A lot of rong in this thread imo: Lennon’s Imagine vs Yoko’s Walking on Thin Ice
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 27 May 2018 14:48 (six years ago) link
I am absolutely voting for Imagine
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 27 May 2018 14:49 (six years ago) link
ethan hawke’s ballot is p good https://www.buzzfeed.com/ethanhawke/boyhood-the-black-album?utm_term=.yt2BJV3BK#.wygXBeVXl
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 May 2018 14:55 (six years ago) link
I voted for "Imagine".
Οὖτις, did you receive my ballot?
― Darin, Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:30 (six years ago) link
I cant get to my email at the moment but probably!
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:41 (six years ago) link
Thanks!
― Darin, Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
"My Sweet Lord" is the other one that's just this major cultural archetype.
― timellison, Sunday, 27 May 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
not only is Ethan's ballot good but those liner notes are lovely
― niels, Sunday, 27 May 2018 16:39 (six years ago) link
"Rocking Chair in Hawaii" probably the best blues song a Beatle ever did. Comparable to '00s Dylan.
― timellison, Sunday, 27 May 2018 16:52 (six years ago) link
"What You Got" is another great rocker I always forget about. great sound, that skronky aggressive take on funk... wish he could have done a whole album like that.― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Sunday, May 27, 2018 2:37 AM (fifteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Sunday, May 27, 2018 2:37 AM (fifteen hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
I love this one, easily my favourite deep cut on Walls and Bridges, even though I completely understand what Alfred hates about it. I love that chorus and vocal, though!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Sunday, 27 May 2018 17:43 (six years ago) link
All Things Must Pass is sadly underrepresented in the playlist. Presumably that's because everyone knows it and is planning to vote for like nine songs off it, but still, just in the interest of a well-balanced Beatle playlist:WHAT IS LIFE: love the riff, love the group singalong energy when it gets to the chorus, there's so much going on in the mix but it still feels tight overall. Feel like this got rediscovered sometime in the 00s (was it in Almost Famous?) and became a real indie singalong floor-filler. Justifiably so.APPLE SCRUFFS: My mom was fond of this one, it must have gotten some airplay back in the day...? It's cute! WAH WAH: great multitracking on George's vocals, especially on the "and I know how sweet life can be" part. Such a different take on what a "rocker" song might be - loud, maximalist mix, but not like a fiery, cutting kind of loud.BEWARE OF DARKNESS, ISN'T IT A PITY, I'D HAVE YOU ANYTIME, I DIG LOVE: all excellent songs that i have nothing particular to say about, except they sort of add up to give the texture and feel of this album. Lotta slow builds, lotta serious but not-quite-preachy life advice, plus love and great playing.
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:52 (six years ago) link
oh and I'm one of those who might seriously vote for "It's Johnny's Birthday." I like George when he's being funny.
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Sunday, 27 May 2018 20:55 (six years ago) link
skimming the wiki on ATMP came across this sentence which makes sense in context but still
An uncredited Peter Frampton played acoustic guitar on the country tracks featuring Drake.
― niels, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:10 (six years ago) link
anyway was reading it to confirm if maybe the "george had so many songs he had to release a triple album!" cliche is perhaps a bit overplayed, anyway I guess he ended up releasing around 15 original compositions (and kept an equal amount of demos unreleased) which is a fair deal but nothing unusual imo and if the songs weren't so krishna jammy would have prob fit on a good old single lp
in a way I guess I feel like George is a bit overrated, maybe has smth to do with how my friends reacted to the Scorsese doc (also last week a guy tried to tell me how George was really the melodic genius of the Beatles since supposedly he came up with the little intro motif to And I Love Her, this just a week after a self proclaimed huuuge Pink Floyd fan tried to convince me Waters was the lead singer and the voice most people associate w/ PF, srsly what is up w music fans!)
the Let It Be guitar solo is one of the best solos ever though, George definitely a great player
― niels, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:20 (six years ago) link
There's three, which one do u mean?
― Οὖτις, Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:24 (six years ago) link
“beware of darkness” was nearly my no. 1
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:32 (six years ago) link
i’m of two minds about george. all things must pass was obv a bunch of material arranged in the right way played by the perfect band but the looseness of george’s actual songwriting becomes v apparent in the following solo records. when i criticize them i feel like i’m paul mccartney
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Sunday, 27 May 2018 22:35 (six years ago) link
it's by no means one of his "great works," but "apple Scruffs" is by an enormous distance my favorite George tune. luv the structure, the backing vox, the solo…the sheer joy…
― veronica moser, Monday, 28 May 2018 00:04 (six years ago) link
I would say Harrison developed a looseness in his songwriting post=ATMP, not that it was present before. And I don't know how much it's present post-Extra Texture, really.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:30 (six years ago) link
Somewhere in England is my least favorite of his final six albums, but that may be a matter of taste more than something that would lead me to make a criticism about loose songwriting.
"Life Itself" sounds really nice to me right now.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:36 (six years ago) link
He's McCartney's equal.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:39 (six years ago) link
The Hoagy Carmichael covers on that record rule, btw!
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:45 (six years ago) link
Why do I underrate "Teardrops???" Never again. Great song.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:48 (six years ago) link
Just feelin like he's taking over from the rain
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:49 (six years ago) link
I should have voted for "Writing's on the Wall," too. Always liked that one. The Beatles could have done a great job on it a la "Long Long Long."
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 01:57 (six years ago) link
We never talk about new wave George but there it is - "Blood from a Clone"
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 02:04 (six years ago) link
Is that a reference to the Alice Cooper song?
― omgneto and ittanium mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 May 2018 02:05 (six years ago) link
I don't know. It's about music industry people.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
"Apple Scruffs" is the perfect Dylan pastiche
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 May 2018 02:28 (six years ago) link
I don’t have the time or energy or residual Beatlemania to participate properly in this thread, but speaking of George and Dylan, I assume you guys still like “If Not For You,” or had that fallen by the wayside?
― omgneto and ittanium mayne (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 28 May 2018 02:43 (six years ago) link
better than Dylan's imo
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 May 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
Heck yeah, beautiful version of that song!
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 02:45 (six years ago) link
yeah I praised it upthread!
― noel gallaghah's high flying burbbhrbhbbhbburbbb (Doctor Casino), Monday, 28 May 2018 04:53 (six years ago) link
yup, excellent cover
There's three, which one do u mean?three Let it Be guitar solos? tbh only familiar w the album version
― niels, Monday, 28 May 2018 06:10 (six years ago) link
On 'I Dig Love', it always sounds to me like George is singing "mmm I love dick" in the second verse.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 28 May 2018 09:30 (six years ago) link
also last week a guy tried to tell me how George was really the melodic genius of the Beatles since supposedly he came up with the little intro motif to And I Love Her,
Ha, Paul said something similar in the Scorsese doc ("He made that up on the session...,and if you think about it that's the song. I didn't write that!").
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 28 May 2018 11:06 (six years ago) link
The riff on 'Atomic' by Blondie is near enough the same, too.
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Monday, 28 May 2018 11:09 (six years ago) link
ah, I had never noticed : good one !
― AlXTC from Paris, Monday, 28 May 2018 11:32 (six years ago) link
It's a cool riff. It makes the second chord an added sixth chord.
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 12:17 (six years ago) link
hehe
taking sides: Ringo's COOKIES!! on "Early 1970" vs. John's COOKIE on "Hold On"
― niels, Monday, 28 May 2018 12:22 (six years ago) link
This is cool! Shakey had this on the George singles list. From a kids' TV show, 1992.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WC8Ap2Z424k
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ride_Rajbun
― timellison, Monday, 28 May 2018 13:32 (six years ago) link
Whoah that is good! I hadnt listened to it
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 May 2018 14:30 (six years ago) link
hree Let it Be guitar solos? tbh only familiar w the album version
Album version, single version and filmed version are all different iirc
― Οὖτις, Monday, 28 May 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
what the devil is up with "pretty little head"
― niels, Monday, 28 May 2018 21:05 (six years ago) link
loving the Nilsson cover of Subterranean Homesick Blues, but jfc could these guys lay off the saxophones occasionally?
― Darin, Monday, 28 May 2018 21:13 (six years ago) link
Arrow Through Me surprisingly good
― niels, Tuesday, 29 May 2018 14:59 (six years ago) link
i can't get overyour powerful motorof love
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:00 (six years ago) link
I saw a cat with a machine in his brainThe man who fed him said he didn't feel any painI'd like to see that man take out that machineAnd stick it in his own brainD'you know what I mean?
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:44 (six years ago) link
i will not have time to get through ringo on an albums basis but i really like this list https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/meet-the-beatle-a-guide-to-ringo-starr-s-solo-career-in-20-songs-20150325/
― flamenco blorf (BradNelson), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 15:57 (six years ago) link
Big boys bickeringAnd so the game goes on and onBig boys bickeringFuckin' it up for everyone
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Tuesday, 29 May 2018 16:02 (six years ago) link