--- In [email protected], "ShempMcGurk" <shempmcg...@...> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "Joe" <geezerfreak@> wrote: > > > > > > I gather that this statement from Alex Mardas is in reaction to an > > > earlier NY Times article about the Beatles and MMY. > > > > > > I note that his memory regarding dates of the Rishikesh course is a > > > little fuzzy, but this is the first statement I've seen from him since > > > the late 60s. The section of the statement dealing with MMY starts on > > > page 7. > > > > > > http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/arts/Mardas.pdf > > > > Bizarre. > > > > It isn't just his memory regarding dates that's faulty. > > Here's the last paragraph of the statement: > > > > "As for the allegation that, had it not been for their break > > up from the Maharishi, the Beatles would have been more > > prolific in their creative output and remained as a group or > > longer. I am not an expert musician, but I do note that some > > of the best music ever composed by them was composed after > > their return from the Ashram, for example their most famous > > song, 'Imagine' and 'Hey Jude'." > > I found that last paragraph bizarre also but for the > following reason: I remember seeing a Derek (Derek Taylor?) > who was later or is still now a higher-up in Apple being > interviewed and his comment was something to the effect that > during the Beatles' stay in Rishikesh that they had a > prolific output of composition and music. I had heard that > claim made somewhere else as well.
Shemp. "Imagine" isn't a Beatles' song. Lennon wrote it after they broke up.
