tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post2473913954361336387..comments2024-03-28T14:41:03.787-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Beatles Week: Part V -- Holy Crap, a Brand New Weekend Listomania!!!!NYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24627291767430469392014-10-19T23:41:45.146-04:002014-10-19T23:41:45.146-04:00By the time you get to the White album there are m...By the time you get to the White album there are more bad songs than good. Paul wrote some absolutely horrendous crap and the more influence he exerted the worse they got.<br /><br />The worst of all is tough, but Rocky Raccoon, ObLahDe and Why Don't We Do it in The Road are about as pathetic as it gets.Voxtronnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-38418956905495745292014-10-06T19:12:26.641-04:002014-10-06T19:12:26.641-04:00About 1/2 of Beatles for Sale and 3/4 of the White...About 1/2 of Beatles for Sale and 3/4 of the White Album, which I still don't get. If pushed for one song, Mr. Moonlight - hated it was I bought it in '65 and hate it now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-14829864836257010352014-10-06T11:08:29.008-04:002014-10-06T11:08:29.008-04:00"Mr. Moonlight" was the first one that c..."Mr. Moonlight" was the first one that came to mind, mainly because I think it was the first of their songs that I actively hated and would always skip. <br /><br />I agree with Nigel Tufnel --- "Run For Your Life' is as creepy as 'Every Breath You Take" --- although I don't hate the music, I hate the sentiment. In other words, if it had other lyrics I might like it.<br /><br />Others I can't listen to have been mentioned several times: "Revolution 9", "Piggies", "Wild Honey Pie" --- I also really don't like "Being for the Benefit of Mr Kite" --- but there are some choices upthread that blow my mind. "Tell Me What You See"? Really? Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72741795371050123212014-10-06T08:25:55.338-04:002014-10-06T08:25:55.338-04:00I'm going to offer up "Run For You Life&q...I'm going to offer up "Run For You Life". It's Lennon's pre-Yoko misogyny on overdrive and a truly ugly lyric (veiled death threats! Yay!). "You Can't Do That" is pretty bad, but "Run For Your Life" ruins Rubber Soul for me the way that "Within You, Without You" ruins Sgt. Pepper for some.Nigel Tufnelnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-72226658071276361282014-10-04T23:42:23.292-04:002014-10-04T23:42:23.292-04:00Oh, come off it!
The Beatles aren't some sacr...Oh, come off it!<br /><br />The Beatles aren't some sacred cow which could do no wrong. If they were, this post would be pointless, and Steve wouldn't have started it in the first place. One hopes.<br /><br />I LOVE the Beatles, but I do not subscribe to the idea that they were the beginning and the end of everything. Case in point, no Buddy Holly = No Beatles. No Elvis = No Beatles. No Eddie Cochran = No Beatles. No Little Richard = No Beatles. No Chuck Berry = No Beatles. No Orbison = No Beatles.<br /><br />As we know and love them. Warts and all. All we need is love - indeed.Hannes A. Jónssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343734222803109095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22583136714953886762014-10-04T20:21:57.071-04:002014-10-04T20:21:57.071-04:00And what girl wouldn't want her guy to love he...And what girl wouldn't want her guy to love her till the cows came home? <br /><br />Only problem is that there should be a cowbell ringing (like on You Can't Do That) on every beat in the bridge. It woulda been perfect.<br /><br />Anathema to DJ's because it has no padded intro. Goes right into the chorus. No chance for amphetamine rap over the opening pad. <br /><br />I dig the song. Has a nice pulse and structure. Plus it sounds like John means business. I like that. <br /><br />The things he wants to "say" and "tell" to his lover require much more than the use of his vocal chords. He can't wait to get home and engage in the fleshly conversation. He wants it because he knows how good she is. And he's gonna take it like a man.<br /><br />That's rock 'n' roll.<br /><br />Vickie Rock - I got no time for TrivialiTeaseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-44522228751028812732014-10-04T19:19:08.698-04:002014-10-04T19:19:08.698-04:00When I Get Home rhymes if you please and trivialit...When I Get Home rhymes if you please and trivialities, and thus deserves respect from mere mortals.<br /><br />I confess to being baffled at the hackles it has raised around here.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-78481689493833111172014-10-04T17:13:12.708-04:002014-10-04T17:13:12.708-04:00Hannes: If it wasn't for the Beatles "imp...Hannes: If it wasn't for the Beatles "imperfect" albums, influence and inspiration, Pet Sounds and Odessey & Oracle would never have been made:-)<br /><br />In their way, Meet the Beatles, The Beatles' Second Album, The UK Help!, US Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper (I don't mind Within You Without You) and Abbey Road are all perfect albums. And if it wasn't for Mr. Moonlight, Beatles For Sale would be perfect.<br /><br />Vickie Rock - I'll Follow the SunAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-701768665526866422014-10-04T16:19:09.971-04:002014-10-04T16:19:09.971-04:00When I Get Home without a doubt. By anyone's ...When I Get Home without a doubt. By anyone's standard, it's just really, really bad.<br /><br />And so is O-Bla-Di-O-Bla-Da. And Tomorrow Never Knows, Within You Without You, When I'm Sixty-Four, I'm the Walrus, Yellow Substandard, Octopus's Garden, Maxwell's Silver Hammer.<br /><br />In fact, there's crap on every single Beatles album ever made. Therefore, IMHO, they never made that "perfect" album, a la Pet Sounds and Odessey and Oracle.<br /><br />And oh yes, Imagine sucks ass. Big time.Hannes A. Jónssonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16343734222803109095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-71731825437078954212014-10-04T14:08:12.456-04:002014-10-04T14:08:12.456-04:00Revolution No. 9. No question.
BTW, was gobsmacke...Revolution No. 9. No question.<br /><br />BTW, was gobsmacked to see "Elvis' Greatest Shit" when I first opened the page. I was (and I hate this word) "frenemies" with the guy who put this out, and would often do artwork for his stuff. My only contribution on this one, however, was Nipper hurlin' into the horn of the record player. It's been nice to see it used by my local free rag, the LA Weekly, from time to time when they wanted to make a point about some lousy album or other. (Been told that it's turned up elsewhere, but I don't remember where offhand.)Annahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12205542596513500104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-87637127146933969422014-10-04T14:08:08.767-04:002014-10-04T14:08:08.767-04:00Steve: Got no probs with Arthur Alexander's ve...Steve: Got no probs with Arthur Alexander's version, though not everything he did was golden. Just think the Beatles cover of Anna is substandard. Never cared for it much.<br /><br />Misery is hack writing. It sounds close to parody of the Mersey sound. Even Helen Shapiro turned it down:-) Not one of their prouder moments, even though their songwriting was in its infancy. Sounds like wooden crybaby music to me.<br /><br />It doesn't really matter if I'm wrong, I'm right. Where I belong I'm right.<br /><br />Good morning. Wanna swim? The water's fine. Dive in.<br /><br />Vickie Rock - Fixing a hole and filling the cracksAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-12808092257795468462014-10-04T13:38:13.981-04:002014-10-04T13:38:13.981-04:00RE: ARTHUR ALEXANDER'S "ANNA"
... A...RE: ARTHUR ALEXANDER'S "ANNA"<br /><br />... And it's the mystery "oldie" that drives Al Bundy crazy in one of the best "Married With Children" episodes ever. I still work in an honest-to-god bricks-and-mortar store that sells "oldies". The scene where Al and his wife Peg go to the record store and customers are humming lines from old songs to the clerk and he's identifying them... THAT IS MY LIFE! Even if you don't like "Married with Children" as a TV show, if you're a record collector who has ever been desperately trying to find a certain elusive song, you need to dial up that particular episode.<br /><br />J. LagAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-37448241534831609862014-10-04T09:49:48.075-04:002014-10-04T09:49:48.075-04:00Vickie--
Also "Misery"?
Say what?Vickie--<br /><br />Also "Misery"?<br /><br />Say what?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-31021817396802718472014-10-04T09:48:27.677-04:002014-10-04T09:48:27.677-04:00Vicki--
Anna?
Seriously--Anna?
The great Arthu...Vicki--<br /><br />Anna? <br /><br />Seriously--Anna?<br /><br />The great Arthur Alexander? Only the biggest influence on John's vocal style?<br /><br />And one of the greatest r&b singer/songwriters ever?<br /><br />Anna?steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48757543790321185842014-10-03T22:33:48.035-04:002014-10-03T22:33:48.035-04:00There are very few Beatles songs I truly hate. But...There are very few Beatles songs I truly hate. But Wild Honey Pie has no redeeming qualities at all -- unless being short counts as a redeeming quality. And Love Me Do is so far inferior to what the Brill Building crew or the Motown factory were turning out in 1962 that it's a wonder anyone bought that record at all.<br /><br />I love Tell Me What You See, and even What Goes On.<br /><br />MarcAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-43269956033009857622014-10-03T22:05:16.977-04:002014-10-03T22:05:16.977-04:00Steve, I didn't know the backstory to "Ob...Steve, I didn't know the backstory to "Ob-La-Di", but I still think it sucks, good intentions notwithstanding.<br /><br />And Pete, I've got your back on the suckitude of "Imagine"; smug treacle at its worst IMHO. cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-13293341021787478682014-10-03T21:53:26.946-04:002014-10-03T21:53:26.946-04:00If You've Got Trouble is quite wretched.
You...If You've Got Trouble is quite wretched. <br /><br />You Know My Name (Look Up the Number) is a classic as far as I'm concerned. Threw a cocktail party in West L.A. mid 1970's with a continuous reel of this song playing as background music ad infinitum. The hor d'oeuvres were spiked with the inner glow of madness. You've never seen such cunning revelry. The corruption was overwhelming and complete. Our damned souls fed on each other's energy and lit the trip fantastic.<br /><br />Vickie Rock - Welcome to Slaggers (clothes are optional)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-22515784704779364112014-10-03T20:46:39.839-04:002014-10-03T20:46:39.839-04:00Another vote for "Mr. Moonlight". Among...Another vote for "Mr. Moonlight". Among the self-penned tracks, I have never cared much for "Doctor Robert" or "Baby, You're a Rich Man". I love "Only a Northern Song"!Brian Leonardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01846954308858847231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29055839740219105062014-10-03T19:20:06.153-04:002014-10-03T19:20:06.153-04:00How is "You know my name, look up the number&...How is "You know my name, look up the number" hasn't been listed yet?<br />Okay - it's not a proper song, but neither is Inner Light or Only a Northern Song. Did I miss it scrolling through?<br />Here is someone else's attempt at an album list:<br />http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/the-beatles/9584963/The-Beatles-an-album-of-the-Fab-Fours-worst-songs.htmlMJConroyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17372576965208949072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-79049818583533170822014-10-03T17:58:07.355-04:002014-10-03T17:58:07.355-04:00Stu -- I'm with you on HEY JUDE, and have been...Stu -- I'm with you on HEY JUDE, and have been that way since August 1968. And it just keeps going on and on and on and on.Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13063639986915628650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-19902446185136084172014-10-03T17:14:50.119-04:002014-10-03T17:14:50.119-04:00"Within You, Without You" is an obvious ..."Within You, Without You" is an obvious choice, and I'm going to make it. Now with CD's and iPads and Spotify, I need not ever listen to it again, but "Good Morning" and "A Day in the Life" are songs I cherish, and when I only had SP in vinyl, skipping the tracks I dislike was a pain. I will always hate "WY,WY" in a way I won't "Revolution #9."Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03743825684303825072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-30165341856147280552014-10-03T16:29:34.340-04:002014-10-03T16:29:34.340-04:00I'm tired of "Hey Bulldog". "Th...I'm tired of "Hey Bulldog". "The Word", "Girl", "Nowhere Man", "The Long Winded Ballad".buzzbabyjesushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09375127662096374324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-29244494572416786042014-10-03T16:27:17.081-04:002014-10-03T16:27:17.081-04:00I knew this was gonna be contentious.
:-)
I knew this was gonna be contentious.<br />:-)<br />steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-33067334726403409062014-10-03T16:16:22.039-04:002014-10-03T16:16:22.039-04:00I hear the Buddy Holly influence on it, sure. But...I hear the Buddy Holly influence on it, sure. But it's sounds like really-bored Buddy Holly.<br /><br />To each his own! I like Only A Northern Song, so what do I know...Shrinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908213967283171538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-48521770700453805212014-10-03T16:00:04.701-04:002014-10-03T16:00:04.701-04:00The singing on that is utterly gorgeous. And the s...The singing on that is utterly gorgeous. And the song itself is Buddy Holly in excelsis.<br /><br />IMHO. I think it's spine-tinglingly great, always have.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com