Post by christine~ on Jul 23, 2008 9:12:15 GMT -5
So!
THAT's what the infamous Peter stabintheback Brown has been doing lately.
Heading up a project for an obviously washed-up old gossip columnist.
How doubtful is it that he will take the incentive of correcting her errors in this poorly-researched article ~ not only regarding the insanely clueless misnomer of "Cilla Brown" and the description of him as being a "Britisher living in New York" (he has been a U.S. citizen for many years) ~ but also the brushoff of his so-called "close friend" Brian Epstein ~ the failure to name Brian as the one REAL Fifth Beatle?! (That is, IF there were such a thing as a fifth Beatle ~ as McCartney said famously on BBC Arena's The Brian Epstein Story)
Who Is the Real Fifth Beatle?
By Liz Smith
I’ll state my bona fides for this posting by telling you briefly about one Peter Brown who heads up my Literacy Partners project, and does so much more for New York City. This Britisher, living in New York, was once a very young aide to the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein. Today, he represents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s interests in the United States. He is a close friend to Barbara Walters and is one of those guys who knows everybody who is anybody – like actual friendships in the British Royal Family for instance.
When Neil Aspinall died of lung cancer last March, Entertainment Weekly did a piece on this onetime driver and road manager who had served as a personal assistant at the height of Beatlemania. In 1968, Neil took over their new record company, Apple Corps, and looked after their interests until 2007. He is credited with masterminding their famous 1995 “Beatles Anthology.”
So, EW named him the “Fifth Beatle” and in the process dropped other names of men who have been similarly cited – manager Epstein, producer George Martin, early guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe.
The Fifth Beatle Cilla Brown cuddling with early Beatle aide Peter Brown
But nobody breathed a word about the woman whose picture I am showing you here – cuddling up to the aforesaid Peter Brown. She is none other than Cilla Brown, a girl who hung with the Beatles in Liverpool and on through their early days. They adored Cilla and followed her lead.
When the Beatles went on to glory, Cilla did also. But she went her own way as a singer and musician. Eventually she had a big TV show in London that made her “the Barbara Walters of Great Britain.”
She is still slim, trim and dynamic and can sing up a storm. So I nominate Cilla Brown for the Fifth Beatle and, you might note, she is a woman and you heard it here first!
EPPYLOVER SAYS:
Ridiculous. Liz Smith should be ashamed of herself for failing to check her facts, writing such a pathetic article ~ and most of all, chumming with that damned Peter Brown.
(And...I used to respect Barbara Walters' judgment.)
In conclusion:
Liz reports, in her last sentence, "...and, you might note, she is a woman and you heard it here first!"
OMG! I would NEVER have known that Cilla Brown was a WOMAN!
Well! Butter my butt and call me Biscuit!
Those big ole boobies SHOULD have given me a hint!
THAT's what the infamous Peter stabintheback Brown has been doing lately.
Heading up a project for an obviously washed-up old gossip columnist.
How doubtful is it that he will take the incentive of correcting her errors in this poorly-researched article ~ not only regarding the insanely clueless misnomer of "Cilla Brown" and the description of him as being a "Britisher living in New York" (he has been a U.S. citizen for many years) ~ but also the brushoff of his so-called "close friend" Brian Epstein ~ the failure to name Brian as the one REAL Fifth Beatle?! (That is, IF there were such a thing as a fifth Beatle ~ as McCartney said famously on BBC Arena's The Brian Epstein Story)
Who Is the Real Fifth Beatle?
By Liz Smith
I’ll state my bona fides for this posting by telling you briefly about one Peter Brown who heads up my Literacy Partners project, and does so much more for New York City. This Britisher, living in New York, was once a very young aide to the Beatles manager, Brian Epstein. Today, he represents Andrew Lloyd Webber’s interests in the United States. He is a close friend to Barbara Walters and is one of those guys who knows everybody who is anybody – like actual friendships in the British Royal Family for instance.
When Neil Aspinall died of lung cancer last March, Entertainment Weekly did a piece on this onetime driver and road manager who had served as a personal assistant at the height of Beatlemania. In 1968, Neil took over their new record company, Apple Corps, and looked after their interests until 2007. He is credited with masterminding their famous 1995 “Beatles Anthology.”
So, EW named him the “Fifth Beatle” and in the process dropped other names of men who have been similarly cited – manager Epstein, producer George Martin, early guitarist Stuart Sutcliffe.
The Fifth Beatle Cilla Brown cuddling with early Beatle aide Peter Brown
But nobody breathed a word about the woman whose picture I am showing you here – cuddling up to the aforesaid Peter Brown. She is none other than Cilla Brown, a girl who hung with the Beatles in Liverpool and on through their early days. They adored Cilla and followed her lead.
When the Beatles went on to glory, Cilla did also. But she went her own way as a singer and musician. Eventually she had a big TV show in London that made her “the Barbara Walters of Great Britain.”
She is still slim, trim and dynamic and can sing up a storm. So I nominate Cilla Brown for the Fifth Beatle and, you might note, she is a woman and you heard it here first!
EPPYLOVER SAYS:
Ridiculous. Liz Smith should be ashamed of herself for failing to check her facts, writing such a pathetic article ~ and most of all, chumming with that damned Peter Brown.
(And...I used to respect Barbara Walters' judgment.)
In conclusion:
Liz reports, in her last sentence, "...and, you might note, she is a woman and you heard it here first!"
OMG! I would NEVER have known that Cilla Brown was a WOMAN! Well! Butter my butt and call me Biscuit!
Those big ole boobies SHOULD have given me a hint!
I should probably stop holding out on that dyslexia evaluation.