tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post6275027391958878760..comments2024-03-27T09:27:33.931+00:00Comments on Idiotic Hat: With the BeatlesMike C.http://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-33342815551902772892014-07-28T18:42:30.709+01:002014-07-28T18:42:30.709+01:00Dave,
I expect you're right, but I still find...Dave,<br /><br />I expect you're right, but I still find it hard to think of wanting to become a paperback writer as deserving of the same riff-tastic satirical treatment as "Tax Man"...<br /><br />Mike<br /><br />Mike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-25737558378408574122014-07-28T11:06:37.428+01:002014-07-28T11:06:37.428+01:00I was never a huge Beatles fan - or Stones particu...I was never a huge Beatles fan - or Stones particularly. I guess I considered them the music of my sister's peers. However, I have grown to enjoy them both over the year. I'm not a fan of much of the early Beatles but a book like MacDonald's helps you find out things never noticed before. For instance, I hadn't realised that John and George are singing "Frere Jacques" in the background on "Paperback Writer". <br /><br />But, to the point you make about the lyrics to that one, I think that they really didn't care too much about their lyrics. It seems to me that they were enjoying playing in the studios and creating sounds - the song lyrics themselves were about as important or non-sensical as "Awopbopaloobopalopbamboom" (now there's a great book about early pop by Nick Cohn). But also I suppose the rise of paperbacks - especially Penguin in the 60s - at that time made them an "appropriate" lyrical signifier.Dave Leekehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17971308602082668644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-10102859674672190472014-07-20T20:49:14.715+01:002014-07-20T20:49:14.715+01:00"Exile" is a puzzle -- like you, I canno..."Exile" is a puzzle -- like you, I cannot fathom why it is so highly rated, even though I'm a massive fan of "golden era" Stones. They weren't even in the same room most of the time...<br /><br />Mind you, I don't rate Sgt.Pepper that highly any more -- it really hasn't aged well. I also think the Beatles never threw off that "Mum's favourite" image (never a problem for Mick's crew...) -- even off their faces on acid they're determined to be cute.<br /><br />I love the guitar riffs, drums and general rhythmic attack on "Paperback Writer", but the lyrics are in severe need of sub-editing -- why a paperback writer? "Red Top Writer" might be more like it...<br /><br />MikeMike C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11279776665185060446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6096844366367766843.post-31381385528611225742014-07-20T20:35:26.461+01:002014-07-20T20:35:26.461+01:00My brother, born 1956, is a huge Beatles fan, but ...My brother, born 1956, is a huge Beatles fan, but I suspect he's an exception. I was always more of a Stones man, though you're right, Exile on Main Street is rubbish - don't know how it gets on all those 'Best Ever Album' lists. You're also correct, of course, that Penny Lane/Strawberry Fields is pure genius - what a pity they were left off the Sgt Pepper's album (Record company policy, apparently - singles couldn't appear on LPs released th same year - or so Ian MacDonald says!) because that would have been unsurpassable wit hose two tracks as well. My personal favourite Beatles song is Paperback Writer - written by McCartney, just to prove he could do heavy rockers. But the question I find impossible to answer is how well the Beatles will age: will our great-grandchildren enjoy them?Martyn Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16843357962176591317noreply@blogger.com