Monday, May 23, 2011

The Beatles - 'You got to hide your love away' music video




A bit of cinematic music video from the 1965 Richard Lester film "Help!"

Eleanor Bron is the underimpressed lady in pink on the sofa and the talented Leo McKern is seen once or twice outside in the street in his non-Oscar winning role as "Man In the Manhole".

18 comments:

  1. Smiling here Doug. I never thought of this song within that fashion I have never seen this since I was a kid. In addition, I thought that John wished to be with her and was singing a song of what was obvious as no matter what she would never open up to him. The man within the hole that pops up now and then and Ringo there was doing the same really with his tambourine, while George at the same time was in some way trying to attract the woman. That was one great movie, which they did. The second to the very first and then there was some point within the movie was Paul sang a song and it does not come to me right now.

    No I was thinking of this song of George's, called, "I need you".

    http://youtu.be/cRuxH81akTo

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  2. Glad you enjoyed this one, Jack, and its great to see an HQ video of one of the other great songs from that film. I haven't sen the whole film since maybe 1991 myself and I'm glad to see the how much better the print looks on You Tube now than the television print that floated around for years.

    There's a lot of other great songs on the CD release of the soundtrack that weren't used in the film like Paul's "I've Just Seen A Face".

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  3. I have always enjoyed this song. Thank you for posting a classic.

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  4. What seems to be a very simple little song is in fact a very subtly nuanced and clever piece. A fine showcase for their talents.

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  5. There really is and there it was certainly something that I recall all so well. I myself Doug wish they would have done one more movie within what I consider the last stage of the Beatles but then it might have come out like - "The Rutles" :).

    Great juant to the past Doug. I still am thinking what the motive was with this song within the movie that you presented. Was John reflecting on her while he watch Georges' attempts? Who knows - maybe Ringo does. :)

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  6. My pleasure Fred. It really does transcend its times I think.

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  7. I think that's one of the keys to the great popular artists, Jim. They compose music that is accessible but at the same time is anything but simple, and certainly not replicable. "Making it look easy" is another way to put it.

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  8. I think that's where the scene was going, Jack.

    I often have wondered what a third live-action Beatles film would have been like. Probbaly a lot edgier than the first two I imagine. The 60's were still pretty tame pop culture-wise when this and "A Hard Day's Night" were made.

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  9. I think so Doug, and a third would have been something but the legend on the band is that they never did a reunion and Doug I think that probably is part and parcel of what really keep them alive within a way. I don't think they shall ever be forgotten. I truly believe that they shall be covered in many english classes in universities if not already.

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  10. I agree on all these points, Jack. I think in an odd way all of us who hoped for a Beatles Reunion in the 70's didn't appreciate that what was already available to us via recordings and films (and the output of the former band members as solo acts) was sufficent.

    Any reunion would have been a letdown. The music never will be.

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  11. Great song and a great clip... I used to have the Beatles for Sales No.2 EP and judging from their clothing I think the photoshoot will have been done on the same day as this clip (http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRlZbjEylRtCL3_Xvp0jzGhR972Ym-FFGlXuHB49KUmLI7yUCcTeA)

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  12. Glad you enjoyed the song as well, Ian. I think you're right about the photo.

    I remember reading there was a controversy over one of the "Beatles" albums---they were all wearing butcher aprons and holding cutlery with a bunch of children's dolls are in pieces or something. Anyway, the story was that the picture went out in pre-publicity and enough people freaked out that they changed the album cover quickly. Maybe this was the album in question.

    Thanks for the pic.

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  13. Excellent choice Doug, my dad used to have a Morris Minor like the one in the opening shot.....I always had a soft spot for Eleanor Bron too...takes you back. The Beatles still look more godlike than real to me even today all these years later. ....Edward Bernays would be proud of them. A great song all the same thanks for posting it!

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  14. Escellent choice Doug, my dad used to have Morris Minor like the one in the opening shot.....I always had a soft spot for Eleanor Bron too...takes you back. The Beatles still look more godlike than real to me even today all these years later. ....Edward Bernays would be proud of them. A great song all the same thanks for posting it!

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  15. Double posting a lot today ...dunno why that happens sometimes?

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  16. Yes, now that gas goes for over $4 a gallon we have a few Mini Coopers and similar fuel-frugal small cars about in Oregon now, but not enough of them.

    The lovely and talented Eleanor Bron and I "go way back" as well AA. She appeared in a couple other memorable movies of my youth, the original "Bedazzled" of course with Peter Cook and Dudley Moore and also "Alfie." "The Secret Policeman's Ball" from around 1980 is another good one.

    Theres is something Olympian about The Beatles, even after all these years. Glad you liked the song.

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  17. I had the same trouble a few days ago. One blog entry that went over to Facebook posted four times!

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