The Beatles 1 Video Collection is out now. Available on: www.thebeatles.com/
Hey Jude topped the charts in Britain for two weeks and for 9 weeks in America, where it became The Beatles longest-running No.1 in the US singles chart as well as the single with the longest running time.
The Beatles did not record their promotional film until Hey Jude had been on sale in America for a week. They returned to Twickenham Film Studio, using director Michael Lindsay-Hogg who had worked with them on Paperback Writer and Rain. Earlier still, Lindsay-Hogg had directed episodes of Ready Steady Go! And a few months after the film for Hey Jude he made The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus TV special that featured John and Yoko but wouldn’t be shown until 1996
To help with the filming an audience of around 300 local people, as well as some of the fans that gathered regularly outside Abbey Road Studios were brought in for the song’s finale. Their presence had an unlikely upside for The Beatles in their long-running saga with the Musicians’ Union in that the MU were fooled into believing the band were playing live, when in fact they were miming for the vast majority of the song. Paul, however, sang live throughout the song.
The video was first broadcast on David Frost’s Frost On Sunday show, four days after it was filmed. At that point transmission was in black and white although the promo was originally shot in colour. It was first aired in America a month later on 6 October 1968, on The Smotheres Brothers Comedy Hour.
Arabesque — Greatest Hits
01. Midnight Dancer ( 00:00 )
02. In For A Penny, In For A Pound ( 03:51 )
03. Friday Night ( 06:34 )
04. City Cats ( 10:41 )
05. Once In A Blue Moon ( 13:32 )
06. Love Is Just A Game ( 16:48 )
07. Hello Mr. Monkey ( 21:11 )
08. Rock Me After Midnight ( 24:39 )
09. High Life ( 28:17 )
10. Hit The Jackpot ( 31:15 )
11. Billys Barbeque ( 34:20 )
12. Parties In A Penthouse ( 37:07 )
13. Peppermint Jack ( 40:19 )
14. Marigot Bay ( 43:14 )
15. Make Love Whenever You Can ( 46:27 )
16. Fly High Little Butterfly ( 50:03 )
17. Tall Story Teller ( 53:18 )
18. Roller Star ( 56:13 )
The official Bohemian Rhapsody music video. Taken from Queen — Greatest Video Hits 1. Lyrics below:
Is this the real life?
Is this just fantasy?
Caught in a landslide
No escape from reality
Open your eyes
Look up to the skies and see
Im just a poor boy, I need no sympathy
Because Im easy come, easy go
A little high, little low
Anyway the wind blows, doesnt really matter to me, to me
Mama, just killed a man
Put a gun against his head
Pulled my trigger, now hes dead
Mama, life had just begun
But now Ive gone and thrown it all away
Mama, ooo
Didnt mean to make you cry
If Im not back again this time tomorrow
Carry on, carry on, as if nothing really matters
Too late, my time has come
Sends shivers down my spine
Bodys aching all the time
Goodbye everybody — Ive got to go
Gotta leave you all behind and face the truth
Mama, ooo — (anyway the wind blows)
I dont want to die
I sometimes wish Id never been born at all
I see a little silhouetto of a man
Scaramouch, scaramouch will you do the fandango
Thunderbolt and lightning — very very frightening me
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo, Gallileo,
Gallileo Figaro — magnifico
But Im just a poor boy and nobody loves me
Hes just a poor boy from a poor family
Spare him his life from this monstrosity
Easy come easy go — will you let me go
Bismillah! No — we will not let you go — let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go — let him go
Bismillah! We will not let you go — let me go
Will not let you go — let me go (never)
Never let you go — let me go
Never let me go — ooo
No, no, no, no, no, no, no — Oh mama mia, mama mia, mama mia let me go
Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me
for me
for me
So you think you can stone me and spit in my eye
So you think you can love me and leave me to die
Oh baby — cant do this to me baby
Just gotta get out — just gotta get right outta here
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah
Nothing really matters
Anyone can see
Nothing really matters — nothing really matters to me
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1. 00:00 Playgue — I Gotta Be Going 2. 02:40 Loubogg — She Is Cool 3. 04:53 Charms — Im Coming Back (To Stop) 4. 07:40 The Cords — Too Late to Kiss You Now 5. 10:12 The Standells — Sometimes Good Guys Dont Wear White 6. 12:43 We The People — In the Past 7. 15:14 The Brogues — I Aint No Miracle Worker 8. 17:56 The Moxies — Im Gonna Stay 9. 20:27 Era Of Sound — Girl in the Mini Skirt 10. 23:16 Bluebirds — Sweet Polly 11. 26:13 The Devilles — Youve Made Up My Mind 12. 28:59 Them — Dirty Old Man 13. 30:50 Evil Enc. Group — The Point Is 14. 33:18 GONN — Death Of An Angel 15. 35:51 The Lemon Fog — Summer 16. 39:11 Carrols Mood — What Youre Doing to Me 17. 42:53 Haymarket Riot — Trip On Out 18. 45:14 Togas — Baby, Im In the Mood For You 19. 47:39 Thunderbirds — Little Girl 20. 50:18 The Midnight Angels — Im Suffering
Deep love is a burnin fire stay
cause then the flame grows higher babe
Dont let him steal your heart
Its easy easy
Girl this game cant last forever why
We cannot live together try
Dont let him take your love from me
Youre no good cant you see
Brother Louie Louie Louie
Im in love set her free
Oh shes only lookin to me
Only love breaks her heart
Brother Louie Louie Louie
Only loves paradise
Oh shes only lookin to me"