The Beatles' concert rider

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I don't know who started the trend of lavish riders, but it wasn't the Beatles, apparently. I mean, "Two (2) seven-passenger Cadillac limousines (air-conditioned if possible)!" Puts it all in perspective.

― mike a, Wednesday, 20 April 2005 11:41 (twenty years ago)

i like the 'no segregation' rule

― lukey (Lukey G), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 12:48 (twenty years ago)

yes that's a great line. it's amazing how casually it's tossed in there. one of those details that happens to embody the strangeness of the era more vividly than, hell, a tape of a beatles performance.

i'm also shocked that they would use a HOUSE ENGINEER.

― joseph cotten (joseph cotten), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:20 (twenty years ago)

i'm also shocked that they would use a HOUSE ENGINEER.

as if anyone who saw them live was ever going to hear a note they played anywa\y. they probably didn't need an engineer at all. they may not have even needed amps.

i love the air-conditioned "if possible" request. we require a bowlful of m&m's, with the brown ones removed -- if possible.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:24 (twenty years ago)

the best line is about a platform "for ringo star and his drums". unintentionally comedic phrasing.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

or maybe intentionally, heh.

― grimly fiendish (grimlord), Wednesday, 20 April 2005 13:53 (twenty years ago)

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