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Post by beatlesattheirbest on Jan 20, 2012 17:01:57 GMT
"Well, I remembered the other day when somebody mentioned the Crickets at a press conference. I'd forgotten all about that. I was looking for a name like the Crickets that meant two things, and from Crickets I got to Beatles. I changed the B-e-a because it didn't mean two things on its own. B, double-e-t-l-e-s didn't mean two things. So, I changed the 'a,' added the 'e' to the 'a', and it meant two things, then. I mean, it didn't have to mean two things, but it said.., it was beat and beetles and when you said it people thought of crawly things and when you read it was beat music."
-John Lennon
"John came up with this name Beatles and it was good, because it was sort of the insect and also the pun, you know, b-e-a-t on the beat. We just liked the name and we kept it."
-George Harrison
"When we first heard "Crickets"... Back in England, there's the game cricket, and we knew about the little chirpy, hoppity-goes-to-town type crickets. So, we thought they'd been brilliant, they'd really got this amazing double meaning name, of like the game and the bug. We thought this was brilliant, we thought, well, we've got to do this. So John and Stuart (Sutcliffe )came up with this name that the rest of us hated, this Beatles, spelled with an "a." We said, "Why?" They said, "Well, you know, this is a bug, and its got a double meaning, just like the Crickets. We were influenced in many, many ways."
-Paul McCartney
"Stuart did think up the name beetles because it was an insect and he wanted to associate it with Buddy Holly's group The Crickets as the Quarry Men used a lot of Holly's numbers in their repertoire. John did add the 'a'. They told me this at the time.
- Bill Harry
(Liverpool Music Scene Historian, Editor of The Mersey Beat and friend of John Lennon & Stu Sutcliffe)
So that settles it. Stu thought of beetles. John thought of "The Beatles", and everybody was telling the truth all along. Except for that part about the flaming pie. But who knows, maybe that was true as well.
This is also another example of Stu Sutcliffe or Pete Best making a significant contribution to The Beatles and not getting proper credit for it. A half century later, thanks to time and the internet, myths are being debunked and so many of these kind of real truths are there for all to learn. John Lennon would be pleased (and maybe amused).
The Beatles (1960-1970)
Long Live The Beatles!!!
John, Paul, George, Stu, Pete & Ringo.
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Post by Amadeus on Jan 21, 2012 0:58:04 GMT
I already knew this. I forget when and where, but the info was always there, just damn near impossible to find.
Anyhow, I love reading about the history of the Beatles from back in the mists of time.
I'm currently listening to all the pre-EMI Beatles stuff and it's like a whole different band. There was definitely two halves to the Beatles story; pre and post EMI.
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 21, 2012 19:41:00 GMT
Well everyone knows The Beatles were John's group, except Sir Paul.lol I still can't believe he spent all that time, energy and money to get some of the song credits to read Mccartney-Lennon! Even Ringo thought it was stupid and said so when him & Paul were on the Larry King show.
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 21, 2012 19:52:04 GMT
Anyhow, I love reading about the history of the Beatles from back in the mists of time. I'm currently listening to all the pre-EMI Beatles stuff and it's like a whole different band. There was definitely two halves to the Beatles story; pre and post EMI. Don't you just wish you could have been out in the crowd at those Star Club dates?!!  |
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Post by mrmustard on Jan 21, 2012 22:00:13 GMT
Anyhow, I love reading about the history of the Beatles from back in the mists of time. I'm currently listening to all the pre-EMI Beatles stuff and it's like a whole different band. There was definitely two halves to the Beatles story; pre and post EMI. Don't you just wish you could have been out in the crowd at those Star Club dates?!! Given the choice I would have rather have been at the Kaiserkeller. |
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Post by ROCKY on Jan 22, 2012 0:43:14 GMT
Your wish is my command. Now just close your eyes. lol Here's something to ponder: I believe you had to be 21 to get into those clubs and today all those people in the audiance would be in their mid-70's!! And all those little kids watching John as a Quarryman at St. Peter's are all pushin' 70 now! It's also amazing when you think about it that in ten yrs. time from when he was on that little stage at St. Peter's plucking away on that cheap little guitar he would be cutting tracks for Sgt. Pepper!!
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Post by Amadeus on Jan 23, 2012 15:32:52 GMT
I still can't believe he spent all that time, energy and money to get some of the song credits to read Mccartney-Lennon! Even Ringo thought it was stupid and said so when him & Paul were on the Larry King show. It's interesting to see the credits on the back of Please Please Me. Paul says John got his way because he shouted louder. However, even in the late '50s, didn't their notebook of songs, on each page say: another original by John Lennon and Paul McCartney? So how did the credits on their first album get reversed and then changed back on the next album? |
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