Getcha passports ready - the middle-aged dummies are going to the British Isles! Top 31 song countdown. (1 Viewer)

[krista4]

Thank you all for your offers of help with the playlists. Rather than select from the many, many volunteers, Hawks and I managed to work out the playlist issue on our own.

 

[zamboni]

Sullie:

Another Tricky Day - The Who
(new song)

IMO the second-greatest post-Moon song the Who did, after Eminence Front. It was a great update of their power chord-centric approach.

I love this song and this selection.

Not their greatest album but Face Dances was one of the first of my Columbia House cassette purchases and therefore the first Who album I ever bought. It was worth every penny.

And only cost a penny with Columbia House - those were the days.

 

[zamboni]

Known-to-me favorites from #3, not including my own pick or Child in Time, which is known to be on my list:

I expected Child to be picked more than twice - maybe in the next few days.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Thank you all for your offers of help with the playlists. Rather than select from the many, many volunteers, Hawks and I managed to work out the playlist issue on our own.

I’m sorry (I do normally read your posts) but I may have missed that. Hawks asked me in pm to send my guys selections to him so didn’t know he couldn’t do it.
If he can’t do it. I can.

 

[krista4]

Thank you all for your offers of help with the playlists. Rather than select from the many, many volunteers, Hawks and I managed to work out the playlist issue on our own.

I’m sorry (I do normally read your posts) but I may have missed that. Hawks asked me in pm to send my guys selections to him so didn’t know he couldn’t do it.
If he can’t do it. I can.

Thanks for the offer. We have them worked out now, and they do include your guys' picks (tomorrow is interesting!).

 

[Zegras11]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

 

[Hawks64]

Thank you all for your offers of help with the playlists. Rather than select from the many, many volunteers, Hawks and I managed to work out the playlist issue on our own.

I’m sorry (I do normally read your posts) but I may have missed that. Hawks asked me in pm to send my guys selections to him so didn’t know he couldn’t do it.
If he can’t do it. I can.

It was related to the public/private like last week, but K4 and I figured it out, so all good. Appreciate you sending the stuff over ahead of time.

 

[zamboni]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

 

[Dr. Octopus]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about One Direction recently.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

Does Grand Funk qualify?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

We're An American Boy Band?

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

I’ve heard a lot of good things about One Direction recently.

face tats and domestic violence - sweet

I think NYSYNC is more our speed - pretty sure I saw Joey Fatone hawking "Depends" and reverse mortgages the other day (different commercials)

 

[Hawks64]

So music related but not really idiot countdown related, stupid citizenship requirements and I had to share.

My vacation that was referenced earlier is to go and spend a week at Moon Palace in Riveria Maya where Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds are playing this coming weekend. I also have tickets to 4 more shows this year, back-to-back @ Deer Creek (Indianapolis) and another back-to-back in Irvine CA.

I honestly can't even begin to articulate how excited I am, they are to me what the Beatles are to K4. And my wife is all on board, such amazing memories are going to be made this year.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Known-to-me favorites from #3, not including my own pick or Child in Time, which is known to be on my list:

I expected Child to be picked more than twice - maybe in the next few days.

Their Guitar Hero/Rock Band jawn still hasn't shown up.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

So music related but not really idiot countdown related, stupid citizenship requirements and I had to share.

My vacation that was referenced earlier is to go and spend a week at Moon Palace in Riveria Maya where Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds are playing this coming weekend. I also have tickets to 4 more shows this year, back-to-back @ Deer Creek (Indianapolis) and another back-to-back in Irvine CA.

I honestly can't even begin to articulate how excited I am, they are to me what the Beatles are to K4. And my wife is all on board, such amazing memories are going to be made this year.

Enjoy, man. I haven't been to Moon Palace, but have stayed in that neck of the woods a few times and have heard good things about that resort. Heard from a friend down there that the sargassum is hitting pretty hard right now, so be prepared for maybe less-than-ideal beaches.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

The Dead Boys are a boy band, right?

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Take it to the boy band forum, people.

We’re going to wind up doing a boy band draft - might as well acknowledge it now.

The Dead Boys are a boy band, right?

How's about Cannibal Corpse?

 

[Hawks64]

So music related but not really idiot countdown related, stupid citizenship requirements and I had to share.

My vacation that was referenced earlier is to go and spend a week at Moon Palace in Riveria Maya where Dave Matthews & Tim Reynolds are playing this coming weekend. I also have tickets to 4 more shows this year, back-to-back @ Deer Creek (Indianapolis) and another back-to-back in Irvine CA.

I honestly can't even begin to articulate how excited I am, they are to me what the Beatles are to K4. And my wife is all on board, such amazing memories are going to be made this year.

Enjoy, man. I haven't been to Moon Palace, but have stayed in that neck of the woods a few times and have heard good things about that resort. Heard from a friend down there that the sargassum is hitting pretty hard right now, so be prepared for maybe less-than-ideal beaches.

We're diving a bunch and really there for the music more than the beach, we'll have plenty of sun and water and fun.

 

[Ilov80s]

They can be the template for Boy Bands without actually being one.

The Monkees definitely come to my mind when I think original boy band and like you said they were modeled off The Beatles.

 

[Ilov80s]

Enjoy, man. I haven't been to Moon Palace, but have stayed in that neck of the woods a few times and have heard good things about that resort. Heard from a friend down there that the sargassum is hitting pretty hard right now, so be prepared for maybe less-than-ideal beaches.

I was there for New Years and the beaches were clear then. Ofcourse there is a lot of money and time spent by resorts to maintain that. Gorgeous part of the world. I’m jealous of his trip.

 

[Ilov80s]

Just to be clear, I'm not saying "Eleanor.." or "Tomorrow..." aren't fantastic pieces of music. Just that I think the earlier Beatles songs tend to get dismissed as teeny-bopper stuff when they were extraordinary musical feats in their own rights.

Oh yeah for sure and I am not saying their early records were weak either. My favorite period is their middle period but I think prefer their early stuff to the late Beatles work.

I do think they had the reputation as a band for teen girls and it took songs like Eleanor Rigby to change that perception and attract interest from a much wider audience including many who might not have been quick to consider rock music to be a true art.

 

[Uruk-Hai]

Enjoy, man. I haven't been to Moon Palace, but have stayed in that neck of the woods a few times and have heard good things about that resort. Heard from a friend down there that the sargassum is hitting pretty hard right now, so be prepared for maybe less-than-ideal beaches.

I was there for New Years and the beaches were clear then. Ofcourse there is a lot of money and time spent by resorts to maintain that. Gorgeous part of the world. I’m jealous of his trip.

You stayed at Moon Palace or somewhere else?

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

They can be the template for Boy Bands without actually being one.

The Monkees definitely come to my mind when I think original boy band and like you said they were modeled off The Beatles.

yeah most definitely - nick-named the "Prefab Four"

 

[Uruk-Hai]

They can be the template for Boy Bands without actually being one.

The Monkees definitely come to my mind when I think original boy band and like you said they were modeled off The Beatles.

yeah most definitely - nick-named the "Prefab Four"

And still better than the freaking Airplane

 

[Ilov80s]

You stayed at Moon Palace or somewhere else?

about 20 km away at a different resort

 

[Val Rannous]

Contest Standings:

Person	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Top	Song	Song By…
Manster	8	Def Leppard	Pink Floyd	Elton John	David Bowie	Depeche Mode	The Who	U2	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
New Binky the Doormat	8	Elton John	David Bowie	The Who	Pink Floyd	U2	Def Leppard	Genesis	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
Westerberg	8	David Bowie	The Who	Elton John	Van Morrison	Elvis Costello	Radiohead	Pink Floyd	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
Just Win Baby	7	The Who	Pink Floyd	The Cure	U2	The Kinks	Elton John	David Bowie	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Pip's Invitation	7	Pink Floyd	The Who	David Bowie	Elton John	U2	The Cure	The Kinks	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Eephus	7	The Who	The Kinks	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	U2	Black Sabbath	Elton John	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Val Rannous	7	Pink Floyd	Ozzy Osbourne	The Kinks	David Bowie	U2	The Who	Elton John	The Beatles	Crazy Train	Ozzy Osbourne
Mrs. Rannous	7	The Kinks	Elton John	Jethro Tull	U2	The Who	The Eurythmics	Pink Floyd	Led Zeppelin	Baba O'Riley	The Who
scorchy	7	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	Elton John	The Who	Radiohead	Van Morrison	The Kinks	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
AAABatteries	7	Van Morrison	The Kinks	Elton John	U2	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	Radiohead	The Beatles	Zombie	The Cranberries
The Dreaded Marco	6	David Bowie	U2	The Who	The Kinks	Elton John	Black Sabbath	The Clash	The Beatles	Heroes	David Bowie
higgins	6	Pink Floyd	Radiohead	The Who	John Lennon	David Bowie	U2	Elton John	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Chaz McNulty	6	U2	Elton John	The Who	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	Radiohead	Coldplay	The Beatles	Tiny Dancer	Elton John
Dr. Octopus	6	The Who	Pink Floyd	U2	Elton John	The Cure	Van Morrison	Radiohead	The Beatles	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Doug B	6	U2	David Bowie	The Who	Pink Floyd	Oasis	The Kinks	Elton John	U2	Heroes	David Bowie
Chaos34	6	U2	Pink Floyd	Elton John	David Bowie	The Who	Van Morrison	Radiohead	The Rolling Stones	Bitter Sweet Symphony	The Verve
MAC_32	5	U2	Pink Floyd	The Who	David Bowie	The Clash	Radiohead	The Cure	The Beatles	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney
falguy	5	Elton John	Pink Floyd	U2	The Who	David Bowie	The Cult	The Cure	The Rolling Stones	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd
Uruk-Hai	5	David Bowie	Elton John	The Clash	The Who	The Kinks	The Animals	Dusty Springfield	The Beatles	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John
DrianMalcolm	5	Elton John	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	The Who	Cream	Elvis Costello	Amy Winehouse	The Beatles	Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield
Hov34	5	David Bowie	The Who	U2	Elton John	Pink Floyd	Arctic Monkeys	Yes	The Rolling Stones	Heroes	David Bowie
simey	5	Pink Floyd	Van Morrison	David Bowie	Iron Maiden	Elton John	The Cure	U2	Led Zeppelin	Bad	U2
Don Quixote	5	David Bowie	The Kinks	The Who	Radiohead	Elton John	U2	Sex Pistols	The Rolling Stones	Waterloo Sunset	The Kinks
jwb	5	Pink Floyd	Van Morrison	Elton John	David Bowie	U2	Yes	Iron Maiden	The Rolling Stones	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Karma Police	5	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	The Who	U2	Radiohead	Van Morrison	Cream	Led Zeppelin	Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield
Hawks64	4	Iron Maiden	Ozzy Osbourne	Elton John	Pink Floyd	The Who	The Clash	Radiohead	The Beatles	Fame	David Bowie
cosjobs	2	The Who	Black Sabbath	Traffic	Elvis Costello	Fleetwood Mac	Jethro Tull	Van Morrison	The Rolling Stones	Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Traffic

 

[Val Rannous]

In the American list, I took Rock and Roll Spoons.

Today, I took Rock and Roll Hurdy Gurdy.

I'm going to have to work to get an equivalently weird Rock and Roll instrument in the World list when we do it.

 

[The Dreaded Marco]

Contest Standings:

Person	Score	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Top	Song	Song By…
Manster	8	Def Leppard	Pink Floyd	Elton John	David Bowie	Depeche Mode	The Who	U2	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
New Binky the Doormat	8	Elton John	David Bowie	The Who	Pink Floyd	U2	Def Leppard	Genesis	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
Westerberg	8	David Bowie	The Who	Elton John	Van Morrison	Elvis Costello	Radiohead	Pink Floyd	The Beatles	Baba O'Riley	The Who
Just Win Baby	7	The Who	Pink Floyd	The Cure	U2	The Kinks	Elton John	David Bowie	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Pip's Invitation	7	Pink Floyd	The Who	David Bowie	Elton John	U2	The Cure	The Kinks	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Eephus	7	The Who	The Kinks	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	U2	Black Sabbath	Elton John	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Val Rannous	7	Pink Floyd	Ozzy Osbourne	The Kinks	David Bowie	U2	The Who	Elton John	The Beatles	Crazy Train	Ozzy Osbourne
Mrs. Rannous	7	The Kinks	Elton John	Jethro Tull	U2	The Who	The Eurythmics	Pink Floyd	Led Zeppelin	Baba O'Riley	The Who
scorchy	7	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	Elton John	The Who	Radiohead	Van Morrison	The Kinks	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
AAABatteries	7	Van Morrison	The Kinks	Elton John	U2	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	Radiohead	The Beatles	Zombie	The Cranberries
The Dreaded Marco	6	David Bowie	U2	The Who	The Kinks	Elton John	Black Sabbath	The Clash	The Beatles	Heroes	David Bowie
higgins	6	Pink Floyd	Radiohead	The Who	John Lennon	David Bowie	U2	Elton John	The Beatles	Wish You Were Here	Pink Floyd
Chaz McNulty	6	U2	Elton John	The Who	Pink Floyd	David Bowie	Radiohead	Coldplay	The Beatles	Tiny Dancer	Elton John
Dr. Octopus	6	The Who	Pink Floyd	U2	Elton John	The Cure	Van Morrison	Radiohead	The Beatles	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Doug B	6	U2	David Bowie	The Who	Pink Floyd	Oasis	The Kinks	Elton John	U2	Heroes	David Bowie
Chaos34	6	U2	Pink Floyd	Elton John	David Bowie	The Who	Van Morrison	Radiohead	The Rolling Stones	Bitter Sweet Symphony	The Verve
MAC_32	5	U2	Pink Floyd	The Who	David Bowie	The Clash	Radiohead	The Cure	The Beatles	Maybe I'm Amazed	Paul McCartney
falguy	5	Elton John	Pink Floyd	U2	The Who	David Bowie	The Cult	The Cure	The Rolling Stones	Comfortably Numb	Pink Floyd
Uruk-Hai	5	David Bowie	Elton John	The Clash	The Who	The Kinks	The Animals	Dusty Springfield	The Beatles	Goodbye Yellow Brick Road	Elton John
DrianMalcolm	5	Elton John	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	The Who	Cream	Elvis Costello	Amy Winehouse	The Beatles	Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield
Hov34	5	David Bowie	The Who	U2	Elton John	Pink Floyd	Arctic Monkeys	Yes	The Rolling Stones	Heroes	David Bowie
simey	5	Pink Floyd	Van Morrison	David Bowie	Iron Maiden	Elton John	The Cure	U2	Led Zeppelin	Bad	U2
Don Quixote	5	David Bowie	The Kinks	The Who	Radiohead	Elton John	U2	Sex Pistols	The Rolling Stones	Waterloo Sunset	The Kinks
jwb	5	Pink Floyd	Van Morrison	Elton John	David Bowie	U2	Yes	Iron Maiden	The Rolling Stones	Into the Mystic	Van Morrison
Karma Police	5	David Bowie	Pink Floyd	The Who	U2	Radiohead	Van Morrison	Cream	Led Zeppelin	Son of a Preacher Man	Dusty Springfield
Hawks64	4	Iron Maiden	Ozzy Osbourne	Elton John	Pink Floyd	The Who	The Clash	Radiohead	The Beatles	Fame	David Bowie
cosjobs	2	The Who	Black Sabbath	Traffic	Elvis Costello	Fleetwood Mac	Jethro Tull	Van Morrison	The Rolling Stones	Low Spark of High Heeled Boys	Traffic

What do you need on Monday night?




I need the Clash to outscore Van Morrison by 25 points over the final two rounds. AND not have The Cure, Elvis Costello or Radiohead outscore the Clash by more than 23, 35 and 55 points, respectively.

Not bloody likely……


ETA: and Heroes to show up at least 8 more times in the final 2 rounds.

 

[higgins]

In the American list, I took Rock and Roll Spoons.

Today, I took Rock and Roll Hurdy Gurdy.

I'm going to have to work to get an equivalently weird Rock and Roll instrument in the World list when we do it.

This begs the question: I have a tendency to take instrumentals. Someone mentioned possibly having a separate instrumental draft — are you people willing to do that kind of draft? Or should I use more instrumentals in the world draft?

 

[Dr. Octopus]

In the American list, I took Rock and Roll Spoons.

Today, I took Rock and Roll Hurdy Gurdy.

I'm going to have to work to get an equivalently weird Rock and Roll instrument in the World list when we do it.

you can always lie to us about the translation if you take a foreign language song.

 

[Mister CIA]

"Victoria" - The Kinks

I picked this because of @Mister CIA telling me during the "This Is Their Best Song" draft that this was one of their best songs. I decided to listen to Arthur, or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire again and - lo! -- found this to be one of their best tracks. So here it is.

Great tune - got some nice recognition a few years back on an episode of How I Met Your Mother.

How I Met Your Mother

 

[krista4]

What do you need on Monday night?

 

[rockaction]

How I Met Your Mother

Natty Light. That look! I just fell in love.

 

[KarmaPolice]

Hawks is being called away on a top-secret mission tomorrow and Wednesday. He did do the playlists, but won't be around to switch them from private to public each day, so it won't really work. Is there anyone who could do the playlists those days? @KarmaPolice ?

@krista4 - did you get anybody for this? I just saw this.

 

[krista4]

Hawks is being called away on a top-secret mission tomorrow and Wednesday. He did do the playlists, but won't be around to switch them from private to public each day, so it won't really work. Is there anyone who could do the playlists those days? @KarmaPolice ?

@krista4 - did you get anybody for this? I just saw this.

I knew you weren't in here usually until later, but the good news is Hawks and I figured it out, so we're all set. Thank you for asking!

 

[Val Rannous]

I'm going to have to work to get an equivalently weird Rock and Roll instrument in the World list when we do it.

you can always lie to us about the translation if you take a foreign language song.

At least one foreign language song planned for my list (with scat lyrics!!!)

 

[KarmaPolice]

Now every time I hear Tiny Dancer, I imagine a wikkid/High Fidelity mashup:

"No. Immediate disqualification because of its involvement with Almost Famous!"

 

[krista4]

My selection today is "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison. I can't even be mad that I don't get to own my #3 song, because I'm happy that Dr. O saw fit to put this under-appreciated track on his list. Please take a listen to this on today's playlist even if you caught Dr. O's before, as I specifically chose a different, "naked" version of the song, which I prefer to the Spector-ized one, though both are outstanding.

I dedicate my selection to Dale/wikkid. I remember being floored that in the midst of my post-Beatles Beatles thread, I not only got him to re-listen to All Things Must Pass, but that he found a new appreciation of it and wrote what I consider one of his most lovely and haunting posts (which as you know is huge praise). Here's what I said in the RIP wikkid thread:

"Today I'll do a Dale music post again, in honor of my Beatles class. This one is kind of a downer, but I thought at the time (about three years ago) that it was one of the most sublimely deep and deeply stunning things I'd read from him. I had alleged that Side 3 of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass might be the best side of an album in history. So Dale re-listened to it, and what he wrote is what I think of every time I hear it now. "

And this was wikkid's post:

"I've heard ATMP a thousand times but have listened to it maybe thrice. As someone who always hated bliss, i usually gave it short shrift. During my runaway years, i encountered dozens of alternative communities filled w Blissies and all this city boy could think of was "we've spent 200 years fighting our way out of the yolks of altar & throne........for THIS?! Just trade it all in for yet another myth?!" And, unfortunately, Harrison was the unofficial captain of the "oh....yeah.....cool......peace" movement, so i gave his music much less attention & respect than it deserved. My loss.

I check out that side one more time and i hear everything i want to hear from a side - invention, melody, humor, wisdom and, most important, the ability to hold my sway for a while. That's one thing artists seldom understand any longer, the responsibility of being better than other people being to make other people better. The power to make them offer to put themselves in the palm of your hand that they may be comforted, enlightened, inspired, relieved of life's awful burdens for a short time and given a view from above it all.

He warned us. George Harrison was a product of what he saw, not what he knew, as most great artists are in their approach to their work. And, relieved of the onus of great inner fire, he was able to say, quite early on in counterculture terms, "It's all bull####, don't you know. Find peace in your heart and you will see that it's so. I don't have to be complicated and neither do you. Here are some songs about complicated people and how silly is all they do."

Beware of Maya. Beware of illusions which become delusions. Open your heart before you open your mind and it will go oh so much more easily. And now, almost 50 years on, almost everything is Maya. My gen did indeed cast the bliss aside and what for? Identity & individuality, liberty & license, consumption & concupiscence. Now all we look for is peace, take pills for peace, be mindful for peace. ####ed out, tensed up, pissed off, shut down are we. Oh....yeah.....cool......peace. Sounds pretty good all of a sudden. All things must pass."

 

[krista4]

Thoughts on yesterday's playlist, which I didn't get to until today:

- I've come to a new appreciation for ELO in this exercise. I liked them as a kid because I was just a dumb kid who liked what was popular, but now I'm appreciating their work in a more mature way. I first noticed this when "Livin' Thing" came up a couple of times, and felt it again with "Mr. Blue Sky."
- Only four new-to-me songs yesterday, but the standouts were Arctic Monkeys and...I can't believe it...Tom Jones. Both went on my new playlist.
- Not a bad song to be found on yesterday's list.

 

[Mister CIA]

My selection today is "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison. I can't even be mad that I don't get to own my #3 song, because I'm happy that Dr. O saw fit to put this under-appreciated track on his list. Please take a listen to this on today's playlist even if you caught Dr. O's before, as I specifically chose a different, "naked" version of the song, which I prefer to the Spector-ized one, though both are outstanding.

I dedicate my selection to Dale/wikkid. I remember being floored that in the midst of my post-Beatles Beatles thread, I not only got him to re-listen to All Things Must Pass, but that he found a new appreciation of it and wrote what I consider one of his most lovely and haunting posts (which as you know is huge praise). Here's what I said in the RIP wikkid thread:

"Today I'll do a Dale music post again, in honor of my Beatles class. This one is kind of a downer, but I thought at the time (about three years ago) that it was one of the most sublimely deep and deeply stunning things I'd read from him. I had alleged that Side 3 of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass might be the best side of an album in history. So Dale re-listened to it, and what he wrote is what I think of every time I hear it now. "

And this was wikkid's post:

"I've heard ATMP a thousand times but have listened to it maybe thrice. As someone who always hated bliss, i usually gave it short shrift. During my runaway years, i encountered dozens of alternative communities filled w Blissies and all this city boy could think of was "we've spent 200 years fighting our way out of the yolks of altar & throne........for THIS?! Just trade it all in for yet another myth?!" And, unfortunately, Harrison was the unofficial captain of the "oh....yeah.....cool......peace" movement, so i gave his music much less attention & respect than it deserved. My loss.

I check out that side one more time and i hear everything i want to hear from a side - invention, melody, humor, wisdom and, most important, the ability to hold my sway for a while. That's one thing artists seldom understand any longer, the responsibility of being better than other people being to make other people better. The power to make them offer to put themselves in the palm of your hand that they may be comforted, enlightened, inspired, relieved of life's awful burdens for a short time and given a view from above it all.

He warned us. George Harrison was a product of what he saw, not what he knew, as most great artists are in their approach to their work. And, relieved of the onus of great inner fire, he was able to say, quite early on in counterculture terms, "It's all bull####, don't you know. Find peace in your heart and you will see that it's so. I don't have to be complicated and neither do you. Here are some songs about complicated people and how silly is all they do."

Beware of Maya. Beware of illusions which become delusions. Open your heart before you open your mind and it will go oh so much more easily. And now, almost 50 years on, almost everything is Maya. My gen did indeed cast the bliss aside and what for? Identity & individuality, liberty & license, consumption & concupiscence. Now all we look for is peace, take pills for peace, be mindful for peace. ####ed out, tensed up, pissed off, shut down are we. Oh....yeah.....cool......peace. Sounds pretty good all of a sudden. All things must pass."

That was great. If I thought long enough, I'd probably come up with a dozen all-timer albums that I've never really soaked up, including All Things Must Pass. I would not recognize any song from the album that was not given decent airplay in the 70s and 80s. Started a new doc on my desktop called Blind Spots, and All Things Must Pass is the first entry.

Feeling like the guy who has never watched The Sorpranos, nor The Wire.

 

[Mister CIA]

Still not a Tomorrow Never Knows fan. I think I'm a bitter Rubber Soul fan who resents that Revolver gets more love, and this is exhibit A.

 

[krista4]

Thoughts on yesterday's playlist, which I didn't get to until today:

- I've come to a new appreciation for ELO in this exercise. I liked them as a kid because I was just a dumb kid who liked what was popular, but now I'm appreciating their work in a more mature way. I first noticed this when "Livin' Thing" came up a couple of times, and felt it again with "Mr. Blue Sky."
- Only four new-to-me songs yesterday, but the standouts were Arctic Monkeys and...I can't believe it...Tom Jones. Both went on my new playlist.
- Not a bad song to be found on yesterday's list.

Oh, forgot to say, my "oh, that's what that song is" award from yesterday goes to Karn whatever by ELP. Of course I knew the song, but had no idea of the title or who performed it. D'oh. Good song.

 

[krista4]

Today's moment was listening for an embarrassingly long minute or so wondering where TF that noise was coming from, before realizing I was listening to a song called "Sheep."

 

[Mister CIA]

Artists I Want to be Reincarnated As rankings.

1. Tom Jones

 

[krista4]

I had "Tomorrow Never Knows" as my Beatles song and switched it out last minute. Pretty revolutionary in what they were doing. "Rain" is also one of my favorite Beatles tracks, too. Listening to "Rain" now and just digging it.

I'm sure you and most others have listened to this, but the other night during our dance party OH and were playing the recording that was released last year of "Rain" at its original speed, before it was slowed down. Ringo is a madman on it!

ETA: Paul's work is equally impressive.

 

[Pip's Invitation]

My selection today is "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison. I can't even be mad that I don't get to own my #3 song, because I'm happy that Dr. O saw fit to put this under-appreciated track on his list. Please take a listen to this on today's playlist even if you caught Dr. O's before, as I specifically chose a different, "naked" version of the song, which I prefer to the Spector-ized one, though both are outstanding.

I dedicate my selection to Dale/wikkid. I remember being floored that in the midst of my post-Beatles Beatles thread, I not only got him to re-listen to All Things Must Pass, but that he found a new appreciation of it and wrote what I consider one of his most lovely and haunting posts (which as you know is huge praise). Here's what I said in the RIP wikkid thread:

"Today I'll do a Dale music post again, in honor of my Beatles class. This one is kind of a downer, but I thought at the time (about three years ago) that it was one of the most sublimely deep and deeply stunning things I'd read from him. I had alleged that Side 3 of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass might be the best side of an album in history. So Dale re-listened to it, and what he wrote is what I think of every time I hear it now. "

And this was wikkid's post:

"I've heard ATMP a thousand times but have listened to it maybe thrice. As someone who always hated bliss, i usually gave it short shrift. During my runaway years, i encountered dozens of alternative communities filled w Blissies and all this city boy could think of was "we've spent 200 years fighting our way out of the yolks of altar & throne........for THIS?! Just trade it all in for yet another myth?!" And, unfortunately, Harrison was the unofficial captain of the "oh....yeah.....cool......peace" movement, so i gave his music much less attention & respect than it deserved. My loss.

I check out that side one more time and i hear everything i want to hear from a side - invention, melody, humor, wisdom and, most important, the ability to hold my sway for a while. That's one thing artists seldom understand any longer, the responsibility of being better than other people being to make other people better. The power to make them offer to put themselves in the palm of your hand that they may be comforted, enlightened, inspired, relieved of life's awful burdens for a short time and given a view from above it all.

He warned us. George Harrison was a product of what he saw, not what he knew, as most great artists are in their approach to their work. And, relieved of the onus of great inner fire, he was able to say, quite early on in counterculture terms, "It's all bull####, don't you know. Find peace in your heart and you will see that it's so. I don't have to be complicated and neither do you. Here are some songs about complicated people and how silly is all they do."

Beware of Maya. Beware of illusions which become delusions. Open your heart before you open your mind and it will go oh so much more easily. And now, almost 50 years on, almost everything is Maya. My gen did indeed cast the bliss aside and what for? Identity & individuality, liberty & license, consumption & concupiscence. Now all we look for is peace, take pills for peace, be mindful for peace. ####ed out, tensed up, pissed off, shut down are we. Oh....yeah.....cool......peace. Sounds pretty good all of a sudden. All things must pass."

That was great. If I thought long enough, I'd probably come up with a dozen all-timer albums that I've never really soaked up, including All Things Must Pass. I would not recognize any song from the album that was not given decent airplay in the 70s and 80s. Started a new doc on my desktop called Blind Spots, and All Things Must Pass is the first entry.

Feeling like the guy who has never watched The Sorpranos, nor The Wire.

I haven't watched either!

May finally get around to the Sopranos because HBO Max came with our cell phone plan. The subject matter of The Wire just doesn't interest me.

 

[Mister CIA]

My selection today is "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison. I can't even be mad that I don't get to own my #3 song, because I'm happy that Dr. O saw fit to put this under-appreciated track on his list. Please take a listen to this on today's playlist even if you caught Dr. O's before, as I specifically chose a different, "naked" version of the song, which I prefer to the Spector-ized one, though both are outstanding.

I dedicate my selection to Dale/wikkid. I remember being floored that in the midst of my post-Beatles Beatles thread, I not only got him to re-listen to All Things Must Pass, but that he found a new appreciation of it and wrote what I consider one of his most lovely and haunting posts (which as you know is huge praise). Here's what I said in the RIP wikkid thread:

"Today I'll do a Dale music post again, in honor of my Beatles class. This one is kind of a downer, but I thought at the time (about three years ago) that it was one of the most sublimely deep and deeply stunning things I'd read from him. I had alleged that Side 3 of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass might be the best side of an album in history. So Dale re-listened to it, and what he wrote is what I think of every time I hear it now. "

And this was wikkid's post:

"I've heard ATMP a thousand times but have listened to it maybe thrice. As someone who always hated bliss, i usually gave it short shrift. During my runaway years, i encountered dozens of alternative communities filled w Blissies and all this city boy could think of was "we've spent 200 years fighting our way out of the yolks of altar & throne........for THIS?! Just trade it all in for yet another myth?!" And, unfortunately, Harrison was the unofficial captain of the "oh....yeah.....cool......peace" movement, so i gave his music much less attention & respect than it deserved. My loss.

I check out that side one more time and i hear everything i want to hear from a side - invention, melody, humor, wisdom and, most important, the ability to hold my sway for a while. That's one thing artists seldom understand any longer, the responsibility of being better than other people being to make other people better. The power to make them offer to put themselves in the palm of your hand that they may be comforted, enlightened, inspired, relieved of life's awful burdens for a short time and given a view from above it all.

He warned us. George Harrison was a product of what he saw, not what he knew, as most great artists are in their approach to their work. And, relieved of the onus of great inner fire, he was able to say, quite early on in counterculture terms, "It's all bull####, don't you know. Find peace in your heart and you will see that it's so. I don't have to be complicated and neither do you. Here are some songs about complicated people and how silly is all they do."

Beware of Maya. Beware of illusions which become delusions. Open your heart before you open your mind and it will go oh so much more easily. And now, almost 50 years on, almost everything is Maya. My gen did indeed cast the bliss aside and what for? Identity & individuality, liberty & license, consumption & concupiscence. Now all we look for is peace, take pills for peace, be mindful for peace. ####ed out, tensed up, pissed off, shut down are we. Oh....yeah.....cool......peace. Sounds pretty good all of a sudden. All things must pass."

That was great. If I thought long enough, I'd probably come up with a dozen all-timer albums that I've never really soaked up, including All Things Must Pass. I would not recognize any song from the album that was not given decent airplay in the 70s and 80s. Started a new doc on my desktop called Blind Spots, and All Things Must Pass is the first entry.

Feeling like the guy who has never watched The Sorpranos, nor The Wire.

I haven't watched either!

May finally get around to the Sopranos because HBO Max came with our cell phone plan. The subject matter of The Wire just doesn't interest me.

The Wire: The storytelling, production, and acting (and casting) are near perfect.

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

Today's moment is listening for an embarrassingly long minute or so wondering where tf that noise was coming from, before realizing I was listening to a song called "Sheep."

Carnac (hermetically sealed envelope to forehead): Sis - Boom - Bah!

Carnac (opening sealed envelope): what sound does an exploding sheep make?

 

[New Binky the Doormat]

My selection today is "Beware of Darkness" by George Harrison. I can't even be mad that I don't get to own my #3 song, because I'm happy that Dr. O saw fit to put this under-appreciated track on his list. Please take a listen to this on today's playlist even if you caught Dr. O's before, as I specifically chose a different, "naked" version of the song, which I prefer to the Spector-ized one, though both are outstanding.

I dedicate my selection to Dale/wikkid. I remember being floored that in the midst of my post-Beatles Beatles thread, I not only got him to re-listen to All Things Must Pass, but that he found a new appreciation of it and wrote what I consider one of his most lovely and haunting posts (which as you know is huge praise). Here's what I said in the RIP wikkid thread:

"Today I'll do a Dale music post again, in honor of my Beatles class. This one is kind of a downer, but I thought at the time (about three years ago) that it was one of the most sublimely deep and deeply stunning things I'd read from him. I had alleged that Side 3 of George Harrison's All Things Must Pass might be the best side of an album in history. So Dale re-listened to it, and what he wrote is what I think of every time I hear it now. "

And this was wikkid's post:

"I've heard ATMP a thousand times but have listened to it maybe thrice. As someone who always hated bliss, i usually gave it short shrift. During my runaway years, i encountered dozens of alternative communities filled w Blissies and all this city boy could think of was "we've spent 200 years fighting our way out of the yolks of altar & throne........for THIS?! Just trade it all in for yet another myth?!" And, unfortunately, Harrison was the unofficial captain of the "oh....yeah.....cool......peace" movement, so i gave his music much less attention & respect than it deserved. My loss.

I check out that side one more time and i hear everything i want to hear from a side - invention, melody, humor, wisdom and, most important, the ability to hold my sway for a while. That's one thing artists seldom understand any longer, the responsibility of being better than other people being to make other people better. The power to make them offer to put themselves in the palm of your hand that they may be comforted, enlightened, inspired, relieved of life's awful burdens for a short time and given a view from above it all.

He warned us. George Harrison was a product of what he saw, not what he knew, as most great artists are in their approach to their work. And, relieved of the onus of great inner fire, he was able to say, quite early on in counterculture terms, "It's all bull####, don't you know. Find peace in your heart and you will see that it's so. I don't have to be complicated and neither do you. Here are some songs about complicated people and how silly is all they do."

Beware of Maya. Beware of illusions which become delusions. Open your heart before you open your mind and it will go oh so much more easily. And now, almost 50 years on, almost everything is Maya. My gen did indeed cast the bliss aside and what for? Identity & individuality, liberty & license, consumption & concupiscence. Now all we look for is peace, take pills for peace, be mindful for peace. ####ed out, tensed up, pissed off, shut down are we. Oh....yeah.....cool......peace. Sounds pretty good all of a sudden. All things must pass."

That was great. If I thought long enough, I'd probably come up with a dozen all-timer albums that I've never really soaked up, including All Things Must Pass. I would not recognize any song from the album that was not given decent airplay in the 70s and 80s. Started a new doc on my desktop called Blind Spots, and All Things Must Pass is the first entry.

Feeling like the guy who has never watched The Sorpranos, nor The Wire.

I haven't watched either!

May finally get around to the Sopranos because HBO Max came with our cell phone plan. The subject matter of The Wire just doesn't interest me.

The Wire: The storytelling, production, and acting (and casting) are near perfect.

love mob stuff - so Sopranos is an all-time favorite ...but just finished up my 2nd go-around of The Wire - and it's mighty close

 

[krista4]

love mob stuff - so Sopranos is an all-time favorite ...but just finished up my 2nd go-around of The Wire - and it's mighty close

I only just watched The Sopranos a year or so ago. Even though everyone loved it, I had not thought I would, but I was wrong. The Wire remains my favorite, but The Sopranos would probably be my #4 (behind The Leftovers and Better Call Saul). I was really sad when I finished it and watched that prequel movie just to see the characters some more. Oof, that movie was a disaster.