Walking Man
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just curious.
Any Beatles Fans out there?
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davismanLV
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Why? Have they done something new??
AcornHouse
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Yes.
adorshki
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Why, yes, as a matter of fact, they have done it:
:tongue-new:
@ Walking Man:
Definitely many Beatles fans here, you might even have to narrow it down to "which one's your favorite?"
At least a few of us think George takes that one as the master of the pop single solo.
Personally I identify the most with John but George's definitely a better guitarist....so maybe equal favorites...
Then there's our member Walrus, but hey, what's in a name? :biggrin-new:
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Golly, Al.... what a set up!! I should remember that album. One of the first I ever bought!!Why, yes, as a matter of fact, they have done it:
Should have known you'd catch my blunder...... :stupid:
adorshki
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Cruising the forums with all the concentration of a hawk lookin' fer a field mouse..... :biggrin-new:
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Actually we have had one flying around today...his trouble is that he keeps calling so its not like is is the silent menace from above...
But I digress...I was never able to buy that album as a kid, but loved that "live" image on the front...Ed Sullivan Show??
Vere again...Wouldn't it be great if Guild would issue a Newark Street 12-string like the one they gave to John? Get Mr. Drogue involved!
But I digress...I was never able to buy that album as a kid, but loved that "live" image on the front...Ed Sullivan Show??
Vere again...Wouldn't it be great if Guild would issue a Newark Street 12-string like the one they gave to John? Get Mr. Drogue involved!
adorshki
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In another incredible simile to moi, he must be crying for his mate. But I digress...
Me too, love all images of them playing "ensemble". My favorite period of their music as well, except for Rubber Soul and Revolver.
Nostalgia veer: Anybody remember the bubble-gum trading cards? Remember there were actually 2 series, black-and-white and color?
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Sure, though I prefer The Who. I seem to like Beatles as I get older.
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Remember seeing the black and whites, but only bought the colours at West Street Variety...with that awful flat stick of Topps gum... =(
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Random Beatle Bits:
Introducing my now 20-something daughters to The Beatles as little kids and seeing them positively transfixed in front of a VHS copy of Yellow Submarine.
Taking them to each release of a newly re-mastered print of Help! or A Hard Day's Night (re-released again this summer) and watching them and my wife leave the theater skipping, singing and grinning.
Getting a little verklempt watching the lads and thinking about what was and what might have been.
Learning Norwegian Wood and Here Comes the Sun (I KNEW I bought that JF4-12 for something important - If I Needed Someone is next)
Introducing my now 20-something daughters to The Beatles as little kids and seeing them positively transfixed in front of a VHS copy of Yellow Submarine.
Taking them to each release of a newly re-mastered print of Help! or A Hard Day's Night (re-released again this summer) and watching them and my wife leave the theater skipping, singing and grinning.
Getting a little verklempt watching the lads and thinking about what was and what might have been.
Learning Norwegian Wood and Here Comes the Sun (I KNEW I bought that JF4-12 for something important - If I Needed Someone is next)
houseisland
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But of course.
I was in a guitar shop once, playing Blackbird on a rare and lovely 3/4 size Larrivee that my sister-in-law was interested in buying. Some smart-assed punk kid who worked there got all sneery and made some stupid put-down comment about me and Blackbird - Blackbird has apparently been added to THE LIST, you know the list ... Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water ..... etc. -- guess the punk kid wasn't on commission - anyway, I just stared at him and asked when was the last time he had written a song of such simple elegance and harmonic and melodic beauty (who gives a flyin' f that it's easy to play). He just gaped and said nothing. Moron. Next I played something that I could mostly remember from the first Mahavishnu Orchestra Album - it was complicated and (comparatively) ugly, but it wasn't on THE LIST.
Bill Frisell playing John Lennon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ABVFQ1GsQ Warning: no Guilds involved in this performance.
The Hoehner bass looks cool, though. Never seen one like it.
I was in a guitar shop once, playing Blackbird on a rare and lovely 3/4 size Larrivee that my sister-in-law was interested in buying. Some smart-assed punk kid who worked there got all sneery and made some stupid put-down comment about me and Blackbird - Blackbird has apparently been added to THE LIST, you know the list ... Stairway to Heaven, Smoke on the Water ..... etc. -- guess the punk kid wasn't on commission - anyway, I just stared at him and asked when was the last time he had written a song of such simple elegance and harmonic and melodic beauty (who gives a flyin' f that it's easy to play). He just gaped and said nothing. Moron. Next I played something that I could mostly remember from the first Mahavishnu Orchestra Album - it was complicated and (comparatively) ugly, but it wasn't on THE LIST.
Bill Frisell playing John Lennon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=07ABVFQ1GsQ Warning: no Guilds involved in this performance.
The Hoehner bass looks cool, though. Never seen one like it.
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Since you mention it, an excellent new Paul McCartney single came out last week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI33VCbcyNE
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walrus
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walrus
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A simple "yes" will answer the op question but it's always nice to read stuff like the above.Many similar memories are triggered in these kinds of discussions and I always enjoy looking back.When I hear someone profess how much they dislike the Beatles(it does happen),I always ask 'em which Beatles they're talkin' about since they did almost every style of rock/pop/country,etc.during a pretty brief career and rewrote all the rules in the process.I find new music to listen to all the time but "the fabs" are a breed apart for me anyway.
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In a sense yes, because when something similar was asked several years ago, someone expressed a negative opinion and when the smoke finally cleared, the Moderators were hated and one or two posters left LTG in a Huff never to return. I recall one was terribly offended that people could have a negative opinion of their idols and the other because the reactions to the negative opinion where downright nasty and hostile.
houseisland
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There is an apocryphal story about Duke Ellington in which he is asked what kind of music he likes. The Duke replies: "There are only two kinds of music, good music and bad music. Good music is the kind I like."
