Prince Fatty vs The Beatles - A Day In The Dub / Sam Redmore Mashup on YouTube

This is really good! Some Beatles tracks can stand this sort of treatment.

Ringo's drumming on The Beatles - The End for example?

Not bad?

Fat Bottomed Girls Come Together mashup

A great mashup of Queen's Fat Bottomed Girls and the Beatles' Come Together

It's music mash-up time

The Beatles 'Day Tripper' meets The Beastie Boys 'Triple Trouble' to create Tripper Trouble

It's tax return deadline day

In the UK today is the day that personal tax returns are due to be submitted to HMRC. If you're going to be up late working on your figures, here's some appropriate music...


Beatles - 'Taxman'
"Be thankful I don't take it all"
Do I really need to remind you of the rest of the lyrics?



So get your return in and pay the tax, even if you do so from behind gritted teeth!

Maybe Marcus Brigstocke really is that stupid

Playing Just a Minute on the subject of the Beatles with half a second to go which Beatles' song would you choose to quote the lyrics of?

May I suggest that Marcus Brigstocke's selection of 'Love me do', first line "Love, love me do" was a poor one?

Oddly he could have quoted the first line of 'Please Please Me' which is "Last night I said these words to my girl".

Money (That's What I Want)

Following on from yesterday's taxman post, here's one showing the many versions of Money (That's What I Want).

The original by Barrett Strong from 1959


The more famous Beatles version from 1963


The Beatles demo version from 1962


The much missed Etta James from 1963


The Kingsmen from 1964(?)


The Rolling Stones from 1964


Waylon Jennings from 1964(?)


Marvin Gaye & Tina Turner from 1965 - a medley with "Dog Gone"


John Lee Hooker - what a voice - from 1966


Jerry Lee Lewis from 1969


The Doors from 1970 - Is this really The Doors?


Roy Orbison from 1970 - only a short extract


Stevie Wonder from a 1970 performance - I wish I had seen Stevie Wonder perform live, Prince was incredible but I feel Stevie Wonder in his prime might have been better


Iggy Pop and the Stooges from 1972/3(?)


Led Zeppelin live in 1980


Flying Lizzards from 1979 - the first version I ever heard and the most diferent from the original - still love this track


The Flying Lizards (how many Zs should there be?) with a slightly longer version



Now some more modern covers
Hanson from the late 1990s


Josie and the Pussycats from 2001 - No I don't like this version either


Boyz II Men from 2007



An more good versions out there?

For tax return day

In the UK today is the tax returns are due to be submitted to HMRC, albeit there is a two day extension thanks to the taxman striking. If you're going to be up late working on your figures, here's some appropriate music...


Beatles - 'Taxman'
"Be thankful I don't take it all"
Do I really need to remind you of the rest of the lyrics?



Gentleman's Dub Club - 'Emergency'
"This is an emergency.. Taxman taking"


So get your return in and pay the tax, even if you do so behind gritted teeth!

Still not as many holes as in Blackburn?

The BBC report that there are 88 brothels in Northern Ireland. Is this a lot, I do not know? However I do seem to remember that there are/were "Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire."



What a song, beautifully written and sung; can you even spot the join?

Satirical video of the year so far? - Barack Obama - 'Taxman'

A lot of work went into this video...


Here's The Beatles' original




Thanks to Theo Spark for the spot.

Two versions of a lovely song - which do you prefer?

The Beatles - 'Across the Universe'



David Bowie - 'Across the Universe'


I think I'd plump for the Beatles original version; you?

Glenn Beck's critique of some of Barack Obama's team and policies

This is worth watching and raises many queries that I have discussed before regarding Barack Obama's associates and their pasts.

"Marxists in the White House"?

Glenn Beck is a good speaker and very persuasive; worryingly he is also often right.

An incredible spoken extract from The Beatles' "Revolution", puts me in mind of Peter Sellers' "It's been a hard day's night"...


Here's The Beatles and "Revolution"

"You say you want a revolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
You tell me that it's evolution
Well, you know
We all want to change the world
But when you talk about destruction
Don't you know that you can count me out
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right

You say you got a real solution
Well, you know
We'd all love to see the plan
You ask me for a contribution
Well, you know
We're doing what we can
But when you want money
for people with minds that hate
All I can tell is brother you have to wait
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
Ah

ah, ah, ah, ah, ah...

You say you'll change the constitution
Well, you know
We all want to change your head
You tell me it's the institution
Well, you know
You better free you mind instead
But if you go carrying pictures of chairman Mao
You ain't going to make it with anyone anyhow
Don't you know it's gonna be all right
all right, all right
all right, all right, all right
all right, all right, all right "

Here's Peter Sellers:

Favourite Beatles songs

The Daily Mail reveals that politicians were asked for their favourite Beatles track as part of Liverpool's Beatles Day celebration. Gordon Brown plumped for "All My Loving" which includes the line "Tomorrow I’ll miss you". David Cameron chose "The Long and Winding Road" whilst Nick Clegg picked "A Day in the Life", Alistair Darling picked "Strawberry Fields"

I would have selected "Nowhere Man" for Gordon Brown -

"He's a real nowhere Man,
Sitting in his Nowhere Land,
Making all his nowhere plans
for nobody.

Doesn't have a point of view,
Knows not where he's going to,

...

He's as blind as he can be,
Just sees what he wants to see,
Nowhere Man can you see me at all?"

and Taxman for Alistair Darling:

"Let me tell you how it will be,
There’s one for you, nineteen for me,
‘Cos I’m the Taxman,
Yeah, I’m the Taxman.
Should five per cent appear too small,
Be thankful I don’t take it all.
‘Cos I’m the Taxman,
Yeah yeah, I’m the Taxman.

(If you drive a car car), I’ll tax the street,
(If you try to sit sit), I’ll tax your seat,
(If you get too cold cold), I’ll tax the heat,
(If you take a walk walk), I’ll tax your feet.
Taxman.

‘Cos I’m the Taxman,
Yeah, I’m the Taxman.
Don’t ask me what I want it for
(Ah Ah! Mister Wilson!)
If you don’t want to pay some more
(Ah Ah! Mister Heath!),
‘Cos I’m the Taxman,
Yeeeah, I’m the Taxman.

Now my advice for those who die, (Taxman!)
Declare the pennies on your eyes, (Taxman!)
‘Cos I’m the Taxman,
Yeah, I’m the Taxman.
And you’re working for no-one but me,
(Taxman)."