"on a weekly basis in order to receive spiritual help. Barber treated Nee as a young learner and frequently administered strict discipline. When she died in 1930, Barber left all of her belongings to Nee, who wrote: Through Barber, Watchman Nee was introduced to the writings of D.M. Panton, Robert Govett, G.H. Pember, Jessie Penn-Lewis, T. Austin-Sparks, and others. In addition, he acquired books from Plymouth Brethren teachers like John Nelson Darby, William Kelly, and C.H. Mackintosh. Eventually, his personal library encompassed over three thousand titles on church history, spiritual growth, and Bible commentary, and he became intimately familiar with"
"of The Beatles' ""Help!"" for Comic Relief alongside comedians French and Saunders and Kathy Burke, who appeared as ""Lananenenoonoo"". The record peaked at number three on the UK Singles Chart in 1989. She also participated in Band Aid II's 1989 re-recording of ""Do They Know It's Christmas?"" O'Sullivan's only songwriting credits with Bananarama appeared on the song ""Love, Truth and Honesty"" from the compilation album, ""Greatest Hits Collection"" and on the song ""Only Your Love"". In 1991, Bananarama recorded the album ""Pop Life"", the only full-length album on which O'Sullivan appeared. She later stated in an interview that her role"
"The group, and its name, was a spoof on the popular group Bananarama and was introduced during the 1988 Christmas Special of ""French & Saunders"", in which Burke was a guest. In 1989, along with Bananarama, they created a charity single called ""Help"", to raise money for Comic Relief. It was a cover version of The Beatles song ""Help!"", and was released on the London Records label, entering the UK Singles Chart on 25 February 1989 and reaching a high of #3. It remained in the chart for nine weeks. French, Saunders and Burke returned for Comic Relief in 1997"
"in Norway. The song ""Chillin"" by rapper Wale featuring singer Lady Gaga samples the chorus. ""Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"" bears a resemblance to the coda of The Beatles' 1968 song ""Hey Jude"". In February 1983, UK girl group Bananarama released the song as a single from their album ""Deep Sea Skiving"". This version became a top ten hit in the United Kingdom (#5), but only a minor hit in the US (Billboard #101) later that year. This was the fifth single released from their first album in 1983. It peaked at number five in the UK singles"
"Now or Never (Bananarama EP) Now or Never is an extended play released by British Girl group Bananarama. This recording was released independently by the band on 21 September 2012 to coincide with the 30th anniversary of the group and the launch of their Hard Rock Cafe ""Pinktober"" US tour. The EP features ""Now or Never"" and ""La La Love"", two new recordings written in collaboration with British producer Ian Masterson. An extended version of the title track and a cover of Maroon 5's hit ""Moves Like Jagger"" were also included in the package. A reworking of their 1992 song"
"success, including in the United States, where they had top 10 hits with ""Cruel Summer"" (1984), ""Venus"" (number one in 1986), and ""I Heard A Rumour"" (1987). Fahey's replacement in 1988 was Jacquie O'Sullivan, with hits in this period including ""I Want You Back"" (1988). Dallin and Woodward were the only artists from the original 1984 Band Aid to also feature on the 1989 version. O'Sullivan left in 1991 and Dallin and Woodward continued as a duo until 2017, when they reunited with Fahey. In June 2017, the original line-up of Bananarama received the Icon Award at the Glamour Awards."
"by Bananarama and Lananeeneenoonoo. It was a parody of Bananarama's ""Love in the First Degree"". Megarama '89 ""Megarama '89"" is a megamix of songs by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as a single in 1989 in Germany, Japan and France. The French single differs from the version released in Germany and Japan. The megamix does not appear on any of Bananarama's albums and has not been included on any of the group's greatest hits packages. The single had its greatest success in France, where it peaked at number seventeen. Bananarama recordings which are sampled on this track include:"
"of left-field"" rhythms played by Lennon and Harrison.<ref name=""Mojo/101Greatest""></ref> He added: ""There is no rock blueprint for this … This is the stuff which got us all over here to put down the mandolins and banjos and plug in and pay attention to rock again."" ""No Reply"" was one of the eight Beatles songs covered by Stars on 45 on their medley ""Stars on 45"", which went to number 1 in the United States in June 1981. Parody band Beatallica recorded a mashup of ""No Reply"" and Metallica's ""No Remorse"" entitled ""No Remorseful Reply"", on their 2001 EP ""A Garage"
"Dayz Nite"". According to Ian MacDonald: The Beatles Additional personnel No Reply (song) ""No Reply"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1964 album ""Beatles for Sale"". In North America, it was issued on Capitol Records' variant on the British release, ""Beatles '65"". The song was written mainly by John Lennon and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Lennon originally gave the song to another artist managed by Brian Epstein, Tommy Quickly, in June 1964, but Quickly decided not to use it. The Beatles recorded the track in London soon after returning from their first full tour of"
"The Beatles' ""Cry, Baby, Cry"", and ""Pale Blue Eyes"" by The Velvet Underground. According to Courtney Love, the band had only played ""Pale Blue Eyes"" once prior at the Whisky A Go Go, at a show on December 19, 1991. Footage of this performance had been recorded by Love's friend Joe Cole, a road manager who attended the show with Henry Rollins. Cole was murdered in a robbery on the way home after the concert, and the footage was given to the band after his death. During that performance, Love also stated that Kurt Cobain, whom she had then just"
"walk across the dining tables. The film continues with the tour's male passengers watching a strip show (Jan Carson of the Raymond Revuebar). The film ends with the Beatles dressed in white tuxedos, highlighting a glamorous old-style dance crowd scene, accompanied by the song ""Your Mother Should Know"". The film is interspersed with musical interludes, which include the Beatles performing ""I Am the Walrus"" wearing animal masks, Harrison singing ""Blue Jay Way"" while waiting on Blue Jay Way Road, and the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band performing Vivian Stanshall and Neil Innes' ""Death Cab For Cutie"" sung by Stanshall. The movie"
"the 1 February 1986 issue of ""NME"" magazine. Johnny Black paired this version with the Carpenters' hit recording as examples of how the Lennon–McCartney song continues to endure. Echo & the Bunnymen recorded ""Ticket to Ride"" in 2001, creating a version that Vulture.com later included among its ten best Beatles covers. That same year, Beatallica parodied the song on their ""A Garage Dayz Nite"" track ""Everybody's Got a Ticket to Ride Except for Me and My Lightning"". Kids Incorporated covered ""Ticket to Ride"" in 1993 in the Season 9 episode ""Face Your Fears"". According to Ian MacDonald, the line-up on"
"of ""Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"" (UK #5). The band recorded a version of the Sex Pistols' song ""No Feelings"" in late 1982 for the soundtrack of the British teen-comedy film, ""Party Party"". During 1982 and 1983, Bananarama did several promotional US press tours and TV appearances on ""American Bandstand"" and ""Solid Gold"". Success in the United States came in 1984 with a Top Ten hit ""Cruel Summer"". Their second album, ""Bananarama"" (UK #16, US #30) (1984) was a more socially conscious effort. The group wanted to be taken more seriously, so wrote songs that focused on heavier"
"re-bloom, as the residents, empowered by the Beatles' music, rise up and take up arms (flowers) against the Meanies, who are fleeing headlong back to the blue border mountains where they came from. The original Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band are released (thanks to the hole carried in Ringo's pocket from the Sea of Holes) and Ringo rescues Jeremy. The Beatles then have a rematch with the four-headed Meanie dog, singing ""Hey Bulldog"", with the Beatles victorious once again (This scene was originally omitted in the US version). The Blue Meanies are forced to retreat, and the Chief Blue"
"of the Shillelagh Sisters) joined the group in March 1988. The single ""I Want You Back"" (UK #5) was re-recorded with O'Sullivan, as was The Supremes cover ""Nathan Jones"" (UK #15). ""Love, Truth and Honesty"" (UK #23) was released as a single from their 1988 retrospective compilation, ""Greatest Hits Collection"" (UK #3). At the same time, Bananarama entered the ""Guinness Book of World Records"" as the all-female group who have the most UK chart entries in history, a record they still hold. As a fundraising charity single for Comic Relief in 1989, Bananarama recorded a cover of The Beatles' song"
"Bananarama Bananarama are an English female pop music vocal group formed in London in 1981 by friends Sara Dallin, Siobhan Fahey and Keren Woodward. Their success on both pop and dance charts has earned them a listing in the ""Guinness World Records"" as the all-female group with the most chart entries in the world. Between 1982 and 2009, they had 28 singles reach the Top 50 of the UK Singles Chart. The group's 10 UK Top 10 hits include ""It Ain't What You Do..."" (1982), ""Really Saying Something"" (1982), ""Shy Boy"" (1982), ""Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye"" (1983),"
"on the 1992 album ""Live at the Knitting Factory: Downtown Does the Beatles"" (Knitting Factory Records). The jam band Phish performed ""Revolution 9"" (along with almost all of the songs from ""The Beatles"") at their Halloween 1994 concert that was released in 2002 as ""Live Phish Volume 13"". (Band member Jon Fishman streaked across the stage after the line ""if you become naked"".) Australian dance rock band Def FX recorded a version for their 1996 album ""Majick"". Little Fyodor recorded a cover in 1987 and released it as a CD single in 2000. The Shazam recorded a cover version of"
"""Help!"" with Lananeeneenoonoo (UK #3), a mock girl-group created by British female comedy duo French and Saunders, with fellow comedian Kathy Burke. 1989 also saw the band's first world tour, which hit North America, East Asia and the UK. Bananarama's 1991 album, ""Pop Life"" saw Dallin and Woodward's songwriting collaboration with their friend youth. They worked with a variety of producers including Youth, Shep Pettibone, and Steve Jolley, of Jolley & Swain. They also incorporated a wider range of musical genres including reggae, flamenco guitar, and acid house and received some of the strongest and most positive reviews of their"
"Beatles"" and recorded by the British group on Friday 24 May 1963. This recording was not included in either BBC albums. The melody of ""Pop Goes the Weasel"" was used as a leitmotif in several episodes of the 1960s science fiction series ""The Prisoner"", particularly in the series' penultimate episode ""Once Upon a Time"" in which the lead character, under an intense form of interrogation, obsessively sings the song, with ""POP"" identified as a meme representing the directive ""protect other people"". In 1964, American musical comedian Allan Sherman recorded a parody entitled ""Pop Hates the Beatles"", written from the standpoint"
"Lennon, departed with their wives sixteen days later. During their stay, the Beatles heard that the Maharishi had allegedly made sexual advances towards Mia Farrow. On June 15, 1968, in London, the Beatles formally renounced their association with the Maharishi as a ""public mistake"". ""Sexy Sadie"" is the name of a song by the Beatles, written by Lennon in India and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Lennon originally wanted to title the song ""Maharishi"", but changed the title at Harrison's request. Harrison commented years later, ""Now, historically, there's the story that something went on that shouldn't have done – but nothing did."""
"of ""Blue Jay Way"" on his 1982 solo album ""Not To"". In March 2015, the song was also his selection for the ""NME"" ""100 Greatest Beatles Songs"" poll. Newman cited the track as an example of how the Beatles were ""properly serious about their art"" and why they now ""need to be rescued from the clammy clutches of the heritage industry"". Borbetomagus released a live recording of the song on their 1992 album ""Buncha Hair That Long"", a version that ""Trouser Press"" later said ""could easily reunite the Beatles for good if it were played in the presence of the"
"the other Lennon–McCartney originals from the same session, ""Hello Little Girl"" and ""Like Dreamers Do"", were included. Recordings of ""Love of the Loved"" as the Beatles may have performed it were released as singles by US band The Poppees (1975) and Dutch band RollerCoaster (1980). Other cover versions are available on the 1989 album by Bas Muys entitled ""Secret Songs: Lennon & McCartney"" and on the 1998 release ""It's Four You"" by the Australian tribute band The Beatnix. It has also been covered by Seattle-based Beatles cover band Apple Jam on their album Off The Beatle Track and on The"
"release of the original. The remix featured a hip house rhythm and samples. An instrumental version was also released independently under the producer's alias ""Don Pablo's Animals"". The instrumental version (credited only to Don Pablos Animals – without referencing Shocking Blue) became the highest charting version of the song. The single began with a sample from James Brown's 1988 hit ""The Payback Mix (Part One)"". This release of ""Venus"" peaked at number 4 on the UK Singles Chart and number 8 in Australia in 1990. ""Venus"" had been a part of Bananarama's repertoire for several years before they actually recorded"
"Summer of Love. The song was parodied, as ""L.S. Bumblebee"", as part of a satirical sketch on the Swinging London phenomenon in the ""Not Only ... But Also"" 1966 Christmas TV special, which included a cameo appearance by Lennon. Sung by comedians Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, both of whom are dressed in Indian clothing, the song evokes the seagull sounds of ""Tomorrow Never Knows"" through the presence of a bird squawking in the studio, and includes lyrics playing on the sensory contradictions of lines such as ""Listen to the colour of your dreams"" from the Beatles track. In 2006,"
"Sexy Sadie ""Sexy Sadie"" is a song by the English rock group the Beatles from their 1968 album ""The Beatles"" (also known as ""the White Album""). The song was written by John Lennon in India and credited to Lennon–McCartney. Lennon originally wanted to title the song ""Maharishi"", but changed the title to ""Sexy Sadie"" at George Harrison's request. Lennon was disillusioned after Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had allegedly made a sexual advance towards Mia Farrow attending the course the Maharishi was teaching at his ashram. (Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Cynthia Lennon later said that they thought the story, which had come"
"Megarama '89 ""Megarama '89"" is a megamix of songs by English girl group Bananarama. It was released as a single in 1989 in Germany, Japan and France. The French single differs from the version released in Germany and Japan. The megamix does not appear on any of Bananarama's albums and has not been included on any of the group's greatest hits packages. The single had its greatest success in France, where it peaked at number seventeen. Bananarama recordings which are sampled on this track include: ""Love in the Factory"" was the B-side to the charity single ""Help!"", which was recorded"
"Brot lässt Grüßen"", released in 1998. The Russian band Nautilus Pompilus released a darker version of the song called ""Alain Delon,"" or ""The View From The Screen."" Robert De Niro's Waiting... ""Robert De Niro's Waiting..."" is a song written and recorded by English girl group Bananarama. The second single released from their self-titled second album in 1984, it namechecks American actor Robert De Niro. The single is one of the group's strongest performing releases, peaking at number three in the UK singles chart (the single to date stands in a three-way tie as Bananarama's highest-charting UK hit). It made a"
"first No. 1 hit. The Beatles later recorded a cover of it in 1965, with Ringo Starr as lead singer. Ringo Starr later re-recorded the song as a duet with Owens in 1988. The 1966 album ""Carnegie Hall Concert"" was a smash hit and further cemented Buck Owens and the Buckaroos as more than just another honky tonk country band. They achieved crossover success on to the pop charts. During that year, R&B singer Ray Charles released cover versions of two of Owens' songs that became pop hits: ""Crying Time"" and ""Together Again"". In 1967, Owens and the Buckaroos toured"
"Series"" (1997, Australia), ""Robert De Niro's Waiting"" (1999, Netherlands) and also saw a re-release with different artwork in the UK in 1998. Bunch of Hits Bunch of Hits is a greatest hits compilation by Bananarama. It was released in 1993 and contained many of the same tracks found on the 1989 hits set ""Greatest Hits Collection"". Along with hits, several album tracks were included here. Curiously absent are Bananarama's two biggest singles, ""Cruel Summer"" and ""Venus"". It also included two B-sides available for the first time on CD, ""Scarlett"" and ""Ghost"". This album was not released by the group's record"
"With a Little Help from My Friends ""With a Little Help from My Friends"" is a song by the English rock band the Beatles from their 1967 album ""Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"". It was written by Paul McCartney and John Lennon, and intended as the album's featured vocal for drummer Ringo Starr. The group recorded the song towards the end of the sessions for ""Sgt. Pepper"", with Starr singing as the character ""Billy Shears"". A subsequent recording of the track by Joe Cocker became a hit single in 1968 and an anthem for the Woodstock era. In 1978,"
"by The Beatles, ""Ain't She Sweet"" (flip side ""Nobody's Child"", with lead singer Tony Sheridan), which had been recorded in Hamburg in 1961. With lead vocals by John Lennon, ""Ain't She Sweet"" reached #19 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in August 1964. Atco also released an album entitled ""Ain't She Sweet"" which featured the other two tracks by Sheridan and The Beatles from the Hamburg session and filled out by eight other songs covered by The Swallows. In 1966 Atco released ""Substitute"" by The Who. The song was issued through an arrangement with UK Polydor Records because of the"
"first demo, ""Aie a Mwana"", a cover of a song by Black Blood, sung in Swahili. The demo was heard at Demon Records, who consequently offered Bananarama their first deal. The song was an underground hit (UK #92) and Bananarama were signed by Decca (later London Records) and remained on the label until 1993. UK fashion magazine ""The Face"" featured an article on Bananarama after the release of their first single. This caught the attention of ex-Specials member Terry Hall, who invited them to collaborate with his new vocal group Fun Boy Three on their album and the single ""It"
"Phish Volume 13"" in 1994. The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill ""The Continuing Story of Bungalow Bill"" is a song written by John Lennon (credited to Lennon–McCartney), and released by the Beatles on their 1968 album ""The Beatles"" (also known as the ""White Album""). This song mocks the actions of a young American named Richard A. Cooke III, known as Rik, who was visiting his mother, Nancy Cooke de Herrera, at the ashram of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi in Rishikesh at the same time that the Beatles were staying with the Maharishi. According to his mother, both she and her son"