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Why don't we do it in the Road?

submitted by Aard Vark

(oritteropo)
1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago

Vimeo description:

A lyrical portrait of one of London’s most peculiar tourist attractions - a humble pedestrian crossing in
 St John’s Wood. But this isn’t any ordinary piece of street furniture, a 10 minute photo session back
in the  summer of 1969 saw to that. A couple of weeks after Neil Armstrong took his giant leap, the
Beatles took  a few short steps across Abbey Road and the rest is history. Roughly timed to coincide with
the 50th anniversary of the Beatles' first recording session at Abbey Road Studios, this quirky short film explores
a tiny part of London that is, in the words of narrator Roger McGough, suffused with a sort of magic.

6 Comments

PlayhousePals

*promote nostalgia [as time marches on] ... oh, and that beautiful lady bug!

Promoting this video and sending it back into the queue for one more try; last queued Tuesday, June 18th, 2013 2:51am PDT - promote requested by PlayhousePals.

*quality

Boosting this quality contribution up in the Hot Listing - declared quality by lurgee.

yellowc says...

I suppose it helps if you're a Beatles fan.

I went there with my big Beatles fan wife (almost not when she found out the news!) and she was very happy. Mean while, I saw a crossing and very disgruntled motorists, whom I would highly likely have been one of if I was in a car.

Perspective

Went there with my daughter (also a fan). There is a video cam outside the studios

http://www.abbeyroad.com/crossing

You can access the cameras archives and get a pic of yourself doing whatever crossing thing you're doing. I have a pic of me taking a pic of the webcam.

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