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| From | "Gene Good" <javagene@hotmail.com> |
| Subject | Re: All Things Must Pass (or else they'll create intestinal blockage) |
| Date | Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:39:39 +0000 |
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I may be in a minority here,but I believe "Sgt. Pepper" to be a mind blowing
album.Packaging and especially music.Totally worked for me the day it came
out and still does.And hearing it upon release may be the ticket .I can't
really compare it to "Rubber Soul" or "Revolver".It stands alone as a
masterpiece.A natural progression for the group.
Gene
>From: "Sager, Greg" <greg.sager@bankofamerica.com>
>Reply-To: audities@smoe.org
>To: audities@smoe.org
>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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>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.
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>*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*.
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>Greg Sager
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