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Post by gary191265 on Jul 28, 2019 19:30:38 GMT
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Post by antiram on Jul 28, 2019 19:56:42 GMT
I almost hate to admit it, but "Here Comes the Sun" was the first Beatles song I loved, before I knew there was a such thing as the Beatles. It is certainly one of the catchiest songs Harrison ever wrote; it has simple, universalist, feel-good lyrics that even a child can get, a nice melody, it doesn't wear out its welcome...(well, it kinda does after a million listens, but almost all Beatles songs do)
Beatards never cease to astound me. So, if some young person is supposed to get into the Beatles (which is what they all profess to want), they have to follow a proscribed pathway of specific songs in order to do so? Which song are they supposed to love first? The dreary, repetitive, monotonous "Hey Jude"? Would that make the Beatards happy if Millennials had picked that instead, to jibe with all the Baby Boomer polls that point to that as the pinnacle of humankind's musical achievement?
If I were a millennial who just discovered "Here Comes The Sun" and then ran into these aged Beatards, I'd tell them fuck your Beatles and fuck "Here Comes the Sun", and go listen to Kurt Vile or something.
The nice thing about Hoofer forums is that I can forget they exist for half a year, pop in here for a moment, and see that nothing ever changes there even when everything else is changing like never before...
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Jul 29, 2019 1:07:03 GMT
How can the ear-pod generation enjoy Here Comes The Sun when the vocals are panned to one side?
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Post by bigmuff on Jul 29, 2019 4:48:59 GMT
"Here Comes the Sun" and "Something"...I honestly think the former is utterly inane and the latter is such patently obvious insincere, overblown, pandering bullshit that I never could fathom why anyone fell for its alleged charms in the first place. Well, yes - but you DO also apparently own close to 200 Sun Ra and Anthony Braxton recordings. So, you know - all a question of balance, as some wild and crazy dudes from Birmingham once said. |
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Post by bigmuff on Jul 29, 2019 6:25:41 GMT
I remember back when Dennis Rodman was at his peak of sort of mainstream "attention getting", and my mom always used to get all in a huff about how stupid she thought he was. And I would always say, "Yeah, he's kind of an idiot. But you know what's even stupider? You getting all bent out of shape over him".
Funny the random memories that just pop up for no reason sometimes.
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Post by daved on Jul 29, 2019 8:34:05 GMT
I know that I seem to ruffle a few feathers here with my revulsion to "Here Comes the Sun" and "Something," but I honestly think the former is utterly inane and the latter is such patently obvious insincere, overblown, pandering bullshit that I never could fathom why anyone fell for its alleged charms in the first place. (I do know, actually: because it is by the Beatles. I fervently believe that if "Something" was an album track by the Hollies or Badfinger or some other quaint mediocrity, no one would have ever paid the song any mind.) Still, I concur with Antiram about "Hey Jude." That one, to me, is the all time worst Beatles song. I would prefer to hear "Hold Me Tight" eight times in a row than that ponderous football crowd singalong. Something is ok, but Sun is great. Ringo drums his ass off. And the 77 year old rocker has ruined any love of Hey Jude for me with his bullshit singalongs. |
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Post by overrated on Jul 29, 2019 12:01:27 GMT
The oldest millennials are now 38. Why are these knobs forever stuck on the idea that they're all 14?
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Post by Felonious Spunk on Jul 29, 2019 12:12:27 GMT
The oldest millennials are now 38. Why are these knobs forever stuck on the idea that they're all 14? 14 year old straw men easier to knock down? |
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Post by mintyjackhole on Jul 29, 2019 12:13:18 GMT
The concept of the passing of time is beyond them. There are now some Elvistards in the thread trying to figure out why he is not more popular with the kids. Leading theories include:
A) He recorded too much music and his catalog is daunting.
B) Public Enemy dissed him 30 years ago. You know the kids these days and their rap...
C) He dated a 14 year old when he was 24.
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Post by Ginuwine on Jul 29, 2019 12:22:48 GMT
SHiTes don't seem to understand that every artist - no matter how popular - fade.
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Post by FabGear Prophylactic on Jul 31, 2019 20:09:13 GMT
SHiTes don't seem to understand that every artist - no matter how popular - fade. And that that's a GOOD thing. Any culture where 50-year-old pop music sounds *contemporary* is a culture that sucks. Like ours; right now. |
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Post by mintyjackhole on Aug 2, 2019 2:42:55 GMT
The latest brilliant theory as to why "Here Comes the Sun" is more popular than "Hey Jude" is that it is shorter, so if you binge listen to it for an hour, say, it will play more times through than when you binge listen to "Hey Jude" for an hour.
Who the fuck listens to music like that?
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Post by essayceedee on Aug 2, 2019 11:56:06 GMT
So many kids these days measure time in Here Comes the Suns and Hey Judes.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2019 5:46:22 GMT
The worst part of Hey Jude is the annoying extra long horse dick fade out, which has always been hailed as a good thing because it was (of course) "unprecedented."
I don't get it, especially since it's a sing a long...all they're going to do is keep turning the volume up so what's the point? With all the remixes, I was hoping they'd just release it with say...a 20 second fadeout? The SHites would go nuts too---they'd say you're better off pissing in Mona Lisa's hair.
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Post by hoffa_nagila on Aug 4, 2019 14:52:00 GMT
The worst part of Hey Jude is the annoying extra long horse dick fade out, which has always been hailed as a good thing because it was (of course) "unprecedented." I don't get it, especially since it's a sing a long...all they're going to do is keep turning the volume up so what's the point? With all the remixes, I was hoping they'd just release it with say... a 20 second fadeout? The SHites would go nuts too---they'd say you're better off pissing in Mona Lisa's hair. That's how the various "video" versions fade out. |
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