#top ten club

[rolloroberson]

The Beatles at Hamburg’s “Top Ten Club”. John Lennon, George Harrison, and Stuart Sutcliffe on guitars and Paul McCartney on piano.

#the beatles #paul mccartney #stuart sutcliffe #george harrison #john lennon #top ten club #hamburg

[get-back-homeward]

Davidwache Police Station | Painting by Klaus Voormann Prior to being deported, Paul McCartney spends a night in the Davidwache police station.

In the meantime, the final four could start playing [at the Top Ten club] now, and move themselves into the bunk-bed accommodation at the top of the building.c Tony Sheridan was already here, possibly others too, and the Beatles were welcome to shoehorn themselves in. It was neither the Ritz nor the pits. John was the first to move. Then Paul and Pete went back to the Bambi to grab their gear.

The place was in near darkness, as usual. They had to strike a match to see their way about … and then they decided to leave Koschmider a little gift. Pete had a few “spunk bags,” and he and Paul had the idea to hang them on nails in the wall in the long concrete passageway and set light to them. “The place was dank and dark,” says Pete. “They spluttered, they stank, and OK, maybe they singed a tiny bit of tapestry on the wall. It caused nothing but a little smoke and a few scorch marks and then they went out.”41 It was the ultimate fuck you, Bruno, or so they thought.

They got to play one night in the Top Ten, and it seems to have been a good one, pulling business away from the Kaiserkeller, but it was just this one night. Having been shafted once by Eckhorn, when he’d prized away the Jets and Tony Sheridan from the Kaiserkeller, Koschmider wasn’t going to sit back and let it happen again. He might also have guessed the Beatles would make some grand gesture for his “benefit”—they could even have hinted of it—because an inspection was made of the Bambi’s rooms very quickly. When the stinkende qualmende Piedeltüten were found, he decided to form the view it was an attempt to burn down his cinema, and informed the police.

The chronology of events over the next twenty-four hours is rife with confusion and contradiction, but may have gone something like this. Paul was picked up by the police while walking along the Reeperbahn, taken by car to the Davidwache police station (two hundred meters from the Top Ten) and locked in a cell. Pete and John were also arrested. Koschmider didn’t know which of them was responsible for the “attempted arson,” so the Polizei rounded them all up. As Stuart wrote in a letter back to Liverpool a few days later:

I am living in the lap of luxury and contentment. Better than the cell I spent a night in last week. I was innocent this time though accused of arson—that is, setting fire to the Kino (cinema) where we sleep. I arrive at the club and am informed that the whole of Hamburg Police are looking for me. The rest of the band are already locked up, so smiling and very brave on the arm of Astrid, I proceed to give myself up. At this time I’m not aware of the charge. All my belongings, including spectacles, are taken away and I’m led to a cell where without food or drink I sat for six hours on a very wooden bench, the door shut very tight. I fall asleep at two in the morning. I signed a confession written in Deutsch that I knew nothing about a fire, and they let me go.42

John was also allowed to go. It was now clear who’d done the dirty deed, and for them the ordeal continued; Paul would always remember the little one-way peephole in the door of their detention room, through which he sensed they were watched. It seems he and Pete were then allowed to leave, but a few hours later—early the following morning—they were dragged out of their Top Ten bunk beds and interviewed a second time. Pete suggests they were taken to Hamburg’s main prison at Fühlsbuttel, Paul remembers it being “the Rathaus … it doesn’t mean rat house, it just felt like one.” They were interviewed by an official of the Bundeskriminalamt (Federal CID), one Herr Gerkins, and it was definitely inadvisable to snigger. Instead, they requested permission to contact the British Embassy, like people did in the films, and were refused; then they were taken for a car ride. “We tried our best to persuade him it was nothing,” Paul says, “and he said, ‘OK fine, well you go with these men.’ And that was the last we knew of it. We just headed out with these couple of coppers. And we were getting a bit ‘Oh dear, this could be the concentration camps’—you never know. It hadn’t been that long [since the war].”43

Criminal charges were not pressed, but Koschmider, inevitably, had the last laugh. It wasn’t a camp to which Paul and Pete were being taken, but the airport—and in handcuffs, according to Stuart. They were being deported, and banned from reentering Germany unless they lodged an appeal within a month. Auf Wiedersehen, Piedels! Handed their passports at the gate, they were put on the London plane, set to fly for the first time in their lives. It then got even tastier for Koschmider because Eckhorn was billed for at least part of the cost of the plane tickets. Bruno must have been rubbing his hands with joy.

—Tune In, Ch. 17 (Oct 1–Dec 31, 1960)

Sources: 41 Author interview, March 7, 1985. Pete says (Beatle!, p72) there were four rubbers and always speaks of them in plural, Paul speaks of one. 42 December 12, 1960, sent to Ken Horton. This letter provides the only suggestion that John was arrested in the roundup; he’s not mentioned in other accounts. 43 Interview by Paul Gambaccini, Rolling Stone, June 12, 1979. Rathaus means “city hall.” Instead of the main prison at Fühlsbuttel, it’s more likely Paul and Pete were taken to the remand prison near St. Pauli called Untersuchungsgefängnis (easier done than said).

#seeing the hq version of this painting and noticing the detail on pauls face #the dramaaaaaa #hamburg era #1960 #december 1960 #technically nov 30 is the fire #reading tune in #november 1960 #the image of paul and pete asking to speak to their embassy like in the movies sends me lmao #this whole episode is so amazing i cannot believe every biopic has just passed up on it #its got everything you want dumb dirty boys who get a big head the second they move up but not before they move out #an entire night in german prison cell and then questioned by some bigshot who has them shaking in their boots #john's first night in a prison cell over something he didn't even do #paul never ever admitting he did anything wrong bc individual sense of justice since age two #meanwhile poor george is being deported #stu's spectacles are taken away---wait he wore glasses?! #letters #top ten club #bundeskrinalamt (federal CID) i believe would be akin to being interviewed by the FBI in the US

[nevereverywhere]

»ageless children, sexes indistinguishable, tight-trousered, stamping about, only the smell of sweat intimating animality. Long-haired; weird feminine faces; bashing their instruments, and emitting nerveless sounds into microphones. In conversation rather touching in a way, their faces like Renaissance carvings of saints or Blessed Virgins.«

Malcolm Muggeridge about his first encounter with The Beatles at the Top Ten Club in Hamburg, 1961

(From One Two Three Four by Craig Brown)

#blessed virgins #weird feminine faces #the beatles #paul mccartney #john lennon #george harrison #hamburg era #1961 #top ten club

[theprofessorofdesire]

#klaus voormann #the beatles #hamburg #top ten club

[flufallo]

Top ten best webtoons because I say so

1. Jackson's diary- drop what your doing and go and read it right now. If you've already read it read it again.

2. High class homos- royalty, trickery, and gay people. What more could you want?

3. Cursed princess club- teaches you to love yourself, don't judge a book by its cover, and EAT DESSERTS

4. The four of them- it's soooo cute eek. Also Gaby is such a mood

5. Brass and sass- I love brass, I love romance, and I love this webtoon (@antlerella is the creator but idk if she uses Tumblr anymore)

6. Acception- just proof you can like rainbows without being gay

7. Heartstopper- I have no words. Just ABHBFHCNBUYBYGYN.

8. Miss abbot and the doctor- it's honestly too underrated

9. The kiss bet- olivara for life 😎

10. Blooming season- I love he art so much and the flowers and all of ittt! (You can find the creator on here @thepenguininspace)

#webtoon #jacksons diary #high class homos #cursed princess club #the four of them #brass and sass #acception #heartstopper #miss abbot and the doctor #the kiss bet #blooming season #top ten

[drawfee-quot3s]

anything's edible if you're dedicated enough

- julia

#so doo scooby #sergey ushanka core #anyone else fascinated by the dude in guiness world records that like. ate a plane and cutlery #am i lying about that maybe #or it was ripleys believe it or not? #we had a competition in my primary to see who could swallow the most things whole #usually grapes but one kid did a banana #top ten reasons i got kicked out of chess club #drawfee #making new teenage mutants out of random generators #drawfee quotes #drawfee video #julia lepetit #julia drawfee

[bigbossbigbossbigboss]

horsin' around

#top ten photos taken right before disaster #artists on tumblr #art #photoshop #oc artist #original character #digital drawing #ocs #centaur #illustration #dnd oc #dnd character #dnd #dungeons and dragons #dnd art #fantasy #big nose fan club

[fist-amidst-the-hands]

hi hi okay imagine. stede wants to brush out ed's hair the way izzy always does. maybe izzy is busy on deck taking note of damages after a raid. maybe they had an infestation and he's going over ration spoilage and inventory with roach. ed is tired and cranky and absentmindedly separating sections of curls and tugging them apart at the bottom where they get stuck together in knots. stede offers to help with the tangles, says he would love to give it a go and help ed relax

izzy walks in a few minutes later and immediately comes up and tells stede he's doing it all wrong but also gently takes the brush from him and shows him the right way - where to hold the hair, how to start at the bottom with little sections and work his way up, when to start with his fingers instead of the brush. neither of them can see it but ed is smiling so much his face might actually burst

#ofmd hc #steddyhands #izzy hands #edward teach #stede bonnet #listen. you really think stede knows how to do hair #no way did he have an intimate enough connection with mary to do this for her #and alma's hair looks fairly thin and straight so even if he did give the occasional brush before bedtime long curly hair is so different #especially out in the ocean air?? that is not a ten second process to undo let me tell you #yes I'm strongly in club izzy-did-jeff's-hair but even if he didn't then I think it would have been ed #stede simply doesn't have the experience and know-how - yet #izzy on the other hand. i like to think this is something of a ritual that they have #ed sitting back with his leg stretched out at the end of a long day and izzy behind him first working out the tangles slowly bit by bit #then once all the tangles are gone just brushing from the top of his scalp down the full length of his hair in long and gentle strokes #izzy would have him practically purring and when he's done ed would be ready to fall asleep right then and there #izzy nudging ed to get into bed because he might not care now but he'll care in the morning if sleeping here fucks up his knee or back #(because no one is more of an expert at taking care of ed than izzy) #maybe their ritual can change to involve izzy starting on each section and undoing the worst of the knots with his fingers #then stede following it up with brushing out each section #stede doing the post-tangle brushing until ed's hair is as soft as it can be while izzy lies next to ed with his head in ed's lap #bonus: ed now gets to run his hands through izzy's hair too can you imagine #ANYWAY i'm here for this very soft tender stizzy moment of izzy teaching stede to properly care for ed #just a little post

[nrccookingclubofficial]

do you think lilia's hair tastes like those sour strip candy thingies

you guys should chop off his already broken hair and sell it as candy and then see which idiots take the bait

-🎶 anon

Thank you so much 🎶, now I want to eat the vice housewarden of Diasomnia’s hair.

Idk fae hair feels like one of those random things that are weirdly expensive because you can use it in one super powerful potion and nothing else. Kind of like mermaid tears and the tails of horses.

…do you think he’d charge me if I asked for a taste? He seems like he’d find it funny

I just realized I’m the idiot that would take the bait.

#I feel like I’m on the list of the top ten people most likely to be taken advantage of by Azul #lilia vanrouge #[mod: 🍋] #twisted wonderland #nrc cooking club #night raven college #unreality #[anon: 🎶]

[namari-hime-moved]

not sure if anyones interested but i managed to export all the logos from the hamagami portrait site

#this is a really autistic post but i really like namari hime logo design its so lovely #in order they are: aaaaa. clear sky engine. returner of the beginnings colors. club majesty. doctor funk beat. empress disco- #-fraulein biblioteka. a place called kadoh-ana-ruk-a. the title song a lead princess in a color stealing world. a-maz3ing. shutter- #sing like a magic. simplism. tomorrow is a beautiful day. swim travel. and then the 2 torment logos #these logos really arent meant to be blown up like these considering theyre made for an html site and not meant to be seen that often #but i still think theyre cool!! #i really love the torment logos theyve got so much character #i also love all the character song logos. so much personality in those fonts honestly..... #mel talks #nhposting #namari hime #this ones in the top ten for 'most autistic mel posts ever'

[avenirdelight]

ngl i’m a bit worried about this match. richmond looked a bit dangerous last time with the new tactics.

#ted lasso #afc richmond #tottenham hotspur #jamie tartt motm incoming #richmond would definitely nail the total football when they face spurs #like i said last time i think ted lasso writers hate spurs😀 #we always lost againts richmond😀 #-4 goals conceded in the first match of the season #not even in the top ten this season #brett goldstein please defend our club a little bit

[shipperssafehaven]

POV: me being the problem

#like michael myers ?? how in the literal hell is he top ten for me 😭 #i'm a walking red flag #abed nadir #nbc community #peter parker #spiderman #brian johnson #the breakfast club #squidward #squidward tentacles #spongebob #halloween #michael myers #bruce banner #the incredible hulk #the avengers #jonathan byers #stranger things #chidi anagonye #the good place #carrie white #remy the rat #ratatouille

[tomsmusictaste]

Tom’s Top Ten | ALBUMS OF 2023

It's (belatedly) that time of year again, let's get into it.

10. Hotel Bleu - Broadside

I’ve made peace with the fact that Broadside record is likely to top Old Bones for me but Hotel Bleu is choc full of plenty of upbeat catchy tunes, a refreshing dose of positivity after their more sombre previous record Into The Raging Sea.

Favourite song: Dazed & Confused

9. Past // Present // Future - Meet Me @ The Altar

MM@TA have delivered a very solid debut record. One downside is the lack of easycore-style riffs and breakdowns (one of the main things that drew me to this band’s previous EPs) in favour of a more generic pop-punk sound - that said, all songs are plenty catchy and do a great job of showing off Edith’s vocal range, which is front and centre of this record.

Favourite song/s: Say It (To My Face) / It’s Over For Me

8. Childhood Eyes - Yellowcard

A big year for Yellowcard putting out their first new music since breaking up in 2016, and it delivers. It may just an EP but it's earned it's spot on the list and made me incredibly excited to see what else is on the way from this new era of Yellowcard. Also a collab with Dashboard Confessional? A Spider-Man 2 soundtrack reunion, you love to see it.

Favourite song: Childhood Eyes

7. Slow Burn - Conquer Divide

One of the later albums from the year but I'm glad that I didn't miss this one - Conquer Divide have been something of a 'background band' for me up until now, but this is a record I found myself listening to front to back over and over.

Favourite song: N E W H E A V E N

6. One More Time - Blink-182

I have to confess I have mixed feelings on Blink-182's big comeback album - great to see Tom back in the band and the band back to their classic lineup, lots of great emotion on the title track. Maybe contro but I do think some of the non-single tracks feel a bit pale or watered down compared to the singles, but the singles themselves do have a lot of what I love from that classic Blink sound.

Favourite song: Dance With Me

5. Postcard From A Living Hell - RedHook

RedHook were a new discovery for me this year, and a welcome one at that. This is one of those albums that soon as it came out I had on constant repeat, just banger after banger, not to mention a collab with Mik from Yours Truly; that gets a hell yeah from me.

Favourite song: Inarticulate ft. THE FAIM

4. Join The Club - As December Falls

One of my hottest anticipated releases of the year, As December Falls have come soaring this year, with this their third album and constantly selling out their tours (before i can get a ticket >:( ). Every single song on the tracklist is single worthy and the record makes no shortage of showing off Bethany's vocals, in particular on the emotionally driven 'Home.'

Favourite song: Mayday

3. A Call To The Void - Hot Milk

After knocking out of the park time after time with their EPs, Hot Milk finally released their debut full-length and brought everything that's good about them to the table. From the very first listen I knew this was gonna be a strong contender for AOTY, and indeed was only beaten out by two others.

Favourite song: Alice Cooper's Pool House

2. The Surface - Beartooth

It should be no surprise to my followers seeing Toof pop up on the list, there truly never has been a Beartooth album that hasn't made my top ten and The Surface is no exception. Going against the grain of their MO up until now and releasing an entire metalcore album full of love and positivity was an incredible move, and wonderful to see Caleb find himself in a place where he can write this kind of lyrical content and celebrate his own journey overcoming mental health struggles. The Surface is a welcome addition to the Beartooth catalogue.

Favourite song: I Was Alive

Before we get to the Number One, I'd like to shoutout some honourable mentions that didn't quite make the cut - those being 'Til The Wheels Fall Off - WSTR, Tear Me To Pieces - Story Of The Year, Power To Play - McFly, Untitled Mixtape - Carousel Kings and Linkin Park's 20th Anniverary Edition of Meteora

Also a special shoutout to Sum 41, Neck Deep and Green Day, for their singles off albums that will be released in '24. Good stuff.

With that all out of the way, let's get into my NUMBER ONE ALBUM OF 2023...

1. So Much (For) Stardust - Fall Out Boy

It was tough to crack down on the order of the top three here, but ultimately the number one album couldn't be anything else. I've made no secret that I'm not the biggest fan of the three FOB records prior to this, but here the boys return with a bang combining all that's good about both their pre-hiatus and post-hiatus sounds, resulting in an incredible record that has been definitive for my 2023. What more can I say? Fold Out Bed bloody did it.

Favourite song: Love From The Other Side

And there you have it! Those are my top albums of 2023. We're already a fair way into '24 at the time I'm posting this and this year too is shaping up to have some strong contenders... bring it on.

#top ten albums #top ten albums 2023 #albums of 2023 #albums of the year #album of the year #tom's top ten #broadside #meet me @ the altar #conquer divide #yellowcard #blink-182 #redhook #as december falls #hot milk #beartooth #fall out boy #so much (for) stardust #the surface #a call to the void #join the club #postcard from a living hell #one more time #slow burn #childhood eyes #past present future #hotel bleu #pop-punk #punk #metal #metalcore

[sanstropfremir]

do u have any favorite covers kpop groups did of others?

oh boy do i EVER!!!

so you can only embed ten videos a post so unfortunately some of these are just gonna be links, but i have MANY beloved covers and i'm gonna start with the cover kings themselves a.c.e!!!!

plus also their twice medley cover, their youngblood cover, and donghun's cover of driver's license from their online concert last year. i do NOT want to talk about how in my feelings about them i am i need roka to give them back to me right now.

my all time fave stage of any survival show ever: the mega power vocal love in the ice cover from mixnine. there's literally no other stage that tops this for me i am dead serious:

onewe rewires my brain every single time they do a cover:

please see also: the chaser, eraser, dna, closer, bad guy

sungkyu's time walking through memories cover:

the original version is one of my fave songs of all time but onlyoneof fucking BODIED dawn on this one:

see also: dolphin, nine's cover of 23

seungwoo come back please:

does it count if there's a former idol in the band? bc south club did a fucking INCREDIBLE cover of next level mashed up with the guitar riff from smells like teen spirit:

it's not a cover of a kpop song but literally i cannot NOT link the rose's cover of ilysb:

ok last one she's not at all an idol but i would literally die for song so hee it was so nice of her to let bts cover her song:

ALSO!! if you are interested in covers i am going to recommend two shows: double trouble and superband!!! i wrote a post about my fave double trouble performances here and a bit explaining about the show. superband is a show where musicians get grouped up to form bands and compete! it's like a survival show but like 1000x better and the musicians are literally some of the best in korea. there's two seasons, here's two of my favourite performances (mostly there's too many to pick from and also a lot of the perfs from season one have been wiped from youtube):

this goth rock cover of oops i did it again (yes that one) pretty much singlehandedly won craxilver the show (featuring my beloved feral piano man)

this strings cover of creep (sorry about the subs and crop but see above) from hoppipolla, the winners of season one

also watch immortal songs

#i purposefully tried not to put many from actual shows bc once you start you cant stop #i have literally SO MANY kr music programs LOVE covers!!!!!!!! #i have too many to put on here genuinely i've spent hours doing this and watching all my fave performances again #like the sheer amount of amazing immortal songs performances.......... #kim kitae's maria cover chae bohoon's road cover everything forestella has ever done #superband also produced one of my top ten songs of all time i think the english name of it is take away but it is sooooooooooo #i literally started SOBBING the first time i heard it #media recs #music #videos #text #am i gonna watch all of superband again even though there's still no subs? probably #i'm not sure if double trouble has full subs now but the junsu episode does #i cant believe that was almost a year ago i think about that coming of age ceremony stage literally every day #a.c.e #south club #song so hee #the rose #kim sungkyu #onewe #seungwoo #answers #i will literally make more lists of this if people want i didnt even mention any purple kiss or oneus covers

[pocketramblr]

A couple things that I thought I could contribute to ur hell school AU if you enjoy any of these things from my school experience

- my friend group would do a lovely thing, that is cuddle piles, anywhere from 3-5 of us would just lay in a pile cuddling (I can see Izuku and his friends doing this) we would joke that everyone probably just assumed we were all in one big polyamorus relationship

- Walls constantly had holes in them. I saw someone kick a like, 3 feet tall/wide hole in the wall. There was also a small hole called the milk hole that people kept putting milk in (no I do not know why)

we also had someone tear a water fountain off the wall (they didn't take it tho)

- if someone is coding you WILL get weird errors such as "I.AddChild is not a function" and everyone in the room is gonna be just as confused as you are

- clubs can be a lovely source of chaos like maybe you get a gay teacher running dnd club or animation club with a yearly contest (put artists in a room for an entire school day, tell them to animate something by the end of the day they will have no sanity left-) the coding thing came from a club as well. Maybe you accidentally start a new club when you were just trying to use the 3d printers for cosplay

- our band room which was really tall had a outlet on the roof and our band teacher would say that there was a trampoline club and they would try and plug their phones into the outlet if someone asked

- one time when we had classes online the class devolved into showing of pets and in a different one showing weapons, mainly sword type things (same teacher specifically the gay one with the dnd club)

- we had a remote control r2d2 (like a few feet tall) that one of our clubs made and you'd occasionally see around the halls

Not sure how much they contribute but enjoy (and I hope your students are good to you I probably was both really pleasant but also a pain to teach, glad I'm not in school anymore)

Aww one of my favorite times of the school year is when the robotics kids build little robot dogs and race them in the hallway

As for the holes in the wall... Yeah, we got those, but now I guess I'm grateful that no students are pouring milk in them??? Pls don't do that

#ah school clubs.... #i should think about those for the realism au #since it's a career course i think there'd be less students in clubs than like the general course #but still there gotta be some #you always got that one kid in the top ten students who's in like #seven different clubs somehow #anon #pocket talks to people #realism hellschool au

[summersnow82]

The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires Casting

James Harris. Asshat. Vampire. Manipulator. Pure evil.

1. Dan Stevens

2. Sebastian Stan

3. Josh Dallas

4. Tom Hiddleston

5. Aaron Taylor Johnson

6. Matthew McConaughey

7. Chris Hemsworth

8. Ryan Gosling

9. Chris Pine

10. Paul Bettany

#top ten #casting #the southern book club's guide to slaying vampires #James Harris #dan stevens #sebastian stan #matthew mcconaughey #paul bettany #josh dallas #tom hiddelson #aaron taylor johnson #chris hemsworth #ryan gosling #chris pine