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Slaughtering rock's sacred cows Slaughtering rock's sacred cows
The Beatles, Pink Floyd and Nirvana all get a smack-down from fellow musicians in a recent Guardian feature.
Jun 19, 2007
New Music New Music
The new album from Paul McCartney.
Jun 5, 2007
The "Sgt. Pepper" discussion continues The "Sgt. Pepper" discussion continues
Saturday's piece on "Sgt. Pepper" incited a storm of reader responses; this is what some of you had to say.
Jun 4, 2007
Why is "Sgt. Pepper" so overhyped? Why is "Sgt. Pepper" so overhyped?
The Beatles' magnum opus came out 40 years ago this week. Salon's David Marchese huddled with Gina Arnold to examine it anew.
Jun 2, 2007
Meet the Beatles (again) Meet the Beatles (again)
At the 25th anniversary of John Lennon's death, a handful of writers attempt to tell us something we don't already know about the Fab Four.
By David Amsden Nov 8, 2005
Letters
Movie fans protest: Stephanie Zacharek is wrong about "The Last Samurai"! Beatles fans protest: Thomas Bartlett is wrong about "Let It Be ... Naked"!
Dec 10, 2003
"Let it Be ... Naked": Nudity isn't always pretty "Let it Be ... Naked": Nudity isn't always pretty
The Beatles' last release has been de-Spectorized, but the original sounds better -- soupy strings and all.
By Thomas Bartlett Dec 1, 2003
Letters
Readers sound off on Beatle battles and Bollywood box office.
Feb 7, 2003
The ballad of Paul and Yoko The ballad of Paul and Yoko
Think they buried the hatchet? Think again. The recent skirmish over songwriting credits was just the latest shot in a long-running war over John Lennon's legacy -- and the question of who was the coolest Beatle.
By Gilbert Garcia Jan 27, 2003
Real Life Rock Top 10
By Greil Marcus Sep 9, 2002
And life flows on
Rather than exploit his fame, George Harrison held fast to his convictions -- and complained about the taxes.
By Ira Robbins Dec 3, 2001
George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh George Harrison and the Concert for Bangladesh
He knew what he should do and he went out and did it. The result was the first, and perhaps the greatest, concert-for-a-cause ever staged.
By Bill McKibben Dec 1, 2001
He was in the band He was in the band
George Harrison didn't do anything except bring to every Beatles song exactly what it needed.
By Gary Kamiya Dec 1, 2001
Without you Without you
George Harrison could be surly and cantankerous, but without him the Beatles would never have been themselves.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 1, 2001
Karlheinz Stockhausen Karlheinz Stockhausen
The composer of "the first great piece of electronic music" influenced the Beatles, Miles Davis and numberless others. And he comes from Sirius.
By Paul McEnery Jan 16, 2001
John Lennon, 1940-1980
First published two decades ago, this essay has lost none of its power. It stands as an eloquent tribute to one of the 20th century's most gifted artists.
By Roger Ebert Dec 8, 2000
The hero who never looked down The hero who never looked down
The exemplar of everything good and bad about his time, John Lennon will forever loom over the unsettled legacy of an ambiguous age.
By Gary Kamiya Dec 8, 2000
Remembering Dec. 8, 1980
Robert Altman, Lucianne Goldberg, Roger Ebert, Larry Flynt, T.C. Boyle, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Michael Douglas and others recall how they felt when they heard the news of John Lennon's death.
By Stephen Lemons Dec 8, 2000
Another "Hard Day's Night" Another "Hard Day's Night"
Producer Walter Shenson tells how he gave director Richard Lester a ticket to ride. (The band just acted naturally.)
By Michael Sragow Dec 7, 2000
"In My Life: The Brian Epstein Story" by Debbie Geller
An oral history of the real fifth Beatle shows the visionary genius of the man who discovered the Fab Four.
By Charles Taylor Dec 5, 2000
Anarchic youths
Today the old Beatles flick "A Hard Day's Night" comes off as a satiric fairy tale, but it still has the vigor of a four-man hurricane.
Read by Michael Sragow Dec 4, 2000
"A Hard Day's Night" "A Hard Day's Night"
The great Beatles movie reminds us how much they gave -- and how much we took.
By Stephanie Zacharek Dec 1, 2000
Madonna: Color my material world
Strange requests from the transcendental cowgirl; "Spaceman" Lee claims Dubya's a puffin' partyer. Plus: Bill Gates shakes a plenty funky tail feather!
By Amy Reiter Nov 20, 2000
Blue Glow
Salon's TV picks for Weekend, Nov. 17-19, 2000
By Joyce Millman Nov 17, 2000
"The Beatles Anthology"
An entrancing collection of anecdotes, confessions and memories, straight from the mouths of John, Paul, George and Ringo.
By Frank Houston Nov 1, 2000
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