this
right here:
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M9eJNEVrojw"]YouTube- The Beatles - Happiness is a warm gun (HQ)[/ame]
my favorite beatles song
forget I wanna hold you're hand or all you need is love I'll take the white album over any of their other music
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
White Album =
Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...
the beatles (aka the white album) is a fantastic collection of their songs from the period and certainly hints at what the three would be as songwriters post-beatles.
but if we're recommending second-half-of-career beatles' album one at a time to a relative newcomer, i think it better to take the natural chronology from rubber soul to revolver to show how they moved from pop songs about boys & girls to the kinds of songs that populate these two albums and how they incorporated more and more experimentation into the mix (literally into the mix.)
after those two, the rest makes more sense. it is not necessary to listen to the rest in chronological order (especially as i find sgt. pepper overrated) but rubber soul and revolver set such context for the rest. after that, then go for abbey road and let it be and the "white album"
oh and don't discount the pre-1965 beatles catalog either. while the songs may often be formulaic and the lyrics somewhat trite, that doesn't preclude them from being great pop songs and a lot of fun to play. sometimes the greatness of a song isn't clear to me until i try to learn to play it and break it down to its component parts to rearrange it myself. you'd be surprised sometimes at what you may have overlooked.
that and george's guitar tone alone make the early stuff more than worthwhile.
Paul is dead...miss him.
All that's left of what we were is what we have become.
**bumping**
anyone still talking 'bout this or can we merge it into the general music discussion at this point?
eta: and that's that. the muse thread has been merged into general music.
The Who-20 Farewells, 2 Deaths & Counting
I gotta say, I have always loved The Who as a band. Who's Next and Tommy are classic "Deserted Island" albums (ala "Lost" lol) and they just keep coming!!! I used to think that if there was nuclear war, only roaches and Kieth Richards would survive, but now I think that Townsend & Daltrey may survive as well.
I saw them live on their 1st farewell in I belive it was '86 in Shea Stadium (of course quite a few times b4 that) and then again at MSG for "Quadraphenia" with Billy Idol, Phil Collins and Gary Glitter playing characters. However, they have been on tour numerous times since then and released 3 or 4 albums (solo & together) Certainly Rocks' "Royalty".
The body of work? need I discuss it? Thankfully, they never died before they got old (and just maybe they never did get old!)
Discuss?
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
One of our own (looking magnificent) :
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEIY90tCIIY"]YouTube- Lisa Hannigan - Pistachio[/ame]
Say, did anyone else catch the 25th Anniversary Concert for the Rock-N-Roll Hall of Fame? It was broadcast on Sunday on HBO.
Overall, I thought it was great - some exceptions ( :ahem:bono shut-up: ) but it was a pretty good concert.
Springsteen singing with Darlene Love was my highlight, sincerely. And I thought Metallica and Ozzy was pretty fun as well.
Actually, Springsteen's whole set was super for me. Tommy Morello ... shite! Super cool. He was great. Never would have pictured him with Bruce, but it worked.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Remember, Remember, The Fifth of November, The Gunpowder, Treason, and Plot.
Brice - What was so cool about Metallica/Ozzy was that those big old Metallica guys, so tough and serious ... but James looked like he was in heaven just singing with Ozzy, like a little kid with his idol there on stage!
The whole concert was 4 hours 10 minutes.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
i am going to merge this thread on the who into the general music thread, but i will give some thoughts on the who first
i've always loved townsend, entwhistle and especially moon. daltrey i kind of find superfluous to the whole thing, but then again, my favourite who moments are the instrumental ones.
my friends and i used to debate who the more unnecessary element to their band was, daltrey or plant, but plant wrote a good percentage of the lyrics, whereas townsend wrote most of the who's lyrics and, in my opinion, did just fine with the bits he sang.
nobody can swing a microphone quite like daltrey though so i guess he has that going for him.
there's no doubt though that in their prime, few bands had the power the who did.
"Hope I die before I get old".
Tommy can you hear me?.....................
B4 The White Album (which is a classic no doubt) you gotta see the foreshadowing of " Sgt. Peppers"
28 in 23 (?)!!!!
63 in '23!!!!!!!!!!
My Collection: https://www.thedarktower.org/palaver...ion-Merlin1958
The Houston Astros cheated Major League Baseball from 2017-18!!!! Is that how we teach our kids to play the game now?????
Tommy the movie is one of my absolute favorite filmsOriginally Posted by Merlin1958
"Tommy can you hear me?.....................
its soooo twisted
if the worlds gonna end then let's get it over with, i got shit to do
Stolen From Us.
Always Remembered.
Never Forgotten.
Forever Loved.
John Lennon : 10/09/1940 - 12/08/1980
On This, The Anniversary Of His Death - I Celebrate His Life.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
Yeah. This is always a rough day for me. As selfish as it is, I think often about how much music was stolen from us all. What could have and should have been. Sucks.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
I think we should celebrate Lennon's life by beating Mark David Chapman with broomsticks while singing Let It Be.
I'm pretty sure I could find a piano somewhere... will that do?I think we should celebrate Lennon's life by beating Mark David Chapman with broomsticks while singing Let It Be.
Sincerely, what a loss.
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4_ghOG9JQM"]YouTube- John Lennon stand by me[/ame]
The Man In Black Fled Across The Desert...
...And The Gunslinger Followed.
“I’m always on the Batman rule, sir.” - Kate Kane / Detective Comics 857
"It is the story, not he who tells it." Except to us collectors who have to put limits somewhere. - jhanic
So, who wants to talk about the upcoming Spoon album?Spoiler:
Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...
Well, all I know is I look forward to owning it the day it comes out. The new single is pretty damn good, and despite Got Nuffin's appearance on the album (a song I thought was EP-only fodder for Spoon) I'm genuinely excited about Transference.
My favorite bands can kick your favorite bands' asses.
The horizon is right and motionless like the EKG of a dying woman.
Me too, man. me too.
Big town's got its losers, small town's got its vices...
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