That’s the Beatle way

We'll find out about Freddie's new song tomorrow. Perhaps Cilla wants him to play it because it will cheer the Beatles up. She only has their best interests at heart.


19 comments on “That’s the Beatle way

  1. Yeah, she’s a flippin’ saint, she is.

  2. Freddie, she has no authority over you. Rebel against her!!!!

  3. Wow, John goes from a murderous mood to a great deal of equanimity in the space of 4 panels. Such is the power of Battenberg.

  4. Cilla’s “Play it flippin’ loud” reminds me of Dylan’s “Play it fuc**n’ loud” comment right before his incendiary “Like A Rolling Stone” performance that is on the “Live At The Albert Hall” release. Coincidentally, this comment and performance were actually done at the Manchester Free Trade Hall show on May 17, 1966. The mystery thickens. I just can’t believe that Priscilla White, a Cavern Club cloakroom attendant Scouser, could support that Mancunian Freddie! WTF? Evil black handbag! Danger! Danger!

  5. The Battenberg, with its four equal squares, is truly the most Beatlesy of cakes. Paul and Ringo, of course, are the yellow squares, while John and George are the pink (as depicted on the cover of Let It Be).

    The apricot jam sealing the whole deal together is Brian Epstein and the marzipan around the outside is Billy Preston.

    1. and the ‘Beatles R-Fab’ flag is Shelley, with Nemulon as the flagpole.

  6. Oh, WHAT could Freddie’s “new song” be? “Do the Freddie?” My money is on something ironic, like “We All Live in a Lemon-Coloured Submersible” or “An Evening After a Difficult Day.”

    1. I saw her upright on her feet over there…
      The colonists are uprising
      Do you want to learn some information gotten via eavesdropping
      Passport to get on the train
      The day before today

      the possiblities are endless

      1. That first one was written about Jane.

      2. As long as it’s not “The Colonists Are Uprising 9”. That one’s just a weird mess.

    2. Corporal Pepper’s Lonesome Souls Association Music Group?
      The Aquatic Mammal Is I?
      Raspberry Groves Eternally?

    3. They way things are going, we’ll be remembering The Black Album.

  7. The “Beatles R-Fab” flag is a nice touch — and sooooooo Shelley.

  8. She “got” them a Battenberg? Jane Asher, mistress of cakes, had to resort to a shop-bought creation? Shelley’s cover is getting tenuous.

  9. Noticing there’s a teapot, but no cups. Is this an early iteration of Cilla’s klepto behaviour?

    From the ever-wonderful Popbitch:
    “Cilla had a collection of about 300 champagne flutes – all of which she pilfered from various green rooms whenever she made TV appearances.”

    Also relevant:
    “Some years ago when Paul McCartney experimented with a wig and some
    facial “work” he got a new nickname from his crew: “Cilla Black””

    1. They’re drinking out of the cups is panels 3 and 4.

      1. I think the cups might be to the left, just off-panel. I mean, I say “think”, I know that’s where they are.

      2. I guess Cilla’s off the hook… for now.

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