It Won't Be Long
"It Won't Be Long" is the opening track on With the Beatles, the Beatles' second UK album, and was the first original song recorded for it. Although credited to Lennon–McCartney, it was primarily a John Lennon composition, with Paul McCartney assisting with the lyrics and arrangement.
Composition
The chorus is a play on the words "be long" and "belong". The song features early Beatles' trademarks such as call-and-response yeah-yeahs and scaling guitar riffs. Typical also of this phase of Beatles' song writing is the melodramatic ending (similar to "She Loves You", which had just been recorded and was about to be released) where the music stops, allowing Lennon a brief solo vocal improvisation before the song finishes on a major seventh chord ("She Loves You" ends on a major sixth). There is an unusual middle eight—for what is, essentially, a rock and roll song—that uses chromatically descending chords.
John Lennon, in his last interview, told Playboy magazine that the song was the beginning of a wider audience for Beatles' music than the youthful throngs that had fervently followed them from their Liverpool clubbing days. "It was only after a critic for the [London] Times said we put 'Aeolian cadences' in 'It Won't Be Long' that the middle classes started listening to us. ... To this day, I have no idea what 'Aeolian cadences' are. They sound like exotic birds." Actually the critic, William Mann, said this about the song "Not a Second Time."Bob Dylan had much the same thing in mind when he wrote that Beatles' chords were "outrageous, just outrageous."
It Won't Be Long (Alison Moyet song)
"It Won't Be Long" is vocalist Alison Moyet's first single of 1991 and first single from Moyet since 1987, four years earlier. The song was the lead single from the album Hoodoo.
The single failed to enter the UK top 40, peaking at #50 for a total of four weeks, the third single of Moyet's to do so. Moyet's previous single "Love Letters" peaked at #4 in the UK.
A promotional video was created for the single, with Moyet also performing the song on the Terry Wogan show.
Columbia Records complained that the single as well as the album wasn't commercial enough.
This single was awarded a Grammy nomination for Best Female Rock Vocal Performance 1993.
The b-side for the single "My Right A.R.M." appeared on the same album, written by Moyet and Glenister. The "A.R.M" in the song's title resembles the initials of Moyet's oldest daughter.
The second b-side for the 12" vinyl "Take of Me" was later used as the final track for Moyet's 1994 album "Essex".
Formats
1962–1966
1962–1966 (also known as "The Red Album") is a compilation record of songs by the English rock band The Beatles, spanning the years indicated in the title.
Released with its counterpart 1967–1970 ("The Blue Album") in 1973, it reached number 3 in the United Kingdom and number 1 in the United States Cashbox albums chart. However, in the US, the official chart was administered by Billboard, where 1962–1966 peaked at number 3, while 1967–1970 reached the top spot. This album was re-released in September 1993 on compact disc, charting at number 3 in the UK.
The album was compiled by Beatles manager Allen Klein. Even though the group had had success with cover versions of songs, most notably with "Twist and Shout", which made number 2 on the Billboard charts, only songs composed by the Beatles themselves were included. Along with its 1967–1970 counterpart, it compiles every single A-side released by the band in the UK.
As with 1967–1970, this compilation was produced by Apple/EMI at least partially in response to a bootleg collection titled Alpha Omega, which had been sold on television the previous year. Print advertising for the two records made a point of declaring them "the only authorized collection of the Beatles."
The Beatles (TV series)
The Beatles is an American animated television series featuring the fanciful and musical misadventures of the popular English rock band of the same name. It ran from 1965 to 1969 on ABC in the U.S. (only 1965 to 1967 was first run; later transmissions were reruns). The series debuted on September 25, 1965 and ended on September 7, 1969. A total of 39 episodes were produced. The series was shown on Saturday mornings at 10:30 AM EST until the 1967 third season when it was moved to 12:00 PM EST. For the fourth season, which consisted of reruns, the series was shown at 9:30 AM EST on Sunday mornings. Each episode has a name of a Beatles song, so the story is based on its lyrics and it is also played at some time in the episode. The original series was rebroadcast in syndication by MTV in 1986 and 1987 and on the Disney Channel beginning in 1989 on Fridays at 5 PM. The series was a historical milestone as the first weekly television series to feature animated versions of real, living people.
The Beatles (disambiguation)
The Beatles were an English rock group of the 1960s.
The Beatles may also refer to:
See also
Stereo (MGK song)
"Stereo" is a song by American hip hop recording artist MGK. The song was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, and serves as the first promotional single from his debut studio album Lace Up. The single features vocals from Alex Fitts of The Kickdrums and was produced by Alex Kickdrum.
Background
"Stereo" is one of MGK's older songs, being previously featured on his 2010 mixtape: Lace Up!. It was released on September 20, 2012 with an accompanying music video, on his Vevo account. On his Twitter account, MGK stated that the music video was shot and finished over a year before it was officially released but wanted to wait for his upcoming album's release date to be closer. The track is featured on Lace Up - The Prelude, an EP released exclusively for Sony's Music Unlimited service. Lace Up - The Prelude was released on October 2, 2012.
Music video
The video was released through MGK's Vevo account to YouTube on September 20, 2012, and features a cameo appearance from Alex Fitts. The video, switches between MGK either riding in a custom painted tourbus also occupied by what appears to be prostitutes, or with a girlfriend whose father dislikes him, or rapping in an empty room. The second scenario portrays the songs lyrics; MGK is deeply in love with a girl but her father, a police officer, dislikes him and will go to great lengths to keep them apart. While the first scenario displays shots of MGK running from the police or him and Alex Fitts in the tourbus with all the other girls. The third scenario is shown after MGK is chased away by the police. The first and second scenarios eventually coincide with one another at the end of the video.
Stereo (1969 film)
Stereo is a 1969 Canadian film written, shot, edited and directed by David Cronenberg. It stars Ronald Mlodzik, who also appears in Cronenberg's Crimes of the Future, Shivers and Rabid. It was Cronenberg's first feature-length effort, following his two short films, Transfer and From the Drain. It is a brief feature film, with a running time of a little over one hour. This film is set in 1969.
The film has a 60% 'fresh' rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Summary
The film purports to be part of a "mosaic" of educational resources by the Canadian Academy of Erotic Enquiry. It documents an experiment by the unseen Dr. Luther Stringfellow. A young man (Ronald Mlodzik) in a black cloak is seen arriving at the Academy, where he joins a group of young volunteers who are being endowed with telepathic abilities which they are encouraged to develop through sexual exploration. It is hoped that telepathic groups, bonded in polymorphous sexual relationships, will form a socially stabilising replacement for the "obsolescent family unit". One girl develops a secondary personality in order to cope with her new state of consciousness, which gradually ousts her original personality. As the volunteers' abilities develop, the experimenters find themselves increasingly unable to control the progress of the experiment. They decide to separate the telepaths, which results in two suicides. The final sequence shows the young woman who developed an extra personality wearing the black cloak.
Stereo
ALBUMS
- Somewhere in the Night LP (disc 1) released: 2008
Stereo
ALBUMS
- Formații De Muzică Pop 1 released: 1975
Stereo
ALBUMS
- Ministry of Sound: We Love Switzerland released: 2002
- Ministry of Sound: 21st Century Disco released: 2002
- Ministry of Sound: The Annual Spring 2002 released: 2002
Ministry of Sound: We Love Switzerland
Released 2002- No Reason (Reprise mix)
- What You Need Is Love (full vocal mix)
- Freedom
- You Give Good Love (Jay-J's Moulton Studio's mix)
- Yes (Disciple's Soul mix)
- Fact of Life (feat. Tyrone Henry)
- That Feeling (original stereo mix)
- Fakerman (main mix)
- Fascinated (Rodox dub)
- Love Will Set You Free (Jambe Myth) (original vocal mix)
- Wasting My Time (Digitools, Volume 2)
- At Night (Kid Créme Funksta mix)
- Definition of House (Rama & Davanilla Pool cut)
- Bounce, Bump, Jump, Shout
- Alfie's Groove
- My Vision (feat. Seal) (Sébastien Léger Funkyness remix)
Ministry of Sound: 21st Century Disco
Released 2002- Jus 1 Kiss
- Rapture (Aloud mix)
- Little L (album version)
- So Lonely (Joey Negro club mix)
- Monster (Liquid People club mix)
- Sunglasses at Night
- Black Water (string vocal)
- Pasilda (Knee Deep club mix)
- Poor Leno (Silicone Soul's Hypno House dub)
- Naïve Song
- PYT
- I Will Follow (Full Intention club mix)
- The Trick
- Freak It (Pete Heller main mix)
- Alfies Groove
- Must Be the Music (club mix)
- I Want You (vocal extended mix)
- Trippin (Agent Sumo's mix) (Pres. Delsena)
- Fool for Love (M & S Y2K Klub mix)
- Feel the Same (Xtended mix)
Ministry of Sound: The Annual Spring 2002
Released 2002- Point of View
- So Lonely
- Where's Your Head At
- It's Love (Trippin')
- Love Will Set You Free (Jambe Myth)
- At Night
- Young Hearts
- Nothing 2 Prove
- Gotta Get Thru This (Stella Browne vocal mix)
- Trippin (Agent Sumo's mix)
- Music Makes Me Happy (extended mix)
- Sunglasses at Night
- Glitterball
- La La Land
- New Dawn
- The Trick
- Alfies Groove
- Want Me
- God's Child (BBT club mix)
Stereo
ALBUMS
- Vibratsioon, Volume 2: The Sound of Estonian Pop Underground released: 1998
Stereo
ALBUMS
- Monogamy released: 2009
Dig It
Like a rolling stone
Like a rolling stone
Ah like a rolling stone
Like the FBI and the CIA
And the BBC, BB King
And Doris Day
Matt Busby
Dig it, dig it, dig it
Dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it, dig it
[That was 'Can You Dig It' by Georgie Wood.
And now we'd like to do 'Hark The Angels Come'.]