June 30, 2006

OR YOU COULD PUT YOUR JOHNSON IN A BLENDER AND HIT FRAPPE (via Bryan Francoeur):

Beatles' Legacy Revived With 'Love' Show (RYAN NAKASHIMA, June 30, 2006, The Associated Press)

The Beatles are back, not in the U.S.S.R, not on "The Ed Sullivan Show" or even at Shea Stadium _ but on the Las Vegas Strip as the focus of international theater troupe Cirque du Soleil's surrealistic portrayal of the Fab Four's career.

Friday's grand opening performance of "Love" was to feature red carpet arrivals at the retooled Siegfried & Roy Theatre at The Mirage hotel by Paul McCartney and Ringo Starr along with the widows of John Lennon and George Harrison, Yoko Ono and Olivia Harrison.

The deconstructed musical trip through the Beatles' past is filled with characters from their songs _ the walrus, Lady Madonna, Sgt. Pepper _ parts of songs, outtakes and fragments that are sure to please fans and at the same time leave them full of questions.


Reportedly, the most frequently asked question is: Please, may I switch places with Fateh Mohammad?

Posted by Orrin Judd at June 30, 2006 6:42 PM
Comments

James Bond, i.e. 007, maintained that the proper way to listen to the Beatles is with earmuffs. Source: Goldfinger.

Posted by: Pontius at June 30, 2006 8:43 PM

In fact, Auric gave him a choice of the laser or the Cirque du Soleil Beattle show....

Posted by: oj at June 30, 2006 8:49 PM

This sounds like it's in the "It's A Small World" class of sheer awfulness. Something you'd find between Itchy and Scratchyland's "T.G.I. McScratchy's Goodtime Fooddrinkery" ("Where it's constantly New Year's Eve"), and Duff Garden's "Little Land of Duff" ("Duff Beer for me! Duff Beer for you! I'll have a Duff, you have one too!...)

Posted by: Raoul Ortega at June 30, 2006 9:29 PM

We all saw what Vegas did to Elvis.

I grew up listening to the Beatles but I wouldn't pay a nickel to see Love.

Posted by: Bartman at July 2, 2006 9:10 AM
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