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| From | "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com> |
| Subject | All Things Must Pass (or else they'll create intestinal blockage) |
| Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:31:29 -0500 |
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Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2007 23:26:39 -0700
From: <tinyvolcano@wavecable.com>
To: audities@smoe.org
Subject: Re: McCartney is God Get over it
Message-ID: <web-116038718@wavecable.net>
Sort of.
I mean, can you compile enough songs from Harrison's solo
records to equal an album that would be on par with say
"Rubber Soul" or Sgt, Peppers"? Not talking concept
power here (i.e. Sgt, Pepper), just the relative material
to rival what they did as the Beatles.
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That's easy. *All Things Must Pass* is a much better album than *Sgt.
Pepper*. *ATMP* is loaded with songs -- "Wah Wah", "My Sweet Lord",
"What Is Life", "Art of Dying", "Awaiting On You All", etc. -- that
equal or surpass anything that appeared on *SPLHCB*, and there's more of
'em. Part of the reason behind that is because, as John Micek and
countless other demythologists have pointed out in recent years,
*SPLHCB* is a thoroughly overrated album that's lacking in strong songs.
The greatness of *Sgt. Pepper* lies in its groundbreaking graphic
presentation (cover art, printed lyrics), eclecticism, and sheer ability
to transform the pop-culture zeitgeist rather than in the music itself
-- and the music should be the starting point and the end point of how
any album or song is judged.
*ATMP* has its share of filler, and the jam session that makes up the
last quarter or third of the album is a self-indulgent waste, but as a
collection of songs it easily outstrips *SPLHCB*.
Greg Sager
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