#the beatles bbc archives

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison onstage at the Cavern Club, August 22, 1962. Granada Television visited a lunchtime session that day and The Beatles were filmed for the first time.

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Archives)" by Kevin Howlett.

[eppysboys]

1971: Ringo Starr showcases more than just his musical prowess after the Beatles' breakup. In this clip he unveils his steel furniture creations to John Noakes. (From The BBC Archive)

[meandhisjohn]

All you need is love and a Podcast narrated by Beatles fan Martin Freeman.

Now on the blog:

[ailichi]

[Interviewer]: Which Oasis member has the strangest taste in music?

[Noel, immediately]: Him

I've been fascinated by this question for ages: every major interview, ask Liam Gallagher what music he likes, and he'll just say the Beatles and the Stone Roses, those two, and do his best to give the impression that he basically only listens to them. but in quieter interviews or when he’s just talking on camera, he’ll talk about others as well, and I've been taking some notes:

the Beatles are genuinely the be-all and end-all; understandable

[edit to add]: I don’t know what his favourite Beatles album is but it might be Revolver. when they were asked to choose between the two, Noel said the Red album and Liam said the Blue album. also, it was his suggestion that Oasis cover Within You Without You when the BBC gave them the choice of anything off of Sergeant Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band.

the Stone Roses favourite tracks: Love Spreads, I Am the Resurrection, Sally Cinnamon (etc.) — also was into The Seahorses after the SR split

favourite post-Beatles album isn't anything of Lennon's, apparently, it's All Things Must Pass

favourite John solo song is off Double Fantasy, of course: Beautiful Boy (Darling Boy)

obviously does like the Rolling Stones too: I believe that when Oasis covered Jumpin’ Jack Flash it was because it was Liam’s total favourite

has named Quadrophenia by the Who as his favourite ever album

likes As Tears Go By by Marianne Faithful. sidenote: Marianne Faithful was Noel’s first pin-up

really likes Bo Diddley (disparate sources for this, he just mentions him frequently)

loved the Specials, even before he joined a band

loves that song, The First Cut is the Deepest, by P.P. Arnold

Led Zeppelin, obviously — mentioned When the Levee Breaks (also notice that one of his favourite Stone Roses songs is Love Spreads which is quite heavily influenced by LZ)

likes the Shangri-Las (The Leader of the Pack is on his women of rock n roll playlist)

likes the Doors, his favourite track is Mr. Mojo Risin’

loves the Kinks, especially really likes The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, said it was “like a Lowry painting” (<3)

it’s like a dream to me that I heard he doesn’t rate Neil Young or at least was put out that Noel performed with NY + Crazy Horse in London

likes Lou Reed solo? never heard him say something about the Velvet Underground, but mentioned Perfect Day in particular

favourite Pink Floyd is Shine On You Crazy Diamond (loveable choice <3)

bit of Siouxie Sioux on his playlist of his favourite female artists :)

the Cure: “the cure for what?”

favourite album by the Jam is Sound Affects.

seems on the surface to not be mad about Paul Weller's solo stuff (or at least teases Noel for being so friendly with him), but also said: “There’s only a few songwriters that really inspire me. People like John Lennon and Paul Weller.”

chose Many Rivers to Cross by Jimmy Cliff from Jools Holland's archive when he was on in 2022

used not like Primal Scream in the very early days, but enjoyed Screamadelica (I like that he changes his mind on bands if they bring out something new that interests him)

generally lets on to be easy about the Smiths but just isn’t a superfan … likes them doesn’t love them

favourite Smiths song is The Boy with a Thorn in his Side (ah Liam <3)

on the record as saying he both likes and dislikes both Morrissey and Johnny Marr as solo artists

mentioned Electronic quite warmly (this was in 1994)

loves that Vaselines song that Nirvana covered, Jesus Don't Want Me For a Sunbeam

loves everything Richard Ashcroft has done, and seems to prefer the softer songs - a Song for the Lovers, Break the Night with Colour …

had the fairest U2 take I’ve ever heard, to paraphrase: “they’re pretty good but they were the biggest thing in the universe there for a few years, and to merit that they really should’ve been just a little bit better” (2019)

the Strokes: Liam says Noel and himself saw them, together, in San Francisco, when they were just starting out (‘setting up their own equipment’). probably the 7th of August 2001. I don’t get the impression he was overly taken with them. “Good songs but not classics”.

[eggcellentpufferfish]

Hello!! I've been using tumblr a bit more recently and so I was wondering if anyone wanted to be mutuals! :D

My interests include the magnus archives/protocol, malevolent, sherlock and co and sherlock BBC, good omens, madoka magic, gravity falls, toh and more (lots of anime, cartoons and podcasts)!

The music I like is Will Wood (I recently got into his music and omg it is consuming me) and music like Queen, the Beatles, some Nirvana and idk sorta just Dad music ig? (well the music my dad listens to at least)

I will mostly do brain and art dumps here but I also like to cosplay, rollerskate, do makeup, try crafts and music, read, sometimes write and more but my brain's too dead to think rn! :')

[undying-love]

Jane's grievances during her relationship with Paul

"Jane appeared on the BBC Simon Dee television show and admitted that her relationship with Paul was over. A few months later Jane told me how naïve she'd been so far as other girls were concerned. But there were other problems. She was also unhappy about drugs, which were as common among rock stars then as they are now, and definitely not thrilled by Paul's friendship with some of the Rolling Stones. [...] And more important to Paul than his relationship with Jane, was his partnership with John Lennon, whom he'd met shortly after his mother died of breast cancer when he was 14. In his emotional vacuum, Paul had turned to music and joined John's skiffle group the Quarry Men. And when John's mother was also to die just over a year later, the friendship had intensified with a shared sense of loss. And so it was to remain as adulthood and fame arrived, and the girls came and went. And, in John's case, a wife as well." (Ray Connolly, The Ray Connolly Beatles Archive)

This is very significant because Ray Connolly was a friend of Jane, Paul and John. Jane opened up to him and talked about many things that caused problems in her relationship with Paul, and one of these was apparently his relationship with John and how it appeared to be even more important to him than his relationship with Jane. Here is anither similar quote:

"Throughout the years, the underlying tensions in  their relationship had remained the same. They centered on Paul's misgivings about Jane's commitment to her acting career and Jane's misgivings about Paul's primary ties to the other Beatles."  (Can't Buy Me Love, by Jonathan Gould)

[therealsaintscully]

Gretna Green Waltz by saintscully (Beatles RPF)

TRACK NAME: “GRETNA GREEN WALTZ” “JOHNNY’S WALTZ” “JUNK” A fleeting melody chases Paul for decades—a tune half-remembered, a life half-lived. This is its story.

Welcome to my first venture beyond BBC Sherlock/Johnlock fics. I hope you enjoy it, along with my unapologetic and hopefully non-ridiculous use of Scouse—even though I'm not even a little bit Scouse myself. I bring you 1961 Paris, I bring you Rishikesh—this has it all. (Reblogs will be very appreciated as I'm new to the fandom)

tagging @menlove who mentioned they love Junk very much, as well as @crepesuzette2023 and @willowbending and @pauls1967moustache knowing they're fic writers, I hope you don't mind!

[wingsoverlagos]

Beatles Radio Shows

My recent ~endeavors~ have led me to dig up a bunch of old radio shows by and about the Beatles, and I wanted to share them in one place.

These are unofficial uploads. If you've ever searched out old Beatles-related content - particularly audio or video content - you have likely experienced the crushing devestation of locating a download link to some obscure interview George Harrison gave in 1977, only to click it and find the link dead! If you're interested in listening to any of the shows listed here, or think you may be interested one day, I recommend downloading them now rather than suffering the bitter sting of a dead link in days to come.

By the Beatles

Paul McCartney's Routes of Rock (Host: Paul McCartney; Approx. Runtime: 2.5hrs)

A five-part series that aired on BBC radio in October and November 1999. It was part of the promo for Paul's mostly-covers album, Run Devil Run. In this series, Paul plays old rock 'n' roll tracks along with his recent covers, interspersed with discussion of his formative musical influences and some cute early-Beatles anecdotes.

Ringo's Yellow Submarine (Host: Ringo Starr; Approx. Runtime: 26hrs)

A twenty-six-part series that ran on the ABC Radio Network from June 4 to November 26, 1983. Unfortunately, I only have links to the first three episodes atm. Episode 1 // Episode 2 // Episode 3

About the Beatles

The Lost Lennon Tapes (Host: Elliot Mintz; Approx. Runtime: 221hrs)

Perhaps the most famous Beatles radio show of them all? The Lost Lennon Tapes ran from Januar 24, 1988 to March 29, 1992. The huge draw here is the inclusion of audio from the Lennon/Ono archives. I believe this is the only publicly available source for audio from many John Lennon interviews. Unfortunately, you only get to hear a few minutes of any interview at a time!

The show also features interviews with people from John's life (e.g. Julia Baird and Sean) as well as Beatles experts (including a young Mark Lewisohn!) There's huge depth here, and it's very much worth the listen.

The above link includes episode names, but this site has a more detailed list of what's included in each episode.

The Beatles - The Days In Their Life (Host: Ira Lipson; Approx. Runtime: 30hrs)

A 21-part series that aired in 1981 and followed the Beatles career from their genesis to the modern day. Includes archival interviews as well as (I think) new interview material with many people in the Beatles' stories.

The Beatles Story (Host: Brian Matthew; Approx. Runtime: 14hrs)

A BBC Radio 1 series that came out ~1972, with an extra episode that came out ~1974. Many original interivews were conducted for this series, but I believe we only see a subset of the existing material on this show. From the quotes in Tune In, it appears there are full tapes out there, perhaps in the BBC Archives - if anyone has any idea where the full interviews (conducted by Johnny Beerling) may be accessible, I'd love to know!

Collections of Misc. Radio Interviews

Series aside, here are a few accounts that have uploaded a number of one-off interviews with the Beatles:

The Beatles Interviews on YouTube. Lots of great, lengthy interviews, along with a few shorter clips. Disclaimer: the video titles don't always correctly identify the year/interviewer. Fortunately, Beatles fans live to correct things, so there is always lively discussion in the comments to sort out who the interviewer actually is, and when the interview was conducted.

Beatle Stories on YouTube. While the above channel's video titles are at times incorrect, this channel's titles are mostly straight-up unhelpful lol. Still, there's some good content here.

The Beatle Tapes 2 on the Internet Archive. This is the same user who uploaded The Beatles Story (see above). They have over five hundred uploads including many radio interviews, some video interviews, and several live performances as well. A treasure trove!

[harrisonarchive]

On the cover of Tan magazine, September 1965. (Featuring a photo of The Beatles with Mary Wells in October 1964.)

“I’d never really heard Marvin Gaye, The Miracles and all that until George played me the records up in their flat [on London’s Green Street] and they absolutely blew me away. I then went on a sort of crusade for Motown!” - Tony Hall, The Beatles: The BBC Archives

Cathy McGowan: “What records do you like, other than your own?” George Harrison: “All the Motown Tamla records, Mary Wells, Miracles, Marvin Gaye, Impressions, all that crowd.” - Ready, Steady, Go!, March 20, 1964

“[The music] that we play at home — like Mary Wells, Miracles and not to mention Marvin Gaye.” - George Harrison, BBC's Public Ear, January 12, 1964

“Tamla Motown artists are our favorites. The Miracles, The Impressions, Marvin Gaye, Mary Wells, The Exciters.” - George Harrison, The Beatles' Detroit press conference, September 6, 1964

“That boy George — he’s very quiet, but he’s cute.” - Mary Wells, Melody Maker, November 7, 1964

“Labeling the various members of the Beatles, Mary [Wells] recalled that Paul McCartney is the ‘real life of any party; Ringo Starr is a complete clown; George Harrison is kind of on the quiet side; and John Lennon is more of a businessman than the other three and he’s the toughest one to get to know.’” - Tan, September 1965

“The Beatles — who were always among Mary’s very early fans — are now her own favorites. She thinks they are very adorable and feels dreadfully sorry for them. ‘You have no idea how surrounded they are. There’s always someone wanting them. Their lives are certainly not their own. You know sometimes Paul or George will come into my dressing room and play a couple of records and then leave again.’” - Disc, October 31, 1964 (x)

[pauls1967moustache]

The Beatles & BBC Group Watch

Hello Beatles friends inside my phone!

Join me on Saturday 4th November to watch various Beatles performances (and maybe some other stuff) in a fun group environment where we can all go insane together.

The show starts at 8:30pm GMT (check what time that is for you here). I will post a watchparty room link here on my blog at 8pm so that everyone can get set up/in case we have technical issues and I need to think of a back up.

The main show is 8:30 but they're showing some other Beatle related programming, which I am also open to watching with you all so please vote below if you are interested..

8:30pm GMT - The Beatles and the BBC: A look back at some key moments that saw the BBC document The Beatles’ journey, including such songs as She Loves You and All You Need Is Love.

9:35pm GMT - Sounds of Liverpool at the BBC: A look into the BBC’s archives for a selection of performances from some of Merseyside’s biggest and best-loved musical stars.

11:10pm GMT - Sgt Pepper's Musical Revolution with Howard Goodall: Howard Goodall explores why Sgt Pepper is still seen as so innovative, so revolutionary and so influential, with the help of outtakes and studio conversations between the band.

00:10am GMT - Arena: Documentary examining the turbulent life and career of the Beatles' manager Brian Epstein, who died in 1967 in mysterious circumstances.

*There's an hour break between sounds of liverpool and the pepper doc. i will probably watch the pepper doc regardless because i'm interested so you are welcome to join me, but idk it's a saturday, people have plans. i'm undecided on the brian doc but we'll see. anyway, vote on my poll x

[longliverockback]

The Beatles Bootleg Recordings 1963 2013 Universal ————————————————— Tracks Disc One: 01. There’s a Place [takes 5 & 6] 02. There’s a Place [take 8] 03. There’s a Place [take 9] 04. Do You Want to Know a Secret [take 7] 05. A Taste of Honey [take 6] 06. I Saw Her Standing There [take 2] 07. Misery [take 1] 08. Misery [take 7] 09. From Me to You [takes 1 & 2] 10. From Me to You [take 5] 11. Thank You Girl [take 1] 12. Thank You Girl [take 5] 13. One after 909 [takes 1 & 2] 14. Hold Me Tight [take 21] 15. Money (That’s What I Want) Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 16. Some Other Guy [January 26th, 1963] 17. Love Me Do [January 26th, 1963] 18. Too Much Monkey Business [January 26th, 1963] 19. I Saw Her Standing There [March 16th, 1963] 20. Do You Want to Know a Secret [January 26th, 1963] 21. From Me to You [January 26th, 1963] 22. I Got to Find My Baby [January 26th, 1963] 23. Roll over Beethoven [June 29th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Easy Beat» 24. A Taste of Honey [June 23rd, 1963] 25. Love Me Do [October 20th, 1963] 26. Please Please Me [October 20th, 1963] 27. She Loves You [October 20th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Saturday Club» 28. I Want to Hold Your Hand [December 21st, 1963] 29. Til There Was You [December 21st, 1963] 30. Roll over Beethoven [December 21st, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Pop Go the Beatles» 31. You Really Got a Hold on Me [June 4th, 1963] 32. The Hippy Hippy Shake [June 4th, 1963] 33. Till There Was You [June 11th, 1963] 34. A Shot of Rhythm and Blues [June 18th, 1963] 35. A Taste of Honey [June 18th, 1963] 36. Money (That’s What I Want) [June 18th, 1963] 37. Anna (Go to Him) [June 25th, 1963] 38. Love Me Do [September 10th, 1963] 39. She Loves You [September 24th, 1963] 40. I’ll Get You [September 10th, 1963] 41. A Taste of Honey [September 10th, 1963] 42. Boys [September 17th, 1963] 43. Chains [September 17th, 1963] 44. You Really Got a Hold on Me [September 17th, 1963] 45. I Saw Her Standing There [September 24th, 1963] 46. She Loves You [September 10th, 1963] 47. Twist and Shout [September 24th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Here We Go» 48. Do You Want to Know a Secret [March 12th, 1963] 49. Please Please Me [March 12th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «Side by Side» 50. Long Tall Sally [May 13th, 1963] 51. Chains [May 13th, 1963] 52. Boys [May 13th, 1963] 53. A Taste of Honey [May 13th, 1963] Live at the BBC for «From Us to You» 54. Roll over Beethoven [December 26th, 1963] 55. All My Loving [December 26th, 1963] 56. She Loves You [December 26th, 1963] 57. Till There Was [December 26th, 1963] Demos 58. Bad to Me 59. I’m in Love —————————————————

George Harrison

John Lennon

Paul McCartney

Richard Starkey “Ringo Starr”

*Long Live Rock Archive

[ceofjohnlennon]

John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr relaxing during a recording session for Side By Side at the BBC Paris Theatre in Lower Regent Street, London, April 4, 1963. None of The Beatles songs recorded for the BBC featured piano playing.

ㅡ From the book "The Beatles: British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC Archives)" by Kevin Howlett.

[zilabee]

In the BBC's archive there is a mysterious undated reel with the Beatles requesting records to be played. Their introductions give intriguing clues to the music that was inspiring the group around May 1964. Ringo asked for: Cilla Black's You're My World, which climbed to number one that month, and, showing his love of Country and Western music, Pen and Paper by Jerry Lee Lewis, and the Kitty Wells version of I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know*. Paul picked Hitch Hike and Pride and Joy, both featured on the 1963 Marvin Gaye album That Stubborn Kinda Fellow. ** George chose two Tamla Motown records - the Miracles' I've Been Good To You, and the first UK hit for the label, My Guy by Mary Wells. He also asked for the Impressions' big US hit It's All Right, and an early Elvis Presley track My Baby Left Me. John requested the Tommy Tucker hit Hi-heel Sneakers, and anything by Little Richard - "He was my favourite when I was about 16, after Elvis. I didn't know which one I liked best... but I like Little Richard best now!" His other selection was an interesting choice - Gonna Send You Back To Georgia, by Timmy Shaw. "I like it because the beat's marvellous, the voice is marvellous and it's a good song. And it's great, so play it!"

Beatles at the BBC - The Radio Years 1962-70, by Kevin Howlett

*Cannot find the Kitty Wells version anywhere on youtube so I linked to Skeeter Davis instead. **Later in '64 Paul was asked to select a single for broadcast on the new show Top Gear, and chose Mockingbird by Inez and Charlie Foxx.

[voxina]

Band Aid recordings combined to mark 40th birthday

Harry Styles, George Michael, Sinead O'Connor and Ed Sheeran are among the stars whose vocals will appear on a new "ultimate mix" of Band Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas?

The new track will combine different versions of the charity single that have been recorded over the years, to mark the 40th anniversary of the original.

An all-star supergroup first performed the song in 1984, and it has since been re-recorded three times to mark the fifth, 20th and 30th anniversaries, with some of the most popular artists from each era taking part.

The new version will be released later this month and will feature on a forthcoming compilation to mark the anniversary.

Producer Trevor Horn has gone back to each past recording and blended the voices from the different generations into one whole.

The resulting version features vocals from Sting, Ed Sheeran, Boy George, Sugababes, Sam Smith, Bono and Chris Martin.

Vocals previously recorded by George Michael, who died in 2016, and Sinead O'Connor, who died in 2023, will also feature.

The line-up is rounded off by Harry Styles, Rita Ora, Guy Garvey, Seal, Robbie Williams, Kool and the Gang and Underworld.

The vocalists will sing to the music played by a band including Sir Paul McCartney, Phil Collins, Roger Taylor, Thom Yorke, Paul Weller, Damon Albarn, Jonny Greenwood, Gary Kemp and Justin Hawkins.

The new "ultimate mix" will premiere on British radio stations on the morning of 25 November, the 40th anniversary of the original song being recorded.

It will then be available to stream and buy on digital platforms, ahead of the full compilation album's release on 29 November.

A new video by Oliver Murray, who created the video for The Beatles' 2023 single Now And Then, will accompany the song, featuring archive footage of David Bowie introducing the song's stars and Michael Buerk's famous BBC news report about the 1984 famine in Ethiopia.

That crisis inspired Bob Geldof and Midge Ure to release the original single, which sold more than two million copies, and raised about £8m.

All versions of the song reached number one in the UK singles chart.

A 1985 concert, Live Aid, and another in 2005, Live 8, saw many of the artists and bands join forces to continue raising money for the project.

In the past four decades, it's thought the Band Aid Charitable Trust has raised more than £140m in total.

The money has gone towards long-term development projects and emergency aid. The 2014 version, for example, raised money for the Ebola crisis.

However, later versions of Do They Know It's Christmas? received criticism, as some listeners suggested the lyrics were increasingly outdated and patronising.

Some artists such as Adele were reported to have chosen to donate to charity instead of taking part.

The decision to combine previously recorded versions of the single cleverly sidesteps similar risks, while still raising money and marking the charity's 40th anniversary.

Band Aid's anniversary is also being marked by the BBC, with two forthcoming documentaries set to air on BBC Four and Radio 2.

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[nosegoes]

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omgomg I did it lmao

[the-takosader]

TMMSOTI Ramble

Can I just mention how weirdly unsettling it is to know that we've got a partially lost media that we're trying to find the origin of? Now, I know we found the "origin" of it. Darius S.'s broadcast recording from 1984 on NDR2. But in this case, that's not enough.

Now, I know you might be wondering, "Why's he on about this? What's with the massive topic shift from the post he made on Sunday?" Well, it's because I mentioned TMMSOTI in the image, if you were mad enough to go so far as to look closely at the image (It's the normal orientation of the Gas Station dream, next to the biggest text on that image.), but that's not important.

What is important is that it feels weird to know that this song exists, has existed for close to 40 years now, and no one is even close to figuring out its origins. Granted, the search only started 4 years ago, but still. And the strange thing is, they can't even find NDR's official record of the broadcast!

"Strange." Heh. As if I didn't know that's not nearly the worst case of record-keeping out there. The BBC has a much MUCH worse history of record-keeping, especially from the mid-50s. Most of early Doctor Who's serials are audio only now, and who knows how much of Hartnell and Troughton's acting was lost because of the BBC deciding to wipe without backups. (Side note: those are REALLY British names, even to me, a Brit.)

But back to business. TMMSOTI is undeniably a product of the '80s. From the sound of it, it's unashamedly synth-heavy, as heard in the chorus, but overall, it doesn't feature electronic instruments all that much. It doesn't feel so much like punk, or "post-punk", as Wikipedia describes it, but I'm not a connoisseur of that genre. The only song I've really listened to from it is London Calling by The Clash (who have enough range to also write such songs as Rock the Casbah and Should I Stay or Should I Go), so I'm in no such way describing myself as someone who does, solidly and truly, know what the hell they are talking about.

If there's a solidly defined bassline in there, I sure as hell cannot decipher it. Transcripts I find on Songsterr do not feel solid about the bassline. Literally the only things that feel solid in that song are the guitar and the drums. The guitar feels solid because it's the main driving force, right the way through the whole song. It plays eighth note power chords in the intro and guitar "solo", and arpeggios in the verses.

AS FOR THE DRUMS. HOO BOY. I don't think I've mentioned this here, but I have a minor penchant for the drums (read: done every Beatles song to the best of my ability). I listen to that, I hear someone who's been playing for a while. Every fill has a different pattern. The timekeeping is rock-solid. About as close to metronome as humanly possible.

So, what's so significant about rock-solid drumming? Well, apart from the fact that it's a grand measure of skill, it's also a sign that this isn't just your average garage band (not to be confused with the app of the same name.)

So it's a semi-professional drummer with a skill for keeping time, and a guitarist that knows his way around some chords. The bassline is obscured by the quality, and the synths are generic enough as is. Some theorise it originated from behind the Iron Curtain, but if that's the case, why send it to NDR2, based in Hamburg, instead of the much closer West Berlin?

In my very VERY limited opinion, I think it's much more likely that it's a small West Germany band that got lucky enough to get their demo featured on Musik Für Junge Leute in 1984, where it was then, unceremoniously dumped into the nearest rubbish receptacle. If anything, had it not been for Darius S. taping that night's NDR2 broadcast, we might not have heard this song... ever, in fact. Hell, even he forgot about the tape for that broadcast until digitising them for an archive 20 years later.

I guess that goes to show how remarkably fickle memory is, where no one remembers the song's title or the band's name. Also has the side effect of being fucking creepy when you think about it, because it's quite existential in a way. How, when all's said and done, everyone might forget about us unless we are immortalised in some way. I guess that it helps that the Internet exists now.