Sunday, December 30, 2012

Yoko Ono Talks about Dissolution of The Beatles

Yoko Ono Talks about Dissolution of The Beatles


John Lennon's widow, Yoko Ono, speak about the causes of dissolution of the band  the Beatles, in a taped interview that was recently released.

In a recorded interview with one of the big music industry figures Joe Smith, Ono called the breakup of The Beatles as a "divorce".

Although calls her husband  "feeling fine" with the split, but he admitted that there was tension inside legendary band from Liverpool which was officially disbanded in 1970.

In the 1987 interview, Ono called the split that makes member of the Beatles so very free.

"Everyone gets really free. John is actually not the first to want to leave the Beatles," he said as quoted by the Huffington Post.

"(We saw) Ringo (Starr) an evening with Maureen (Starkey Tigrett), and he came to John and me and said he wanted to get out., George (Harrison) and then John," Ono said who is now 80 years old.

"Paul (McCartney) only wants to retain the Beatles. But the other three think Paul considers the Beatles as a band," says Ono.

"They were so like his band Paul, they do not like," he said.

Ono said that the split of The Beatles also cause strain on his relationship with Lennon.

She also said that her late husband misses his colleagues and "hope" all replaced by me. "

Ono statement  confirmed by McCartney last October comments on dissolution of the band. To David Frost, McCartney said that Ono did not cause the Beatles broke up.

"She did not make the group disbanded, the group was broken at that time," McCartney said, as quoted by The Guardian.

Sunday, December 9, 2012

"Gangnam Style" Rapper Psy apologizes for anti-U.S. Lyrics

Gangnam Style Rapper Psy apologizes for anti-U.S. Lyrics


The South Korean pop singer behind the viral smash hit "Gangnam Style" apologized on Friday for past concerts featuring anti-American lyrics, ahead of a holiday performance to be attended by U.S. President Barack Obama and his family.

Psy issued the apology after reports surfaced in the United States on Friday about his participation in two performances critical of the U.S. military in 2004. Psy's "Gangnam Style" Korean pop and dance video is now the most-watched video ever on YouTube, with more than 900 million views since it was first uploaded in July.

 "While I'm grateful for the freedom to express one's self, I've learned there are limits to what language is appropriate and I'm deeply sorry for how these lyrics could be interpreted," the rapper said in a statement. "I will forever be sorry for any pain I have caused by those words," he added. In one performance, which Psy said was from eight years ago, the rapper protested the deaths of two teenage South Korean girls who were run over by a U.S. tank stationed in the country.

 In a separate performance, Psy was critical of the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq and its occupation, in which South Korean forces participated. Psy is scheduled to perform at the annual "Christmas in Washington" television special that will also be attended by Obama and his family, the White House said on Friday. Broadcaster TNT said Psy would still perform as planned.