Video Classics: 'Hey Jude'
In the last WNEW Firecracker 500 list from 1996, the classic Hey Jude ranked #3 behind only Stairway to Heaven and Born to Run.
As for the following video blast from the past, Wikipedia has this to say:
"The Beatles hired Michael Lindsay-Hogg to shoot the Hey Jude promotional film. Hogg had previously directed a 'promo' film for Paperback Writer. They settled on the idea of filming with a live — albeit controlled — audience. Hogg shot the promotional film for The Frost Programme, with McCartney himself designing the set. Tony Bramwell, a friend of the Beatles, later described the set as "the piano, there; drums, there; and orchestra in two tiers at the back." The eventual final film was a combination of two different takes, and first aired on 8 September 1968 with David Frost introducing the Beatles as "the greatest tea-room orchestra in the world". The film was later broadcast for the United States on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour on 6 October 1968."
And from YouTube, clocking in at 7:01, the aforementioned Hey, Jude...
The look shared between McCartney and Lennon at about the 1:53 mark is absolutely priceless. There is a momentary joy that passes between them that is so cool to see.
Posted by: Joel | May 28, 2008 at 01:57 PM