29 years ago today ... John Lennon...

[bluejeangirl76]

.i had never felt this sadness over someone i had never met.

off hand i can remember feeling that way when:

Elvis
John Candy
Bob Denver
Chris Farley
and
Christian Slater's career..

all passed away..

Bob Denver? How did that one get by me?

[Ehwmatt]

Funny thing about Twist and Shout- That album, "Please Please Me", was recorded in ONE 12-hour session. ONE DAY to make an album. Holy Crap. It takes bands freakin' years now.

"Twist and Shout" is a great vocal. Paul's "Oh! Darling" is also an amazing one that is super hard to pull off.



And definitely- Thanks to all of you that didn't mention the bastard's name.

I think Rick Springfield actually put the whole thing great. This song rules (lame video though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bji-C8aK ... re=related

I heard Paul drank and smoked all day, maybe even for weeks(?) before pulling off the Oh! Darling take. That's as raspy as I've heard the usually smooth, clean voice of Paul.

[brywool]

Funny thing about Twist and Shout- That album, "Please Please Me", was recorded in ONE 12-hour session. ONE DAY to make an album. Holy Crap. It takes bands freakin' years now.

"Twist and Shout" is a great vocal. Paul's "Oh! Darling" is also an amazing one that is super hard to pull off.



And definitely- Thanks to all of you that didn't mention the bastard's name.

I think Rick Springfield actually put the whole thing great. This song rules (lame video though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bji-C8aK ... re=related

I heard Paul drank and smoked all day, maybe even for weeks(?) before pulling off the Oh! Darling take. That's as raspy as I've heard the usually smooth, clean voice of Paul.

Nah, He'd go into the studio in the mornings and lay down the vocals before the rest of them got there. He'd use his 'morning' voice. I've got a couple of boots from those sessions where he was experimenting and he does it in falsetto and it's just so not the same.

[Jana]

Funny thing about Twist and Shout- That album, "Please Please Me", was recorded in ONE 12-hour session. ONE DAY to make an album. Holy Crap. It takes bands freakin' years now.

"Twist and Shout" is a great vocal. Paul's "Oh! Darling" is also an amazing one that is super hard to pull off.



And definitely- Thanks to all of you that didn't mention the bastard's name.

I think Rick Springfield actually put the whole thing great. This song rules (lame video though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bji-C8aK ... re=related

I heard Paul drank and smoked all day, maybe even for weeks(?) before pulling off the Oh! Darling take. That's as raspy as I've heard the usually smooth, clean voice of Paul.

Nah, He'd go into the studio in the mornings and lay down the vocals before the rest of them got there. He'd use his 'morning' voice. I've got a couple of boots from those sessions where he was experimenting and he does it in falsetto and it's just so not the same.

love that song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URlVbNUkUDM

And I absolutely love the whole Magical Mystery Tour album, and I read that John Lennon said it was his favorite album b/c it was so strange. I don't know itf that's true, that he said that.

Fool on the Hill one of my favorites - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx44d_mxUCY

[Jana]

Imagine will always be my favorite Lennon song.


Poignant interview of McCartney about Lennon - 1985. Also, Julian interviewed. Very moving.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML87bYIGJiE

[bluejeangirl76]

And I absolutely love the whole Magical Mystery Tour album

I do too. Always been a big Beatles fan, but around 95-96 I went through a real intense Beatles phase... and Magical Mystery was my favorite!

[Don]

I never thought too much of Lennon. The only thing I can really even remember about him him was he and Frank Sinatra both agreeing that Reminiscing was one of the best written songs of the twentieth century and him supposedly playing it for hours on end while he was off with his mistress fucking around one weekend.

[StoneCold]

I never thought too much of Lennon. The only thing I can really even remember about him him was he and Frank Sinatra both agreeing that Reminiscing was one of the best written songs of the twentieth century and him supposedly playing it for hours on end while he was off with his mistress fucking around one weekend.

They're right. Since it came out it always seemed different, like it shouldn't be on rock radio but its that good a track. You'd be hard pressed to find anyone that doesn't like it.

[Sarah]

I wasn't born yet, but I don't get the Lennon love either. Paul & George for the win.

[brywool]

Funny thing about Twist and Shout- That album, "Please Please Me", was recorded in ONE 12-hour session. ONE DAY to make an album. Holy Crap. It takes bands freakin' years now.

"Twist and Shout" is a great vocal. Paul's "Oh! Darling" is also an amazing one that is super hard to pull off.



And definitely- Thanks to all of you that didn't mention the bastard's name.

I think Rick Springfield actually put the whole thing great. This song rules (lame video though):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bji-C8aK ... re=related

I heard Paul drank and smoked all day, maybe even for weeks(?) before pulling off the Oh! Darling take. That's as raspy as I've heard the usually smooth, clean voice of Paul.

Nah, He'd go into the studio in the mornings and lay down the vocals before the rest of them got there. He'd use his 'morning' voice. I've got a couple of boots from those sessions where he was experimenting and he does it in falsetto and it's just so not the same.

love that song. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=URlVbNUkUDM

And I absolutely love the whole Magical Mystery Tour album, and I read that John Lennon said it was his favorite album b/c it was so strange. I don't know itf that's true, that he said that.

Fool on the Hill one of my favorites - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nx44d_mxUCY

I haven't heard John say that about the album, but I know he loved "I Am The Walrus" for that reason- which is on that album. Thing is, it was only an EP originally and then the US put out those songs with a bunch of singles thrown on to make it an album, but MMT was really only an EP in Britain.
Magical Mystery Tour's okay. I'm not a big fan (GASP) of Strawberry Fields. Probably because I heard it in each of it's incarnations so many times that I got sick of it. For my money, nothing tops Rubber Soul/Revolver/Help! as my favorite albums, though Abbey Road is right in there. They're all good... Hard Day's Night is also a masterpiece.

As for Lennon love- I loved John until the later (67-onward) period. He then just seemed to get so serious, where before he was a much more fun guy. Then Paul became pretty much the Soul of the Beatles and just became this prolific songwriting monster. Lennon and Harrison kind of were backing out at that stage. But if you look at the pre-Sgt. Pepper (mop top) period- the majority of the output was Johns. If you look from Pepper onward, Paul kind of came into his own. Paul actually came into his own on Help! with Yesterday and I'm Down (both recorded right after each other!).


Speaking of Oh! Darling- here's one of the vocals that wasn't used- still a great vocal:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtYJDouzy5U

Here's one with the falsetto that just didn't cut it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKhnOofh ... L&index=11

Dang, my inner Beatle is showing. Sorry kids... Okay, back to bashing Journey!

[Jana]

Great info, Brywool. Thanks. I didn't know any of that Beatles history.

Have you ever listened to Tears for Fears 2004 CD, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending? The whole CD is a total homage and nod to the Beatles, more specifically Paul McCartney. Their song, Seeds of Love, in 89 was another nod but to more the Lennon style. Here's some of my favorite songs from the CD. Great harmony.

Quiet Ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdTgKnMFio
Ladybird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3z1ObmWhPU
Closest Thing to Heaven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXiv_PbApk - Live performance
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewcvZCF8-OE

[brywool]

Great info, Brywool. Thanks. I didn't know any of that Beatles history.

Have you ever listened to Tears for Fears 2004 CD, Everybody Loves a Happy Ending? The whole CD is a total hommage and nod to the Beatles, more specifically Paul McCartney. Their song, Seeds of Love, in 89 was another nod but to more the Lennon style. Here's some of my favorite songs from the CD. Great harmony.

Quiet Ones: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsdTgKnMFio
Ladybird: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3z1ObmWhPU
Closest Thing to Heaven: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dbXiv_PbApk
Everybody Loves a Happy Ending: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewcvZCF8-OE

Ooh, I know it ALL!!!
I can't remember things that affect my life, but ask me a Beatle question and I can usually answer it. What the hell???

I never really got into those guys. I remember Sowing the Seeds of Love and how it was very "All You Need is Love" and hearing that it was an homage, but that's about it. I'll check out da'clips.


Wow- Cool songs. I'm very surprised. These are really good. Thanks J!
In the live clip, I notice the bassist is using a Hofner bass, not the violin one, but it sounds very much like McCartney's.

On "Everybody Loves a Happy Ending"- The middle part sounds like McCartney's "Vanilla Sky". Not sure which came first, but they sound really alike.