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4.19pm
26 March 2012
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^ agreed with MMM. Plus, I like the way it ends the White Album in a final blaze of defiant experimentalism – you’ve been bombarded with every genre known to man over the course of the record, and the penultimate piece is this terrifying, cathartic piece of noise. To me Revolution #9 is the main reason the White Album has some cohesiveness, rather than being just a massive collection of very diverse pop songs; it’s the seal which holds them all together, the stamp that says “look, we’re doing literally EVERYTHING now. No holds barred.”
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6.05pm
21 November 2012
Offline Hadn’t heard that full take 20 yet, thanks!
I don’t like Revolution 9 . It creeps the hell out of me and it’s the only ”song” by the Beatles which I don’t even have on my laptop. The thing that’s great about it is that they really didn’t seem to give a f**k and like is said, really makes the White Album even more diverse and shows they were able to do EVERYTHING. It’s not a nice song to listen to while relaxing and I think I won’t listen to it that often (never have), but I’m sure that people who are into that kind of thing think it’s great
6.31pm
1 November 2012
Offline Linde said
Hadn’t heard that full take 20 yet, thanks!I don’t like Revolution 9 . It creeps the hell out of me and it’s the only ”song” by the Beatles which I don’t even have on my laptop. The thing that’s great about it is that they really didn’t seem to give a f**k and like is said, really makes the White Album even more diverse and shows they were able to do EVERYTHING. It’s not a nice song to listen to while relaxing and I think I won’t listen to it that often (never have), but I’m sure that people who are into that kind of thing think it’s great
Well, as a style of music I wouldn’t want any musicians to do it regularly, but I think it’s neat to try such experimentation at least once, just for the hell of it. I like listening to it the few times I have because I feel like I am experiencing John and Paul really just indulging their completely free playful side, insouciant of any rules.
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6.41pm
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17 December 2012
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Revolution 9 I’m not sure I can say I particularly like, but it has always fascinated me – the whole idea of it. It’s not something I turn off when it comes on (all the time), and is rarely hunted out in particular for a listen, but the idea of it… The most successful band in the world include on their album probably what remains the most widely distributed piece of “avant garde music” or “music concrete” EVER, maybe even the most widely owned piece of “avant garde art” ever. As a creation and example of its field, there is nothing that comes within millions of copies of its ownership.
Even those Beatles that doubted its inclusion should feel some kind of pride in that.
Revolution [take 20] is however, to my mind, one of their greatest achievements. A devastating recording that stands along the best of their experimentation. And, ooooh! those “Dada Mama” backing vocals! Probably the best unreleased Beatles recording!
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6.46pm
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17 December 2012
Offline Funny Paper said
Linde said
Hadn’t heard that full take 20 yet, thanks!I don’t like Revolution 9 . It creeps the hell out of me and it’s the only ”song” by the Beatles which I don’t even have on my laptop. The thing that’s great about it is that they really didn’t seem to give a f**k and like is said, really makes the White Album even more diverse and shows they were able to do EVERYTHING. It’s not a nice song to listen to while relaxing and I think I won’t listen to it that often (never have), but I’m sure that people who are into that kind of thing think it’s great
Well, as a style of music I wouldn’t want any musicians to do it regularly, but I think it’s neat to try such experimentation at least once, just for the hell of it. I like listening to it the few times I have because I feel like I am experiencing John and Paul really just indulging their completely free playful side, insouciant of any rules.
Sorry for the double post, are you talking Revolution 9 or Take 20 there FP, just that Paul had deserted John’s experiment by the time of Revolution 9 – George was the only other Beatle actively involved.
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7.15pm
21 November 2012
Offline Have now almost listened to the full take 20 thing. Great and fascinating stuff!
1.06am
30 December 2012
Offline Song #395
John Lennon – I Don’t Wanna Face It
Album: Milk And Honey
Released: January 27th 1984
Recorded: Geffen Recording Studios. August-Late 1980
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
2.35am
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1 May 2011
Offline Ive loved I Don’t Wanna Face It ever since first hearing. Easily one of my fave John tracks ever. Right from the silly count-in which John did thru-out his career to the great vocal and solo (really fits the song. More than likely this wouldn’t have been the released version if John hadn’t of been killed but its still fantastic.
Also think the lyrics are great, I see it being some kind of confessional, inner-looking lyric written by John during a low point when in the Dakota (when everything wasn’t pretty birds singing by the Kitchen window whilst John made amazing bread and Yoko was earning a fortune thru miraculous business deals).
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9.17am
16 July 2013
Offline I had never heard that. Those lyrics are so John – honest and uncompromising – love it.
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11.45am
26 March 2012
Offline I hadn’t heard I Don’t Wanna Face It either. Really like the lyrics and the melody of the chorus – great vocal as per usual – but like with much of John’s solo stuff, I find the production very unappealing, takes a lot of bite out of the song.
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12.17pm
7 April 2013
Offline This is the first time i have heard that song.
Is it just me or does the guitar riff sound a little like the intro to Paul’s Coming Up .
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1.00pm
26 March 2012
Offline Now that you mention it, it does sound a lot like it! It’s no secret that John really liked Coming Up so perhaps it was a nod to Paul.
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3.24pm
8 November 2012
Offline Ben Ramon said
Now that you mention it, it does sound a lot like it! It’s no secret that John really liked Coming Up so perhaps it was a nod to Paul.
I think the guitar riff in “Beef Jerky” resembles the riff in “Let Me Roll It ,” so it might not be the first time John would have made a nod to Paul.
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4.42pm
21 November 2012
Offline Not a bad song, though it hasn’t aged too well imo. I’ll cut him some slack though, since this wasn’t a finished version from when he was alive. Love that silly count in and the vocals. Give it a fun atmosphere while the lyrics are very honest and personal too.
1.18am
30 December 2012
Offline Song #394
Paul McCartney – Pipes Of Peace
Album: Pipes Of Peace
Released: October 31st 1983 (Album) December 5th 1983 (Single) (#1 (1/8/84) UK — (B-Side) US)
Recorded: AIR Studios, London. September-October 1982
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
1.25am
30 December 2012
Offline Song #493
John Lennon – What You Got
Album: Walls And Bridges
Released: September 26th 1974
Recorded: Record Plant East. July-August 1974
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
10.24am
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1 May 2011
Offline What You Got has a good sound, little else to say.
Pipes Of Peace is a really good song with a really good video. I like all the different bits all stuck together, something Paul is great at, and his last solo number 1.
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6.04pm
21 November 2012
Offline What you got: Good sound indeed, vocals kind of scare me. Otherwise it’s a good song. Enjoyable.
Pipes Of Peace : Really good song.
10.17pm
12 January 2013
Offline Pipes Of Peace is a great Paul song. And What You Got is one of my favorite John songs actually.
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1.05am
30 December 2012
Offline Song #392
Paul McCartney – Don’t Be Careless Love
Album:Flowers In The Dirt
Released: June 5th 1989
Recorded: Between September 1987- February 1989
“Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.” John Lennon “Some people live more in 20 years than others do in 80. It’s not the time that matters, it’s the person.” The Tenth Doctor, The Lazarus Experiment.
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