Beatle News Briefs 12/22/08: A hidden message to Heather?
- If you can believe some speculative blog reports reportedly going around (and when aren't they?), Paul McCartney is said to have a hidden message on his Fireman "Electric Arguments" album directed at ex-wife Heather Mills. Click Liverpool reports bloggers are saying the album's final track, "Don't Stop Running," ends with a strange vocal noise, which played backwards, features Paul whispering "Warmer than the sun, cooler than the air." It says some fans have interpreted this as meant for Heather Mills and meaning "I have a big, warm loving heart and you are colder than ice." Click Liverpool says Paul's press spokesman issued a statement saying, "The official stance on this is that there are no hidden messages within The Fireman album. People always find messages in his music. If their desire is strong enough, they will be able to find something out of nothing to attach meaning to. It has been going on since The Beatles and we always get asked about hidden messages - but there are none."
- Additional news from the London HMV signing Sunday: Paul told reporters he has definite no plans to tour, but it's being considered, according to thelondonblog.
- Heather Mills is one of the year's villains on the UK Telegraph's 2008 Heroes and Villians lists. Another on the villians list is Amy Winehouse. The heroes included Barack Obama, Britain's Prince Harry and Tina Fey (who impersonated Sarah Palin on "Saturday Night Live").
- Remember Mary Hopkin ("Those Were the Days")? She's just released a new album of archival tapes called "Recollections," If it's anything like her previous two archival albums, "Valentine" and "Live at Royal Festival Hall 1972," we can recommend it very highly. Mary Hopkin was one of the best talents to be signed by Apple Records. The new CD, along with an additional EP of Christmas songs, is available separately, or in a combined purchase through her official website.
- Ringo Starr, actor Bruce Willis, Alice Cooper and comedian Barry Humphries (aka Dame Edna) star in a new British TV ad as their young and older selves, reports the UK Sun. The ad is to call attention to the fact the insurance firm Norwich Union is changing its name to Aviva. Likewise, all of the participants in the commercial have changed their names since they were younger. In the ad, a modern Ringo is seen superimposed in newsreel footage as being mobbed by fans during the Beatlemania days. Biz Online has video of the commercial.
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