ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Room 319)
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Room 319)
A little over three weeks after the release of Sgt Pepper, the Beatles previewed their new single ‘All You Need Is Love’ on the world’s first live worldwide broadcast. The BBC declared, “For the first time ever, linking five continents and bringing man face to face with mankind!” Over 18 TV stations worldwide worked together to stage this historic event and the BBC’s contribution to the broadcast (which was called ‘Our World’) was the jewel in the crown. The BBC had the Beatles and John composed a global message especially for the event called ‘All You Need Is Love’. It was the first of many anthems for John, a prequel to others, notably ‘Give Peace A Chance’, ‘Power To The People’, ‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’, and ‘Imagine’.
Looking back at their career at the time of the Anthology in 1995, Paul, George and Ringo were proud to point out that much of their body of work contained positive messages such as love and peace. After agreeing to participate, Brian became extremely nervous that after promising something special and relevant for the event, with three weeks to go they still didn’t have anything written. John however was not about to let anybody down and the song was perfect. “If you are going to say any message it’s a fine and wonderful message to say”, remarked Paul. The Beatles live historic performance was transmitted on June 25th 1967 from Studio One at Abbey Road and the Beatles filled the studio with balloons, written messages on placards and their friends, including Mick Jagger who sat at their feet. Half a billion people watched the performance, a phenomenal technical achievement for the time. Within two weeks the recording was released as the band’s new single coupled with ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’. The message couldn’t have been more appropriate as the world was just about to embark on ‘the Summer of Love’. Once again the Beatles proved to be at the cutting edge of cultural change.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Room 319)
A little over three weeks after the release of Sgt Pepper, the Beatles previewed their new single ‘All You Need Is Love’ on the world’s first live worldwide broadcast. The BBC declared, “For the first time ever, linking five continents and bringing man face to face with mankind!” Over 18 TV stations worldwide worked together to stage this historic event and the BBC’s contribution to the broadcast (which was called ‘Our World’) was the jewel in the crown. The BBC had the Beatles and John composed a global message especially for the event called ‘All You Need Is Love’. It was the first of many anthems for John, a prequel to others, notably ‘Give Peace A Chance’, ‘Power To The People’, ‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’, and ‘Imagine’.
Looking back at their career at the time of the Anthology in 1995, Paul, George and Ringo were proud to point out that much of their body of work contained positive messages such as love and peace. After agreeing to participate, Brian became extremely nervous that after promising something special and relevant for the event, with three weeks to go they still didn’t have anything written. John however was not about to let anybody down and the song was perfect. “If you are going to say any message it’s a fine and wonderful message to say”, remarked Paul. The Beatles live historic performance was transmitted on June 25th 1967 from Studio One at Abbey Road and the Beatles filled the studio with balloons, written messages on placards and their friends, including Mick Jagger who sat at their feet. Half a billion people watched the performance, a phenomenal technical achievement for the time. Within two weeks the recording was released as the band’s new single coupled with ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’. The message couldn’t have been more appropriate as the world was just about to embark on ‘the Summer of Love’. Once again the Beatles proved to be at the cutting edge of cultural change.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON
ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE (Room 319)
A little over three weeks after the release of Sgt Pepper, the Beatles previewed their new single ‘All You Need Is Love’ on the world’s first live worldwide broadcast. The BBC declared, “For the first time ever, linking five continents and bringing man face to face with mankind!” Over 18 TV stations worldwide worked together to stage this historic event and the BBC’s contribution to the broadcast (which was called ‘Our World’) was the jewel in the crown. The BBC had the Beatles and John composed a global message especially for the event called ‘All You Need Is Love’. It was the first of many anthems for John, a prequel to others, notably ‘Give Peace A Chance’, ‘Power To The People’, ‘Happy Christmas (War Is Over)’, and ‘Imagine’.
Looking back at their career at the time of the Anthology in 1995, Paul, George and Ringo were proud to point out that much of their body of work contained positive messages such as love and peace. After agreeing to participate, Brian became extremely nervous that after promising something special and relevant for the event, with three weeks to go they still didn’t have anything written. John however was not about to let anybody down and the song was perfect. “If you are going to say any message it’s a fine and wonderful message to say”, remarked Paul. The Beatles live historic performance was transmitted on June 25th 1967 from Studio One at Abbey Road and the Beatles filled the studio with balloons, written messages on placards and their friends, including Mick Jagger who sat at their feet. Half a billion people watched the performance, a phenomenal technical achievement for the time. Within two weeks the recording was released as the band’s new single coupled with ‘Baby You’re A Rich Man’. The message couldn’t have been more appropriate as the world was just about to embark on ‘the Summer of Love’. Once again the Beatles proved to be at the cutting edge of cultural change.
Artwork painted and owned by ©SHANNON