A BEATLE NEW YEAR: What's a party without the Beatles? And what's a New Year's party without celebrities doing Beatle songs? Justin Bieber took on "Let It Be," which he performed with Carlos Santana backing him on guitar. (See video at left.) As much as one wanted to cringe hearing Bieber sing the song, Santana's guitar made the song listenable. But Bieber wasn't the only one doing the Beatles in Times Square. Cee Lo Green sang "Imagine". But he changed the lyrics from "And no religion, too" to "And all religion is true." Comments on YouTube were extremely critical of both the revision and the sentiment.
YOKO-LAHOMA DAY: New York wasn't the only place where there was a Beatles touch on New Year's Eve. In Oklahoma City, Yoko Ono was performing with the Flaming Lips at their New Year's Freakout. According to a review by Joshua Boydston, Yoko and the Lips joined in on "Give Peace a Chance" and "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" at midnight. The Lips returned with more Beatle covers of "Strawberry Fields Forever" and "I Am the Walrus" (which the Lips previously released a video of) after intermission. Read Boydston's full review (with pictures from the show) on newsok.com. Ono performs there again tonight.
GETTING BACK TO CHRISTMAS: Bev Brown sent us a photo of a great Beatles Christmas display in Northern California. It's in the slideshow.
A HARD DAY'S CHORD: Randy Bachman deciphers the first chord of "A Hard Day's Night" with a great story about visiting Abbey Road Studios and Giles Martin. You can hear it on YouTube.
COMING ON TV: On TV within the next 10 days: "David Wants to Fly," a film about transcendental meditation with David Lynch and appearances by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr (see the trailer here) on Link TV at 3 p.m. Jan. 3, 7 p.m. Jan. 5 and 2 a.m. ET Jan. 7 (all times ET). Also coming: "Time Bandits" (with George Harrison's "Dream Away" at 6 p.m. ET Monday and 2 a.m. Jan. 8 on FLIX, "Paul McCartney: Good Evening New York City" at 10:05 p.m. tonight on HDNet, "John Lennon Live in NYC" at 6 a.m. Jan. 4 on VH1 Classic and Ringo Starr in "The Last Waltz" at 7 pm. Jan. 9.
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