Thor on 10/10/2010 at 18:13
Yeah, but Imagine sounds so beautifully peaceful and the lyrics are easy to understand for everyone. ^^
I listened to his X-mas song yesterday, that was awesome. I didn't care for lyrics all that much, but the music is so beautiful. Kids singing along in his songs. Ah, such spirit!
Mr.Duck on 10/10/2010 at 18:14
I like Imagine, not on my top-Lennon-songs list, but I like it.
But I have to agree, Lennon has better and more relevant songs about social and political commentary and such.
And yes, dammit, God took away first my 2 most favorite members of the Fab Four...though at least George got to grow old a bit (20 years more than poor John) and enjoy life s'more, even if cancer went asshat on him.
Ah, Bob Dylan, I like, need to listen more to him. I prefer the Beatles musically, but Bobby does have some cool stuff, but lets not derail the thread towards Mr. Dylan now (and I do like a lot the Stones too....but again, lets not derail, just had to comment that :) ).
Oh, Johnny boy....Georgie boy....where are you now?
fett on 10/10/2010 at 20:55
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I feel a little guilty about it.
I used to be there too. Some older friends kept pushing it on me and I accidentally ended up listening to Revolver on a good set of headphones one day. That's what really intrigued me about them. I think my Beatles experiences had been very hit and miss up to that point - radio songs, soundtrack songs, etc. Once I actually sat through two albums (Revolver and Sgt. Pepper) in their entirety, I finally "got" it, and was pissed that it had taken me so long. I think some of it is an age thing too. In my 20's, there was so much new music I was trying to keep up with and absorb that I didn't have time to invest in a group with such a huge back catalog (same for Rush, Fleetwood Mac, The Guess Who, etc.), but when life slowed down a bit in my mid-30's, I was able to really dive in and it made all the difference in connecting.
nbohr1more on 10/10/2010 at 21:16
When looking at the output from the Beatles members I would say that John was probably the most natural. The other members seemed to have honed-in versions of established musical convention while John just threw things out-there off-the-cuff. His stream-of-conscience method may have lead to some awkward output but ultimately produced a lot of natural genre mixing. Maybe I'm giving John too much credit and the other members or George Martin perceived hints of other genres in his work then tinted his output with their re-interpretation but I also recall hearing about his post-Beatles session musicians being taught the meter of his songs and finding that John was unintentionally (or naturally) bringing in timings from multiple genres. Paul always seemed such a purist by contrast, if he ever did mix genres it was always forced or intentional sounding.
Queue on 11/10/2010 at 00:01
Quote Posted by dethtoll
I just never connected with the Beatles' music. I don't hate it or anything- I reserve that for the Rolling Stones- but nothing in their music has ever triggered my give-a-damn.
To this day still, I really dislike the Rolling Stones and don't find anything particularly interesting in their music. And truly I never cared for the Beatles until recent years -- and am now large fan -- though when I was young I used to listen to my brother's 45s of
I Am The Walrus and
Helter Skelter ad nauseam.
I vividly remember when Lennon was killed, though. I was sitting in the car in the parking lot of the local K-Mart, listening to the radio, while my mother shopped. The news came over the radio that Lennon had died. I was just a little shit wearing bad plaid pants, and felt that I should be more upset at Lennon's death since it seemed like a really huge thing (at least according to the radio it was), and several people coming out of the K-Mart were noticeably shaken. I felt like I was missing out on something big, because people were so saddened, and I didn't understand. When my mom came out, I grabbed her and held her hand and explained that John Lennon had been killed, expected her to fall apart, like when my grandfather had been killed from falling off the roof of his house (while little Queue merrily looked out the window, trying to figure out what clatter was--it weren't Santa Claus, though there was lots of red *shuddering*). She looked at me and asked, "Wasn't he in the Rolling Stones?"
And, btw, neither Dylan or the Beatles can hold a stick to Leonard Cohen when it comes to poetic depth.
Kolya on 11/10/2010 at 03:20
Unlike Dylan or the Beatles Cohen has always regarded himself as a poet, or alternatively as a Greek sex god. But he cannot rock.
Shug on 11/10/2010 at 13:36
Quote Posted by Aerothorn
By total coincidence, I spent an hour with a friend last night where (for laughs) we went over the lyrics of Imagine line-by-line and analyzed what complete shit they were.
Heh, I'm sure a song detailing sensible new rules for modern society would be quite the hit!
fett on 11/10/2010 at 14:38
Next up: Aeorthorn explains why Columbus Day is a COMPLETE SHAM.
Vernon on 11/10/2010 at 14:48
Quote Posted by Shug
Heh, I'm sure a song detailing sensible new rules for modern society would be quite the hit!
Quote Posted by "Lily Allen"
I don't know much,
But I know this for certain,
That is the sun,
Poking its head round the curtain.
Now please can we leave,
I'd like to go to bed now.
It's not just the sun,
That is hurting my head now.
I'm not trying to say,
That I'm smelling of roses,
But when will we tire,
Of putting shit up our noses.
I don't like staying up,
Staying up past the sunlight.
It's meant to be fun,
And this just doesn't feel right.
Why can't we all,
All just be honest,
Admit to ourselves,
That everyone's on it.
From grown politicians,
To young adolescents,
Prescribing themselves,
Anti-depressants.
How can we start to tackle the problem,
If you don't put your hands up,
And admit that you're on them.
The kids are in danger,
They're all getting habits,
Because from what I can see,
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
I get involved,
But I'm not advocating.
Got an opinion,
Yeah, you're well up for slating.
So you've got a prescription,
And that makes it legal.
I find the excuses,
Overwhelmingly feeble.
You go to the doctor,
You need pills to sleep in.
Well if you can convince him,
Then I guess that's not cheating.
So your daughter's depressed,
We'll get her straight on the prozac.
But little do you know,
She already takes crack.
Why can't we all,
All just be honest,
Admit to ourselves,
That everyone's on it.
From grown politicians,
To young adolescents,
Prescribing themselves,
Anti-depressants.
How can we start to tackle the problem,
If you don't put your hands up,
And admit that you're on them.
The kids are in danger,
They're all getting habits,
Because from what I can see,
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Why can't we all,
All just be honest,
Admit to ourselves,
That everyone's on it.
From grown politicians,
To young adolescents,
Prescribing themselves,
Anti-depressants.
How can we start to tackle the problem,
If you don't put your hands up,
And admit that you're on them.
The kids are in danger,
They're all getting habits,
Because from what I can see,
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
Everyone's at it.
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