ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS (Room 410)
ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS (Room 410)
In December 1968 The Rolling Stones staged a Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus TV Extravaganza and they invited John and Yoko, who headed a band called ‘The Dirty Macs’ to contribute to the program. John and Yoko were joined by Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell, and Eric Clapton in a rousing version of The Beatles’ ‘Yer Blues’. The BBC program was subsequently shelved as The Stones were dismayed by their performance and there was a feeling that The Who and John and Yoko had outshone them. It was not the first collaboration of The Beatles and The Stones. In the August of the previous year both Paul and John had provided backing vocals to The Stones single ‘We Love You’. Mick had famously sat at Lennon’s feet during the live broadcast of The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ and had been frequent visitors to Abbey Road as The Beatles had recorder Pepper. The Stones had, in fact, been copying The Beatles message - but as Marianne Faithful observed, “Those were interesting times and psychedelia was an interesting movement. The Beatles did it really well… better than the Stones I’m afraid”. But the links did not begin with psychedelia, they go back much further. The Beatles had watched The Stones perform at The Station Hotel in Richmond and George later recommended them to Dick James of Decca, who had famously turned The Beatles down. Dick James immediately made a trip to the Station Hotel, where, suitably impressed, he offered The Rolling Stones a record contract. Dick had been determined not to lose out twice. In September 1963, John and Paul whilst in a taxi in London spotted The Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham. They stopped to give him a lift and offered The Stones a new song they had just written called ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, which became The Stones first top twenty hit. The groups carefully choreographed a rivalry that never really existed. They would ensure that they didn’t bring out singles at the same time, thus preserving sales for both. Whilst all this co-operation and friendship was the reality, the media preferred to go down the road of a “Beatles Versus Stones” controversy, which was replicated over 20 years later with “Blur Versus Oasis”.
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ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS (Room 410)
In December 1968 The Rolling Stones staged a Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus TV Extravaganza and they invited John and Yoko, who headed a band called ‘The Dirty Macs’ to contribute to the program. John and Yoko were joined by Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell, and Eric Clapton in a rousing version of The Beatles’ ‘Yer Blues’. The BBC program was subsequently shelved as The Stones were dismayed by their performance and there was a feeling that The Who and John and Yoko had outshone them. It was not the first collaboration of The Beatles and The Stones. In the August of the previous year both Paul and John had provided backing vocals to The Stones single ‘We Love You’. Mick had famously sat at Lennon’s feet during the live broadcast of The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ and had been frequent visitors to Abbey Road as The Beatles had recorder Pepper. The Stones had, in fact, been copying The Beatles message - but as Marianne Faithful observed, “Those were interesting times and psychedelia was an interesting movement. The Beatles did it really well… better than the Stones I’m afraid”. But the links did not begin with psychedelia, they go back much further. The Beatles had watched The Stones perform at The Station Hotel in Richmond and George later recommended them to Dick James of Decca, who had famously turned The Beatles down. Dick James immediately made a trip to the Station Hotel, where, suitably impressed, he offered The Rolling Stones a record contract. Dick had been determined not to lose out twice. In September 1963, John and Paul whilst in a taxi in London spotted The Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham. They stopped to give him a lift and offered The Stones a new song they had just written called ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, which became The Stones first top twenty hit. The groups carefully choreographed a rivalry that never really existed. They would ensure that they didn’t bring out singles at the same time, thus preserving sales for both. Whilst all this co-operation and friendship was the reality, the media preferred to go down the road of a “Beatles Versus Stones” controversy, which was replicated over 20 years later with “Blur Versus Oasis”.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
ROCK AND ROLL CIRCUS (Room 410)
In December 1968 The Rolling Stones staged a Rock ‘N’ Roll Circus TV Extravaganza and they invited John and Yoko, who headed a band called ‘The Dirty Macs’ to contribute to the program. John and Yoko were joined by Keith Richards, Mitch Mitchell, and Eric Clapton in a rousing version of The Beatles’ ‘Yer Blues’. The BBC program was subsequently shelved as The Stones were dismayed by their performance and there was a feeling that The Who and John and Yoko had outshone them. It was not the first collaboration of The Beatles and The Stones. In the August of the previous year both Paul and John had provided backing vocals to The Stones single ‘We Love You’. Mick had famously sat at Lennon’s feet during the live broadcast of The Beatles’ ‘All You Need Is Love’ and had been frequent visitors to Abbey Road as The Beatles had recorder Pepper. The Stones had, in fact, been copying The Beatles message - but as Marianne Faithful observed, “Those were interesting times and psychedelia was an interesting movement. The Beatles did it really well… better than the Stones I’m afraid”. But the links did not begin with psychedelia, they go back much further. The Beatles had watched The Stones perform at The Station Hotel in Richmond and George later recommended them to Dick James of Decca, who had famously turned The Beatles down. Dick James immediately made a trip to the Station Hotel, where, suitably impressed, he offered The Rolling Stones a record contract. Dick had been determined not to lose out twice. In September 1963, John and Paul whilst in a taxi in London spotted The Stones Manager Andrew Loog Oldham. They stopped to give him a lift and offered The Stones a new song they had just written called ‘I Wanna Be Your Man’, which became The Stones first top twenty hit. The groups carefully choreographed a rivalry that never really existed. They would ensure that they didn’t bring out singles at the same time, thus preserving sales for both. Whilst all this co-operation and friendship was the reality, the media preferred to go down the road of a “Beatles Versus Stones” controversy, which was replicated over 20 years later with “Blur Versus Oasis”.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON