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Magazine Beatles Quebec VOLUME 15 NO 1 www.beatlesquebec.ca PRINTEMPS 2009 IMAGINE à MONTRÉAL IMATTOUTOUT SURSURGINELL’’EXPOSITIONEXPOSITION àAUAU MONTRÉALMMUSÉEUSÉE DESDES BBEAUXEAUX-A-ARTSRTS EN PLUS : ENTREVUE AVEC ANDRÉ PERRY « REVISITED » TRÉSORS PERDUS ET RETROUVÉS • DUO CARON LES T-SHIRTS DE PAUL MCCARTNEY À QUÉBEC ALL MY LOVING PAR GILLES VALIQUETTE AMOEBA'S SECRET DE PAUL MCCARTNEY WINGS OVER AMERICA CLASSICAL BEATLES PHOTO : ROGER T. DROLET T. : ROGER PHOTO MOT DU PRÉSIDENT Chers membres, VOLUME 15 NO 1 PRINTEMPS 2009 Vous tenez présentement entre vos mains le premier numéro du 15e volume de notre publication. Je crois qu'il est important de le souligner et aussi de remercier BEATLES QUÉBEC MAGAZINE plusieurs d'entre vous qui avez cheminé avec nous depuis de nombreuses Rédacteur en chef Alain Lacasse années. Votre confiance renouvelée nous a permis de continuer durant tout ce Corrections Yves Boivin temps et aussi d'offrir à une nouvelle génération de fans des Beatles la possibi- Michel Laverdière Esther Mercier-Mongeau lité d'avoir une perspective québécoise de notre groupe favori. Traduction Yves Boivin Esther Mercier-Mongeau Si vous en avez l'occasion, n'oubliez surtout pas de visiter l'exposition Jocelyne Rochon IMAGINE La ballade pour la paix de John & Yoko au Musée des Beaux-Arts de Infographie Michel Laverdière Montréal. Vous pourrez lire dans ce magazine le compte-rendu de Maude Pilon à Anciens numéros Jean Roy ce sujet. ABONNEMENT 4 numéros par année J'aimerais également vous inviter à notre Convention Beatles à Québec le 23 mai CANADA 25 $ USA 30 $ Autres pays 40 $ prochain. Votre printemps ne saurait être complet sans ce rendez-vous saisonnier. (chèque ou mandat-poste seulement) Vous trouverez le détail de la programmation à l'avant-dernière page du Magazine BEATLES QUÉBEC ainsi que sur notre site web. Comme toujours, 57, Impasse de l’Érablière « A splendid time is guaranteed for all ! » Shefford (Québec) Canada J2M 1P2 Finalement, au moment d'écrire ces lignes, une rumeur concernant les Courriel : [email protected] Beatles s'est enfin concrétisée. Vous pourrez en apprendre plus en lisant nos www.beatlesquebec.ca Dépêches-Express. Mais ne négligez pas les autres articles pour autant… MEMBRES DU COMITÉ Yves Boivin Président intérimaire Bonne lecture ! Michel Guillemette Webmestre Jean Roy Trésorier, liste des membres Jocelyne Rochon Administratrice YVES BOIVIN Esther M-Mongeau Secrétaire Président intérimaire Beatles Québec Michel Laverdière Éditeur et relationniste Mathieu Lacourse Communications Jean Laquerre Archives vidéo SOMMAIRE REPRÉSENTANTS RÉGIONAUX Page 3 • IMAGINE : un « Bed-In » pour la paix par Maude Pilon Alain Lacasse Ville de Québec Page 5 • GIVE PEACE A CHANCE, l’histoire de cet enregistrement par Alain Lacasse Richard Lamontagne Saguenay-Lac Saint-Jean Michèle St-Pierre Rimouski et Bas du fleuve Page 9 • DÉPÊCHES EXPRESS par Patrice Gagnon Fondé à Québec par Roger T. Drolet en novembre 1994, Page 10 • MÉLI-MÉLO # 1 par Esther Mercier-Mongeau Beatles Québec est un fan club dédié à l'oeuvre et la carrière Page 11 • WINGS OVER AMERICA critique par Alain Lacasse des Beatles. Page 11 • AMOEBA’S SECRET de Paul McCartney critique par Alain Lacasse Les textes et photos dans ce magazine sont protégés par la 8 Page 12 • CLASSICAL BEATLES critique par Yves Boivin Loi sur le Droit d’Auteur du Canada. Toute reproduction totale ou partielle est formellement interdite sans l’autorisation écrite Page 12 • TRÉSORS PERDUS ET OUBLIÉS - Le Duo Caron par Michel Laverdière de BEATLES QUÉBEC. Page 13 • LA PETITE HISTOIRE DES T-SHIRTS de Paul à Québec par Alain Lacasse Page 14 • ALL MY LOVING / THIS BOY par Gilles Valiquette Page 17 • BEATLES HAÏKUS par Michel Laverdière Page 18 • ANCIENS NUMÉROS DU RQABulletin Page 19 • ANNONCE DE LA CONVENTION DE QUÉBEC • LE 23 MAI 2009 IMAGINEIMAGINE :: UNUN BED-INBED-IN POURPOUR LALA PPAIXAIX MAISMAIS AUSSIAUSSI POURPOUR LL’ART’ART par Maude Pilon En présentant l'exposition IMAGINE : la question le sens des banalités de la vie et ballade pour la paix de John et Yoko du 2 de nos gestes de tous les jours dans le but avril au 21 juin 2009, le Musée des Beaux- de les rendre importants et signifiants. Arts de Montréal permet une contextuali- Yoko Ono a été parmi les pionnières de ce sation artistique du «Bed-In» et c'est bien groupe à la fin des années cinquante et sa là son point fort. Sinon, Imagine reprend la démarche comme artiste s'inscrit dans question pacifiste et prétend nécessaire cette logique créative, ce que l'on réalise de réactualiser le message de Yoko Ono grâce à ses œuvres semées partout dans et John Lennon vu le contexte mondial le parcours d'Imagine. On nous fait com- actuel… C'est plutôt dommage d'avoir mis prendre toute l'influence qu'elle a eu sur l'emphase sur cet aspect que le couple John, et combien ils se sont magnifique- avait pourtant lui-même laissé en plan à ment complétés à travers leurs créations l'époque… En voulant montrer comment, communes. L'exposition relève ce défi dans les années soixante, s'est construit le : MAUDE PILON PHOTO incroyable de nous faire comprendre com- mouvement pacifiste qui avait comme bien, grâce à Yoko, John devient plus porte-parole Yoko et John, entre bien artistique et moins populaire dans la for- d'autres rappelons-le, on passe mal- mulation de ses créations. heureusement à côté d'une grande cons- Alors, voici une lecture de l'exposition pro- tatation que l'exposition elle-même pro- posée pour ne pas retomber dans les pose ! Il faut croire par la présentation de groupe d'artistes de l'époque, Fluxus, qui clichés, parce que les clichés, ils y sont ! On Yoko Ono qu'elle-même ne voulait pas souhaitait la démocratisation de l'art en connaît déjà bien le «Bed-In» de Yoko et insister sur cela, ce qui aurait pourtant commettant des actions appelées des per- John qui s'est déroulé à Montréal il y a 40 contribué à rétablir enfin toute sa pro- formances artistiques et qui remettait en ans : Vous allez voir ladite chambre, avec le fondeur en tant qu'artiste… Elle souhaite lit, bien sûr, reconstituée dans une salle. On que la réactualisation de ce message se connaît également le «Bed-In» comme fasse à Montréal et quand on lui demande ayant été une action politique et contes- pourquoi, elle répond « Because it is tataire en opposition à la guerre du Viet- Montréal… » C'est bien mince comme nam : vous allez entendre trois versions dif- explication ! C'est un étrange discours férentes de la chanson Imagine. Le «Bed- qu'elle a tenu autour de cette exposition, In» est devenu un moment historique pro- parce que nous n'avions pas besoin de fondément ancré dans le contexte hippie et Yoko Ono pour nous redire la paix aujour- « peace and love » de la fin des sixties : d'hui, bien d'autres le font mieux et de Vous allez visionner des vidéos de John et façon contemporaine, nous avions plutôt Yoko qui s'embrassent avec leurs cheveux envie qu'elle explique comment son art et : MAUDE PILON PHOTO longs. Et aussi, on connaît le «Bed-In» sa sensibilité a mené à la construction de parce que la notoriété de Lennon à ce message qu'elle a un jour articulé avec l'époque avait bien servi l'événement : Vous John Lennon. allez tomber sur une guitare de Lennon, un On comprend en effet que le concept du piano blanc et des paroles de chansons «Bed-In» est teinté de l'humour d'un EMMA LAVIGNE ET YOKO ONO écrites par la main de John, photo- BEATLES QUÉBEC 3 IMAGINEIMAGINE (suite) copiées… Tout ça, l'exposition Imagine le Voilà pourquoi le «Bed-In» a sa place dans répète, malheureusement… un musée d'art, après 40 ans, nous y voilà enfin ! La commissaire, Emma Lavigne, qui a Mais comment donc interpréter la dimen- sélectionné les œuvres et construit le par- sion artistique du «Bed-In» ? Vous y trou- cours de l'exposition, nous offre cette vision verez une sélection magnifique des œuvres qu'elle a de la collaboration entre deux de Ono, ses performances artistiques en artistes à faire de l'amour, leur amour peut- vidéo, ses idées, ses petites notes sur les être, une œuvre d'art. Parce que nous par- murs, ses jeux d'échecs blancs et ses lons bien ici d'une réelle manifestation artis- œuvres participatives où l'on croque dans tique qui trouve son essence dans la une pomme et où l'on téléphone à qui on démarche de Ono et qui fut teintée des veut sur la planète. Imagine offre une com- valeurs sociales et politiques de Lennon. préhension artistique du «Bed-In» qui fut en soi une réelle performance artistique et ALAIN LACASSE : PHOTO qui trouve sa résonance à travers les mou- ALAIN LACASSE : PHOTO vements conceptuels auxquels Ono appar- tient en tant qu'artiste visuelle et auxquels Lennon s'est aussi frotté grâce à elle. Le «Bed-In» est évidemment une méta- phore, et il faut comprendre ce geste simple, LA DÉCLARATION DE NUTOPIA à l'i-mage de Fluxus, plutôt comme un pied- Lennon explique la forme que prend le de-nez pour pousser la réflexion. Un couple «Bed-In» comme performance artistique, s'installe dans un lit et invite des gens à dis- événement médiatique et commentaire poli- cuter d'amour et de paix. Le «Bed-In» est tique. Empêchez-vous de relire encore Give une œuvre artistique parce qu'elle se base Peace A Chance et lisez plutôt entre ces sur un scénario conceptualisé et réalisé mots pour y découvrir le processus et la pour faire réfléchir les gens à l'idée derrière sensibilité de deux grands artistes qui ont l'action : c'est facile de faire la paix, restons réussi à faire en sorte que leur message se au lit ensemble au lieu de se diviser sur les rende loin, loin, jusqu'à 40 ans plus tard.
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