I found myself fascinated by this. I wonder what comic he's reading?
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8203923.stm (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/merseyside/8203923.stm)
I'll bet he's reading Slaine nowadays.
Oh yes, of course. I wonder if there are any Celtic mythology references in the work of the Beatles?
QuoteI'll bet he's reading Slaine nowadays.
-sob-
You and thryllseeker must be awfully fsmiliar by now, TordelBack.
It looks like one of those 'broadsheet' comics I used to get as a child (Topper?).
-Bouwel-
(Don't mention the Slaine!)
I bet he got a right fucking pasting by the head when the photo was developed.
V
Quote from: King Trout on 16 August, 2009, 03:19:20 PM
Oh yes, of course. I wonder if there are any Celtic mythology references in the work of the Beatles?
There might be but i dont have the time to research it as i wont get paid for it .
Perhaps someone else might be interested ?
Paul McCartney might have been referencing Celtic mythology in Mull Of kyntyre because there are certain lines in the song like "Oh -mist rolling in from the sea" that are very evocative of the land that Slaine inhabited all those thousands of yrs ago.
Quote from: Bouwel on 16 August, 2009, 04:45:29 PM
It looks like one of those 'broadsheet' comics I used to get as a child (Topper?).
First issue of The Topper didn't appear until 1953, so if the dating of the photo is correct, it can't be that.
Not The Beezer either. That didn't appear 'til 1956.
I know Macca was into his American comics he got Jack Kirby (actually better be careful here as my memory of this story might be a bit wonky) to draw them Magneto and Titanium Man the images were used at some show or other (think it was a Wings show???)... damn I wish I could remember the details a little better BUT defo he got into Marvel Comics and I believe was a fan of American comics before that.
And after a little interneting the story is a little clearer.
http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/05/04/jack-kirby-meets-paul-mccartney/ (http://www.comicsalliance.com/2009/05/04/jack-kirby-meets-paul-mccartney/)
Fantastic image to boot and I'd forgotten Wings actually had a song called Magneto and Titanium Man!
Doesn't make them cool, though. ;-)
- Trout
Quote from: King Trout on 17 August, 2009, 09:46:24 AM
Doesn't make them cool, though. ;-)
- Trout
Oh come on 'Band on the Run', 'Jet' (I can't got bpast a Jet garage these days without bursting into that one, much to my wife's delight!), 'Live and Let Die'! It wasn't all Mull of Kintyre
Er, nope. Linda makes it shit. Sorry.
Quote from: King Trout on 17 August, 2009, 10:01:38 AM
Er, nope. Linda makes it shit. Sorry.
Poor old Linda, she made such nice veggie sausage rolls as well.
I liked Wings.
They were the band The Beatles could have been,
Quote from: House of Usher on 02 September, 2009, 01:59:16 PM
I liked Wings.
I thought she only made sausage rolls and burgers?
Sorry ::)
By way of penance I've got Mull Of Kintyre stuck in my head now.
Quote from: uncle fester on 02 September, 2009, 02:44:16 PM
By way of penance I've got Mull Of Kintyre stuck in my head now.
Thank your lucky stars it's not the frog chorus. Bom Bom Bom Biyah.
V
Dam you Vzzbux, it'll take me all day to get that out head now.
When I did a year at a US college, my room-mate was the founder of the local Beatles fan club - an absolute fanatic and fount of knowledge. (He paid a shedload of money of money for a signed album by Mike McGear - THAT's how dedicated he was!). Even he cringed when we watched a wings concert with Linda happily pounding away randomly on a keyboard that was obviously either not plugged in, or was faded right down in the final sound edit.
He used to do a brilliantly funny 45 minute talk and slideshow explaining the old chestnut about Macca dying in a car crash in the 60s and being replaced, pointing out all the dozens of in-jokes and death-references that subsequently appeared on Beatles covers and artwork.