american artist tom sachs has a major retrospective on in germany with the spotlight on his stop tourists and his d.i.y. methods. october fest is in full swing and we stopped by that these and in munich to check out one of the oldest attractions there the shish varieties the internet are cheap. well it was exactly 50 years ago on thursday that the iconic beatles album abbey road was released and people were celebrating today in london to commemorate an album that many people feel was the beatles greatest. back in 969 it shot to number one in the u.k. where it proceeded to spend a total of 17 weeks hit songs that still resonate today. and my colleague melissa holroyd has joined me in the studio thanks for coming in melissa to tell us some more big occasion for music fans obviously what's happening

for this that verse 3 well at abbey road studios itself at the at the at the zebra crossing there have been lodged crowds of people old they celebrating taking lots of selfies taking lots of pitches on the crossing traffic was at a standstill though of people dressed up as rita the maid to made even though she's not even on the album you know people were having a time there also after 50 years here comes the sun by george harrison is getting its 1st music video oh that's just released i think we can watch it now and this is the 50th anniversary reissue of abbey road it features new white album as well also did it for the white album with the same people mix is by giles martin and he is the son of the light based producer george martin interesting connection there keeping things in the family now this is one of the most famous pictures in the history of pop music as we know so recognizable and

it's been imitated a 1000 times tell us more about that he has the album cover that took just 10 minutes to shoot has become one of the most recognizable of all time it's been parodied by both other musicians and everybody else over the years we're looking at a couple of them now they just hilarious wrote that cover didn't need any text written on it the original one not abbey road. the beatles the beatles were big enough it looks like a straight forward photo shoot of a fairly ordinary scene of men crossing the road of the beatles crossing the road going to it but it's not supposed to be some kind of a hidden meaning in the cover of i'm not mistaken you will convince a ruthless conspiracy theorist back then were adamant that paul mccartney was in fact did yeah that he was killed in iraq road accident in 1967 and they pointed to the album cover as symbolic proof of his death saying that his role was played by

an imposter paul mccartney is a left handed musician why is he cut that why does he have the cigarette in the right hand he also has no shoes on carol. when you go to heaven when you go to the afterlife and also that's taking. the biggest evidence the v.w. in the back of b.w. in the back with $28.00 if he would have been $28.00 if he wasn't that they actually mark the anniversary of the photo shoot itself just a few weeks ago so let's take a quick look at that. looking. into his moments. hundreds gathered some awesome 50th anniversary of the day the be true to the phones work for one of the best known covers in music history. one man took the opportunity to propose to use girlfriend but most were just happy

to be. i really wanted to come here i say the oversight feels like they were here 50 years ago in the same place in a way i just connected to them a very. small 50 years of the album there's a rerelease of a super dition completely new mixes of the album 76 was released counterexample. sessions album was the last to be recorded but only for members of the group together. less than a year after its release the band split. 5 decades on the iconic album cover still throws people to happy road from all over the world. i came here to cross the road on the 50th anniversary of the abbey road album. pisistratus number one peter spann

and it was important to him for debris to be here and i want to play here with him to celebrate this special occasion and some people had a special way to celebrate a special day for the very special location. that. really was the end of an era as you say is a very special place have you ever had your picture taken with no i haven't i've been i've been on plenty of buses driving past there driving along there of walked past there but that was also that was in the olden days that was in the days before everyone had a mobile phone and everyone had a camera to take a picture of themselves in the grand scheme of the of the beatles musical legacy why is this album so important. well as we've said it marks the end of an iraq so that that in itself makes it better but also huge amount of of imagination this is the musical the bread that is

a good vision also the diversity of the song. let's just have a city where. it's coming in through the bathroom maybe grandmother time but we heard the beatles who's laughing now this is fantastic album to commemorate thanks very much melissa for coming in and telling us more about it thank you. all finders keepers losers weepers or so the saying goes but if something that you've lost gets picked up by tom sacks well you can rest assure that it will be repurposed to greater glory or at the very least to a novel function quite early in his career the new york born artist embrace the concepts of hand crafted art and what he calls but equal oust which means of course he's a tireless collector of things. that hunting in collecting is something very human and making decisions you find is the basis of civilization tom sachs is the fact of

this message he's worked so all about searching and finding he is a mom star of collage and specialty is prequel laws and. means to build and repair with available limited resources. so you'll find so many of these materials are. made with found things. at the heart of the exhibition is the tea ceremony it relates to an ancient japanese ritual in which one step very precisely off to the sax this is a very personal the installations in 3 different rooms over like to tom sacks is personal experiences. it's also my tea ceremony and one of the important parts about the tradition is innovation and taishan to the current situation it's very personal experience what the artist has

personal recollections of. his not knowing that this is a faithful reconstruction of the original the genuine fake as sex calls it hot artistic work. so for me the ritual is really about making and the reward for good work is more work many many months many things at once so that the ideas can cross pollinate so that one problem can be solved by another problem rituals and ceremonies are reflected in sex was his work and life are a high office the central element is water the water of life at the end all food in a teacup. but sex does have a sense of irony when it comes to his passion for collecting. so this is my 1st 100 attempts these are all failures this is

a cabinet of losers. this is me learning because the great privilege of being an artist is to educate and entertain myself so these are my 1st attempts and as we walk over there you'll see if these are all losers those are the hero type of sex works are about searching for and finding beauty and about. making the best of it. playful stuff well speaking of playful it's that time of year again when the beer is flowing down into the area for the world's largest folk festival the one and only october fest and even if you don't like beer there are many reasons to go starting with all those roast chickens or the chance to don a pair of lido who was but one thing that many locals wouldn't miss for the world is she a theater to whom we raise us right now. the official opening in the shop in how will be attend. all talk to. the official tapping ceremony over at the

ship the marquee is much smaller than this so the 1st original is celebrating its 150th anniversary for back to back for the entire generation of the open the fest a huge challenge for the on song led by manfred showing off for 2 weeks straight the act says pictures and singers go on stage come to 30 times a day is introducing its communities it's all about passion otherwise you shouldn't even bother getting on stage on one of the last carnival attractions here but we love what we do and the audience can tell that we do it out of conviction is it would serve. the variety of good spon schick to 1st opened its doors in 869 today it stands like a relic of days past between pointing and freshly roller coaster rides. on the show the fest's famous avengers alley how stellar stross up. but chick show

don't have a following of munich regulars don't want to be the some of the opening acts here are my favorites the things i say are just outrageous the stupid the stick to theaters an old tradition in munich it's all about using your imagination out of any think you can picture nothing is more important than the imagination. the oktober 1st can appear to be a well oiled money printing and amusement machine. but the cost at the ship to theater make sure that the world's largest public festival doesn't lose its heart and so i made all the hubbub when asked how he sees the future of his little cabaret the owner even gets a little sentimental. but i just want things to stay the way they are. and i want to keep great joy in what i do now. he might not be able to jump as high

as he used to but that won't stop him from entertaining the 1st crowds for years to . learn what makes him a true munich tradition. now of kids who barely. open up powerful reminder that you can find more on our website at www dot com slash culture or on twitter at e.w. culture and on that very boisterous note that you alfie does it thanks for watching and all the best for like.

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