Posted on 07/29/2016 12:41:59 PM PDT by Mariner
http://www.usatoday.com/story/life/music/2016/07/29/dad-rock-beatles-revolver-album-turns-50/87681696/
Can’t take George either. He wasn’t a noxious prick like Lennon. Just whiny and weak. Ringo had a few catchy solo hits. Actually, those are the only two I can stomach — Paul and Ringo. And desert island, I could live with Wings. I’d use Beatles records for kindling.
Paul had a lot of decent hits and near-hits with Wings, his post-Beatles group, or solo.
Another Day
Bluebird
Helen Wheels
Live and Let Die
Maybe I’m Amazed
Coming Up (John Lennon got inspired by this one)
Ballroom Dancing
Too Many People
Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey
Sally G
Jet
Goodnight Tonight
Band on the Run
and more.
Paul
Everything except for A Day in the Life.
Another Lennon song with a great middle 8 and piano from Paul.
Otherwise pop filler, and McCartney concept album.
Bzzzztt! Wrong! Try again.
A hint: back then,at least,a guy's girlfriend in Britain was typically referred to as his "bird".
and the answer is?
Side one
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. “Taxman” (*) Harrison 2:39
2. “Eleanor Rigby” McCartney 2:06
3. “I’m Only Sleeping” Lennon 3:00
4. “Love You To” (*) Harrison 2:59
5. “Here, There and Everywhere” McCartney 2:25
6. “Yellow Submarine” Starr 2:41
7. “She Said She Said” Lennon 2:37
Side two
No. Title Lead vocals Length
1. “Good Day Sunshine” McCartney 2:08
2. “And Your Bird Can Sing” Lennon 2:00
3. “For No One” McCartney 2:00
4. “Doctor Robert” Lennon 2:14
5. “I Want to Tell You” (*) Harrison 2:29
6. “Got to Get You into My Life” McCartney 2:29
7. “Tomorrow Never Knows” Lennon 2:57
Mick Jagger!
Lennon and Jagger had a well known rivalry.Jagger often boasted about his "bird",Marianne Faithful.Marianne was "green" (young),she could sing (several huge hits in Britain,at least one in the US),and she could "swing" (she was the woman found wrapped only in a carpet during that infamous drug bust of the Stones early in their fame).
McCartney was a great songwriter when he was with The Beatles, but he has mostly sullied his legacy with his solo stuff.
Bird is one of my favorite Beatles tracks.
Nope, E/B/A.
If you believe the 60s were an assault on western civ, it’s a little hard to take, but I realize people get addicted to the pop culture and can’t imagine life without it.
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Very astute comment.
I think the answer is yes, a conservative can’t really be Beatle’s fans, at least not in the conventional sense of the word fan.
I was a big fan as a teen. That was well before I understood the impact of the 60’s and the impact of the pop/youth culture that was promoted and presented.
The 60’s is the genesis of all our problems now.
It really did transform our culture from a Judeo Christian culture to a pop culture multi-culture.
The deepest songs most people think of now are old pop songs, not hymns.
Pop culture did become the new religion as the most common cultural touchstone.
Religious experiences over the past 50 years for most people have been related to pop music, often in combination with drugs.
Etc...
If it were just music, it would be a different story.
But at the same time, if it were just music, the Beatles wouldn’t have such a foot hold.
They are good, but the fact is, they aren’t that great. I now don’t really care enough to listen to them. I find this true with most old pop songs, including classics, that they are boring. Their production and associations beyond the music itself provides a lot of the enjoyment.
I also find, if I start listening to the Beatles (as an example), after a bit of listening they cease to be boring and the old allure can come back. It is a subjective thing, they are very compelling, but not nutritious, to mix a metaphor.
Still, I like the Beatles OK. I don’t think anyone should be a “fan” of them anymore.
Well, I don’t like the Who enough to even comment.
You may be right, but the Who and most hippie bands are things I never liked.
I was too young for these things when they came out.
Mick Jagger?
Mull of Kintyre
bttt - great album.
I respectfully disagree with you. Believe it or not, the 20s and 30s. The Frankfurt school and Gramsci...
Cultural Marxism. The bane of our Republic.
It’s funny you pick up on that word “fan”. A bit of an insulting, degrading term, no?
Anyway, what are you going to do? It’s not worth bickering about. People are going to do what they are going to do.
It just gets tiresome seeing jingle-writers treated like geniuses.
That “more” would include:
Beware My Love
Nineteen Eight-Five
That Day is Done (co-written by Elvis Costello)
Give Ireland Back to the Irish
Junior’s Farm
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