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| From | "Jaimie Vernon" <bullseyecanada@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: suggestions - the John and Paul problem |
| Date | Sun, 23 May 2004 13:34:32 -0400 |
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At Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 12:01:40 Gary wrote:
>welllllll,
>THIS particular lazy logic only really works if you...
>
>(a) Don't recall David Geffen's admonishing producer Jack Douglas during
>final mixing and sequencing to "highlight the softer, "Imagine" aspects of
>"Double
>Fantasy," so as to ensure his new signee an easier slide back into the
>spotlight (and already powerfully emerging AC demographic) following John's
>five
>year Exile on 72nd Street,
>
>(b) Haven't heard the much more characteristically rough 'n' tumble (tho,
>I'll agree, FAR from "Plastic Ono" calibre) Johnsongs thereby jettisoned
>off
>"Double Fantasy" and held over for 1981's planned "Milk and Honey" album
>(...which
>would've been a KILLER),
>
>and lastly, but certainly not leastly
>(c) Can't realize it was easily YOKO'S songs which saved "Fantasy" from a
>fate worse than (ouch!) Elton Joel.
As I said, Lennon took the "sell out"....he didn't HAVE let Geffen
manipulate him...Lord, knows Lennon could have just told him to go sod
himself. It isn't the material that I was complaining about (as I said in a
follow-up to original email -- the songs I like)...but in direct A to B
comparison Lennon gave up on himself as a rock and roll icon.
>That all said, perhaps Dave Rave was right all along in realizing John's
>comeback would've been SO much better served by hiring Rockpile as his
>studio (and
>even road!) band back in the summer of 80,
Yeah, that woulda been cool, but the Cheap Trick version sounded great if
you ask me.....can I re-iterate how much of a cow Yoko Ono is for not
allowing ALL this stuff to see the light of day?
>Gary "and don't even get me STARTED on Macca's extremely sudden and
>terrifyingly stark fall from grace almost immediately after "Another Day"
>Pig
I never saw McCartney's path as one that was any different than where he'd
been as a Beatle....he just continued his meandering. Macca was always a
generic writer of populist pap....even as a Beatle -- the only time he
stepped outta the box to say fuck you to Lennon was on "Helter Skelter"
["See, Johnny, I can rock too ya bugger!"]. Of course, Lennon's final word
on that was "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" -- probably the heaviest contender
for the Zeppelin crown at the time.
I guess the big question mark is that we'll never know if Lennon would have
gotten his mojo back had he lived....leaving McCartney plenty of time to
perforate his own legacy and leave us questioning his genius.
Jaimie Vernon,
President, Bullseye Records
http://www.bullseyecanada.com
Author, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia
http://www.canoe.ca/JamMusicPopEncycloPages
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