I think the one good thing to come out of lennons death was it stopped him singing any more terrible songs about his mrs or how he's feeling or his mother or worst of all, chuck berry covers.
Paul McCartney is Aleister Crowley.
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I think the one good thing to come out of lennons death was it stopped him singing any more terrible songs about his mrs or how he's feeling or his mother or worst of all, chuck berry covers.
JohnG
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I suspected you weren't serious but as "Paul is dead" is the subject of the thread I thought I'd use your comment to get back on track. Remember this is The Internet, where the identity and intentions of one's interlocutors are often murky at best.
I think you have that backwards, to put it mildly. It's like saying Star Wars was George Lucas' answer to Battle Beyond the Stars. Anyway, nobody (including Peter, Davy, Mike and Micky) who actually knows what they are talking about seriously thinks The Monkees were in any way comparable in talent or influence to The Beatles. Or are you kidding about that, too?
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the problems here have more to do with punctuation than grammar.
i do love being bitch slapped.
I'm off to sit in the corner and listen to the Frog Chorus and Mull of Kyntyre just to see if i can find out what i'm missing.
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JohnG
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Yeah...or you could listen to the stuff that's generally regarded as McCartney's best work, but where's the fun in that?
Next you can base your opinion of Shakespeare on Titus Andronicus or your opinion of Marlon Brando on the film Candy? Why stop with the arts, though? Surely it follows that Isaac Newton must have been a worthless imbecile because of his dabbling in alchemy, right?
Look, to use an example of another beloved 60s musical icon; about 98% of all of Bob Dylan's music does absolutely nothing for me, so in that sense I'd guess I'd say he's "overrated" but I've never felt motivated to harangue Dylan's fans about his status in the musical pantheon. That just seems like a sort of jerky and pointless thing to do. If you want to critique McCartney, go to it. I'll probably agree with you on certain points, but don't base your critique on his weakest work. That's just cherry-picking with a dollop of straw man thrown in.
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C'mon, they weren't THAT bad. You could just as easily say "The Ramones were The Monkees of punk."
I wouldn't though. I don't like getting punched in the face.
JohnG
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Where can I redeem these points?
Unfortunately 5,000 geek points are worth only about $1.25. The check is in the mail
JohnG
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Dancing David
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No, Crowley is not the beast, that was a styling to get publicity. Anyone who reads his writings knows that the number is 93 and that there is no anti christ.
So nope, Paul is no Crowley. Not even close.
I am not sure Paul has ever climbed a mountain... or bragged about it.
Dancing David
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Uh huh, the evidence is overwhelming of spoof, now if you said Jim Morrison was Crowley, taht might make more sense. Except I think JM was totaly hetero?
Dancing David
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Julia is a great song, know Double Fantasy is sort of sad...
Yeah...or you could listen to the stuff that's generally regarded as McCartney's best work, but where's the fun in that?
Next you can base your opinion of Shakespeare on Titus Andronicus or your opinion of Marlon Brando on the film Candy? Why stop with the arts, though? Surely it follows that Isaac Newton must have been a worthless imbecile because of his dabbling in alchemy, right?
Look, to use an example of another beloved 60s musical icon; about 98% of all of Bob Dylan's music does absolutely nothing for me, so in that sense I'd guess I'd say he's "overrated" but I've never felt motivated to harangue Dylan's fans about his status in the musical pantheon. That just seems like a sort of jerky and pointless thing to do. If you want to critique McCartney, go to it. I'll probably agree with you on certain points, but don't base your critique on his weakest work. That's just cherry-picking with a dollop of straw man thrown in.
As a massive Bob Dylan fan i must say even his god stuff is better than anything Mccartney has ever managed. Why are you getting worked up because i don't like McCartney? nor am i haranguing you about him, it's you who's got all upset. Oh and i'll frame the way i speak any way i like or are you some kind of militant fundamentalist McCartney fan and are about to issue a fatwa on me.
I love this idea that he has stuff generally regard as good, not by me but hey if you find comfort in mass appeal that's alright, as Zappa said "if more than 5% of people like what you are doing you're doing something wrong"
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I suppose I don't.
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And yet you (presumably) live your life as though there isn't. You also (presumably) live your life as though there's no Thor, Dracula, leprechaun(s), or Easter Bunny. How do you resolve that?
JohnG
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Again, taste is subjective. I don't agree with your opinions about how Dylan rates compared to McCartney, but I have absolutely no problem with someone who does feel that way. For what it's worth I do really like "If Not For You", especially the cover version by...a Beatle.
Frame away, framey framerson. Who's stopping you?
"militant fundamentalist"? "fatwa"? Poison the well much?
That's dynamite, I think it's important to love ideas. While we're on the subject, I love the idea that there are massive Bob Dylan fans, but you see in my case I'm actually being sincere.
Wow. Does it embarrass you at all that you're forced to misrepresent my position in an attempt to take condescending and passive-aggressive cheap shots? Or do you just not read my posts?
Again, I haven't been on the same page (in terms of music) with popular culture since I was in junior high over 30 years ago. To turn up my nose at all modern "popular" music though would just be obnoxious. Speaking of obnoxious...
Zappa was a cool and talented dude and I'm genuinely sorry he's no longer with us, but he could be kind of an egotistical ass, too, as evidenced by that quote. His aggressively über-arch, "hipper-than-thou" shtick gets old after a while.
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I never think about it.
arthwollipot
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Exactly.