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Do we have to say it was 40 years ago Saturday? But it was.
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The walk. The crossing. The stroll. The legend.
Call it what you will, but it'd be silly to try and get terribly profound about what the cover shoot of "Abbey Road" all means 40 years later.
So how's this: Why did the Beatles cross the road?
Because it was there.
Certainly, it's become one of their trademarks. It's everywhere. Who could have guessed a few simple steps and a few photos by Iain McMillan would become such a big thing?
If we were conspiracy theorists, we could drop hints about the major clues in the picture that helped fuel the "Paul Is Dead" hoax. The "28 IF" license plate. Paul's bare feet.
But it's just a picture. Well, maybe not just a picture. It's spurned zillons of imitations, both on albums and in person each day on the real Abbey Road.
And it's really the album, more than the picture. An incredible album at that.
The picture (and the album), though, did accomplish at least one thing: It made the street and the studio named after it a household name. Sort of like the guys who recorded said album.
They did it in the road. Those few small steps for four men gave us one giant legend for mankind. Happy 40th.
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Comments
Go to the website of Abbey Road studios live. That is their webcam which is trained on the crossing 24 hours a day. If you want to watch the crowds live Saturday, it's 11:20am something there. There's five hours time difference between there and the east coast usa, so that would be 6:20am for me in Virginia. Take a look, it's up 24 hrs a day.
for all the homies that go over there and take their pic at the zebra strip crossing.. the origial photographer was UP ON A LADDER!!! That's why your pics never look quite right.
That was no hoax, they replaced Paul w/ a look and sound-alike. Wake up people!
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