what is it with you and old brown shoe lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 November 2021 03:37 (two years ago) link
finally, the main question on ilm comes out
― just staying (Karl Malone), Saturday, 27 November 2021 03:39 (two years ago) link
I was kind of shocked that Paul had completely forgotten "All Things Must Pass" when he did at Harrison's tribute concert a year after his death - like he had no idea how the song went and had to be taught it from scratch. Granted it had been 32 years since they rehearsed it (even if they did run through it MANY times over multiple days), but it wound up being the title track of George's multiplatinum, chart-topping AOTY-nominated album. Like even then, Paul still didn't give a shit.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 04:20 (two years ago) link
*when he did it at
you cant be serious
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 November 2021 04:41 (two years ago) link
First thing I do when I pick up a bass is play the opening lick of "Old Brown Shoe".
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 27 November 2021 05:05 (two years ago) link
Old Brown Shoe is balls.
AMAZEballs, that is.
― war mice (hardcore dilettante), Saturday, 27 November 2021 06:07 (two years ago) link
It always sounds like nobody knows what speed they should be playing.
― assert (matttkkkk), Saturday, 27 November 2021 06:58 (two years ago) link
lol
― terminators of endearment (VegemiteGrrl), Saturday, 27 November 2021 07:38 (two years ago) link
What's with the Enoch Powell stuff when jamming Get Back? I've honestly never really thought about the politics of that track. Slightly unnerving. Especially with the Clapton context.
― Alba, Saturday, 27 November 2021 08:06 (two years ago) link
Watching GH helping Ringo along with Octopus' Garden at the start of Ep3, so so great.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:52 (two years ago) link
And in their generally musically fraught environment, it comes across as an act of genuine friendship.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 27 November 2021 11:53 (two years ago) link
Swap out “Maxwell’s” for “Old Brown Shoe” and Abbey Road improves considerably.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:03 (two years ago) link
― Maresn3st, Saturday, November 27, 2021 4:52 AM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink
best part of the original film, the episode i’m most looking forward to
― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:07 (two years ago) link
but it wound up being the title track of George's multiplatinum, chart-topping AOTY-nominated album. Like even then, Paul still didn't give a shit.Paul has said that, after the breakup, it was years until he could listen to Beatles records again. I imagine that George — the bandmate he was most dismissive of — having a far bigger (and universally acclaimed) record than him was very difficult to swallow in 1970. Paul probably didn’t even listen to the whole thing until the late ‘70s.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 27 November 2021 12:14 (two years ago) link
Or even 'at all'
― Mark G, Saturday, 27 November 2021 13:06 (two years ago) link
not sure when i'll watch any of this thing, but just wanted to say there's been some really excellent posts itt this week! great reading for a beatle fan.
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 November 2021 13:10 (two years ago) link
Jeez did they really have to start this thing with the 1000th "history of the Beatles" montage? Jfc
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 November 2021 13:41 (two years ago) link
Whenever I listen to Old Brown Shoe, I wish zz top were doing it instead
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 27 November 2021 13:46 (two years ago) link
really wish George had attempted to do one of his solo LPs in the style of ZZ Top
― I Am Fribbulus (Xax) (Doctor Casino), Saturday, 27 November 2021 14:00 (two years ago) link
well, in 1968, he did Wonderwall in the style of Oasis.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 November 2021 14:11 (two years ago) link
My Sweet Legs
― popcornoscenti (Ye Mad Puffin), Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:46 (two years ago) link
If the rooftop concert had happened in the United States, police would’ve just arrested Billy Preston and left.— rick (@yes2nola) November 27, 2021
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
i've only watched part 1, but it was difficult to see george being dismissed so nonchalantly, knowing how deeply his friendship with paul and john had touched him. i can definitely see how this served as a catapult to release all things must pass
it also nicely portrays how everything paul did was done in a charismatic way to underplay his vicious intentions. it's a pretty dangerous approach because without knowing all the baggage between him and george, you'd think george was the uptight one. so it's easy to gloss over the fact that for years george had wrote hundreds of songs and neither paul nor john wanted to play them. that's pretty much indicative of how out of place he was
john went on record to say something really awful about all things must pass, as well. "I think it's all right, you know. Personally, at home, I wouldn't play that kind of music, I don't want to hurt George's feelings, I don't know what to say about it."
i just read a lot of jealousy in that statement
it's funny how the songs george proposed in get back turned out to be on an album that was momentarily bigger than the beatles and the most accomplished post-beatles album
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
John was also the one who insisted George get "The Inner Light" and "Old Brown Shoe" as B-sides and said "Something" should be the A-side. It's complicated!
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:52 (two years ago) link
right, but how many george songs did he actually allow "in"? he was as much of a gatekeeper as paul with a bit more heart, sure
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:54 (two years ago) link
I would not have allowed "Only a Northern Song" anywhere near my record but y'know
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 November 2021 15:57 (two years ago) link
Well didn't George Martin veto that one and GH came up with 'Within You..'?
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:12 (two years ago) link
yep
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:15 (two years ago) link
this is obviously subjective, but songwriting is an exchange of ideas and sometimes re-working them may be necessary. i think quite a few of george's songs that weren't on all things must pass could've benefited from paul's and john's input. that would've probably put the beatles, what, 5 to 10 years ahead of their time? but it didn't work out that way
george was arguably the least difficult beatle to work with, which i'm sure only makes the process of songwriting easier. in some ways, all the beatles' virtues turned to negatives by the time the band drifted apart. their unwillingness to work with anyone else turned to the members in their own band. george was so malleable he went along with everything until he felt completely disconnected and alienated from them. if anything, you see george as the one who really wanted to expand musically and culturally
― Punster McPunisher, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
Currently googling the history of guitar tuners, there are some school band issues going on at points.
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:24 (two years ago) link
On a funnier note, he also said that George looked like an asthmatic Leon Russell on the ATMP cover!
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:39 (two years ago) link
"I've had some wine yeh know, remember Bob Wooler?', holy shit
― Maresn3st, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
That would've been MUCH more preferable than the one he did in the style of Jimmy Buffett.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
idk, I think it would be more for the spiritual element. John was pretty disillusioned by that point - just look at "God"!
Before he died, he said this in one of his final interviews:
Q: "How about George's solo music?"
LENNON: "I think 'All Things Must Pass' was all right. It just went on too long."
Granted, not a HUGE compliment, but he's not wrong about it being too long thanks to that crappy third disc.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:06 (two years ago) link
I like George but ATMP (the song and most of the album) is interminable
― Chuck_Tatum, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:40 (two years ago) link
I always preferred the version released on Anthology 3 back in 1996. It was one of three polished solo demos he cut at Abbey Road on his 26th birthday, less than four weeks after the rooftop concert:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ODEhwaU2Uw
I heard this first and loved it, only to be disappointed by Spector's elephantine arrangement on George's solo album. I've grown to enjoy Spector's arrangement despite its flaws, but the Anthology 3 version is still my favorite. I programmed it into my own version of Get Back as it felt like fair game.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:52 (two years ago) link
Yeesh, the Beatles were pushing 30 when they officially split, but I just realized, Paul is only 26 and George is only 25 in January 1969. Halfway through their 20's and the end of the Beatles is already on the horizon.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 17:55 (two years ago) link
i want a George Harrison biopic, titled Thanks for the Pepperoni
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 November 2021 18:12 (two years ago) link
Peter Jackson should've found a way to shoehorn this in:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gk1tnvl8mo
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Saturday, 27 November 2021 18:21 (two years ago) link
Sweet Jesus, I had no idea they made that into a video game. That's almost as absurd as this fictional one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7AUaXI4jU88
― birdistheword, Saturday, 27 November 2021 18:50 (two years ago) link
Finished it. Enjoyed it a lot as an immersive experience - but not sure I can face hearing either Get Back or Don't Let Me Down again for a long time.
― Luna Schlosser, Saturday, 27 November 2021 19:03 (two years ago) link
haha yeah otm with Dont' Let Me Down
― Cool Im An Situation (Neanderthal), Saturday, 27 November 2021 19:12 (two years ago) link
The P. Jackson cosmetic smoothing is way too much, Lennon in particular often looks like an AI-generated hologram of himself. Yassification in full effect. Guessing that the others' facial hair mitigates the software effect somewhat
― Freeze Instr., Saturday, 27 November 2021 19:20 (two years ago) link
But then again that record was Yellow Submarine, which their input was 'Here's "Hey Bulldog" and three tapes we found on the rack'.
― Precious, Grace, Hill & Beard LTD. (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 27 November 2021 20:17 (two years ago) link
huh I like northern song and hey bulldog
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Saturday, 27 November 2021 21:18 (two years ago) link
it’s all too much is a pretty extraordinary track, i think. gets my vote for the beatles song that sounds least like a beatles song.
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Saturday, 27 November 2021 21:21 (two years ago) link
Hey Bulldog is awesome, one of the best bass lines and guitar solos. Northern Song is rad.
― Josh in Chicago, Saturday, 27 November 2021 22:05 (two years ago) link
Speaking of dogs, my dog Charlie always looses his mind and howls like crazy when he hears Martha My Dear (I used to practice it on the piano when he was a puppy). He had been ignoring all of the music in Get Back this weekend, but when Paul launched into Martha in episode 2, Charlie took notice!
My dog really loves Martha My Dear off the white album and lost his shit when McCartney played it on Get Back this weekend. pic.twitter.com/ewgColudMl— Darin Fabrick (@fabrickd) November 27, 2021
― bookmarkflaglink (Darin), Saturday, 27 November 2021 22:09 (two years ago) link
played the crap out of that Give My Regards to Broad Street game in the 80's.
― Ste, Saturday, 27 November 2021 22:17 (two years ago) link