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Post by johnny103068 on Jul 17, 2011 22:46:51 GMT
Where there other reasons why The Beatles stopped touring other than wanting to keep their work in the studios?
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Post by mrmustard on Jul 17, 2011 23:14:21 GMT
Yes. The madness that went on around them. For example the 'Beatles are bigger God' incident and the Imelda Marcos farce in the Phillipines to name but two. Their lives where like a prison sentence on tour. They couldn't leave their hotel other than for the show. There are many books that recreate life on tour very well.
Secondly, their live performances weren't really up to much. They couldn't hear themselves as no one had invented decent PA's or onstage monitoring at that point. They felt they couldn't improve in this medium and wouldn't bother with any serious rehearsals prior to a tour. If we are being honest they were pretty much short changing the audience any way as no show went beyond thirty minutes, twenty five minutes if they played faster.
Disabled children where paraded in front of then wherever they toured with the hope that The Beatles could somehow cure them. Jumped up snobs would attempt to cut off bits if their hair.
Seriously, with all this going on would you want to carry on touring indefinitely?
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Post by The End on Jul 17, 2011 23:18:10 GMT
You could tell how fed up they were by comparing their press conferences from 1966 to those previous.
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Post by johnny103068 on Jul 18, 2011 2:43:39 GMT
Yes. The madness that went on around them. For example the 'Beatles are bigger God' incident and the Imelda Marcos farce in the Phillipines to name but two. Their lives where like a prison sentence on tour. They couldn't leave their hotel other than for the show. There are many books that recreate life on tour very well. Secondly, their live performances weren't really up to much. They couldn't hear themselves as no one had invented decent PA's or onstage monitoring at that point. They felt they couldn't improve in this medium and wouldn't bother with any serious rehearsals prior to a tour. If we are being honest they were pretty much short changing the audience any way as no show went beyond thirty minutes, twenty five minutes if they played faster. Disabled children where paraded in front of then wherever they toured with the hope that The Beatles could somehow cure them. Jumped up snobs would attempt to cut off bits if their hair. Seriously, with all this going on would you want to carry on touring indefinitely? I think if was one of the Beatles whether it be John,Paul, George or Ringo i'd be smoking the marijuana just to cope with the madness.
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Post by henryj on Jul 31, 2011 3:16:09 GMT
It was everything mentioned above, but the straw that broke the camel's back was the Philippines incident. From what I have read, they could have had their hands cut off if their stash had been discovered.
I saw one of the Memphis shows in August 1966. Thirty minutes, tops.
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Post by hmmmmm on Aug 22, 2011 10:30:05 GMT
This final part of the Timewatch documentary pretty much sums it all up with views from people who were there at the time.
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Post by violet16 on Nov 12, 2011 10:31:21 GMT
On YouTube,
I read that the Ronnettes were the only girl group to tour with the Fab Four. Is that true? I know the trio performed at Candlestick Park. Not to mention were good friends of the Beatles.
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Post by mannamedlear on Nov 13, 2011 21:16:30 GMT
On YouTube, I read that the Ronnettes were the only girl group to tour with the Fab Four. Is that true? I know the trio performed at Candlestick Park. Not to mention were good friends of the Beatles. Yes. Ronnie, however, was required by Phil to stay home. Nedra sang lead, and cousin Elaine Talley sang Nedra's parts. The other openers were The Remains, Bobby Hebb and The Cyrkle. Bobby Hebb was backed by the Remains, as were the Ronettes.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 16, 2011 5:25:14 GMT
I don't think this incident improved their feelings about touring: August 19, 1966: Mid-South Coliseum Memphis, Tennessee: This concert in Memphis would be the first concert in the south for the Beatles. The anti-Beatles protesters were out in force on this day, as the Beatles performed two shows with the afternoon crowd of 10,000 and the evening crowd of 12,500 people. During the evening show, someone exploded a firecracker, and the Beatles, while still playing, looked at each other to see which one of them was shot. It turned out none of the Beatles were hurt, and they didn't miss a beat as they continued performing. www.beatlemania.ca/toursworld/americantour.htm
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Post by Amadeus on Jan 7, 2012 14:23:33 GMT
Here's an (relatively) un-edited press conference near the end of the tour. They're pretty tired of it all. Some brilliant moments but basically, just shows what a bore it all became.
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