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Post by Strewthless on May 16, 2021 11:03:44 GMT -5
snj90 , iconic moment! Hard to get the full performance on YouTube.
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Post by snj90 on May 16, 2021 15:42:58 GMT -5
Strewthless - Pretty neat that it's all so available now. It was when I was 12 or 13 years old that my dad gave me a copy of a Rolling Stone magazine - because in that particular issue, the featured article was on the rooftop concern, the breakup of the Beatles, the drama at Twickenham Studios involving the members of the Beatles, and the controversy surrounding Phil Spector. But that was the first I'd heard of the rooftop concern. I believe that was because of the release of the Let it be naked album at the time.
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Post by snj90 on May 16, 2021 15:48:58 GMT -5
It was in that publication that I heard about George's short-lived departure from the band. Lennon, under the influence of heroin, was relatively unfazed, and suggested they get Eric Clapton to replace him. I also remember a particular quote attributed to Paul, where he stated that he wasn't interested in spending his fucking days farting around.
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Post by Strewthless on May 16, 2021 15:49:25 GMT -5
Strewthless - Pretty neat that it's all so available now. It was when I was 12 or 13 years old that my dad gave me a copy of a Rolling Stone magazine - because in that particular issue, the featured article was on the rooftop concern, the breakup of the Beatles, the drama at Twickenham Studios involving the members of the Beatles, and the controversy surrounding Phil Spector. But that was the first I'd heard of the rooftop concern. I believe that was because of the release of the Let it be naked album at the time. As I'm sure you're aware, Peter Jackson is working on a new film about those sessions, which take a more positive tone. it challenges the narrative that those sessions were completely miserable. They're not the kind of personalities that would have sat around all day depressed and argumentative, they're jokers above all. |
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Post by snj90 on May 16, 2021 15:55:00 GMT -5
Strewthless - Pretty neat that it's all so available now. It was when I was 12 or 13 years old that my dad gave me a copy of a Rolling Stone magazine - because in that particular issue, the featured article was on the rooftop concern, the breakup of the Beatles, the drama at Twickenham Studios involving the members of the Beatles, and the controversy surrounding Phil Spector. But that was the first I'd heard of the rooftop concern. I believe that was because of the release of the Let it be naked album at the time. As I'm sure you're aware, Peter Jackson is working on a new film about those sessions, which take a more positive tone. it challenges the narrative that those sessions were completely miserable. They're not the kind of personalities that would have sat around all day depressed and argumentative, they're jokers above all. Nope, haven't heard about it. Sounds interesting, though. Not sure about challenging the narrative, but I reserve judgment. After all, as I mentioned, the drama was bad enough for George to quit the band temporarily. |
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Post by Strewthless on May 16, 2021 15:59:08 GMT -5
As I'm sure you're aware, Peter Jackson is working on a new film about those sessions, which take a more positive tone. it challenges the narrative that those sessions were completely miserable. They're not the kind of personalities that would have sat around all day depressed and argumentative, they're jokers above all. Nope, haven't heard about it. Sounds interesting, though. Not sure about challenging the narrative, but I reserve judgment. After all, as I mentioned, the drama was bad enough for George to quit the band temporarily. Not unheard of. Ringo quit the band briefly during the White Album sessions and Paul had to replace him as drummer. Paul also stormed off for a short period when they were recording Revolver and George took over the bass part for a song. |
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Post by snj90 on May 16, 2021 16:02:56 GMT -5
Nope, haven't heard about it. Sounds interesting, though. Not sure about challenging the narrative, but I reserve judgment. After all, as I mentioned, the drama was bad enough for George to quit the band temporarily. Not unheard of. Ringo quit the band briefly during the White Album sessions and Paul had to replace him as drummer. Paul also stormed off for a short period when they were recording Revolver and George took over the bass part for a song. Ah, yes - I knew about Ringo's short-lived departure, too. Didn't know about Paul's during the recording of Revolver.
Some of the reactions in the video are funny - especially at 8:53-9:01. An imposition to absolutely disrupt all the business in this area. Yeah, the rat race must come first.
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Post by Strewthless on May 16, 2021 16:07:55 GMT -5
Not unheard of. Ringo quit the band briefly during the White Album sessions and Paul had to replace him as drummer. Paul also stormed off for a short period when they were recording Revolver and George took over the bass part for a song. Ah, yes - I knew about Ringo's short-lived departure, too. Didn't know about Paul's during the recording of Revolver.
Some of the reactions in the video are funny - especially at 8:53-9:01. An imposition to absolutely disrupt all the business in this area. Yeah, the rat race must come first.
There was some disageement over the song "She Said She Said" and Paul stormed out, refusing to play on it. The details are vague over what really happened. Apparently the police were actually quite polite, they mostly just stood around watching it and let them finish their set. |
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Post by Strewthless on May 18, 2021 18:46:22 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on May 19, 2021 12:22:05 GMT -5
snj90 , all 27 number 1's ranked on a UK TV program. Amazing how many good songs of theirs aren't even on the list.
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Post by snj90 on May 19, 2021 12:39:44 GMT -5
Strewthless - The first Beatles CD I had was their "1" album with all the #1 hits. But there are so many good songs of theirs that were not #1 hits. I probably have more favorites from their repertoire of non-#1 hits than I do the #1 hits.
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Post by Strewthless on May 19, 2021 12:44:50 GMT -5
Strewthless - The first Beatles CD I had was their "1" album with all the #1 hits. But there are so many good songs of theirs that were not #1 hits. I probably have more favorites from their repertoire of non-#1 hits than I do the #1 hits. I also have that album, same here a lot of my favourite songs aren't on it. Impressively it was the best selling album in the world during the 00's decade, which contributes to the Beatles also being the best selling rock band of the 21st century, despite the fact that they effectively broke up in 1969  |
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Post by Strewthless on May 19, 2021 15:01:34 GMT -5
Forgot about this one. Heard it on the radio earlier, maybe the best song on the White Album.
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Post by Strewthless on May 21, 2021 19:07:12 GMT -5
The best selling song of the 1960's in the UK.
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Post by snj90 on Jun 1, 2021 18:07:06 GMT -5
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Post by snj90 on Jun 7, 2021 6:07:42 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jun 10, 2021 9:32:45 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jul 5, 2021 14:00:21 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jul 5, 2021 14:17:03 GMT -5
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Post by Strewthless on Jul 8, 2021 17:51:10 GMT -5
snj90, I'd always thought this was just a simple acoustic guitar song until I'd listened more closely with headphones on. It's sonically brilliant and production was is actually elaborate. With an orchestral backing and one of the earliest uses of a modern synthesiser in a popular recording. George Harrison was one of the first people in the country to own a Moog Synthesiser, and knew how to work them. They were huge machines, it needed its own room in Abbey Road. Also complicated as hell to operate, barely anyone could figure out how to use them properly, but it paid off for those who took the time to learn it. John Lennon said that some of the songs on the album have the Moog playing tunes that only dogs can actually hear
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