Jamie Foxx’s favorite Beatles song is from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. And while hee made a good choice, Foxx associates the tune with an infamous movie. Here’s a look at one of the most widely hated movies of the 1970s and its connection to The Beatles.
Jamie Foxx said all of The Beatles’ songs displayed their ‘incredible talent’
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Foxx was asked to name the Fab Four tune he likes the most. He chose the title track from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is a hard-rock ditty and a far cry from Foxx’s soul/hip-hop style.
“That sticks out because of the movie,” he opined. “Everything they did … incredible talent, man. It’s just amazing how great they were, how they influenced our culture, and how the music still stands up today.
Jamie Foxx said all of The Beatles’ songs displayed their ‘incredible talent’
During a 2009 interview with Cleveland.com, Foxx was asked to name the Fab Four tune he likes the most. He chose the title track from Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band” is a hard-rock ditty and a far cry from Foxx’s soul/hip-hop style.
“That sticks out because of the movie,” he opined. “Everything they did … incredible talent, man. It’s just amazing how great they were, how they influenced our culture, and how the music still stands up today.
- 1/22/2024
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
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The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour features a dance sequence set to the song “Your Mother Should Know.” Paul McCartney wore a black carnation in the scene while the other Beatles wore red carnations. This caused some fans to think Paul died and got replaced with a body double. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour made some fans think Paul McCartney was dead even though he appeared in the film. Paul discussed his feelings about this phenomenon. In addition, he discussed John Lennon’s dancing in the movie.
What Paul McCartney thought of John Lennon dancing in The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie features a dance sequence set to the song “Your Mother Should Know.” In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed the “Your Mother Should Know” sequence. “The big prop was that great big staircase that we danced down,...
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour features a dance sequence set to the song “Your Mother Should Know.” Paul McCartney wore a black carnation in the scene while the other Beatles wore red carnations. This caused some fans to think Paul died and got replaced with a body double. The Beatles | Michael Ochs Archives / Stringer
The Beatles‘ Magical Mystery Tour made some fans think Paul McCartney was dead even though he appeared in the film. Paul discussed his feelings about this phenomenon. In addition, he discussed John Lennon’s dancing in the movie.
What Paul McCartney thought of John Lennon dancing in The Beatles’ ‘Magical Mystery Tour’
The Beatles’ Magical Mystery Tour movie features a dance sequence set to the song “Your Mother Should Know.” In the 1997 book Paul McCartney: Many Years From Now, Paul discussed the “Your Mother Should Know” sequence. “The big prop was that great big staircase that we danced down,...
- 4/24/2023
- by Matthew Trzcinski
- Showbiz Cheat Sheet
Yesterday is a movie full of existential questions: What if the Beatles never happened? What if nobody knew their songs? Would people still fall in love without “Eight Days a Week” to show them how? Would people feel sorry for themselves without “For No One” or “You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away” or “While My Guitar Gently Weeps”? And what if we heard their songs now for the first time? And, most importantly: What if some charmless guitar-slinging douchebag just happened to show up one day with 100 or...
- 7/1/2019
- by Rob Sheffield
- Rollingstone.com
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