What Goes Online - April 1 2012

Henrique Fogli was kind enough to interview me for his Creative Insights blog on the subject of creativity and whaddyaknow - The Beatles came up! You can read it here.


I've never been convinced by some of the great 'Hard Day's Night mystery chord' conspiracy theories in the past, but this video has won me over.

Thanks to 22 Words

There's nothing more guaranteed to generate loads of comments than a post called Five Songs Where The Beatles...Well...Sucked and Something Else went there. For the record I'd call it 1 great, 2 good, 1 OK and 1 lousy song, but that doesn't have the same ring. Can you guess which is which?

On the back of the news that Abbey Road was the best selling album of vinyl album of 2011, Ultimate Classic Rock conducted a poll of Best Beatle Album. The poll seems to be a weird mashup of UK and US releases but here's the results

Abbey Road 26.69%

The Beatles (The White Album) 17.17%

Revolver 16.22%

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band 15.53%

Rubber Soul 13.88%

A Hard Day's Night 3.46%

Let It Be 3.03%

Magical Mystery Tour 2.42%

Meet The Beatles! 1.6%

What do you think?

Lastly, if you're into fab gear (there's a joke in there somewhere...) then you might like the site at The Canteen 

You're Bard!

I had a lot of fun doing FAWM. One of my favourite things on the forum was a crazy Beatles/Shakespeare mash up. For example

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears and I'll sing you a song, and I'll try not to sing out of key.


Messers K. and H. assure the public their production will be second to none, and of course, Henry the horse, the horse, my kingdom for a horse!


A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool on the hill.


Something in the way she moves is rotten in the state of Denmark.


And in the end, the love you take looks not with the eyes, but with the mind, and therefore is winged Cupid painted blind.


Come weep with me; past hope, past cure, past help, I need somebody, help, not just anybody


Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely, Rita, meter maid. Nothing can come between us.


When sorrows come, they come together, over me.


The fool doth think he is wise, but the fool on the hill, sees the sun going down and the eyes in his head, see the world spinning round.


It is the east, and Juliet is the sun king. Quando para mucho mi amore.


Good Night, Good night! Parting is such sweet sorrow, that I shall say good night, sleep tight. Now the sun turns out his light.


See, how she leans her cheek upon her hand! I wanna hold your hand.


Uneasy lies the head that wears the face that she keeps in a jar by the door.


What's done cannot be undone; and there's nothing you can do that can't be done.


Much Ado About Nothing you can do that can't be done.


Thanks to Wille, Nicksypniewski, Erikdidriksen, Cadams35 and all...

We'll definitely get back to a couple of Abbey Road songs next week but while we're at it here's a bit more Beatley Bard stuff. You wouldn't get U2 doing this...