As you probably know, today is Beatles Day. Apple Corp. is releasing a full set of completely remastered albums (which, as far as I know, Big Scott is still hoping to receive for Christmas), and the hotly anticipated The Beatles: Rock Band is hitting game consoles around the country courtesy of EA/Harmonix.
But enough of those things, which you can read about anywhere. You Ain’t No Picasso dug up this awesome 1963 clip of The Beatles performing the Pyramus and Thisbe play-within-a-play from Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The Fab Four and the Bard? Sign me up. It’s laughable, which is, of course, very fitting to the spirit of the piece.
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September 10, 2009
One of the many things that made the Beatles so great, the ability to not take themselves too seriously. Great find.