November 13 Music et al
Get That Communist, Joe
In 1954: the Kavaliers sang “Get That Communist, Joe” in which they poked fun at McCarthy’s passion to find Communists everywhere. (see Jan 8)
| Joe, come here a minute
I get a red hot tip for you, Joe See that guy with the red suspenders Driving that car with the bright red fenders I know he’s one of those heavy spenders Get that Communist Joe |
He’s fillin’ my gal with propaganda
And I’m scared she will meander Don’t want to take a chance that he’ll land her Get that Communist Joe He’s a most revolting character And the fellas hate him so |
But with the girls this character
Is a Comrade Romeo Since my love he’s sabotaging And the law he has been dodging Give him what he deserves, jailhouse lodging Get that Communist Joe (Get that Shmo, Joe) |
November 13 Music et al
What’s Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A
November 13, 1964: CBS TV shows a 50-minute documentary, “What’s Happening! The Beatles in the U.S.A.,” filmed by Albert Maysles, covering the Beatles U.S. tour and other activities that year.
Rolling Stone ranks the movie the 10th best rock documentary: Two years after the landmark Lonely Boy brought cinema vérité techniques backstage, the Maysles Brothers hitched a ride with the Fab Four on their first trans-Atlantic trip. Although Richard Lester would (lightly) fictionalize similar scenarios in A Hard Day’s Night, no camera before or since ever got so close to capturing John, Paul, George and Ringo in anything like their natural state; you can almost see the walls coming up as they realize how unavoidably public their lives are about to become. The DVD version, retitled The First U.S. Visit, swaps out scenes highlighting the drudgery of promo-tour obligations in favor of the band’s Ed Sullivan Showperformances — a fair trade, but it’s worth seeking out the original, which still screens in theaters occasionally.(see Nov 23).
November 13 Music et al
The Beatles in Yellow Submarine
and, oh yea,
The Sound of Music
November 13 Music et al
Yellow Submarine
November 13, 1968, the US release of Yellow Submarine movie. The review of the Beatles “Yellow Submarine” began, “YELLOW SUBMARINE,” which opened yesterday, at the Forum and Tower East, is the Beatles’ first feature length cartoon, designed, for the most part beautifully, by Heinz Edelmann, in styles ranging through Steinberg, Arshile Gorky, Bob Godfrey (of the short film “The Do It Yourself Cartoon Kit”), the Sgt. Pepper album cover, and — mainly, really — the spirit and conventions of the Sunday comic strip.” (NYT review of Yellow Submarine) (see Nov 21)
November 13 Music et al
Sound of Music
November 13 –26, 1965, the Sound of Music soundtrack was the Billboard #1 album. This is how my brothers and sisters used to say goodnight, too.
November 13 Music et al
Dylan in the movies
November 13, 1972: always interested in movie making, filming began in Durango, NM for the Sam Peckinpah move, Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid. Peckinpah hired Dylan to create the music and play a small part in the film.
The whole experience was not a pleasant one as Peckinpah’s substance issues and resulting directing style made life difficult for all involved. (see February 1973)