Hello!
This was my 8th Beatle Week, but this year I spent most of it working in Mathew
Street Gallery. Thanks to all who popped in to see Robert Whitaker, Anne-Marie
and myself, and hopefully see you next year....
Zara x
 
 
Guys!!!! it'd be great for us to see
one of these in the page...
actually one of these picies was taken by a north american woman who asked if we
were married.. we're in our first year! hundreds of times people stopped us,
they wanted to take pictures of us!! because of the way we look together!! God, we
love Liverpool profoundly! God bless you all!!
cheers!
Damián & Giulia
 
 
Cheers to everybody!
The Urban Crow's first visit to Liverpool as a performing band was an
unforgettable event for all the band members. Six gigs, and three of them in the
legendary Cavern, several encores, new devoted fans...
The band would like to thank all the fantastic people who were working in the
Beatle Week organization and in the Cavern as well as our good old friends and
brand new fans who cheered us on to do the best we could and even a bit more.
 
Liverpool Song, composed and written
by band members Tapani Lepomaki and Leevi Ahonen can be loaded from
www.theurbancrow.com
and THE DOWNLOAD IS FREE! The song is our homage to the home city of the Beatles
and all the poeple around the world who have visited Liverpool:
"Walking down Madryn Street
Stopping at nine
A pint in the Empress Pub
and I'm feeling fine.
Rendez-vous with times gone by
I'm here for the first time, but been here before!"
Check it out!
Best Wishes!
The Urban Crow
Great Time from Mad Dogs!!!
Natal
Brazil
 
 
 
 
Hi!
We are Magical Mysery Band from Venezuela and we had a great time at Liverpool!
Incredible energy and amazing audience!
Love!
Leonor, Angie, Biella, Juan, "Carupano", "Pancho",
Carlos y Guille!
 
 
Many
thanks to Bill, Ray, Dave, Neil and everyone at the Cavern City Tours for making
the second appearance of Beat The Meetles at the Beatle Week a fantastic one.
Especially thanks to Bill who gave us the opportunity to perform our show at the
Strawberry Fields Garden party and not least the show at The Cavern Club, prime
time Saturday night. Also a big thanks to the exceptional audience at the Cavern
Club, this is what it must have been like in 1963, the screaming was fantastic,
humidity 100%, and our camera team was so amused by the filming and recordings
as you all made it so authentic. Later this year you might find yourself part of
the next Beat The Meetles music video, look out for it at www.beatthemeetles.dk.
Also big thanks to the sound engineers and staff at both the Strawberry Fields
Garden Party and Cavern Club for your professionalism and thereby making it
possible for us to use our own backline of VOX amps and Ludwig drums.
We used our Saturday at the Beatle Week with a lot of filming at different
locations for our music video, special thanks for letting us film at the
Liverpool Cathedral, for lending us the Roll Royce, the tourist from the Magical
Mystery Tour bus at Penny Lane, etc.; you all made that a special event for us.
We'll be looking forward to be coming back at the Beatle Week and seeing you all
again.
Fab regards
Beat The Meetles
 
 
Hi
there! Me and my band went to Liverpool, during the Beatleweek. It was
fantastic. Our first but not the last time I can assure you.
We saw a several great bands, such as The Mersey Beatles, Australian Fab Four,
The Prellies and many more. We also visited Lennon & Mc Cartney homes,
Beatles Story Museum. We will definitely be back next year. See you all then.
Lars Schill & The Band, named History Helsingborg Sweden
 
 
Really
enjoyed seeing the Fab Faux on Monday night...after all my gigs were over
...relaxing to the best sound ever in the academy ..and getting a chance
afterwards to chat to those great muso's including Will ..and some kind lady
Meredith sent me these snaps she took ..thank you Merry ..see ya next year
...and thanks to all those folks who have sent me their photos..very kind
Lawrence
 
Hi
people of Cavern City Tours,
It was a very good Beatle week with a nice room in the Grand Central Unit.
Definite highlights were the Clube Big Beatles, the Fab Faux and God save the
Queen. And a lot of other good bands.
A pity that the Clube Big Beatles was not closing the Strawberry Fields Party.
They had a very good gig, but were transferred to the ferry at the last moment.
They deserve the spotlights.
Thanks for a lot of music.
Nanny Venselaar
 
 
Hey!
Thank you for the unforgettable days. Here any pictures.
Klaus
Germany
 
 
Six
Kappa fans from Sweden.
Cheers to
Paul & Martin and the new ”Vinnie”.
A real Swede always drinks in stereo.
Gruvan, Anders, Håkan,
Åsa, Lena and Rolf.
Back from the USSR
Russia
KISSES for every band here from HELEN!!!
 
 
Another excellent Beatle Week has
come and gone. Many Thanks to Bill, Dave, Ray, Neil B and everyone at CCT for
all your hard work in what was a particular difficult year! I also know it must
be hell to work in Liverpool at the moment, but all that work is paying off as
it's looking so much cleaner and "brighter" already. Anyway, here's my
highlights of BW 2005.
My Fave New Bands: The Tearaways, Mexican Blue Meanies, Instant Karma USA. Your
energy & enthusiasm was amazing. I hope you all come back next year.
My Fave regular BW bands: Overtures, Fab Faux, Liverpool, Clube Big Beatles,
Prellies, and Repeatles and the Unite girls favourite Mad Dogs. All their shows,
as usual, were exceptional! Most Heard song: Coming Up by Wings. Loved Blue
Meanies, Fab Faux & Bob Barty's versions. They were all so different and
it's such a "feel-good" song that I haven't heard live for ages.
Most awesome songs: Fab Faux (Monday) Whilst My Guitar Gently Weeps. Jimmi very
cunningly added a sample of George at the end, which was unexpected. This was
recorded a few months before George died, it was particularly
"goose-bumpy". Jimmi told me afterwards that he did it because he
wanted to see people's reactions. He must have been pleased - because there were
plenty of tears and group hugs after that song finished. Also, Mad Dog's version
of "Michelle" part jazzy, part Tango. If you thought that song was
slow/romantic/boring, you'd never think that again after hearing their
version!
Most innovative set: Clube Big Beatles on Convention day. Some people didn't get
the point of this set, but Mark & Edu did explain it pretty clearly at the
beginning. They wanted to show how much Beatle songs had influenced their
contemporaries and this was the way they illustrated it - and what a way! The
Rockers in the audience appreciated it and I was pleased to see them doing
something new.
Most Creative sets: Hal Bruce's late night "Apple Jams" in the
American bar & Waves in the Adelphi, especially the songs he did with
Marcus.
Best Dance Moves: Prellies in Pearce Suite on Convention Day. Gaz's "cha
cha cha" steps have to be seen to believed and what weren't those blonde
girls amazing? It was like a 50's pogo. Also, Stevie P & his lovely
girlfriend during the Prellies set in the Crompton's Bar on Friday night. It was
like a Tango out of Strictly Dance Fever. How they avoided a serious back injury
is a mystery!
Best "Happening": John Keats & Yoko (Victoria Sharpe). Liverpool's
favourite couple were entertaining as always. This year they performed Double
Fantasy, the album that featured a lot of Yoko songs (but for some strange
reason they never get played!). "Yoko" had obviously been reading all
the favourable reviews on this site from last year as she was bursting with
confidence, dropping much of the "I love you John" lines and reminding
Jon that the audience had come to see her as much as him. (true!). I had a quick
chat with Victoria after the show and she told me that she has learnt a lot of
Yoko songs for the act, but never gets to play them in full as she always gets
"interrupted". I would love to hear them next year.
Fave non-Beatle Bands - Rocks Off & God Save The Queen. Loved all their
shows. I liked the way Rocks Off chose songs that don't get played so often
& I like the heavier tracks that GSTQ play like Tie Your Mother Down.
Watching them, I realized why I didn't get into Live 8 so much this year - it
was missing the vital ingredient, Freddie Mercury. Pablo Padin makes a more than
adequate substitute and alarmingly looks more like Freddie each year.
Customer Service award goes to Mandy from Unite. She was so cheerful and helpful
and patiently taught us how to open the locks and even helped us carry our cases
up the stairs. For the many people who are planning on staying there next year
for the first time, here's a list of what to bring with you (or you can buy them
cheaply in Woolworth's or the 99p shop in St John's Shopping centre), towels,
cutlery, crockery, tea towels, dish cloth, hangers, travel kettle, extra toilet
rolls, food & drink. If you have any tea bags and coffee left over &
don't want to take them home, the Unite staff will be more than delighted to
have them!
Most Unusual experience at BW: The Maverick! Interaction presentation
"Which Beatle Are You" which was on during the Convention. It was a
shame that more people didn't do this as once we got into it, it was really good
and there were surprising results. This seminar is used in team building and
personal development courses. The idea is that The Beatles are the most famous
successful "team" in the world, made up of 4 very different characters
and are the ideal "case study" to show how personal talents, a common
goal and the ability to grasp opportunities can enhance personal growth, create
strong working relationships and have a productive business. They are also the
perfect example to show what happens when the dynamics of a good team goes
wrong! There was a large cross on the floor with 4 points to illustrate Driven
& assertive (the John characteristics), Creative (Paul), cautious &
concerned (George), Compromising, people-friendly (Ringo). We all stood on a
point on the lines where we thought we should be and then by answering a series
of probing questions given to us by John, our consultant, we moved along the
cross to where we really ought to be. I started out thinking I was a
"people person" (Ringo) when in fact I ended up a George! Anther
interesting thing was seeing how opposites attract. Although as personalities,
the George and Johns were total opposites, as team members they were most
compatible and worked well together.
Most missed: Laurie, our favourite dancing American. Loads of people told me how
much they missed her. If she's thinking of missing next year's BW, I'll have to
get a petition going to make her change her mind! Also missing were
"Georges". Gavin Pring now works in America, Rick's too busy with the
Mathew Street Festival, so we need new "Youngbloods".
Laura, London
 
 
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