And now for something entirely different.
Though again it is the melody which is the base of the appeal for me.
Embedding is disabled for this one, but you can watch/listen to it here.
And now for something quite different again: All You Need Is Love, performed live and in color in 1967.
What synergy those guys had. Spooky. You'd never think two fellahs like John and Paul could mesh like they did, musically.
And lo! My favorite version of Revolution. I wish they'd done more hard rock.
John Travolta has talked about a theory that anybody has a personality like one of the Beatles. And that his is "Paul all the way, baby".
If so, mine is clearly John.
But what are the personalities of George and Ringo? Pardon my iggorance, I'm just slightly too young.
Does anybody know in which documentary McCartney tells that he and Lennon would sit across from each other and "sort of play at each other" when they were composing?
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Rich said:
The son and I went to an Ozzy concert last year with Rob Zombie opening. Didn't know a thing about him until the night of the concert. We were instant fans - he was more fun than Ozzy. Really cool set, goofy death robot, catchy tunes. Retro-horror-kitsch done right !
Sean said:
I've never particularly gotten into Rob Zombie's music, but I really respect him for doing his own artwork and videos in addition to his music. And his horror movies may not be everyone's cup of blood, but he definitely brings his own special something to the genre.
I just looked him up on wiki, and I'm pleasantly surprised to see he has five platinum albums! I'd no idea he was so popular. He deserves it, he is perhaps the single artist I know who combines near-Ministry intensity levels with great melodies.
... I just checked Rob out on iTunes, and he had one album I didn't have, Educated Horses, so I bought it. Fun to see his titles and looks are getting more subtle.
Man, my connection is great these days! I downloaded all eleven songs in under ten seconds! I remember a few years ago, Steve Jobs showed download speed like this on stage, and the audience laughed with delight and surprise.
I think Ringo is the friendly one, and George is the spiritual one. (It's certainly possible that their private personas were completely different from their public ones.)
ReplyDeleteGeorge was a few years younger than John and Paul. In the early days, I think he was content to stand in their shadows. I think he watched them and learned a lot from them. He remained the Quiet Beatle until he released his solo album, All Things Must Pass. I think it's the best post-Beatles album by a former Beatle. It seems to be the creative backlog from years of getting only one or two songs on each Beatles album.
Lol, Rob Zombie makes the coolest videos. Him and the Chili Peppers.
ReplyDeleteYeah, I would've loved to see that too. But the problem is that The Beatles were pretty much at the end of their career when the concept of hard rock was still sort of in its infancy. They could rock pretty hard though, especially whenever John decided to bust out an old 50s rock n roll tune.
"Does anybody know in which documentary McCartney tells that he and Lennon would sit across from each other and "sort of play at each other" when they were composing?"
ReplyDeleteThere is an infamous scene in Let It Be where Paul and George sit across from each other. Paul is lecturing George how to play a riff. George temporarily quit the band shortly after these sessions.
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=hoPWrooRSzY
ReplyDeleteToo young? Tsk tsk. Never too young to know all about the Beatles. ;)
ReplyDeleteJust after George died, Saturday Night Live re-ran the footage from the 70s when all the Beatles were in New York for different reasons and Lorne Michaels offered them something like 5 thousand dollars to come down to the studio and play one song. George was the only one who actually showed up. As it happily happened, Paul Simon was the musical guest that week, and accompanied George on an "Here Comes the Sun." It was such a sweet moment and a perfect tribute.
I've never particularly gotten into Rob Zombie's music, but I really respect him for doing his own artwork and videos in addition to his music. And his horror movies may not be everyone's cup of blood, but he definitely brings his own special something to the genre.
ReplyDeleteIn the final episode of the 1960s show The Prisoner, there's an elaborate fight/escape sequence set to "All you need is love." It's such a great juxtaposition, and it says something about the Beatles as well. While of course it's a song about love, it's rich and ambiguous enough that it gains rather than loses something when juxtaposed with imagery that seems completely inappropriate.
The son and I went to an Ozzy concert last year with Rob Zombie opening. Didn't know a thing about him until the night of the concert. We were instant fans - he was more fun than Ozzy. Really cool set, goofy death robot, catchy tunes. Retro-horror-kitsch done right !
ReplyDeleteRingo doesn't have a personality.
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