Sathington Willoughby Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 I also love the intros/transitions here: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azad Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Oh yeah, just re listening to it now. Great stuff mate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
azad Posted September 23, 2014 Share Posted September 23, 2014 Within You Without You The Beatles (George Harrison) One of my all time favourite Harrison (Beatles) songs http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p4G2RlBKbrM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted September 24, 2014 Share Posted September 24, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nutrocker Posted October 1, 2014 Share Posted October 1, 2014 Now THAT'S funny...especially considering McCartney wrote "Helter Skelter" with The Who in mind...he'd read an interview with Pete Townshend where Townshend was describing this all out, balls out rock and roll song the 'Oo had recorded and Paul wrote "Helter Skelter" based on Pete's description of the song. Thing is, to this day, nobody is quite sure exactly what song Pete was talking about... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted October 2, 2014 Share Posted October 2, 2014 Now THAT'S funny...especially considering McCartney wrote "Helter Skelter" with The Who in mind...he'd read an interview with Pete Townshend where Townshend was describing this all out, balls out rock and roll song the 'Oo had recorded and Paul wrote "Helter Skelter" based on Pete's description of the song. Thing is, to this day, nobody is quite sure exactly what song Pete was talking about... From Wikipedia: Writing and inspiration[edit] McCartney was inspired to write the song after reading a 1967 Guitar Player magazine interview with the Who's Pete Townshend where he described their latest single, "I Can See for Miles", as the loudest, rawest, dirtiest song the Who had ever recorded. McCartney then "wrote 'Helter Skelter' to be the most raucous vocal, the loudest drums, et cetera" and said he was "using the symbol of a helter skelter as a ride from the top to the bottom; the rise and fall of the Roman Empire—and this was the fall, the demise."[4] In British English, the term "helter-skelter" not only has its meaning of "in disorderly haste or confusion" but is the name of a spiralling amusement park slide.[8] McCartney has used this song as a response to critics who accuse him of writing only ballads.[9] On 20 November 1968, two days before the release of The Beatles, McCartney gave Radio Luxembourg an exclusive interview, in which he commented on several of the album's songs. Speaking of "Helter Skelter", he said: "Umm, that came about just 'cause I'd read a review of a record which said, 'and this group really got us wild, there's echo on everything, they're screaming their heads off.' And I just remember thinking, 'Oh, it'd be great to do one. Pity they've done it. Must be great — really screaming record.' And then I heard their record and it was quite straight, and it was very sort of sophisticated. It wasn't rough and screaming and tape echo at all. So I thought, 'Oh well, we'll do one like that, then.' And I had this song called "Helter Skelter," which is just a ridiculous song. So we did it like that, 'cuz I like noise."[10] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helter_Skelter_(song)#Writing_and_inspiration Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 In case anyone's got an extra million dollars to spend lol. John Lennon's "Paperback Writer" Guitar Going Up for Auction http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2014/10/john-lennons-paperback-writer-guitar-going-up-for.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Happy 74th John Lennon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redanger66 Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 love the beatles, when they started taking lsd etc things started to get interesting ,and dont forget jimmy page and co wrote stairway to heaven in response to george harrison complaining they never wrote any ballads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reswati Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 (edited) and dont forget jimmy page and co wrote stairway to heaven in response to george harrison complaining they never wrote any ballads. That was The Rain Song, not Stairway. Edited October 13, 2014 by reswati Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geekfreak Posted October 13, 2014 Share Posted October 13, 2014 right on it was Stairway not The Rain Song... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Pagemeister Posted November 5, 2014 Share Posted November 5, 2014 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luvlz2 Posted November 26, 2014 Share Posted November 26, 2014 (edited) Ringo Starr is selling 200-acre English 'country house' to move to L.A. https://homes.yahoo.com/blogs/spaces/ringo-starr-is-selling-200-acre-english--country-house--to-move-to-l-a-015556661.html Edited November 26, 2014 by luvlz2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted December 15, 2014 Share Posted December 15, 2014 Just heard this one for the first time, pretty cool to hear it as an acoustic blues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Nutrocker Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Just heard this one for the first time, pretty cool to hear it as an acoustic blues. Shit, Sath, get yerself a copy of the Unsurpassed Masters boot, aka The Esher Demos. It's more or less The White Album unplugged! Only drawback is that it's mono, compared to the stereo excerpts that appeared on Anthology 3. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted December 16, 2014 Share Posted December 16, 2014 Shit, Sath, get yerself a copy of the Unsurpassed Masters boot, aka The Esher Demos. It's more or less The White Album unplugged! Only drawback is that it's mono, compared to the stereo excerpts that appeared on Anthology 3. Ok thanks man! Like I told apantherinmd a couple pages back in this thread, its kind of overwhelming the amount of outtakes and stuff, hard to know where to start. I'll check that one out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apantherfrommd Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Now THAT'S funny...especially considering McCartney wrote "Helter Skelter" with The Who in mind...he'd read an interview with Pete Townshend where Townshend was describing this all out, balls out rock and roll song the 'Oo had recorded and Paul wrote "Helter Skelter" based on Pete's description of the song. Thing is, to this day, nobody is quite sure exactly what song Pete was talking about... That's a trip! I think the song was written in response to I Can See For Miles And MilesPaul McCartney recalls writing "Helter Skelter" after reading a review of The Who Sell Out in which the critic claimed that "I Can See for Miles" was the "heaviest" song he'd ever heard. McCartney had not heard the song, but wrote "Helter Skelter" in an attempt to make an even "heavier" song than the one praised in the review. Would Helter Skelter have been considered Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, or Pre-Punk for the time? Just heard this one for the first time, pretty cool to hear it as an acoustic blues. Awesome! Thanks for the link to the demo. I thought the Dirty Mac live performance was superb! Dec 16, 2014 - [Ringo Starr On Hall Of Fame Induction: 'Finally, The Four Of Us Are In' The following article is provided by Rolling Stone. By ANDY GREENE Ringo Starr first learned he was receiving the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's Award for Musical Excellence when Paul McCartney called him up about two weeks ago. "He said, 'Would you accept the award?'" Starr says. "I said, 'Sure, man.' He said he'd been talking to Dave Grohl and other people and they were stunned that I wasn't in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and he needed something to do that night and he's going to give me the award." Rolling Stone spoke to the affable drummer about his reaction and why he'll still be drumming. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted December 17, 2014 Share Posted December 17, 2014 Ok thanks man! Like I told apantherinmd a couple pages back in this thread, its kind of overwhelming the amount of outtakes and stuff, hard to know where to start. I'll check that one out! Hell, you could spend weeks plowing through 'unofficially released' Beatles outtakes. There's like seven volumes of Ultra Rare Trax, three volumes of Artifacts (including one that focuses on solo outtakes), a whole bunch of live soundboards...and that's not counting stuff like the Esher demos, or the two different original Get Back albums (which became Let It Be), or for that matter, the fucking EPIC 83-disc set that covers the entire Get Back sessions from beginning to end... That's a trip! I think the song was written in response to I Can See For Miles And MilesPaul McCartney recalls writing "Helter Skelter" after reading a review of The Who Sell Out in which the critic claimed that "I Can See for Miles" was the "heaviest" song he'd ever heard. McCartney had not heard the song, but wrote "Helter Skelter" in an attempt to make an even "heavier" song than the one praised in the review. Would Helter Skelter have been considered Heavy Metal, Hard Rock, or Pre-Punk for the time? The odd thing to consider, concerning "Helter Skelter" conceived as trying to out-heavy The Who...the original studio takes of "Helter Skelter" (including, presumably, the infamous 27 minute "take three") from July 18, 1968 (take two was released in edited form on Anthology 3) were all done as a slow blues- nothing like the proto-metal version we got on the White Album (which was a 'remake' recorded in early September '68 after Ringo returned to the band following his two week 'vacation'). Could it be that in between July and September Paul read that review of Sell Out and that's when he decided to revamp "Helter Skelter"? Just a thought... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sathington Willoughby Posted January 14, 2015 Share Posted January 14, 2015 When Elvis met Nixon, one of his goals was to take down the Beatles http://www.vox.com/2015/1/14/7539809/elvis-nixon-beatles If this stuff is true, it certainly lessens my opinion of Elvis. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutrocker Posted January 15, 2015 Share Posted January 15, 2015 When Elvis met Nixon, one of his goals was to take down the Beatles http://www.vox.com/2015/1/14/7539809/elvis-nixon-beatles If this stuff is true, it certainly lessens my opinion of Elvis. As I recall McCartney mentions that in The Beatles Anthology book, then goes on to say something like, "And look how Elvis died? On the toilet, full of drugs!" I always got a boot out of George Harrison's story (also in Anthology) about how, when The Beatles were driving to Elvis's house they chain smoked pot all the way in the limo...George spent the rest of the night trying to shake down the Memphis Mafia for more reefer "Meeting Elvis was like meeting Englebert Humperdinck." -John Lennon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lipslikecherries Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Just heard this one for the first time, pretty cool to hear it as an acoustic blues. Very cool. Thanks for posting. I think I like it better played on acoustic. Would have been cool if there was more bitching and crying though like on the album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cosmic_juice Posted January 22, 2015 Share Posted January 22, 2015 Listening to George's I Need You the other day i find that song would be so different if mixed with drum & bass more up front...any live versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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