[speedgibson] Speed Gibson: A Hard Day's Night

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Posted by Speed Gibson:
A Hard Day's Night
http://speedgibson.powerblogs.com/posts/1221275858.shtml


   I happened to see the very end of the Beatles' first movie "A Hard
   Day's Night" on one of the cable channels and recorded a later airing.
   I skimmed through it to see the various musical numbers and it was
   such a treat.
   It was also sobering to think that this was 44 years ago.
   And you know, the more I saw John Lennon, the more I thought I was
   looking at a young Jason Lewis, the self-described fifth Beatle. I
   wanted to be the sixth Beach Boy, the fifth Top, and a Pip.
   At the end, the Fab Four do a TV medley. Their manager Norm is happy
   and smiling, echoing one of John's pet insults from the start of the
   movie. "I have just one thing to say to you, John Lennon. You're a
   swine!" Who knows? Had he lived, maybe John could have been the second
   Jason Lewis.