“Yesterday” (June 28, 2019): The Beatles never existed, but one man knows their songs.

I hope it's entertaining. That's all I'm looking for from it.

 

from the trailer, it looks like paul and ringo confront the protagonist...that scene alone makes me want to see it.

 

So does this all mean Hugh Grant was never Prime Minister and Bill Bob Thornton never President?

 

and perhaps if they are involved there's a "break" in the song use fees. Win win-I say.

My money is that it is them, but probably in an alternate get up, or one of the thousands of very good bands that never made it.

 

I saw this last night and will check it out. It's not the first time this idea has been explored but the idea that only one person on the planet knows all the Beatles songs is pretty cool.

Also laughed at the idea of someone as milquetoast as Ed Sheeran suggesting "Hey Jude" by changed to "Hey DUDE". At least it wasn't "Hey, Granddude"

Wonder how'll they'll tackle the world's reaction to their psychedelic stuff. I'm sure psych still happened in 1967 so will people think songs like "Lucy" and "Walrus" are too weird taken out of the context of their time?

 

Publishing costs for Cover versions are always so much cheaper than the actual recordings. Performance rates are usually more $$$

Irs the main reason why I Am Sam switched to Beatles covers over the actual Beatles versions that were played on set during filming. .

 

What Would the World Look Like Without the Beatles?

This:

"OK, so: If Paul McCartney doesn’t exist, that means he never makes “The Girl Is Mine” with Michael Jackson in 1982, which means a couple more things. One, that the world never gets to hear him play-fight over a girl (“She told me I was her forever lover, don’t you remember?” says Sir Paul McCartney). But more importantly, if that song never gets made, then Brandy and Monica never remake it with “The Boy Is Mine” in 1998. And maybe Brandy still would’ve reached a high level of fame without that no. 1 hit, but probably not, which means she wouldn’t have been famous enough for her younger brother, Ray J, to ride her coattails. And if Ray J never gets famous, we never get “Sexy Can I.” We never get “Danger smashed the homie.” We never get the Ray J moving hat meme. And ladies and gentlemen, if Ray J never gets famous, he never dates—and makes a sex tape with—Kim Kardashian. And you know what happens if Kim Kardashian never makes a sex tape. It seems obvious to say that the erasure of the Beatles would deeply change the landscape of pop culture, but seriously: The Kardashians maybe don’t exist without the Beatles."

 

So in this case, a whole lotta good happens cuz there’s no Beatles

 

I don't want to overthink it, but this looks like a fun movie based on the trailer. I plan to see it.

 

It looks hilarious -- and from the looks of it, they spent some real money on this thing. That shot where the guy comes out and there's an audience of 50,000 people waiting to hear him perform "his" new songs... that's stunning VFX work.

 

I have to see this...look hilarious.

 

Vidiot wrote the following as part of a post:

I apologize for not being clear. "Weird Al" Yankovic worked out a system where he negotiates with the rights holders so that he can afford to use a song in a melody. If they don't agree to the proposal he can't use that song.

Related is the subject of parodies, where Yankovic gets approval from the artist before he does a parody of a song. From what I understand it is not mandatory to get permission, but he does it to avoid offending the original artist. Also, since the incident with Coolio and the song "Gangsta's Paradise" he gets approval directly from the artist.

Gangsta's Paradise - Wikipedia

 

Im going to write an alternate version of this story where only one man has ever heard of the Star Wars universe and everyone thinks he’s an annoying lunatic.

 

i feel like i've already met him!

 

"Hey...Dude..."

I am looking forward to this movie

 

This morning I caught a bit of a radio interview with an Aussie author.
He was contacting lawyers over a new trailer for a film, I think it was this one!
Stay tuned......

 

Considering all of the retcons that have happened, is it possible that no one does know the original actual story...except, maybe, George Lucas?

 

Howard Stern mentioned this on his show the other day. Conceptually this is so nuts it might actually be good. Written by Richard Curtis who has had some hits and misses in my book. Danny Boyle as director makes me very confident this will be worth checking out at the very least.

 

Did you enjoy STEVE JOBS? I feel like I was one of the few people I know that thoroughly enjoyed that film.

 

Yes I did.

 

I used to quite fancy writing a counterfactual about the Beatles if they’d never taken off, but I couldn’t get into it. It would’ve been set in the Britpop years, possibly in Ormskirk, with Lennon a wise-cracking lathe operator, Harrison a detective inspector and Macca a Tarbyesque light entertainment figure who went by the name Jim. From memory, I didn’t find a part for Ringo; presumably he’d have been behind the kit for a multiplatinum Rory Storm and the Hurricanes.

 

Concerning Ringo, from what I understand Ringo being successful as a drummer is likely since he was a well-respected drummer before joining The Beatles.

 

But he also said at the height of Beatlemania something about wanting to be a hairdresser, didn’t he?

 

Didn't Michael Jackson buy the rights to most of the Beatles catalogue and therefore Jackson's estate now controls rights to use the music? Isn't this why we started seeing commercials using Beatles tunes (ie: Nike using Revolution)?

 

Indeed, until recent years.
https://liveforlivemusic.com/news/paul-mccartney-beatles-rights-win/