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« Reply #520 on: October 15, 2018, 06:47:04 PM » |
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« Reply #521 on: October 15, 2018, 07:03:28 PM » |
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Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.
The David doth protest too much, methinks. Jules |
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« Reply #522 on: October 15, 2018, 07:11:16 PM » |
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Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting.
The David doth protest too much, methinks. Jules You defending DF now? Really? |
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« Reply #523 on: October 15, 2018, 07:13:38 PM » |
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You defending DF now? Really?
Partially. The execution was somewhat bland, but I do think it was John's best set of songs post Imagine (which in your case I know says very little). Jules |
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« Reply #524 on: October 16, 2018, 12:47:55 AM » |
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Yikes, somehow I watched and listened to the end because I was fascinated by how the audience would respond. Sadly they clapped. Give me that over virtually everything else that did make it...at least it is interesting. David What do you find interesting about the Yoko/Zorn piece? (I have no axe to grind - just a genuine enquiry.) |
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« Reply #525 on: October 16, 2018, 06:45:33 AM » |
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What do you find interesting about the Yoko/Zorn piece?
(I have no axe to grind - just a genuine enquiry.)
I'm a Wire (magazine) reader...    I like improv music. I might never ever want to hear it again, but it made me smile and I like the fact it confuses and upsets as much as it entertains. To that end it has as much power as the most catchy middle eight around... ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song. Was that on DF? Can't remember... |
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« Reply #526 on: October 16, 2018, 09:33:03 AM » |
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ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song. Was that on DF? Can't remember...
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« Reply #527 on: October 16, 2018, 09:43:34 AM » |
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You defending DF now? Really?
Partially. The execution was somewhat bland, but I do think it was John's best set of songs post Imagine (which in your case I know says very little). Jules I'm not sure I entirely agree with this as I have a real soft spot for Walls & Bridges (not a popular view I know and possibly related to the age I was when I first heard it and the fact that Whatever Gets You Thru The Night was the first single I ever bought). More to the point with DF though was that, if you had an open mind (which I did at the age of 16), some of Yoko's material was terrific. I remember flipping the single of Starting Over after having been a bit disappointed by the A side and my jaw completely dropping at the sound of Kiss Kiss Kiss. As an, at the time, lover of X Ray Spex and Lene Lovich, this was right in my wheelhouse. Every Man Has a Woman Who Loves Him may also be the best song on the album and may have been a huge hit had it been by someone more fashionable. |
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« Reply #528 on: October 16, 2018, 03:08:29 PM » |
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I am now donning my tin hat for the imminent announcement of the 3 disc deluxe edition of Wings Wild Life (yes really).
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« Reply #529 on: October 16, 2018, 03:22:23 PM » |
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I am now donning my tin hat for the imminent announcement of the 3 disc deluxe edition of Wings Wild Life (yes really).
Ahahahahahaha!! Excellent. Red Rose Speedway too, it would seem. Jules |
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« Reply #530 on: October 16, 2018, 05:51:05 PM » |
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ps fwiw, I think Watching the Wheels is a great song. Was that on DF? Can't remember...
Yes. Jules I was a teenager when DF came out, and I remember how odd "Just Like Starting Over" sounded when I first heard it on the radio. It was such a throwback, both in style and production. I liked it, as well as "Watching the Wheels," but it did not sound like anything else on mainstream rock radio at the time. |
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« Reply #531 on: November 02, 2019, 08:28:55 PM » |
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« Reply #532 on: November 03, 2019, 12:17:21 PM » |
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It must be Christmas time... Got £200 to spare? NO. |
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« Reply #533 on: November 03, 2019, 03:39:03 PM » |
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Expensive yes, but aren't the Vinyl 45's the Beatles Crown Jewels ?
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« Reply #534 on: November 03, 2019, 06:47:17 PM » |
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I'd quite like this but not at that money. Having said that, I have several problems with it. If it is a UK singles box, why package them in overseas sleeves (yes I know most Beatles UK singles only came in basic paper sleeves)? Why not go the whole hog and include the three additional singles from the 70s (two of which were UK top 20 hits, Yesterday & Back In The USSR) and even (God help us) Beatles Movie Medley? And why not include the two Threetles singles in their original configuration instead of combining them onto a single disc? A botch job and a missed opportunity to me. |
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« Reply #535 on: November 04, 2019, 12:34:24 AM » |
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It must be Christmas time... Got £200 to spare? NO.
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« Reply #536 on: October 10, 2021, 04:10:43 PM » |
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« Reply #537 on: October 10, 2021, 05:10:06 PM » |
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I don't buy Beatles stuff, but I did purchase the recent 2LP reissue of John Lennon : Imagine. (white vinyl). You get the poster and pig card. It's pressed at Optimal and should be better than the black vinyl edition which came out just a few years ago.
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« Reply #538 on: October 10, 2021, 06:07:59 PM » |
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I think that’s pretty common knowledge among anyone who’s read more than three Beatles biographies, but I guess he can only answer the questions he’s asked. For anyone who wants to hear more than stock stories 1-10, the Marc Maron WTF podcast is worth an investment, although that is mostly Wings-based. |
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