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# Posted: 10 May 12 20:59
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I knew I could count on you, Geert and Martin, and maybe Miguel and other beatlefreakfs will join us in this little corner.
I was in London a couple of weeks ago and there was this shitty rain every and each day. So, the pictures I took here are very bad, because I had no tripod and they all are out of focus, a real mess. But I had the opportunity of seeing that, in spite of the rain, there were always people coming and crossing the street and taking photographs like a mythic reunion. There was a group of four guys crossing the street, the last one playing George's role and he was an old man about 75 years old with a cane... that was terrific and exciting and I couldn't help to let some tears roll on my face.
The traffic sign was there on that point because the road behind was having some work and, as a coincidence, someone decided to put the sign right there at the Studios gate. It is not an outstanding picture, but I guess it has a special meaning, a cosmic meaning, eh eh.
About this crossroad, thank you Martin for your in-depth explanation. I couldn't expect less from someone who actually saw John Lennon in his bed-in the Amsterdam Hilton.
I could add some points about it.
For example, Paul was photographed barefeet and with opposite steps with the other three in order to feed that rumour that he was dead. The Volkswagen on the left side of the picture is now in the Volkswagen Museum. The owner of the car had to buy several registrations of the automobile, because it was being robbed over and over again.
Geert is right: Abbey Road was their last album to be recorded, but Let it Be, although recorded previously, was their last album to be released. The second half of the Abbey Road, that long meddley produced by George Martin is a damn good piece of music and, in the end, the love you take is equal to the love you make.
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# Posted: 10 May 12 22:29
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And hereafter the video of a part of the Abbey Road meddley at the Grammys 2012:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osAA8q86COY&feature =related
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# Posted: 10 May 12 23:21
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good! thank you, Christian
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# Posted: 12 May 12 07:36
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For those who want to see this crossing and all the people crossing it while beeing photographed here is a great clear webcam of the corner. Just take your time and you will see some of those, often hilarious, actions.
http://www.abbeyroad.com/crossing
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# Posted: 16 May 12 01:12
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Martin: the link you gave us is really something.
Check here the other pictures taken that day:
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# Posted: 16 May 12 09:56
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hx34ZJtiwss&feature =share
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# Posted: 18 May 12 00:49
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Newsweek magazine edited a special commemorative spring 2012 issue about The Beatles.
Pages 66 and 67 show this drawing by Jim Stoten featuring a kind of Where's Waldo illustration of Beatles's songs.
They say there are 34 songs.
Can you find them?
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# Posted: 18 May 12 10:00 - Edited by: Martin de Rijk
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Oke Abìlio, call me crazy, but I'll give it a try.
1. Fool on the Hill
2. Mr. Moonlight
3. Sunking
4. For.............Mr. Kite
5. I am the Walrus
6.Dr. Robert
7. Piggies
8. Old Brown Shoe
9. Rocky Ragoon
10. Everybody..............exept me and my Monkey
11. Sgt. Peppers LHCB
12. Strawberry Fields
13. Your bird can sing
14. Glass Onion
15. Octopus's Garden
16. Yellow Submarine
17. Roll over Beethoven
18. Lucy in the Sky...........
19. Ballad of John & Yoko
20. All you need is Love (0r LOVE)
21. Lovely Rita
22. Blackbird
23. Bungalow Bill
24. Can't buy me Love
25. Maxwell's Silver Hamer
27. Sexy Sadie
28. Hey Buldog
29. A day in the Life
30. Cry baby Cry
31. Eleanor Rigby
32. Penny Lane
33. ??????
34. ??????
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# Posted: 18 May 12 13:20
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Bravo, Martin, but next time you are out of competition. 
I also found Taxman, Her Majesty, Dig a Ponny and Here Comes the Sun...
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# Posted: 18 May 12 13:31
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The sun has a crown, co I assumed Sun King
Well I assume we are complete.............. 
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# Posted: 18 May 12 15:21 - Edited by: Abílio Silveira
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Martin: you are probably right about that Sun question. So: it is Sun King.
You considered the man offering a diamond ring to the girl as Can't Buy Me Love. But it can also be Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da.
Those guys rolling over Beethoven are also part of Helter Skelter (when I get to the bottom I go back to the top of the slide, where I stop and I turn and then I go for a ride)
That guy with a green suit: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
I also see Lady Madonna with children at her feet and wondering how she will manage to make ends meet.
That guy with the money bag: I assumed it was the Taxman. But I think I was wrong: it is Baby, You're a Rich Man.
A Day in the Life: I'm not sure if there is any any reference to it. Can you help me, Martin?
And now, the complete list (so far):
1. The Fool on the Hill
2. Mr. Moonlight
3. Sun King
4. Being for the Benefit of Mr. Kite
5. I Am the Walrus
6. Doctor Robert
7. Piggies
8. Old Brown Shoe
9. Rocky Raccoon
10. Everybody’s Got Something to Hide Except Me and my Monkey
11. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band
12. Strawberry Fields Forever
13. And Your Bird Can Sing
14. Glass Onion
15. Octopus's Garden
16. Yellow Submarine
17. Roll over Beethoven
18. Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
19. The Ballad of John & Yoko
20. All you Need is Love
21. Lovely Rita
22. Blackbird
23. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill
24. Can't Buy me Love
25. Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da
26. Maxwell's Silver Hammer
27. Sexy Sadie
28. Hey Bulldog
29. A Day in the Life
30. Cry Baby Cry
31. Eleanor Rigby
32. Penny Lane
33. Her Majesty
34. Lady Madonna
35. Baby, You're a Rich Man
36. Helter Skelter
37. While My Guitar Gently Weeps
38. Dig a Pony
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# Posted: 18 May 12 15:46 - Edited by: Martin de Rijk
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I think I was wrong about A Day...... My guess is it's Baby you're A Rich Man indeed.
About the ring, I see a diamond ring here.
The zoo and the "tower" with the Beatles gliding down still puzzels me.
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# Posted: 18 May 12 15:50
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Oh no, you're right. It's Helter Sketer. So now the Zoo.........
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# Posted: 18 May 12 16:06
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About the ring: I also see a diamond ring. References to diamond rings appear both in Can't Buy Me Love and also in Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da (and as he gives it to her she begins to sing). So, I included both songs in the list.
The Zoo: it's Baby, You're a Rich Man
Baby you're a rich man too.
You keep all your money in a big brown bag inside a zoo.
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# Posted: 18 May 12 21:48
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Abìlio well found! I only saw the rich man
I guess we are complete then. We did'nt even had to wait for Geert
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# Posted: 21 May 12 20:55
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very good, Abílio and Martin; i was out for some days; but i should not have done it thát good; you two are the real 'connaisseurs'...
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# Posted: 1 Jun 12 21:47 - Edited by: Abílio Silveira
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It was 45 years ago today... on 1 June 1967.
The Beatles released Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, considered the best pop album ever, namely by the american magazine Rolling Stone, being number one of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time".
I love this album, but maybe I prefer Abbey Road and Revolver, depending on the mood.
Their ghosts appeared inside Cool Britannia shop window, in Haymarket street, close to Picadilly Circus.
OK, i'm finishing now: not the best quality, but I like that George.
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# Posted: 26 Aug 12 09:38
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A restaurant in Santiago de Cuba ( Cuba) was so proud having had Paul Mc Cartney as a guest He seemed to have stopped for there for a few hours and came in his private Jet. A great way of going for dinner  .
They saved everything he used and placed it on the wall in a frame behind glass. Also his chair got a plaque with the note he wrote in bronze. Unfortunately I could not use this chair .
Oh, and yes the food was great, but not so veggie 
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# Posted: 25 Sep 12 18:40
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almost 50 years ago (october the 5th 1962) the beatles recorded their first single: love me do
http://tinyurl.com/d3bfzz
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# Posted: 9 Oct 12 18:35
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Today is John Lennon's 72nd birthday.
May you always stay http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0sBfXjudDM
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