Comments for Daytrippin' Beatles Magazine

Comment on The Ballad of John, Yoko, Stuart and Astrid by GJ

GJ — Tue, 15 May 2012 20:02:00 +0000

It’s true that the poster conveniently ignores the second half of the Hunter Davies quote about telling the truth, but nevertheless I believe the point being made there is a valid one – John clearly got things from both Stuart and Yoko that he never got from the other Beatles. This is not meant to diminish Paul or the Beatles, whose importance is as plain as the noses on our faces, but to shed some light on John and his other relationships. I think sometimes fans tend to forget about or diminish Stuart because he was not around when the Beatles made it big; he was never known, nor probably would have been known, by the public the way the others became. However, I believe his personal importance to John (if not to the Beatles as a musical entity) was immense. Celebrities are not the only important people in other celebrities’ lives. Furthermore, people tend to attribute the exclusive nature of John’s relationship to Yoko almost entirely to Yoko. True, she is indeed a powerful personality, but so was John, and he made his own very deliberate choice to live and work with Yoko and NOT with the Beatles, and we have to face this fact squarely, and also to think about why this was the case. This article offers some interesting ideas about that.

Comment on The Ballad of John, Yoko, Stuart and Astrid by GJ

GJ — Tue, 15 May 2012 16:04:32 +0000

Good comments, Anna. Anyway, the point of this article is not to denigrate Paul McCartney (Beatles fans do take everything very personally, don’t we), but to talk about how Stuart’s infatuation with Astrid became a sort of template for John’s later relationship with Yoko – a fascinating idea that I personally have never seen brought up in print before. The article also explicitly states that John himself broke up the Beatles – another insight which for some reason is seldom stated, except by John himself!

Comment on Do You Believe? A Serious Discussion about John Lennon’s Afterlife by John Lennon Friday: The Next Step | Just a bit psychic

John Lennon Friday: The Next Step | Just a bit psychic — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 22:52:40 +0000

[...] From the daytrippin’ website’s description of John’s “Peace at Last”: [...]

Comment on Interview with David Bedford, author of new book, Liddypool: Birthplace of The Beatles by Tim Heit

Tim Heit — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:30:23 +0000

David, I believe on Page 36 “Yesterday” of your book (Year 1956 )
Under: Formation of the Quarrymen. You forgot to list Eric Griffiths.

Comment on Exclusive interview with Chris O’Dell, former Beatles Apple secretary by Keith

Keith — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 05:09:13 +0000

She loved Picadilley cigarettes and I gladly ran around the corner from Apple to grab her a pack. Chris for a brief period in the spring and summer of 1969 took in this boy from Texas right off a plane and granted me passage into a world only few experience, she saved me from myself actually and rolled me into the basement to hear the best….great read, glad I found a way to thank you…Keith

Comment on Stuart Sutcliffe’s bass playing: “I’d like to set that one straight” by Tom F.

Tom F. — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 19:33:07 +0000

One thing people fail to realize or mention is: none of them were probably “great” players back then in 1960-1961. They were all developing. And the musicians the Beatles became were far greater than the musicians they were back Hamburg. All of them were probalby good back then, but not great. And as great as the Beatles songs are, I dont think any of them are mentioned as the best guitarist, bass, drummer or singer in the world. Best songs, best song writers. Best band maybe.

Comment on Psychic claims John Lennon and George Harrison play music in the afterlife by nikki

nikki — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:56:12 +0000

I can believe Michael Jackson is livin’ it up in the afterlife. Lots of girls too so to say. He’s having a grand ol time.

Comment on Exclusive interview with Chris O’Dell, former Beatles Apple secretary by Jess Morgan

Jess Morgan — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 21:21:44 +0000

Chris O’Dell came across to me as a very lucky person who got in for a bit around some wonderful people, then did everything she needed to do to hang around till she was asked to leave. Somehow, it makes me grateful for all the loyal Liverpool fellas and the girlfriends/wives who were there to look out for the Beatles because everyone else seemed to chase their glory. She had no talents or achievements, wasn’t a musician or songwriter or childhood friend or family or loyal employee to any of them. She had one moment of luck when Derek Taylor offered her a job in LA. After that, she seems to have made relentless attempts to insert herself into the lives of important people who could give her things. Being the Beatles and good Liverpool lads, they were good-natured, welcoming & generous people who always treated her well. And she lapped it up and demanded more of the rock and roll lifestyle, as though the Beatles and their circle were responsible for keeping her entertained. She’s lucky enough to be around some of the most brilliant musicians of our time, yet she constantly passes judgement on their so-called ‘failings’, even though they were all close friends of the Beatles and were good to her. She’s allowed into their private homes, around their families and abuses their privacy, passing self-important comments about them, making public their private sadness and difficulties. She gets in the middle of peoples’ married lives and then acts bewildered like it’s always the fault of some other ‘jealous’ wife. She complains throughout the book about not having enough money to get by. She never seems to do a good turn for anyone, or return a kindness; she just uses them again and again to further her lifestyle. When one person tires of her, she moves swiftly to the next one (with bags packed). What stands out in all her stories is just how good all the people at Apple were towards her. Like all Beatles fans, I’m hungry for any tiny detail I can get about them. But this book made me love them even more, and realize how regularly people must have used them for their fame. Having said all that though, I’m sorry for all her drug and alcohol problems and thankful that she’s out of it today.