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A Hard Days Night Their First Movie |
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| | | The Beatles' Story Written and narrated by John Babcock, Al Wiman and Roger Christian A HARD DAY'S NIGHT
By John Lennon and Paul McCartney It's been a hard day's night
And I've been working like a dog
It's been a hard day's night
I should be sleeping like a log
But when I get home to you
I find the things that you do
Will make me feel all right Whoa! (ow!) After having enjoyed all the success a recording group could ever hope for
and finally achieve, the height of their success is still nowhere in sight. Their
record sales today have reached a figure beyond all comprehension. The next
obvious step to further the Beatle image was to move from the world of wax to
the world of celluloid and the medium of motion pictures.
So why on earth should I moan?
‘cause when I get you alone,
you know I feel okay
You know I feel alright,
You know I feel alright.
The initial announcement that the Beatles were going to make a motion
Picture aroused immediate and predictable enthusiasm from fans. But Beatles
Critics also welcomed the news with a cynical hope that exposure on film would
Expose the Beatles as entertainment world freaks long on hair but short on talent.
Beatle enemies also smirked in anticipation of the poison pen treatment which
They forecast would come from America’s hard-nosed motion picture critics.
Described officially as a low-budget film with little or no story line, it was
Given all the publicity treatment of a major spectacular. Interviews were granted.
The Beatles said they had fun, didn’t act. John Lennon even admitted that they
Couldn’t act. “Are you satisfied with the finished product?” “Well, its as good
As anybody that makes a film who can’t act, you know.” Newspaper and
Magazine critics held their pens ready. Previews were held and so were
Breaths. Then surprise! The most competent reviewers hailed the Beatles
First motion picture as a smash hit. They were compared to the Marx Brothers
And encouraged to do it again. Amazed readers, preconditioned to knock the
Movie, now made plans to see it. In England, Beatle manager Brian Epstein,
Casually looked up from the master plan of a future Beatle tour to announce
That the movie would break every existing motion picture box office record.
The Beatles, as usual, they were just being Beatles. “Ringo, John, Paul, George –
Ringo, John, Paul, George, all together now. Ringo, John Paul, George by
Jove they’ve got it in this picture good.” An estimated 100 million Americans have
Already seen the Beatles on television or at their neighborhood theatres. Hundreds
of thousands more have seen the Beatles in person. And that’s just one country
in a Beatle marketplace which knows no limits. This is only the beginning. For
almost everything the Beatles now do sets a new entertainment record.
And I love Her
By John Lennon and Paul McCartney
I give her all my love
That’s all I do
And if you saw my love
You’d love her too
I love her
She gives me everything
And tenderly
The kiss
This song appears on UK/US Albums:
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Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 September 2008 )
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