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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 20, 2006 15:51:16 GMT
Does this picture remind you of another?  I WAS YOU! Derek Taylor was the beatles publicist from 65 onwards. Have a look at those pics of Faul on safari with the video camera, its derek taylor i swear it. Also in the song give peace a chance John ryhmes Derek Taylor with Norman Mailler, norman mailler being a journalist from the sixtys that wrote a book called NAKED AND DEAD, and he was a sergeant during WW2. Stick around kids theres more to come. What do you think? |
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Post by byrdsmaniac on Mar 21, 2006 13:09:38 GMT
BP would be the one to analyze if it is Derek Taylor on safari. (I think it was Don Knotts. ;D ) As for "THE Naked and THE Dead", I don't think there's a connection, but you can look into that for yourself: www.imdb.com/title/tt0051978/There is a William Campbell in the movie: www.imdb.com/name/nm0132930/Are you suggesting that it was Derek Taylor in this picture?  |
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 21, 2006 14:31:21 GMT
Yes, I think there could be something in this you no.
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 21, 2006 15:15:48 GMT
In an interview by the Associated Press two years ago, Taylor said of the Beatles, ''I knew they were wonderful. What I didn't know was there were four of them and they could hide away, whereas there was only one of me.'' At home, he had to live with ''phones under cushions and permanently off the hook, and if they weren't off the hook, they rang 24 hours a day. There was no peace.'' ''Nobody ever escapes the Beatles,'' he said. ''Unless they behave dishonorably, they never get away. It is for life.'' ''I always had a romantic view that the thing should, if possible, be able to continue. "There should always be a Beatles.'' No matter what happened the beatles should carry on? link : abbeyrd.best.vwh.net/derek.htm |
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 21, 2006 15:18:48 GMT
"I remember vividly one sunny afternoon when I first heard his liner notes for our upcoming "Spirit of '67" album. Derek's laser-blade wit had skillfully guided his tongue-in-cheeky pen through inky pots of honey and vinegar, and blotted it all with Orwell-In-Wonderland. As he read the last few words of the clever piece, his eyes smiled at me over his glasses and he asked, "Well, Lindsay, what do you think . . . ?"
Orwell in wonderland? Through the looking glass?
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 21, 2006 15:20:42 GMT
"Derek's poetry was exceptional and I wish I could recall the jaggedy little poem he wrote about southern California shopping center parking lots that Harry used to recite with such relish and exquisite attention to detail. Now there was a pair, Harry and Derek. They were dark-side-of-the- moon twins, those two. And what a delicious tiny little private victory of my own life to have been allowed to sit between those two men and watch the cosmic gears grind while the stars flashed overhead. They must be together, if there is any order in the Cosmos. They must have staked out a tidy little pub somewhere over on the east side of Paradise, and they must be sitting there now laughing, not in an unkind way, about my pathetic efforts to describe how dear this fellow was. How dry his wit, how deliciously deep his soul, and how impeccable and unswerving his honesty, his honor, his love for his family, his turn of phrase, his wry smile, his unexpected noble gesture.
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TWINS?
I really need help with this guys.
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Post by unrepentant on Mar 22, 2006 7:20:12 GMT
is omitting the news of the greatest story in entertainment history "unswerving honesty"?? i long for an uncompromising look at what beatle insiders were giving us from late '66 onward. i don't see it happening in my lifetime anymore.
are you afraid of putting your heroes on trial in the court of public opinion? does the possibility that they are guilty of serious misconduct make you flinch?
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Post by TotalInformation on Mar 23, 2006 6:16:16 GMT
I think Taylor left the Beatles camp a yr before JPM died to live and work in the LA music industry. Taylor went back to London, to Apple in 68.
Taylor was almost certainly one of those writing under the Billy Shepherd byline through 65.
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Post by TotalInformation on Mar 23, 2006 6:21:26 GMT
DARK SIDE OF THE MOON TWINS?
D Taylor - the original Billy Shepherd
H Nilsson - FAUL ghostwriter
Both living life on the dark side of the moon.
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Post by peoplescommittee on Mar 23, 2006 22:36:36 GMT
Oh, be serious. I CAN see Derek writing as Billy Shepherd -- for "Beatles Book." Peter Jones' writing occasionally has the ring of Taylor, and I don't doubt he helped, but Derek Taylor could not write a song to save his life. Take it from one who knows. I lived in California in '67, and he couldn't make up a tune to pass time.
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 26, 2006 12:32:11 GMT
did he never write poetry then?
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Post by beatled on Mar 27, 2006 0:51:32 GMT
Derek did a series of weekly radio broadcasts in 1967, this one in particular could be perhaps rather telling, if you read between the lines. If you haven't heard this before, have a listen. Derek Taylor |
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Post by jackkirwan on Mar 27, 2006 12:10:26 GMT
With a little help from my friends, that voice we are told is ringo. Is it me or does the voice singing sound incredibly similar to derek taylors? Thats a great piece of evidence JoJo Derek Taylor is giving so many clues out there.
I believe Derek Taylor Filled a gap, he fixed a whole briefly then came along the long term replacement for Paul.
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Post by byrdsmaniac on Mar 27, 2006 13:33:46 GMT
I believe Dezombificator felt that "With a Little Help from My Friends" was actually sung by "Billy Shears" (Faul) imitating Ringo.
Derek mentions "Billy Shears" on that show, so it doesn't seem likely he'd be talking about himself.
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Post by beatled on Mar 28, 2006 0:18:36 GMT
Derek mentions "Billy Shears" on that show, so it doesn't seem likely he'd be talking about himself. Yeah..ain't that a mind blower? ;D |
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Post by unrepentant on Mar 28, 2006 5:06:17 GMT
i dunno....ringo really wanted to sing something on PEPPER, why would he be content to have faul who i'm sure he was not terribly fond of at that time sing in HIS place, pretending to BE him no less? i think that song is ringo singing a pre-PEPPER lennon/mcartney number.
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[WHY did the beatles have to go from master pop artists to master bull$h!t artists in the span of six short months??]
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when it comes to describing the music business in the first half of the late sixties, keith richards had a good way of putting it [paraphrased]: "so many things happened to so many people in such a short period of time it was hard to believe".
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