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100 DAYS OF THE BEATLES – TOP 100 SONGS – 100

NO. 100: HELLO, GOODBYE (McCartney – November 27, 1967) 

Magical Mystery Tour – Track 1, Side 2 (3:24)

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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (sans footnotes/references) –

Under the working title "Hello, Hello", the Beatles recorded the backing track on 2 October 1967, and added vocals and a guitar overdub on the 19th. After further overdubs of bass guitar and viola, recording was completed on the 2nd November, and mixing on the 6th. "Hello Goodbye" is in the key of C Major and in 4/4 time

The song features a coda which came spontaneously in the studio. Of this, McCartney said "I remember the end bit where there's the pause and it goes 'Heba, heba hello'. We had those words and we had this whole thing recorded but it didn't sound quite right, and I remember asking Geoff Emerick if we could really whack up the echo on the tom-toms. And we put this echo full up on the tom-toms and it just came alive."

"Hello, Goodbye" was released as a single on 24 November 1967. In the US, the song was also included on the Magical Mystery Tour album released three days later, but the song was not made available in the UK on an album (or in stereo) until the release of the 1973 compilation album 1967-1970.

With the release of the song, McCartney gave an explanation of its meaning in an interview with Disc: "The answer to everything is simple. It's a song about everything and nothing. If you have black you have to have white. That's the amazing thing about life."

Three promotional films were made for the song; directed by McCartney, they were filmed on the 10th November at the Saville Theatre in London. The films were not aired by the BBC due to the Musicians Union's strict rules on miming; with no such restriction in the US, one of the films was screened on The Ed Sullivan Show on the November 26th . 

In the US, Capitol Records omitted the comma in the song’s title in the packaging of the single (as did some of EMI’s partners in other countries), and also the Magical Mystery Tour LP (which was subsequently adopted for the CD release of this album).

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY – DECEMBER 30

"Come with me if you want to live."



Michael Biehn as "Kyle Reese" in TERMINATOR




Arnold Schwarzenneger as "The Terminator" in TERMINATOR 2: JUDGEMENT DAY




Arnold Schwarzenegger as "The Termintor" in TERMINATOR 3: RISE OF THE MACHINES




Anton Yelchin as "Kyle Reese" in TERMINATOR: SALVATION

TBBT QUOTE OF THE DAY – DECEMBER 30

THE GRASSHOPPER EXPERIMENT – Season 1, Episode 8 (November 12, 2007)

FROM: http://the-big-bang-theory.com/gallery/

P: (handing glass to Leonard) OK, here you go one Tequila Sunrise.
L: Thank you. This drink is a wonderful example of how liquids with different specific gravities interact in a cylindrical container. (pause) Thank you.
P: OK Raj, what’ll it be?
L: (Raj whispers to Leonard) Whatever you recommend.
S: How about a Grasshopper. I make a mean Grasshopper. (Raj shakes his head “yes”)
P: OK, comin’ up. Sheldon, what are you gonna have?
S: I’ll have a Diet Coke.
P: OK, can you please order a cocktail I need to practice mixing drinks?
S: Fine. I’ll have a Virgin Cuba Libre.
P: That’s run and Coke without the rum.
S: Yes.
P: So, Coke.
S: Yes. And would you make it diet?
P: There’s a can in the fridge.
S: A Cuba Libre traditionally comes in a tall glass with a lime wedge.
P: Then swim to Cuba.
S: Bartenders are supposed to have people skills.
P: (handing Raj a glass) OK Raj, here you go. Alright, who’s next?
H: I’d like to try a Slippery Nipple.
P: OK, you’re cut off.

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY - DECEMBER 29

Detective Tom Polhaus: [picks up the falcon] Heavy. What is it? 

Sam Spade: The, uh, stuff that dreams are made of. 

Detective Tom Polhaus: Huh?

THE MALTESE FALCON - Ward Bond as Detective Tom Polhaus" and Humphrey Bogart as "Sam Spade" (1941) from the book by detective writer Dashiell Hammett.

MOVIE QUOTE OF THE DAY - DECEMBER 28

Animal Mother: You a photographer? 
Private Joker: I'm a combat correspondent. 
Animal Mother: Well, you seen much combat? 
Private Joker: [sarcastic] I've seen a little on TV. 
Animal Mother: You're a real comedian. 
Private Joker: Well, they call me the Joker. 
Animal Mother: Well I got a joke for you. I'm gonna tear you a new asshole. 
Private Joker: [doing John Wayne impression] Well, pilgrim, only after you eat the peanuts out of my shiiiit! 


FULL METAL JACKET - Matthew Modine as "Joker" and Adam Baldwin as "Animal Mother" (1987)