I especially like the spot for Lux soap.
And dear Lord, can you even imagine what that "Awake" beverage must have tasted like?
Showing posts with label 1964. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1964. Show all posts
October 1, 2011
April 26, 2011
The Dreams That Filled Stadiums
From 1964, Brian Epstein appears as "Mr. X" on the popular television program What's My Line?
An immensely charming and intelligent man, Brian never had any sort of real happiness in his life, aside from his association with The Beatles as their manager. And even then, whatever happiness he managed to glean from that role was fleeting and unsatisfactory.
His interest in the group stemmed from his romantic interest in John Lennon, an interest that is said to have been reciprocated on several occasions. The two men took a vacation together to Barcelona, Spain in April 1963. Peter Brown reports in his excellent Beatle biopic The Love You Make that Lennon went along because he "...wanted to see what fucking a bloke was like."
John Lennon was often cruel to Brian Epstein about his homosexual proclivities. When Epstein wrote and published his autobiography in 1964, titled A Cellarful of Noise, Lennon's only reaction to the book was to snarl at Brian that the title should have been A Cellarful of Boys.
Brian Epstein died in his home on the 27th of August, 1967, from an accidental drug overdose. A notorious insomniac, one of the components in his sleeping tablets, carbitol, had built up to a lethal amount. Brian Epstein's heart simply stopped as a result.
In the end, I think Peter Brown put it best in The Love You Make:
"Here was a man whose passions had sparked an entertainment phenomenon, who had influenced the course of history, but the world would only remember his unhappiness and not the dreams that filled stadiums."
An immensely charming and intelligent man, Brian never had any sort of real happiness in his life, aside from his association with The Beatles as their manager. And even then, whatever happiness he managed to glean from that role was fleeting and unsatisfactory.
His interest in the group stemmed from his romantic interest in John Lennon, an interest that is said to have been reciprocated on several occasions. The two men took a vacation together to Barcelona, Spain in April 1963. Peter Brown reports in his excellent Beatle biopic The Love You Make that Lennon went along because he "...wanted to see what fucking a bloke was like."
John Lennon was often cruel to Brian Epstein about his homosexual proclivities. When Epstein wrote and published his autobiography in 1964, titled A Cellarful of Noise, Lennon's only reaction to the book was to snarl at Brian that the title should have been A Cellarful of Boys.
Brian Epstein died in his home on the 27th of August, 1967, from an accidental drug overdose. A notorious insomniac, one of the components in his sleeping tablets, carbitol, had built up to a lethal amount. Brian Epstein's heart simply stopped as a result.
In the end, I think Peter Brown put it best in The Love You Make:
"Here was a man whose passions had sparked an entertainment phenomenon, who had influenced the course of history, but the world would only remember his unhappiness and not the dreams that filled stadiums."
September 15, 2010
From 1964: Needles And Pins
This is often mistaken for a Lennon/McCartney tune.
It wasn't.
It was actually written by none other than Sonny Bono!
Here is another great live version. I used the above version because it has the performance aspect of it. The other clip is only audio, but it is actually a better recording, I think.
May 10, 2010
From 1964: Tip Top Hair Toppers
Pay special attention to the Coiffure Cap in the center. After all, a girl shouldn't forget to be glamourous just because she's setting her hair in curlers! Why, that Coiffure Cap is elegant enough for evening wear. An Oleg Cassini gown and a Coiffure Cap!May 1, 2009
No Jokes Today; Just A Song That Is So Beautiful, It Makes Me Cry Every Time I Listen To It
Happy Summer, everyone!
And nobody did this season quite like The Beach Boys.
From May, 1964
This was said to be one of John Lennon's absolute favorite songs.
It is ranked at #176 of Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time."
(I would have ranked it much, much higher.)
April 19, 2009
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November 2, 2008
Rare Theater Poster For The Stage Version Of "Alfie," With Terence Stamp In The Starring Role
Opening at the Morosco Theatre on Broadway on December 16, 1964, Alfie was a bona fide flop onstage. It ran for only 21 performances, closing in mid-January 1965.The experience left a terrible taste in Terence Stamp's mouth. Having originated the role of the cockney ladies' man on the London stage to great acclaim by both critics and audiences alike, he was eager to go "across the pond" to recreate on The Great White Way what he hoped would become his signature role .
It was not to be. New York audiences never warmed to the play, perhaps put off by its cockney dialogue that had not been modified for American ears, the way that it had for My Fair Lady ten years earlier. Catholic theatergoers were also disgusted by the depiction of a back-alley abortion in the story, and denounced the play to national news outlets.
When it was decided that a film version of Alfie would be shot in London and the surrounding towns in the spring of 1965, director Lewis Gilbert approached Stamp about reprising his role in the film. Stamp was so disenchanted with his New York experience, he decided he wanted nothing more to do with "Alfie Elkins."
However, Stamp said, his best friend and flatmate was a terrific actor, loved the Alfie script, and, frankly, needed the work. His name: Michael Caine.
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