20 August 1969 — the last day the all four Beatles were together in the studio. And on the cover of Oasis’ Be Here Now, the very next day, 21 August, is etched forever. Maybe that’s how legends Live Forever.
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Abbey Road, l’ultima volta insieme
20 agosto 1969, Studio Tre, Abbey Road, Londra.
I Beatles si ritrovano per lavorare a una canzone che John Lennon ha scritto in un momento di intensa passione e inquietudine: “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, un brano ossessivo, quasi ipnotico, con poche parole e un crescendo di chitarre e organo che sembra non finire mai.
Quella mattina, John, Paul, George e Ringo entrano nello studio non sapendo che qualcosa sta cambiando per sempre. Si muovono come al solito, ma l’energia non è più la stessa dei primi anni: ci sono sorrisi di circostanza, pacche sulle spalle, qualche battuta…e lunghi momenti di silenzio. Quello che non sanno è che questa sarà l’ultima volta in cui tutti e quattro saranno insieme, nello stesso studio, nello stesso momento.
Dopo quella session le strade inizieranno a separarsi: altre registrazioni si faranno ma a gruppi ristretti.
Il 20 agosto 1969 non è ricordato per una festa, per una foto famosa o per un annuncio ufficiale, ma per un fatto semplice e carico di simboli: l’ultima volta che la magia dei Beatles, fisicamente, si è trovata nello stesso luogo.
E quella magia, in “I Want You (She’s So Heavy)”, si sente ancora.
Oggi, a distanza di cinquantasette anni, non possiamo che dire grazie: grazie per la musica, per i sogni, per le emozioni che ci avete regalato.
Grazie ragazzi!
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When the reunion was announced, I honestly worried they might have a falling-out and call it quits halfway through the tour. So seeing them make it through the whole world tour, and now waiting for the documentary, feels like a real bonus.
Life is biblical.
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LIAM AND NOEL GALLAGHER SPEAK ON THE FALLOUT OF THEIR RELATIONSHIP AHEAD OF FILM RELEASE: "I DON'T REALLY WANT TO BE GOING BACK WITH THE TENSION"
The Oasis reunion may have brought the Gallagher brothers back to the stage, but apparently not without reopening a few old wounds. A new trailer for Oasis: Don’t Look Back in Anger, the forthcoming documentary chronicling the band’s 2025 return, digs deeper into the emotional fallout — and the possibility that this time around, they might actually be rewriting the story.
The second look at the film arrives ahead of its September cinematic release
Where the first teaser established the scale of Oasis’ improbable return, the new trailer gets more personal. Liam Gallagher reflects on the band’s infamous breakup with characteristic bluntness: “The way it finished? Unacceptable. It didn’t sit right with me, man.”
Noel, meanwhile, admits that the prospect of making music again with his brother came with some serious reservations. “I just don’t see myself on stage with Liam,” he says. “I don’t really want to be going back with the tension. Will it fall apart again?”
Then comes the catharsis. Discussing the reunion, Liam describes the experience as exorcising his demons, “getting it all out, the rage. Just pure anger,” before conceding, “I need to calm the fuck down.”
The trailer also offers a glimpse of the brothers performing “Champagne Supernova” and “Don’t Look Back in Anger,” while Noel reflects on a side of the Oasis phenomenon he says he had forgotten: what the band—and Liam in particular—means to its fans. “The songs are one thing, but I’d forgotten what he means to people,” Noel says. “I certainly wasn’t prepared for the intense outpouring. A sense of what it meant to people.”
That realisation may be at the heart of the film’s larger narrative. After years of acrimony, estrangement and speculation over whether Oasis could ever take the stage, Noel sees the reunion as an opportunity to reshape the band’s legacy. “We’ve got a chance to change the narrative of the band,”
15 août 1965, le concert qui a changé le rock pour toujours se tient au Shea Stadium de New York.
A l'époque il s'agissait de l'affluence la plus importante de l'histoire pour un concert de rock. C'était aussi le premier concert de l'histoire dans un stade.
Une arrivée et un départ en hélicoptère, douze titres interprétés dans des conditions techniques épouvantables, 1.300 policiers mobilisés pour contenir 55.600 fans en délire. La Beatlemania à son paroxysme.
Les salles de concert habituelles ne sont plus assez grandes pour recevoir les Beatles. La police a aussi logiquement des exigences en matière de sécurité. Ce sont donc les stades qui vont s'imposer comme la nouvelle norme pour cette tournée des Beatles aux USA. La gestion et la captation du son dans cet enfer seront un vrai challenge.
N'oublions pas que le meilleur matériel de l'époque n'était pas adapté à ces concerts géants. Aujourd'hui, les orchestres amateurs qui se produisent dans des foires ou des mariages ont un bien meilleur matériel que celui dont disposaient les Beatles en 1965...
Mais ce concert est aujourd'hui légendaire et les Beatles ont une nouvelle fois fait franchir un cap à la musique rock.
"I'm Down", The Beatles, 1965.
"One of the biggest moments of our lives.”
The official trailer for ‘Oasis: Don’t Look Back In Anger’ is out now.
In cinemas and IMAX from September 9th.