The Beatles! Horses!
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January 10, 2010 at 7:38 pm
Rose C'est La Vie
I don’t know why I should be so impressed by the Beatles mounted but I am.
The green buses accessorise them rather well. John Lennon looks totally unmoved by the whole experience whilst the others show shy pleasure.
January 10, 2010 at 7:49 pm
coozledad
I was startled by how large the Liverpool police horses are. They’re almost as big as drafts. I guess that helps the police see farther.
January 11, 2010 at 9:54 pm
Rose C'est La Vie
Talking of police horses, you really must watch this Armstrong & Miller clip.
It’s as funny, if not funnier than their RAF sketch.
January 12, 2010 at 9:40 am
coozledad
Good one, Rose. Miller reminds me a little of Peter Cook, for some reason.
I agree that John appears a little more withdrawn than the other kids. I don’t know if he was ever comfortable in his own skin.
I remember reading an interview with Paul, who said long about this time John was experimenting with LSD as often as his brain enzymes would permit. The others had largely moved on to stimulants like cocaine as the recording of Sgt. Pepper’s progressed. The band tried to keep George Martin in the dark concerning their drug use, but during one session at EMI studios, when it was time for John to add a vocal track, he’d gone missing.
Martin told the band “Oh, he’s just gone up to the roof to get some air.” Everybody else in the studio knew John was tripping and ran up to the roof in a panic to grab him before he wandered off into empty space.