A Bloggers Meet-Up In Edinburgh, The Selector and вЂOn MyВ RadioвЂ™.Glastonbury 2022, Feeling Nervous for Sir Paul and вЂBeing for the Benefit of Mr.В Kite!вЂ™.Author Alyson Posted on FebruJanuCategories 1960s songs, 1970s songs, Beatles, Break-up songs, Music from the Movies, The Carpenters Tags Help!, Obertauern, The Beatles, The Carpenters, Ticket to Ride, Winter Olympics 2018 14 Comments on Snow Scenes, the Beatles and вЂњTicket toВ RideвЂќ Search for: Search Recent Posts I will leave you with a picture of the view I wake up to from my bedroom window if thereвЂ™s been a fall of snow overnight вЂ“ Lucky me, but sadly no Carpenters lurking amongst the trees in my forest! It looks comical, but itвЂ™s always impressive how they can sweep the ice to make the stone curl, or go faster. There are also usually a few locals in the Curling Team which always adds to the excitement and has made us all experts. Hopefully these Winter Olympics in South Korea will provide a fair bit of entertainment over the next couple of weeks as unlike in years gone by, Team GB actually win a fair amount of medals nowadays, on the ice and on the snow. No snow here today fortunately, and blue skies, so weвЂ™re going to head out shortly to enjoy the day. Arranged by Richard Carpenter, the song has a very different sound вЂ“ The long piano intro means it doesnвЂ™t even really kick in until 0:35, and in the capable hands of Karen Carpenter, the line вЂњI think IвЂ™m gonna be sadвЂќ sounds truly convincing. The Beatles it seems were growing up!Д«ut of course being a great fan of the Carpenters, I will have to include their version which was originally recorded in 1969 but then re-recorded for their first Greatest Hits album in 1973. The song was recorded in London for the album вЂњHelp!вЂќ and it marked a progression in their work relative to previous releases. It similarly topped the charts in many other parts of the world. 1 hit in the UK and their third consecutive No.

Released as a single in April 1965, it became the BeatlesвЂ™ seventh consecutive No. I am not going to insult anyoneвЂ™s intelligence by explaining who the Beatles were so weвЂ™ll stick to the song. All the snow scenes were cos the lads wanted a holiday, they were fed up working.вЂќ We just took it all very lightly, we had a laugh, and in the snow. вЂњIt was good to make Help! and itвЂ™s a nice film. The Beatles were dressed in those iconic outfits, black against the white snow, complete with top hats, cape-like jackets and вЂњbunnetsвЂќ. I always loved the snow scenes in that film and of course that was also when the song Ticket to Ride was included, to accompany their вЂњmadcapвЂќ antics. Obertauern in Austria where the Beatles filmed Help! Over 50 years later and it seems that itвЂ™s still the resortвЂ™s main claim to fame, as the pictures below show. Turns out they had visited Obertauern in Austria, which is where they filmed those very snowy segments for the Beatles film Help!. Our вЂњacross the road neighboursвЂќ got back from their skiing holiday this week and sent me a few of the shots they had taken there. Considering the childish badinage that has taken place between some of our world leaders of late (who really should know better), this was a wonderful sight вЂ“ The power of sport in bringing people together toward a common goal.Д«ut here are the pictures that have inspired todayвЂ™s song choice. Athletes from the North and South walked into the stadium together, dressed in identical вЂњcosyвЂќ outfits behind a unifying blue and white flag. I can hardly believe however that there is to be a joint Team Korea at these games.

A spectacle of a show as expected with technology playing a large part in the proceedings. Yesterday morning we had the Opening Ceremony for the 2018 Winter Olympics which are taking place this time in South Korea.

ItвЂ™s been a really cold one and although weвЂ™ve avoided snowfall in our neck of the woods, I know that many other parts of the country have had a fair bit вЂ“ Beautiful if falling in remote scenic places but a bit of a pain if you have to dig your car out for the commute to work. Well, this post has come about because of the plethora of snow images that seem to have come my way this week.

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