Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted November 19, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 19, 2011 Watched the second half of Living In The Material world, loved it. I think I've got a clearer understanding of who George was after watching it. Certainly one of the best music documentaries I've seen. Â And Dhani Harrison looks eerily like his dad... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PepperPlunge Posted November 20, 2011 Share Posted November 20, 2011 Are these the heaviest albums ever made? Editors of Kerrang picked the top ten of all time. Interestingly The White Album is included. Look forward to hearing Crisps opinion on this. Sorry if already posted. Â That's bollocks. They're basing it on Helter Skelter and the Manson murders. I Will, Julia, Dear Prudence, Mother Nature's Son, Honey Pie, Good Night etc etc etc etc etc aren't heavy whatsoever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted November 20, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted November 20, 2011 Just continuing my Dhani Harrison thought ... have he, Julian Lennon, Zak Starkey and whatever Paul's son is called ever thought about getting together and playing a couple of songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Miz Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 What are everyones thoughts on Ringo Starr's Solo stuff? He is no Phil Collins is he. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Maverick Posted November 21, 2011 Paid Members Share Posted November 21, 2011 What are everyones thoughts on Ringo Starr's Solo stuff? He is no Phil Collins is he. He's had a few good songs, mostly penned by George (It Don't Come Easy, Photograph) I don't know what people expect from him though, he was mainly a drummer and never a big songwriter or anything and huge solo success was never really on the cards for him. He still a big celebrity and does tours with his All Star band. If I recall his solo stuff was alot more popular in America than it ever was here, think he had two number 1 singles over there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Miz Posted November 21, 2011 Share Posted November 21, 2011 I guess he just loves music, and rather than sit at home counting his Millions he continues to get involved in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator HarmonicGenerator Posted December 8, 2011 Awards Moderator Share Posted December 8, 2011 (edited) John Lennon's last interview - conducted three days before his death.  It was originally printed in Rolling Stone last year, but they've put it on their website now. Absolutely fascinating reading (I love the story of how he wrote 'Good Morning Good Morning' or how 'Woman' is "the grown-up version" of 'Girl') but apart from the anecdotes, it's a very insightful look at his life around that time - and for me personally, a perfect bookend to Nowhere Boy, which I saw for the first time last weekend.  Intro paragraph:  "On the evening of Friday, December 5th, 1980, John Lennon spoke to Rolling Stone editor Jonathan Cott for more than nine hours at his apartment on New York's Upper West Side and at the Record Plant recording studio. Three nights later, Lennon would be murdered as he was returning home from a mixing session. The interview had originally been scheduled to run as the cover story of the first issue of 1981, but after Lennon's killing, Cott instead wrote an obituary for Lennon and ended up using very little from their conversations. In fact, he never even fully transcribed his tape. On the 30th anniversary of Lennon's death, we present, for the first time, the full text of Lennon's last major print interview: the joyous, outrageously funny, inspiring, fearless and subversive conversation Lennon shared with us that night, as he was preparing to jump back into the limelight after five years of private life with Yoko and their young son, Sean."  Interesting quote from page 3:  "These critics with the illusions they've created about artists – it's like idol worship. Like those little kids in Liverpool who only liked us when we were in Liverpool – a lot of them dropped us because we got big in Manchester, right? They thought we'd sold out. Then the English got upset because we got big in... what the hell is it? They only like people when they're on the way up, and when they're up there, they've got nothing else to do but shit on them. I cannot be on the way up again. What they want is dead heroes, like Sid Vicious and James Dean. I'm not interested in being a dead fucking hero... So forget 'em, forget 'em."  Edited December 8, 2011 by HarmonicGenerator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdgarTheSlouch Posted December 17, 2011 Share Posted December 17, 2011 Watched Give My Regards To Broad Street yday. No classic but some good performances of Beatles tunes plus some 80s nostalgia Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted January 14, 2012 Author Awards Moderator Share Posted January 14, 2012 Loved reading this, even if it is just stat-tastic:  Abbey Road is the top selling vinyl in the US for the third year running  The Beatles are No. 1 . . . again. Abbey Road Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members WWFChilli Posted January 14, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted January 14, 2012 That story proper made me smile and seeing this topic bumped has drove me to youtube 'Real Love' again. I fucking love that tune. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted February 12, 2012 Author Awards Moderator Share Posted February 12, 2012 I like The Beatles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members SpiritOfTheForest Posted February 12, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted February 12, 2012 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYS6TJ3aOIE Â My favourite band is one called Type O Negative and on one of their albums they released a medley of Beatles songs Day Tripper, If I Needed Someone and I Want You (She's So Heavy),, all done in their unbelievable doom style. I guess I'm just curious as to what you Beatles fans thoughts are of this song i.e if you like it or not, so please leave thoughts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WU LYF 4 LYF Posted February 17, 2012 Share Posted February 17, 2012 Another reason why Abbey Road is awesome on vinyl is the side two medley, it just works perfectly in that format, in addition to sounding fucking great. Listening to the songs as individual MP3s just can't be the same, who wants to hear Golden Slumbers with the glorious lift up into Carry That Weight? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Awards Moderator Frankie Crisp Posted February 18, 2012 Author Awards Moderator Share Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) Yup. I've got very few vinyls but I do have all Beatles LPs and whenever I can be arsed, I'll set up the old record player and Abbey Road is usually the first album I'll put on. Even on MP3, though, it makes a huge difference playing either/both medleys rather than just one of the songs. I've always said that the medleys are the greatest end to any album but each song on its own doesn't have anywhere near as much impact as when bunched in with the other ones. It's breathtaking and in some ways heartbreaking when you hear Golden Slumbers going in to Carry That Weight then in to The End. Not much music is beautiful, but that is. Edited February 18, 2012 by Frankie Crisp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paid Members Halitosis Romantic Posted February 18, 2012 Paid Members Share Posted February 18, 2012 I think I may listen to the Abbey Road closing medley on a daily basis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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