Uncle Albert/Admiral Halsey - Paul & Linda McCartney
Posts by FeelItComing
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Don't Stop - Fleetwood Mac
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White Man - Queen
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Streets Of Sorrow/Birmingham Six - Pogues
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On some songs, they sound just like Queen.
I was thinking more of the offbeat lyrics they used to write rather than the sound but I see what you mean.
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Regardless of how anyone feels about "Revolution 9," I can't say I blame them. I used to look down on it myself, mostly because that seemed to be the expected reaction.
Now I think of it as an example of how expertly the whole mishmash of material on the White Album was sequenced, apparently by George Martin. As musicologist Alan Pollock points out, if R9 had to be on the album, 2nd to last is the only spot that works for it.
I hear the album's ending stretch as follows:
"Cry Baby Cry" (one of my favorites on the album) - not quite a lullaby
"Take Me Back" - a subtle transition out of wakefulness
"Revolution 9" - a nightmare, in restless sleep
"Good Night" - the real lullaby (and what Beatle could be more reassuring than Ringo?)
BTW, I've heard a couple of John's early albums with Yoko. Compared to those, R9 is an absolute masterpiece.
That's a very interesting way of viewing those tracks.
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Whatever flag they offer - Slient Running (M+M)
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Driving the last spike...
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Done With Bonaparte - Mark Knopfler
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Red Barchetta - Rush
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Firebird Suite - Stravinsky
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All I Want Is You - Roxy Music (one of my favourites by them)
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Alberta Bound - Gordon Lightfoot
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for me 10cc are a genuine one hit wonder. I`m not in love is outstanding, but the rest of their output does nothing for me.
The Greatest Hits album contains such gems as:
Rubber Bullets
Good Morning Judge
Art For Art's Sake
Wall Street Shuffle
The Things We Do For Love
Dreadlock Holiday
And there are a couple of tracks from The Original Soundtrack, Une Nuit A Paris & The Film Of My Love, which are classics. They were the British Steely Dan.
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I agree about Revolution #9 & the comments about Yoko. I know John loved her but she should never have been allowed near the studio.
As for songs I don't like, there is a bare handful.
I Will - Paul being too schmaltzy here. It's cloying.
Hold Me Tight - Paul again, not very convincing.
Good Night - Ringo singing a JOHN song, not that it sounds like that. It's out of place.
Honestly, I struggle after that. Even some of the early covers like Matchbox & Bad Boy, I like. Although I can do without Dizzy Miss Lizzie.
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3. Driving The Last Spike
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Look What The Cat Dragged In - Rolling Stones
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But I don't know how to stop - No Self Control (PG)
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One man's joy makes another man weep - One Man's Fool
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Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen