{"id":2728,"date":"2016-02-11T20:16:22","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T20:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/02\/11\/exclusive-netflixs-beat-bugs-has-ticket-to-ride-beatles-tunes\/"},"modified":"2020-10-29T22:00:48","modified_gmt":"2020-10-29T22:00:48","slug":"exclusive-netflixs-beat-bugs-has-ticket-to-ride-beatles-tunes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/02\/11\/exclusive-netflixs-beat-bugs-has-ticket-to-ride-beatles-tunes\/","title":{"rendered":"Exclusive: Netflix&#8217;s &#8216;Beat Bugs&#8217; has ticket to ride Beatles tunes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Bill Keveney \/ USA Today<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Beat Bugs<\/em> will get by with a lot of help from iconic Beatles songs.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix&#8217;s new animated children\u2019s show, due in August, features five bug-like creatures living out childhood adventures to the words and music of Beatles tunes performed by Pearl Jam\u2019s Eddie Vedder (<em>Magical Mystery Tour<\/em>), Sia (<em>Blackbird<\/em>), Pink (<em>Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds<\/em>) and other stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a family-oriented story that uses the narratives and perhaps best melodies of all time to tell stories of joy, happiness, community and adventure\u201d in a magical world, creator Josh Wakely says.<\/p>\n<p>Beatles music was a part of Wakely\u2019s upbringing in Australia,\u00a0and his belief that the music and stories will connect with children and parents motivated his\u00a0pursuit\u00a0of the project.\u00a0\u201cI have very strong memories as a child of imagining what it would be like in the world of <em>Strawberry Fields Forever<\/em>\u00a0or <em>Yellow Submarine,<\/em>\u201d\u00a0he says.<\/p>\n<p>The big challenge, however, was getting permission\u00a0to do covers of\u00a0the songs, which are not easily licensed. Wakely partly credits naivete for helping him obtain rights to the catalog\u00a0from Sony\/ATV Music Publishing.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would say, \u2018I\u2019ve got this amazing idea for a kids show, and all I have to do is get The Beatles rights.\u2019 People would roll their eyes. \u2026 I thought it would take four months. It took three years,\u201d says Wakely, whose son, now 2, was born during the long process.<\/p>\n<p>Other songs featured: <em>When I&#8217;m Sixty-Four<\/em>,\u00a0<em>Day Tripper<\/em>,<em> Ticket to Ride<\/em>, <em>You&#8217;ve Got to Hide Your Love Away<\/em>,<em>\u00a0With A Little Help\u00a0f<\/em><em>rom My Friends<\/em>, <em>Get Back<\/em>\u00a0and <em>We Can Work It Out<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Beat Bugs<\/em> focuses on five small, youthful\u00a0creatures \u2013 leader Kumi and her four friends, Jay, Crick, Buzz and Walter \u2013 who learn life lessons growing up in a suburban backyard. <em>Good Day Sunshine<\/em> accompanies the sun&#8217;s return in a story in which Crick worries\u00a0about winter. When Walter isn\u2019t getting along with others, his friends sing<em> All You Need Is Love<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Netflix has ordered two seasons of the series. Each season will be\u00a0presented as\u00a013 half-hour pairings\u00a0of 11-minute episodes that will each feature a Beatles tune\u00a0(52 songs in all).\u00a0Wakely, who has rights to about 300 in total,\u00a0is ready for the possibility of additional seasons.<\/p>\n<p>The universal appeal of Beatles\u2019 music was\u00a0compelling to Netflix, now expanding\u00a0internationally, with a large slate of children\u2019s programming. The streaming service\u00a0plans to launch 20 new children&#8217;s series in 2016,\u00a0more than doubling its slate.<\/p>\n<p>The music is\u00a0&#8220;cross-generational and cross-cultural,\u201d says Andy Yeatman, director of children\u2019s content. \u201cWe think kids will love (the music). We know moms, dads and grandparents love it. This stood out as a unique and potentially iconic show (with) great animation and storytelling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Wakely always planned to have contemporary artists perform the songs, which are arranged in ways to appeal to children, including \u201cputting the melody right up front.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In addition to Vedder, Pink and Sia, performers include James Bay (<em>Hey Bulldog<\/em>), The Shins (<em>The Word<\/em>), Of Monsters and Men (<em>Eleanor Rigby<\/em>), Chris Cornell (<em>Drive My Car<\/em>), Regina Spektor (<em>And Your Bird Can Sing<\/em>), James Corden (<em>I\u2019m a Loser<\/em>) andBirdy <em>(In My Life<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>The singers \u201chave all got a love for The Beatles,\u201d says Wakely, who writes, directs and produces the series.\u00a0\u201cOften those superstars have young children. They quickly got how amazing it would be to bring this music to all children but to their children, as well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Keveney \/ USA Today Beat Bugs will get by with a lot of help from iconic Beatles songs. Netflix&#8217;s new animated children\u2019s show, due in August, features five bug-like creatures living out childhood adventures to the words and music of Beatles tunes performed by Pearl Jam\u2019s Eddie Vedder (Magical Mystery Tour), Sia (Blackbird), Pink &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/02\/11\/exclusive-netflixs-beat-bugs-has-ticket-to-ride-beatles-tunes\/\">Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Exclusive: Netflix&#039;s &#039;Beat Bugs&#039; has ticket to ride Beatles tunes - Thunderbird Entertainment<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/thunderbird.tv\/2016\/02\/11\/exclusive-netflixs-beat-bugs-has-ticket-to-ride-beatles-tunes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Exclusive: Netflix&#039;s &#039;Beat Bugs&#039; has ticket to ride Beatles tunes - Thunderbird Entertainment\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bill Keveney \/ USA Today Beat Bugs will get by with a lot of help from iconic Beatles songs. 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