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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: albitz on 13 December 2009, 21:10:02
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.......christ he must be even more desperate than I thought.He is appearing on karaoke factor :o :o
Sounds worse and looks slightly more ridiculous every time I see him. :o :(
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.......christ he must be even more desoerate than I thought.He is appearing on karaoke factor :o :o
Sounds worse and looks slightly more ridiculous every time I see him. :o :(
I can't stand the guy :-?
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I like some of the Beatles stuff but i've always found Macca on his own irritating tbh.
Band on the run album was a good'n though.
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He's a stupid, self righteous, old tosser. One of the people who think they are important because they were once famous.
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.......christ he must be even more desoerate than I thought.He is appearing on karaoke factor :o :o
Sounds worse and looks slightly more ridiculous every time I see him. :o :(
I can't stand the guy :-?
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What do you call a dog with wings?
Linda M'cartney!
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I am a bit of a Beatles fan,and whatever anyone thinks of their music they were the most important/influential band in the history of popular music.I was also a big George Harrison fan.
Mcartney however,gets on my wick,hasnt written a decent song for 40 years and doesnt realise that he lacks the personal charisma of Lennon, so is never going to be regarded with the same awe that Lennon was.
I think lennon was a bit of a prick myself,but he was a charasmatic prick imo.
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He sounded pretty crap tonight.
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He sounded pretty crap tonight.
Just tonight :-?
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I might be alone in never having liked the Beatles (or indeed, any of their work).......over-rated and over-exposed!
Sorry to McCartney/Fab-Four fans; just MHO. :P
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What do you call a dog with wings?
Linda M'cartney!
Cruel! :o But quite funny! ;D ;D :y :y
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What do you call a dog with wings?
Linda M'cartney!
Cruel! :o But quite funny! ;D ;D :y :y
Also very old :D :D :D :D
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I am a bit of a Beatles fan,and whatever anyone thinks of their music they were the most important/influential band in the history of popular music.I was also a big George Harrison fan.
Mcartney however,gets on my wick,hasnt written a decent song for 40 years and doesnt realise that he lacks the personal charisma of Lennon, so is never going to be regarded with the same awe that Lennon was.
I think lennon was a bit of a prick myself,but he was a charasmatic prick imo.
Pretty much summed it up there mate! Im quite a Beatle fan but not blind to the fact that they put out some dross as much as anyone else. What I think makes them both stand out and be relevant even today was the musical development and growth they went through in basically 8 short years, but without the know how of George Martin, charismatic as they were and the authors of some great songs, would they ever have been as good as history remembers them? Like you, always thought George Harrison the most interesting one, talented as Lennon and McCartney undoubtedly were. McCartney is a fine bass player and tunesmith but his voice is going and his "thumbs up" persona must irritate everyone. To quote Lennon "the only thing youve done was Yesterday" (and he wrote that in 1970 ;D)
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I am a bit of a Beatles fan,and whatever anyone thinks of their music they were the most important/influential band in the history of popular music.I was also a big George Harrison fan.
Mcartney however,gets on my wick,hasnt written a decent song for 40 years and doesnt realise that he lacks the personal charisma of Lennon, so is never going to be regarded with the same awe that Lennon was.
I think lennon was a bit of a prick myself,but he was a charasmatic prick imo.
Pretty much summed it up there mate! Im quite a Beatle fan but not blind to the fact that they put out some dross as much as anyone else. What I think makes them both stand out and be relevant even today was the musical development and growth they went through in basically 8 short years, but without the know how of George Martin, charismatic as they were and the authors of some great songs, would they ever have been as good as history remembers them? Like you, always thought George Harrison the most interesting one, talented as Lennon and McCartney undoubtedly were. McCartney is a fine bass player and tunesmith but his voice is going and his "thumbs up" persona must irritate everyone. To quote Lennon "the only thing youve done was Yesterday" (and he wrote that in 1970 ;D)
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Completely agree Jerry,the development from "she loves you" etc, to "eleanor Rigby " for example has never been matched by any band since.
Harrison -while my guitar gently weeps/isnt it a pity/something,not to mention his solo work,and exquisitely tasteful guitar playing..... 8-) 8-)
.....is that a line from "how do you sleep" (I think thats what it was called) ? with the line "how do you sleep ya c***". Lennon wasnt much of a mcartney fan either apparently. :y :)
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I can't recall seeing a lead from his guitar :-? Was he miming ? :y
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
Or a wooden leg off an ex......
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
Or a wooden leg off an ex......
I think he paid enough for it ;D ;D ;D
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
apparently hes very tight with his money as well, and so is roger daltrey i believe
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I agree with Victor Lewis-Smith that "The Beatles are dying in the wrong order" cruel but true ::)
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Leave the poor chap alone!
He was a great man in his time, and, OK he hasn't done a lot lately, but we all owe him a great debt of gratitude.
Without him and his crew, we'd still be listening to
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhMoC6kjMQ[/media]
:) :) :)
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Leave the poor chap alone!
He was a great man in his time, and, OK he hasn't done a lot lately, but we all owe him a great debt of gratitude.
Without him and his crew, we'd still be listening to
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9RhMoC6kjMQ[/media]
:) :) :)
Absolutely right Jereboam!! :y :y :y :y :y :y :y
Leave all the Beatles alone, especially Paul, who I always would loved to have known married!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
He was always the most attractive of the four, although John did something for me as well! The Beatles I grew up with. They created the soundtrack of my young days, and are still the only group I really do rate. Every one of their songs were winners, and they developed their music so well that they dictated the pop charts from 1963 to 1970, and beyond in the form of other musicians works, where they live on to this day :-* :-* :-* :-* :-* :-*
LOve, love, love :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
[size=24]Beatles Forever!!
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I went to the same shool as Macartney. He was alright then. Tosser now.
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I hate it when any show he's ever on ends with 'Hey Jude' with all the participants singing and trying to get in the shot etc etc. It's just like a back-slapping and showing off parade
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I completely agree with your sentiments about the Beatles Lizzy, but it must have been the chemistry between them that made them so great.It is one of lifes great mysterys to me how Mcartney could have been that great in the band and so embarressingly awful as soon as he left.
I cant think of one great song he has written since, and as a person imo he comes across as a total pillock tbh.I thought him and Heather Mills deserved each other.Equally insincere.
George Harrison on the other hand, although the 2 big players tried to keep him in a minor role, he was the one who was having his songs performed by Elvis and Sinatra by the time the band finished and imo his solo work was far superior to anything any of the others did. ;)
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I completely agree with your sentiments about the Beatles Lizzy, but it must have been the chemistry between them that made them so great.It is one of lifes great mysterys to me how Mcartney could have been that great in the band and so embarressingly awful as soon as he left.
I cant think of one great song he has written since, and as a person imo he comes across as a total pillock tbh.I thought him and Heather Mills deserved each other.Equally insincere.
George Harrison on the other hand, although the 2 big players tried to keep him in a minor role, he was the one who was having his songs performed by Elvis and Sinatra by the time the band finished and imo his solo work was far superior to anything any of the others did. ;)
All the great talents of The Travelling Wilburys wanted Harrison, not MaCartney.
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True. :y
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
Or a wooden leg off an ex......
didnt he buy her a plane for christmas one year :)
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I completely agree with your sentiments about the Beatles Lizzy, but it must have been the chemistry between them that made them so great.It is one of lifes great mysterys to me how Mcartney could have been that great in the band and so embarressingly awful as soon as he left.
I cant think of one great song he has written since, and as a person imo he comes across as a total pillock tbh.I thought him and Heather Mills deserved each other.Equally insincere.
George Harrison on the other hand, although the 2 big players tried to keep him in a minor role, he was the one who was having his songs performed by Elvis and Sinatra by the time the band finished and imo his solo work was far superior to anything any of the others did. ;)
The Lennon / McCartney partnership was magic, and it is true that after the Beatles went their separate ways Paul was never the same somehow.
However, with his / Lennon's tremendous catalogue of joint work, with Paul composing classics like Yesterday, Michelle, When I'm Sixty-Four, Lovely Rita, Hey Jude, Let It Be, let alone all other songs that where more romantic and in ballard form, whilst Lennon concentrated on the 'rockie' compositions, how can anyone dare now to belittle his work now he is an OAP??!!
The Beatles where a tremendous combination of exceptional talent that together produced revolutionary music. They were so talented as a group, and as individuals, that it was inevitable they would break up and go their separate talented ways.
However, without Paul, and, admittedly, each of the other three, they would not have been what they were. Paul was a tremendous 'soft' influence on their music and lyrics, with John in particular sharing this combination of composing talent that together produced multiple classics, that I suggest has never been bettered..
George was properly credited for producing those 'individual' special 'hits' such as I need You, Think For Yourself, If I Needed Somebody, Taxman, I Want To Tell You, Within, Without You, Blue Jay Way, The Inner Light, While My Guitar Gently Weeps, Piggies, Savoy Truffle, Only a Northern Song, Something, Here Comes The Sun, and I. Me Mine
In summary though it was that magic of Paul and Lennon that made the Beatles who they all were. Paul was as talented as John, and if there is one song that he can rest his laurels on it is Yesterday, a McCartney composition that has been recored by numerous leading artists, old and current, and is believed to be played every minute somewhere around the world. You and I could happily live on the royalties of that one Beatle song alone.
8-) 8-) 8-) 8-)
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I might be alone in never having liked the Beatles (or indeed, any of their work).......over-rated and over-exposed!
Sorry to McCartney/Fab-Four fans; just MHO. :P
Debs, you are not alone!
I prefer Beatallica :y
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When I was growing up Paul McCartney was the coolest dude on the Planet.
Still love to see him doing the Beatles stuff and long may he continue.
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I watched a documentry a few years back about Lennon on the Anniversary of his death.
I instantly became a fan of his.
I thought "HOW?" was a brilliant tune :y
as for McCartney be it if you think he is good or not he must have more money than you can shake a stick at :o
Or a wooden leg off an ex......
didnt he buy her a plane for christmas one year :)
A lot of caravans have McCartney beds!!
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I remember people kept playing Beatles records when I was small - I think they were big in the very late 60s.
I didn't like them.
First chart song I ever heard that I liked was Riders of the Storm on its original release.
After that next song I liked was Slade Merry Christmas
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I liked Macca's stuff with wings but not his recent stuff. Liked John Lennon's solo work and also a fan of George Harrison's solo work. Harrison prob my favourite Beatle, his last album Brainwashed is superb :y
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Wings were OK
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::)It's a shame so many younger people don't appreciate what Macartney accomplished with the Beatles; I wish I could have swapped one week of his live in the 60's- massive US stadium concerts, parties, women etc..they knew how to live back then! ::)
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Anyone seen the "concert for george" dvd done on the anniversary of his death and with eric clapton at the helm. Featuring many old hands who he'd played with over the years there are times when there are 2 drummers and about 6 guitar players all playing together. It should be a mess but thses guys know exactly when/when not to play-could certainly show a lot of "modern" bands a thing or two. Oh-its also got Tom Hanks like a kid in a toy shop performing with most of Monty Python. IMO brilliant, funny and moving and a fitting tribute. For any more Beatle fans out there I can thoroughly recommend Ian Macdonald's "revolution in the head" for his commentry on the band and their music :y
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I have watched "the concert for george " several times,absolutely outstanding imo. :y
Claptons renditions of While my guitar gently weeps and Isnt it a pity are superb.
Btw,did you know that he actually played the lead guitar on the original Beatles version of while my guitar gently weeps ? I think he was around 22 at the time.A true legend. 8-)
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNBEiyGwGRc[/media]