[QUOTE=Walrus Gumboot]I used to want one really bad too, but the edge has worn off a bit



Nice

As tempting as it is, the insertion of "Thread" in a song title is a tiny bit lame, IMO.

I think we should try to come up with something more original. If that is all possible. Perhaps we could start a new trend[/QUOTE]
I also used to want a sitar really badly.

[QUOTE=Seafroggys]Magical Mystery Thread, or a Day in the Thread. Or, more aptly named, The Thread!!!! I also like Happiness is a Warm Thread.

Anyway, back on the lennon solo discussion, I believe med pointed out how he didn't like POB. IMO I don't even care if it was for therapy or not, I think its a killer album that shows more emotion then any other album in existance (after all, the content of these songs really delved into Lennon's inner demons hardcore, not many people do this, or when they do so, they do is metaphorically. Lennon was blunt about his pain "Momma don't go, daddy come home" etc. That part in Mother gives me chills. The weakest songs IMO are Love and My Mummy's Dead.

As for God, I love the lyrics, is that there is a MUCH better version out there then the one on this album. Quite a long time before I bought the CD, I downloaded God and thought that was the song, but its completly different from the album version. The version I downloaded was Acoustic Guitar, drums, and bass, and a lot darker in tone and mood. If that version was on the album then yes that would be easily my favorite song on the album, but not with the included version.[/QUOTE]

Is that the version of God you're talking about from Acoustic?

How about "A Day in the Life of the Beatles Thread"

/lame

I just noticed this a few days ago, but on the cover of Abbey Road where all four Beatles are crossing the street Paul isn't wearing any shoes. Is there some kinda message behind that? Or is it anorther thing they threw in there for laughs?

Why not Come Together as a treadname
or Sergeant's MX lonely hearts club band

[QUOTE=Dragon_Prince]Why not Come Together as a treadname
or Sergeant's MX lonely hearts club band[/QUOTE]

copyright would destroy you

Happiness Is A Warm Thread

[QUOTE=BassMasterMike88]I just noticed this a few days ago, but on the cover of Abbey Road where all four Beatles are crossing the street Paul isn't wearing any shoes. Is there some kinda message behind that? Or is it anorther thing they threw in there for laughs?[/QUOTE]

They put that in to fuel the "Paul is Dead" hoax. There other signs on the cover that show Paul is dead too. Pretty clever stuff.

[QUOTE=braindoctor]copyright would destroy you[/QUOTE]


Why that?

Hmm a new trend eh...that would be a beatle style thing to do. But what would we call it?

[QUOTE=robo2448]They put that in to fuel the "Paul is Dead" hoax. There other signs on the cover that show Paul is dead too. Pretty clever stuff.[/QUOTE]

That would make sence, I think that when "I am the Walrus" came out before Abbey Road, if you played the bridge which just sounds like jibberish backwards on a turntable it says "Paul is Dead" I need to get a new belt for my turntable to try it out though :upset:

[QUOTE=BassMasterMike88]That would make sence, I think that when "I am the Walrus" came out before Abbey Road, if you played the bridge which just sounds like jibberish backwards on a turntable it says "Paul is Dead" I need to get a new belt for my turntable to try it out though :upset:[/QUOTE]

Yea there tons of clues in songs. There's a whole book about it. There was a good website about it but I don't remember it. Maybe someone in this thread does though. The Beatle Anthology mentioned it a bunch of times though. At the end of Revolution 9, it says "Turn me on dead man." I think it says "Paul is dead" in Strawberry Fields. There's something in I'm So Tired too. And then there's tons of stuff in Sgt. Pepper's particularly A Day in the Life, which I don't feel like getting into because I'm lazy.

The Book of John Paul George & Ringo (The Beatles)

I find the whole "Paul is Dead" thing extemely irritating

"Paul's dead!" is played out...I think it's been hashed over by anyone with a remote interest in the Beatles.

That being said, I actually prefer Paul's post-Beatles career to John's :eek:

I'm not all that crazy about Plastic Ono Band...other than "Working Class Hero" it ranges from boring to borderline unlistenable :-\

and speaking of Abbey Road (it was discussed a few posts ago...) for a thread name, what about "Here Comes the Thread" or "Maxwell's Silver Thread"? I dunno.

I've never heard anything from John's solo career except for "Imagine". The whole "having Yoko in the band name" thing turns me off.

There was discussion a couple pages back about birthdays. My birthday is on friday! I'm excited.

This thread has never been officialized. I think it's actually the largest thread in R&M that isn't linked in the official links thread. My understanding was only official threads got the fancy name make-over? Perhaps not. Althought it would be cool to get this thing (finally) linked in the links thread. That being said, if the name is going to be changed, my vote among the already listed possibilities goes to Magical Mystery Thread.

I don't actually have very much of John's solo stuff. But what I've heard is pretty good.

[QUOTE=BassMasterMike88]That would make sence, I think that when "I am the Walrus" came out before Abbey Road, if you played the bridge which just sounds like jibberish backwards on a turntable it says "Paul is Dead" I need to get a new belt for my turntable to try it out though :upset:[/QUOTE]

If you look at how the Abbey Road cover is set up, it's designed to resemble a funeral procession. The clothes they're wearing give this away. John's the priest or minister, Ringo is the paul bearer, Paul is the corpse (hence no shoes, and different foot forward from others) and George is the Undertaker. Oh, and to that other post, at the end of Strawberry Fields, if you listen closely, it sounds like "I buried Paul." That one's easier to find because it's not backwards or anything.

John's actually saying "Cranberry Sauce" at the end of Strawberry Fields Forever. But yea, people mistook it for "I Buried Paul".

[QUOTE=magicbus]John's actually saying "Cranberry Sauce" at the end of Strawberry Fields Forever. But yea, people mistook it for "I Buried Paul".[/QUOTE]

Ya I've heard that too, it sound so much more like I buried Paul though.

In the Making of Sgt. Pepper's book by George Martin, he talks about how he walked into the studio and there were a bunch of people just banging on drums and stuff (I think The Beatles and some friends), and then John started yelling "Cranberry sauce". This part can be heard on the end of Strawberry Fields forever after the fade out. The song and the random part weren't in the same time signature, and they wouldn't match up, that's why they did the fade out in between.

/Strawberry Fields info

I have a version of the song from Anthology 2 where you can hear it much better. I can send you guys it if you want.

My favorites in order:
Sgt Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Thread
Happieness is a Warm Thread
Magical Mystery Thread

[QUOTE=magicbus]I've never heard anything from John's solo career except for "Imagine". The whole "having Yoko in the band name" thing turns me off.[/QUOTE]

Don't worry, Yoko only does her "singing" (read unlistenable wailing) on Lennon's last 2 albums and in live performances. All she does on POB is write the song Do the Oz and on Imagine she cowrites Oh My Love. So yea, she doesn't really have much of a role in either album.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]"Paul's dead!" is played out...I think it's been hashed over by anyone with a remote interest in the Beatles.

That being said, I actually prefer Paul's post-Beatles career to John's :eek:

I'm not all that crazy about Plastic Ono Band...other than "Working Class Hero" it ranges from boring to borderline unlistenable :-\

and speaking of Abbey Road (it was discussed a few posts ago...) for a thread name, what about "Here Comes the Thread" or "Maxwell's Silver Thread"? I dunno.[/QUOTE]
John's post-Beatles stuff is more artsy while Paul's is more pop/rock.

George > All other solo.

[QUOTE=Jacaranda]George > All other solo.[/QUOTE]
I would say: John> George> Paul> Ringo. That's basically how I see their songs in the Beatles too. I found John and George's songs to be interesting but Paul seemed to write a lot of bland love songs.

I don't think once we covered Ringo's solo career.

So here's my two discussion points. I think It DOn't Come Easy is a great song, and is probably Ringo's best song of all time, both from a writer's standpoint and as a singer's standpoint. His singing in that is actually quite great. I love his voice anyway, but as for technicality and power this song puts it over the edge.

THe other one is has anybody seen the RIngo All Starrs! I have, in '01. They had Sheila E and Greg Lake, as well as a bunch of people I didn't know. I'd much rather gone to the one in '97 when they had Jack Bruce and Peter Frampton, but I wasn't into music back then which is why I didn't go with my parents.

But didn't he do It Don't Come Easy with John?

[QUOTE]That's basically how I see their songs in the Beatles too. I found John and George's songs to be interesting but Paul seemed to write a lot of bland love songs.[/QUOTE]

I love Paul's work with the Beatles...out of all the Beatles, he had the best ear for a hook.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]I love Paul's work with the Beatles...out of all the Beatles, he had the best ear for a hook.[/QUOTE]

Paul was the master of pop hooks. There's no doubting that. But in The Beatles, I feel that his competition with John forced him to be more creative and come up with more unique and creative song structures. Once he left the Beatles, he relied on "standard fun pop songs" way too much. That's just my opinion.

For me: George = John > Paul > Ringo

I suppose...I still find it more listenable than Lennon's solo material, though.

[QUOTE=Illmatic]I suppose...I still find it more listenable than Lennon's solo material, though.[/QUOTE]

Lennon's solo material probably isn't that easy for some people to listen to. I've always loved it, but most people here who have heard it either love it or hate it. I listened to Lennon's Acoustic album today in school. What a great album. Lennon is good on acoustic.