And we are all together...

[selenak]

This picture makes a great case in point for Ray Connolly's "John = Dad, Paul = Mum, George = rebellious teen, Ringo = adorable toddler with toy" (never mind the actual ages) characterisation of the Beatles, so I had to share it:



And then I found a hilarious vid. Now, I don't smoke, and I absolutely hated it when I was stuck in a bus with all my classmates smoking back in the day, but... well. See for yourself:

I have no idea how good or bad the "The Beatles: Rock Band" computer game is, seeing as I suck at computer games (read: haven't played any since I was 16 or so and my brother was really into them, and that was several computer generations ago), but the trailers for it are amazing. This one is my favourite. (And btw, if the rumour is true that Robert Zemeckis wants to direct a remake of Yellow Submarine, he should use the animators who did this.)

This trailer is very good as well. I love all the detail, the way the animated counterparts really resemble who they're supposed to be, the psychodelic imagery for the Revolver/Sgt. Pepper/Mystery Tour era songs... everything.

Comments

[jamalov29]

Singing I'm jealous of your cigarette ,the picture is killing me ded. ♥
Both trailers for the video game are pretty awesome ( and adorable ) We even have the roof session in the second one ! That's faifhtfully done work.
Thank you for all this. :)

[selenak]

I thought it might. :)

Have the third trailer, which with the exception of A Hard Day's Night uses totally different songs (showing how rich the Beatles song catelogue is):

Argh, Dreamwidth doesn't like YouTube clips in comments, so here is the link:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2gjEP1PfTU



(The transition from Lucy in the Sky to Dear Prudence is a terrific idea!)

[pseudo_tsuga]

From what I've seen and heard, they did a great job. You can unlock Beatles trivia, there are recorded bits of them bantering before and after the songs plus the Abbey Road medley is truly a medley: 22 straight minutes of playing. They even included Her Majesty at the end! Here's part 1 of it on youtube with Full Band playing Expert if you're at all interested.

[selenak]

Definitely sounds terrific, especially including the banter and playing the Abbey Road medley at full length! Thanks for the link.