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John Lennon said The Yardbirds “never really had a singer, you know, or a performer.” A member of The Yardbirds inspired a song George Harrison wrote for The White Album. That member of The Yardbirds also worked on The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
During an interview, John Lennon said The Yardbirds were an imitation of another British Invasion band. His claim is dubious. Notably, a member of the band in question repeatedly worked with George Harrison.
John Lennon felt The Yardbirds mimicked The Rolling Stones
The book Lennon on Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon features an interview from 1974. In it, John discussed a certain club. “I believe the place was called Crawdaddy, in Richmond,” he said. “And also, I think another place in London.
“And they were run by a different guy then, [music manager, songwriter, and producer] Giorgio Gomelsky, who also discovered, brackets, you know, quotes, the … what’s that...
John Lennon said The Yardbirds “never really had a singer, you know, or a performer.” A member of The Yardbirds inspired a song George Harrison wrote for The White Album. That member of The Yardbirds also worked on The Beatles’ “While My Guitar Gently Weeps.”
During an interview, John Lennon said The Yardbirds were an imitation of another British Invasion band. His claim is dubious. Notably, a member of the band in question repeatedly worked with George Harrison.
John Lennon felt The Yardbirds mimicked The Rolling Stones
The book Lennon on Lennon: Conversations With John Lennon features an interview from 1974. In it, John discussed a certain club. “I believe the place was called Crawdaddy, in Richmond,” he said. “And also, I think another place in London.
“And they were run by a different guy then, [music manager, songwriter, and producer] Giorgio Gomelsky, who also discovered, brackets, you know, quotes, the … what’s that...
- 8/31/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
This article contains spoilers for Poker Face episode 4.
With a charged reference to the 1976 death of The Yardbirds singer Keith Relf, Peacock’s Poker Face teaches a valuable music industry lesson: Song pluggers should check their cables before plugging in. Especially drummers, surrounded by metallic conductors, trying to break out original material. When they do, as Phil Collins of Genesis or Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad can attest, those songs can change the group dynamic and take center stage. Electricity like that should be channeled.
Which is why the human lie-detector goes metal detector in Charlie Cale’s (Natasha Lyonne) case-of-the-week, “Rest in Metal.” The signature hit song for Robin Ruin’s (Chloe Sevigny) metal band Doxxxology, “Staplehead,” was written by the drummer. Said drummer moved on, and not only is the band now stuck with it as the closing song for every show, but they have to pay...
With a charged reference to the 1976 death of The Yardbirds singer Keith Relf, Peacock’s Poker Face teaches a valuable music industry lesson: Song pluggers should check their cables before plugging in. Especially drummers, surrounded by metallic conductors, trying to break out original material. When they do, as Phil Collins of Genesis or Don Brewer of Grand Funk Railroad can attest, those songs can change the group dynamic and take center stage. Electricity like that should be channeled.
Which is why the human lie-detector goes metal detector in Charlie Cale’s (Natasha Lyonne) case-of-the-week, “Rest in Metal.” The signature hit song for Robin Ruin’s (Chloe Sevigny) metal band Doxxxology, “Staplehead,” was written by the drummer. Said drummer moved on, and not only is the band now stuck with it as the closing song for every show, but they have to pay...
- 1/27/2023
- by Alec Bojalad
- Den of Geek
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