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| From | Sam Smith <samsmith@colorado.edu> |
| Subject | Re: suggestions - the John and Paul problem |
| Date | Sat, 22 May 2004 08:37:24 -0600 |
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I think I would have put both Macca and Lennon on the list if I thought
I could do so without getting my house burned down. Together they were
beyond brilliant because they tempered each other's weaknesses, but
apart neither would ever have made a mark on the music culture. John was
a self-indulgent pseudo-intellectual wanker at heart, but Paul mitigated
that by putting some fun into his work. Paul, for his part, never had
any impulse more complicated that "hey, let's make some 12 year-olds
scream," but John introduced some actual substance into the mix. 1 + 1 =
1,000,000. Then they go their separate ways and reveal their true
selves. For Lennon, it was standing around and treating a fraud like
Yoko seriously, and for Paul it was "Coming Up."
There. I've said it. So shoot me.
AssociationWorks wrote:
>Draw a line from either of the first two McCartney solo records
>to 2002's "Driving Rain" and (in my opinion) you have a pretty long
>fall from the shrine of the almighty...
>
>Jeff
>
>
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...it's a lonesome thing to be passing small towns with the
lights shining sideways when the night is down, or going in
strange places with a dog nosing before you and a dog nosing
behind, or drawn to the cities where you'd hear a voice
kissing and talking deep love in every shadow of the ditch,
and you passing on with an empty, hungry stomach failing
from your heart.
- John Millington Synge
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