Thursday, 10 September 2009

Beatles by any other name

Amidst The Beatles 40th Anniversary hub-bub I unearthed this gem by the late Cathy Berberian.......



...and of course Peter Sellers recites A Hard Days Night in the style of Laurence Olivier's Richard III

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8 comments:

  1. Anonymous11 September 2009 at 00:41

    what a cack! the first one is gloriously fruity. and peter sellers has nailed the most irritating aspects of olivier's delivery

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  2. Bekkieann11 September 2009 at 00:43

    Hilarious, both of them! To borrow another line from our era: Look what they've done to my song, Ma.

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  3. Unknown11 September 2009 at 13:02

    Hi Michael,

    Thanks for the laugh! Sellers' rendition was wonderful. I must go and listen to more of Ms Berberian's songs.

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  4. Leilani Schuck Weatherington11 September 2009 at 18:05

    Oh my. Hilarious. Thanks for this. I needed a good laugh in the midst of a manuscript on blood pressure response to renal artery stenting. I am so glad I happened upon your blog!

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  5. Tess Kincaid11 September 2009 at 21:31

    Oh. My. Gosh. I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I can't see to type for the tears! My daughter just broke up with her boyfriend and she is going to LOVE the Berberian.

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  6. JBinford-Bell12 September 2009 at 22:23

    Let me try this again.

    Both of those were hilarous, ROFLMAO

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  7. FireLight13 September 2009 at 13:43

    Oh what a hilarious, wonderous thing! I am laughing so hard I can barely type!! This is a National Treasure!!

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  8. FireLight13 September 2009 at 13:48

    Oh yes, my dear, I tagged you over at TKP.
    No hurry on this, it is the meme that can wait if you wish.

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