What do The Beatles and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky have in common?
Well, music, of course, but vastly different! They lived in different centuries and on separate continents. I was listening to both The Beatles and Tchaikovsky in my teens, and did not know then that some of the Beatles' music is said to have a little Tchaikovsky influence! I would never have learnt about it if it weren't for jiving Hiving. Neither about the brilliant Tchaikovsky and Beatles fusion - Nutcracker Beatle-Cracker Suite, which I've shared at the bottom of my post.
And what are they doing sitting on a bookshelf next to books on Cardiology?
I took a photo of this in a unique coffee shop on a farm in the Midlands of KwaZulu-Natal, owned by a world-renowned cardiologist. Also a Beatles fan.
I learnt to twist to the sound of The Beatles in my tweens and teens. Yes, I was a Beatles fan, for sure not a Rolling Stones fan. They were too wild, as was their music, way too noisy as well!
Sorry, all you Rolling Stoners, but that's just me!
The Beatles, on the other hand, gave us music with catchy and rhythmic tunes. They kept up with fashion trends, which were evolving fast in the 60s and 70s. And, their signature hairstyles were so cool at the time;) All the boys wanted that hairstyle, but it was not allowed at school, where it was short back and sides!
As a teen, we used to attend ballets in the beautiful city hall, with the Philharmonic Orchestra playing. My late uncle was a dancer, and it was through him that I grew to love the ballet music of Tchaikovsky.
I was going for piano lessons, and even started learning the very long and difficult Piano Concerto No. 2 by Tchaikovsky. Then the teens hit, and piano lessons went out the window. How I regret that!
It did not stop me from listening to classical music in the evening with my aunt, who lived with us for a period. I was hooked on both the classics and on The Beatles!
The very first album I bought as a teen, surprisingly, wasn't one by The Beatles. I had to think long and hard about that question, and remembered how I saved my monthly pocket money, with my aunt topping it up so I could buy the LP, The Nutcracker Suite by Tchaikovsky.
Back to the present, the Silver Bloggers went into a kind of lull when Silver Scribe's Memoir Monday came to an end.
However, as most of our regular Silvers know, we now have The Silver Bloggers Chronicles where we're setting a new prompt every Monday.
This week is Prompt #5, and Silver Fish asked:
If you would have to choose, are you a Beatle or Rolling Stoner? 😁
And/or what was your very first music album you bought yourself?
I answered both questions, and it's going to be interesting to see who was twisting and shouting, or rockin' and rollin'! Many may still have been crawling around in nappies when the Beatles and The Rolling Stones first exploded onto the music scene, but I know this did not stop many from becoming fans of one or both groups!
Whichever group was your favourite, one sure thing is that they changed the music scene forever!
Here is the brilliant Tchaikovsky and Beatles fusion - BeatleCracker Suite...
PS edit to my post, tagging @mipiano, your opinion on this fusion?
One of my favourite Beatles songs broadcast on David Frost's Frost On Sunday show - Hey Jude
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