was it Ringo
― tylerw, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:00 (fourteen years ago) link
can't forgive him for Taxman though.Fuck are you talking about? "Taxman" is awesome.― Alex in NYC, Friday, 18 September 2009 18:29 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
Fuck are you talking about? "Taxman" is awesome.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 18 September 2009 18:29 (1 hour ago) Bookmark
don't get me wrong, musically its awesome. but lyrically... it just comes across as nasty - I'm rolling in cash & I don't wanna pay taxes... wanker
― tomofthenest, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:15 (fourteen years ago) link
Fair point, actually. But in the UK, weren't they being taxed 80% of their earnings at the time(or some insane percentage like that), hence the trend of popstars becoming tax exiles?
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:30 (fourteen years ago) link
That point's almost worth its own thread. The US.'s top tax rate was 70% at one time!
― vulva eyes (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:33 (fourteen years ago) link
94%, actually, during the WWII years. But yeah, from 1936, it never went below 70% until Ronald Reagan was president. Since 1987, it's never been above 40%.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Income_tax_in_the_United_States#History_of_top_rates.5B20.5D
― Pancakes Batman (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:40 (fourteen years ago) link
the point is, though, that's the top rate - you had to be earning a small fortune for it even to apply.
― tomofthenest, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:48 (fourteen years ago) link
I read that the top rate of uk tax in the 60s was at one point over 100%. That seems a bit unlikely, but I'm pretty sure it hit 99%. I'd be pretty unhappy with that too.
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:49 (fourteen years ago) link
George dissed Wilson AND Heath in Taxman.
― Sickamous (Scik Mouthy), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:50 (fourteen years ago) link
And "one for you, nineteen for me" = 95%, obviously
― Ismael Klata, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:51 (fourteen years ago) link
I knew someone would finally do the math.
― Alex in NYC, Friday, 18 September 2009 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, depending on the number of brackets, you'd have to be earning a HUGE fortune for the top rate to apply. When Reagan entered office and the top rate was 70%, there were 15 brackets. The top rate kicked in at $108,000 for single filers. (That's $243,399 in 2007 dollars.) Now there are 6, with the top rate kicking in at, I believe, income over $372,950.
― Pancakes Batman (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 18 September 2009 19:58 (fourteen years ago) link
RIP George Harrison thread
― Mr. Que, Friday, 18 September 2009 20:00 (fourteen years ago) link
Brought to you by L&M Block.
― Pancakes Batman (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 18 September 2009 20:04 (fourteen years ago) link
...and really, where would radio 'money market' announcers be without their 'Taxman' intro music?
I like the lines, like 'If you take a walk I'll tax your feet'. omghaha taxman is MEAN
― VegemiteGrrrl, Friday, 18 September 2009 20:21 (fourteen years ago) link
Actually, depending on the number of brackets, you'd have to be earning a HUGE fortune for the top rate to apply. When Reagan entered office and the top rate was 70%, there were 15 brackets. The top rate kicked in at $108,000 for single filers. (That's $243,399 in 2007 dollars.) Now there are 6, with the top rate kicking in at, I believe, income over $372,95
― vulva eyes (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 September 2009 20:22 (fourteen years ago) link
The way Lennon's and Harrison's guitars tumble, twist, and turn around the vocal lines in "She Said, She Said." Plus, George plays bass on it.
― leavethecapital, Friday, 18 September 2009 23:06 (fourteen years ago) link
― vulva eyes (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 18 September 2009 23:19 (fourteen years ago) link
I know this is John's, but George steals the clip. Happy birthday.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jz7IjXu0DfQ
― clemenza, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 14:31 (ten years ago) link
such a great clip. pretty much everyone who's in it steals it.
― fact checking cuz, Tuesday, 25 February 2014 18:47 (ten years ago) link
L.A. Gently Weeps as George Harrison Tree Is Felled by Beetles
LOS ANGELES — A tree planted in memorial to late Beatles guitarist George Harrison following his death in Los Angeles in 2001 has been killed by bark beetles amid California's epic drought, a local official said on Tuesday.The pine tree, which was dedicated with a plaque to Harrison at the head of a hiking trail in the city's Griffith Park, was among a number of trees that have succumbed to the beetles this year, City Councilman Tom LaBonge said."It was weakened by the drought, bark beetles just attacked it. It had a quick demise," LaBonge said. "I happen to hike every day in Griffith Park and the tree just turned a bad corner this year."The sapling had grown to 12 feet in height by the time it was discovered dead in June and removed by city workers, he said, adding that Harrison's widow, Olivia, had been notified.LaBonge said he expected to see a new tree planted in remembrance of Harrison in the fall.Harrison, who was born in Liverpool in 1943, gained international fame as the Beatles lead guitarist, penning such songs as "Here Comes the Sun," "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps."
― mizzell, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 19:37 (nine years ago) link
Its a bad idea for trees to turn corners, bad or otherwise
― Mark G, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:00 (nine years ago) link
If George had been alive he'd have blamed Paul.
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:10 (nine years ago) link
surprised they didn't come up with a more pun-filled headline like "Former Beatle Wife Barks at Latter Bark Beetles" or whatever
― Darin, Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:25 (nine years ago) link
Original NME post on that
http://i60.tinypic.com/2ibyxd2.jpg
― a curious shade of pale (onimo), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:33 (nine years ago) link
Blow away
― guess that bundt gettin eaten (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 22 July 2014 20:34 (nine years ago) link
They should name the new tree "Feorge" as in; False George...
― bodacious ignoramus, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:16 (nine years ago) link
wasn't he a devoted gardener? sad!
― Iago Galdston, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 00:54 (nine years ago) link
it shoulda been a (gently) weeping willow.
― fact checking cuz, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 01:28 (nine years ago) link
man, Eleanor bron tho
― your favourite misread ILX threads (darraghmac), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 02:47 (nine years ago) link
I spent so much timeThinking baout Eleanor BronSaying "I can say no more."
― I Don't Zing Like Nobody (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 10:31 (nine years ago) link
Am I alone in thinking George would have loved the irony?I had Revolver on for the first time in ages the other day - Taxman is all time top 5 Beatles for me, I think, the melody is so elastic and sardonic. McCartney's solo so good they used it twice. And Love You To must have sounded like a transmission from Mars in 1966.
― MatthewK, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 11:13 (nine years ago) link
So many of George's Beatle songs sound better now than they did. WY&WY obv, even "Don't bother me" !
― Mark G, Wednesday, 23 July 2014 12:36 (nine years ago) link
I always liked "Don't Bother Me." I never understood its reputation as awkward or not fully-realized; I vastly prefer it to a few other things on WTB, particularly "Not A Second Time."
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:27 (nine years ago) link
B-b-but the Aeolian cadences!
― brimming with misplaced confidence (Phil D.), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:30 (nine years ago) link
Get one bass, morans!
― I Don't Zing Like Nobody (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:39 (nine years ago) link
apparently, this was a #1 hit, which gives me faith in...something. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5vXZPztcGaY
― Dominique, Thursday, 24 July 2014 03:33 (nine years ago) link