearlee wrote:
Paul could primp me any time! ?
i have seen that photo before in one of the millions ? of Beatles biographies I've read but I haven't seen it in many years so thanks for posting it @Mersha . It's a good one!

As many of you probably know, Abbey Road was going to be named Mt Everest, and the Beatles were going to go to Mt Everest to shoot a photo for the album cover. Some of the Beatles thought that was too much of a shlep (not their exact words! ?) for an album cover so Paul said let's just go outside the (then EMI) record studio and do the shoot. Hence, Abbey Road and the iconic walk across it.

@hckynutjohn Your wife isn't the only self-proclaimed Beatles historian!

@Pearlee thanks very much for the explanation. Didn't know. I loved seeing pictures of the Beatles so much that when I was 14 years old (had long hair) I gave myself the Beetles' cut. My mom was upset and said that I'll have to give God an account for cutting my hair so I told her that God saw me cutting it and he didn't stop me so i guess it's ok.

I had that hair cut for years.