Hopefully, this show can't be mistaken for a fully-earnest Beatlish tribute, due to the constant (mis)handling and sabotage of playing anything just as it is. This program presents a uniformly blended mishmash of confused and entertaining shreds from the Fab Four's commercial discography, press interviews, post-Beatle careers, and subsequent oddball or eccentric Beatles covers. As soon as a song appears recognizable, an unseen hand wrenches it into parody or dissonance.
I am reviewing this show without the benefit of the tape case or any notes, but I know that several tapes existed in the aftermath of the Beatle-shows, some of which were post-produced edits, and so this one may have been trimmed from raw broadcast for the most interesting bits. In this state, it feels pretty organically evolved.
Also, I note another brief appearance partway through of a call-in contribution, a friend playing tapes of more scrambled interviews over the phone lines. These calls happened more often without success than with it, so it feels like a small triumph to hear it working here.
- Strawberry cellos forever
- Long & winding bad trip
- Sobbing, tearing hair
- I'm pretty sure you didn't bury Paul
- My funny birthday drums
- Helter Skelter = Merzbow ÷ Melvins
- Help, help, help
- Persistent and annoying organ pulse
- Ringo the dog presents the Rutles
- How big are they?
- All about the money
- Emperor Lennon is insulted
- Sha la la la la. La?
