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I saw Phish last December at MSG for the first time. I wanted the Phull Phish experience so I bought a floor ticket and got there early so I could get as close to the stage as possible. I was within 50 feet of the stage and danced/moved my ass off.

 

I found this video on youtube. Maybe sitting back in the seats gives you a better visual. Ah, there's nothing like getting as close to the band as possible.

 

 

 

http://youtu.be/atrCMfxzh7U

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I've always said that McCartney had the best discography of the Beatles, post 1970. However, I spent a lot of time listening to John's early discography the last few days, and now I'm focusing on George's. I've always said that All Things Must Pass is the best solo album, and John's Whatever Gets You Through the Night, or maybe Ringo's It Don't Come Easy, the best single song. Right now I might have to pick George's discography. I'll revisit Paul's pre 1980 stuff in the next few days.

 

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1971-72 were my George listening years. All Things Must Pass and The Concert for Bangladesh. That's SIX lp's of music.

 

I dug into Dark Horse through Somewhere in England today. Great discography. Tomorrow I’ll revisit Gone Troppo and Brainwashed.

Brainwashed is my second favorite Harrison album. I think it's great how he was able to bookend his career with his two best

 

I don't know if I'd go that far, but I think it is true that George's discography is much more consistent than any other of the Beatles'.

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Bowie does a bunch of impressions of other singers...

 

I still think most of them sound like Bowie, lol.

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for when you just want to make random commentary on whatever music you're listening to/thinking about/whatever, but don't feel like it's threadworthy, or that there's a decent thread to put it in. just a place to let it out wink.gif i'll start

 

i need to explore more of the allman brothers band's catalogue. "brothers and sisters" is a great album, as is "eat a peach"

 

To be honest, I don't know if you visit here anymore, but this is an excellent idea for a thread! I don't know about anyone else, but I get these 'random comments' all the time. I associate almost EVERYTHING with music. Moments in my life, images of happenings and such.....anyway, I have some Allman Brothers in my collection, and to be Honest, the "Beginnings" album is a compilation of the first two studio albums for the most part. GREAT band! Even though I don't have a Live album, I'm thinking I NEED one.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.
Paul released GREAT music, and still does! The first Wings album, Wildlife, I will revere until the day I die, Nothing anyone else has to say will change that. All Four Ex-Beatles put out Great music, and were popular doing it.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.
Paul released GREAT music, and still does! The first Wings album, Wildlife, I will revere until the day I die, Nothing anyone else has to say will change that. All Four Ex-Beatles put out Great music, and were popular doing it.

OjbOXBa.jpg

 

Love Paul. But that first album is not great.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.
Paul released GREAT music, and still does! The first Wings album, Wildlife, I will revere until the day I die, Nothing anyone else has to say will change that. All Four Ex-Beatles put out Great music, and were popular doing it.

OjbOXBa.jpg

 

Love Paul. But that first album is not great.

 

To which album are you refering? McCartney or the first Wings album? Because I love BOTH of those albums, and every song on 'em!

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.
Paul released GREAT music, and still does! The first Wings album, Wildlife, I will revere until the day I die, Nothing anyone else has to say will change that. All Four Ex-Beatles put out Great music, and were popular doing it.

OjbOXBa.jpg

 

Love Paul. But that first album is not great.

 

To which album are you refering? McCartney or the first Wings album? Because I love BOTH of those albums, and every song on 'em!

JGJEdLh.jpg

 

I specifically referred to the fantastic Maybe I’m Amazed and Paul’s “first” solo release. ;)

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.
Paul released GREAT music, and still does! The first Wings album, Wildlife, I will revere until the day I die, Nothing anyone else has to say will change that. All Four Ex-Beatles put out Great music, and were popular doing it.

OjbOXBa.jpg

 

Love Paul. But that first album is not great.

 

To which album are you refering? McCartney or the first Wings album? Because I love BOTH of those albums, and every song on 'em!

JGJEdLh.jpg

 

I specifically referred to the fantastic Maybe I’m Amazed and Paul’s “first” solo release. ;)

 

I LOVE that album! I was amazed to see what a 'rustic' scene he'd put himself and his family in...

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

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Just listened to that, and Wings- 'Wild Life...finished Cruisin' Mix 622, Summer Faves 155, and now gonna nap...[3:59pm] Wow! That was awhile ago!

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

 

And that's 5 of 13 songs off the original album. McCartney is much better than 38%. IMO he rushed that album out.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

 

And that's 5 of 13 songs off the original album. McCartney is much better than 38%. IMO he rushed that album out.

 

I think he was just trying to do something, anything, to keep his mind busy and not think about the demise of the Beatles. Was that album perfect? Far from it, but he was, according to Linda, a depressed drunk who wouldn't bathe when she married him. She inspired him to get up and just make an album. It definitely reflects his tentative, fragile mindset. Everyone talks about Plastic Ono Band, but where John's frame of mind was revealed through his lyrics, McCartney's was revealed through the roughshod state of the music. He does hint at things in Every Night but mostly that album was him trying to stay busy and carve out his own sound. He was looking for a new place. And he had to start somewhere. You don't start with grand Abbey Road statements. You start with the basics. That album was a pencil sketch of a new phase. It was also, to me, his attempt to accomplish what the Beatles failed to on Let it Be - get back to basics. Go in a new direction. And based on that McCartney is an interesting album. Not my favorite but still worthy of exploring. It took him a few albums and then by Band On the Run he was fully established as a force beyond the Beatles.

 

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

 

And that's 5 of 13 songs off the original album. McCartney is much better than 38%. IMO he rushed that album out.

 

I think he was just trying to do something, anything, to keep his mind busy and not think about the demise of the Beatles. Was that album perfect? Far from it, but he was, according to Linda, a depressed drunk who wouldn't bathe when she married him. She inspired him to get up and just make an album. It definitely reflects his tentative, fragile mindset. Everyone talks about Plastic Ono Band, but where John's frame of mind was revealed through his lyrics, McCartney's was revealed through the roughshod state of the music. He does hint at things in Every Night but mostly that album was him trying to stay busy and carve out his own sound. He was looking for a new place. And he had to start somewhere. You don't start with grand Abbey Road statements. You start with the basics. That album was a pencil sketch of a new phase. It was also, to me, his attempt to accomplish what the Beatles failed to on Let it Be - get back to basics. Go in a new direction. And based on that McCartney is an interesting album. Not my favorite but still worthy of exploring. It took him a few albums and then by Band On the Run he was fully established as a force beyond the Beatles.

 

I never said it was “bad,” work, though. I said it was essentially an album of unfinished demos.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

 

And that's 5 of 13 songs off the original album. McCartney is much better than 38%. IMO he rushed that album out.

 

I think he was just trying to do something, anything, to keep his mind busy and not think about the demise of the Beatles. Was that album perfect? Far from it, but he was, according to Linda, a depressed drunk who wouldn't bathe when she married him. She inspired him to get up and just make an album. It definitely reflects his tentative, fragile mindset. Everyone talks about Plastic Ono Band, but where John's frame of mind was revealed through his lyrics, McCartney's was revealed through the roughshod state of the music. He does hint at things in Every Night but mostly that album was him trying to stay busy and carve out his own sound. He was looking for a new place. And he had to start somewhere. You don't start with grand Abbey Road statements. You start with the basics. That album was a pencil sketch of a new phase. It was also, to me, his attempt to accomplish what the Beatles failed to on Let it Be - get back to basics. Go in a new direction. And based on that McCartney is an interesting album. Not my favorite but still worthy of exploring. It took him a few albums and then by Band On the Run he was fully established as a force beyond the Beatles.

 

I never said it was “bad,” work, though. I said it was essentially an album of unfinished demos.

 

I agree. It's not perfect. But I think that explains why it is what it is.

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So out of the gate, John Lennon released the excellent Plastic Ono Band, which was basically him being freed from Paul's pop sensibilities. George was no longer limited to one or two songs per album, and he released a true 10/10, All Things Must Pass. Take out Maybe I'm Amazed, perhaps the most beautiful love song ever, and Paul released essentially a demo of unfinished tracks.

"Every Night"

"Junk"

"Man We Was Lonely"

"Teddy Boy"

"Maybe I'm Amazed"

 

All are keepers.

 

And that's 5 of 13 songs off the original album. McCartney is much better than 38%. IMO he rushed that album out.

 

I think he was just trying to do something, anything, to keep his mind busy and not think about the demise of the Beatles. Was that album perfect? Far from it, but he was, according to Linda, a depressed drunk who wouldn't bathe when she married him. She inspired him to get up and just make an album. It definitely reflects his tentative, fragile mindset. Everyone talks about Plastic Ono Band, but where John's frame of mind was revealed through his lyrics, McCartney's was revealed through the roughshod state of the music. He does hint at things in Every Night but mostly that album was him trying to stay busy and carve out his own sound. He was looking for a new place. And he had to start somewhere. You don't start with grand Abbey Road statements. You start with the basics. That album was a pencil sketch of a new phase. It was also, to me, his attempt to accomplish what the Beatles failed to on Let it Be - get back to basics. Go in a new direction. And based on that McCartney is an interesting album. Not my favorite but still worthy of exploring. It took him a few albums and then by Band On the Run he was fully established as a force beyond the Beatles.

 

I never said it was “bad,” work, though. I said it was essentially an album of unfinished demos.

 

I agree. It's not perfect. But I think that explains why it is what it is.

 

I think I read at one point that McCartney was trying to beat the others to the punch with his album. John's first solo album is arguably his best, and I think George's first solo album inarguably is his. I'm a fan, so I can find something to enjoy in everything Paul's ever released. But a lot of the material on McCartney, IMO, while good for what it is, wasn't ready for release yet. Take Valentine Day. That's a cool piece. It probably could have been worked up nicely.

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