tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post383229616779763443..comments2024-03-29T11:36:59.002-04:00Comments on PowerPop: Tuesday Beatles KaraokeNYMaryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863355110457910935noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-24370335262554833202011-07-05T21:45:23.998-04:002011-07-05T21:45:23.998-04:00Gets me in the mood for Masterpiece Theatre!Keep&#...Gets me in the mood for Masterpiece Theatre!Keep'em comin!Peter from Long Beachnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-3168760376351838752011-07-05T21:18:32.798-04:002011-07-05T21:18:32.798-04:00I think it sounds very cool.
Bernard Herrmann cr...I think it sounds very cool. <br /><br />Bernard Herrmann crossed with just a touch of Philip Glass.<br /><br />ROTP(lumber)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-77468287920786410762011-07-05T18:25:15.330-04:002011-07-05T18:25:15.330-04:00Actually, what I think is really interesting is ho...Actually, what I think is really interesting is how under-valued ANTHOLOGY was at the time.steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-70356180578288564812011-07-05T18:00:53.481-04:002011-07-05T18:00:53.481-04:00It's not that we know it too well, it's th...It's not that we know it too well, it's that there's nothing that exciting going on here. The strings are just keeping time, playing the drum part. Half-hearted melodic decoration wanders in and out, alternating occasionally with that stabbing "Psycho" thing. There's no guitar in Eleanor Rigby. The arrangement is pompous and portentious of nothing. Compared with the startlingly simple, organic elegance of "Yesterday", Eleanor Rigby sounds like its trying too hard -- not quite as bad as "She's Leaving Home", but in the neighborhood.Fazenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-45066230184857948902011-07-05T17:02:02.068-04:002011-07-05T17:02:02.068-04:00I think we know this one too well.I think we know this one too well.petenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-15964416141093343572011-07-05T16:30:54.566-04:002011-07-05T16:30:54.566-04:00McCartney always used a synth for strings as far a...McCartney always used a synth for strings as far as I know, wings over america etc. whats REALLY sad is, no more horn section - those guys rocked!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-27633602110798920512011-07-05T16:29:37.986-04:002011-07-05T16:29:37.986-04:00I have a cd of beach boys backing tracks that came...I have a cd of beach boys backing tracks that came with a little book of chords and tabs, which may have been a little more readable when it was an LP. still very cool!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-86722667800948098192011-07-05T12:59:31.177-04:002011-07-05T12:59:31.177-04:00Cool.
And isn't it sad that on stage McCartne...Cool.<br /><br />And isn't it sad that on stage McCartney now uses a synthesizer for the strings on "Yesterday"?Brooklyn Girlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-55436770690942995582011-07-05T12:52:35.903-04:002011-07-05T12:52:35.903-04:00It may be heresy, but I must confess that "El...It may be heresy, but I must confess that "Eleanor RIgby" leaves me cold; maybe it's just way too overfamiliar...cthulhunoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8921382.post-2947808937099029582011-07-05T12:35:16.552-04:002011-07-05T12:35:16.552-04:00Note to self: Backing Track Mania may be abating s...Note to self: Backing Track Mania may be abating sooner than expected.<br />:-)steve simelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13247393763004076992noreply@blogger.com