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From | <tinyvolcano@wavecable.com> |
Subject | Re: McCartney is God Get over it |
Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 10:14:27 -0700 |
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Oh-no my friend! Too easy that way.
You must pick a mop top and do a perfectly compiled solo
record by HE alone! No mixing of the mops.
On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 13:03:15 -0400
"John L. Micek" <jlmicek@comcast.net> wrote:
> The Beatles Solo Comp:
>
> 1. Band on The Run (Macca)
> 2. Jet (Macca)
> 3. Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey (Macca)
> 4. Imagine (Lennon)
> 5. Working Class Hero (Lennon)
> 6. Cold Turkey (Lennon)
> 7. What Is Life (Harrison)
> 8. All Those Years Ago (Harrison)
> 9. What Is Life (Harrison)
> 10. You're Sixteen (Ringo)
> 11. Beaucoups of Blues (Ringo)
> 12. Early 1970 (Ringo)
>
> Okay, I was stretching on the last three. But there were
>four guys in the band. All four had to be represented.
>
> JLM
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From:
><tinyvolcano@wavecable.com>
> To: <audities@smoe.org>
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 12:34 PM
> Subject: Re: McCartney is God Get over it
>
>
>> OK Mr. Jim, here's where the real discussion begins ...
>>
>> Let's see you take any one of the fab four and create
>>YOUR idea of a
>> complied album of material that would be "As good-as any
>>Beatle album
>> available".
>>
>> And let's make this a tad more interesting. It would
>>have to be as good as
>> any Beatles album put out after 1966.
>>
>> Once you have posted this album, you may find many
>>voices here that may
>> possibly disagree with a song or two.
>> Should be fun to see!
>>
>> On Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:12:43 -0400
>> <jim@groovedisques.com> wrote:
>>> Scott wrote:
>>>> Actually, that quip opens up a brand new thread!
>>>> ...
>>>> Can you compile "more than one album worth of quality
>>>>material from each
>>>> Beatle (solo efforts)to create a solid record(s) on par
>>>>with any of the
>>>> collective albums recorded by the Beatles"
>>>> ???
>>>>
>>>> It's a bit hard to do. You might get 2 records worth
>>>>from Macca,
>>>> probably 1 from Lennon or Harrison.
>>>>
>>>> Yes, of course it's all opinion ... but indulge me
>>>>please.
>>>
>>> I could easily compile an album of killer solo material
>>>from all 4
>>> Beatles - obviously with George and Ringo's material
>>>being "killer" in a
>>> relative sense. Even George's best work lacks depth,
>>>scope, and variety.
>>> His best would be on par with a great Tom Petty album.
>>>There are
>>> definitely 2 absolutely great albums worth of solo
>>>McCartney and Lennon
>>> to be compiled. The Plastic Ono Band album alone gets
>>>you nearly halfway
>>> there.
>>>
>>> Then someone else made the fine point:
>>>> And you can't say, "sure, The Best of McCartney, done".
>>>> As I wouldn't go that far, those best of comps put out
>>>>by the label are
>>>> usually NOT a true "best of". It seems
>>>>> a dorky song or two is always placed there for some
>>>> reason, (demands of the artist perhaps) dunno.
>>>
>>> A friend and I once attempted to make the case that
>>>Ringo's
>>> standard-issue (ie, vinyl release from the days when the
>>>artists were
>>> still relevant) greatest hits album was as good as
>>>Shaved Fish and
>>> Harrison's standard-issue "best of" album. Shaved Fish
>>>is a prime example
>>> of a "best of" that contains a lot of stinkers for lord
>>>knows what
>>> reason. It was a fairly convincing case - at least we
>>>thought so - but
>>> not quite enough to top Shaved Fish.
>>>
>>> Jim
>>> http://www.rocktownhall.com
>>>
>>
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