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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on Jul 5, 2019 16:57:22 GMT
Philip Norman... When I met him in 1979 when he was researching $hite! (as George called it) I was immediately repulsed by his wandering eyes, his clammy, limp handshake and his creepy voice. When I veered off from him discussing The Beatles' stage suits, and started talking about how The Beatles songs were constructed he stopped me and said "I don't care about their tunes; tell me, How did you feel when you saw them for the first time?" Nothing he has published since then has caused me to regret rushing to that judgement. Around 10 years ago he published a book about how he's always being hit on by gay men, plumbers, electricians, builders.... as if. He just seems obsessed by men's looks. And as he's demonstrated in his books, he knows and cares nothing for music.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 14, 2019 8:46:14 GMT
I was immediately repulsed in love with by his wandering eyes. I wasn't even paying attention to his clammy, limp handshake. When I veered off from him discussing the Beatles stage suits, I immediately began processing these strange feelings inside. I had to keep the conversation going and started talking about how The Beatles songs were constructed he stopped me and said "I don't care about their tunes; tell me, How did you feel when you saw them for the first time?" I said, "how I'm feeling seeing you? who?" Nothing he has published since then has caused me to regret rushing to that judgement. Around 10 years ago, he published a book about how he's always being hit on by gay men, plumbers, electricians, builders...I mean, I can maybe install a light switch. He just seems obsessed by men's looks, but nowhere did I get a mention after obsessing over whether or not he obsesses over men's looks for the past few decades...
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Post by My Avatar Is A Hot Babe on May 6, 2020 17:04:58 GMT
"Are we supposed to giggle in the solo"? The quote from John is "are we supposed to giddle in the solo?" meaning playing busier to make up for the hole in the sound while the guitar breaks from playing rhythm to soloing. If you listen to the Anthology Let It Be more carefully, you will hear giddle and Paul's straight answer "yeah". I agree he does seem to say ‘giddle’, now I listen to it. That is not a term I am familiar with (I’m a musician), can you point to another use of this or a definition? Google turned up nothing. It's a Scottish term for 'lots of fancy bits and pieces' (sometimes "gibble") not actually a recognised musical term. No doubt Lennon knew of it from his long summer vacations in Scotland with his cousin Stanley as a boy. I prefer giggle as in Dr. Giggles, the dentist who gave them LSD. John Riley was the dentist who gave them LSD. There is no giggle in Beatles history, no how, nowhere. Yes there was, John specifically asked Paul for permission: "Are we supposed to giggle in the solo?" Paul: "Yeah". No there wasn't, John doesn't "specifically" say giggle, he says "giddle" if you listen closely (or even half-closely). Very embarrassing for you. What about that song by The Who?: "Giddle About"?
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Post by respiratoryproblems on May 6, 2020 20:27:42 GMT
What bullshit is this?
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Post by hoffa_nagila on May 6, 2020 21:38:26 GMT
I giddled Paul.
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Post by daved on May 6, 2020 21:41:40 GMT
That’s a new low in a place that is filled with many lows.
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Post by respiratoryproblems on May 6, 2020 22:07:13 GMT
Maybe he flipped the tape and learned to say giggle backwards then tried to say it forward?
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Post by banana on May 7, 2020 9:08:27 GMT
Gotta say I quite like Nikh33. Yes I know he talks bollocks and makes stuff up. But his utter disdain for the other Beatards on the forum makes me smile.
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Post by braindead on May 7, 2020 12:25:35 GMT
I'd say Ian MacDonald provided the finest and most accurate answer on this topic about 20 years ago: "Lennon made no secret of his aversion to the Catholic priests who abused many a child in Strawberry Fields and Penny and when he heard this track during the 31st January session cruelly asked McCartney 'Are we supposed to giggle during the solo?'
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Post by braindead on May 7, 2020 12:27:20 GMT
Oh fuck, he has a fanboy....
"Or maybe Nikh33 know's what he is talking about, & kindly & patiently explained it for us,, language is constantly evolving.
Just by coincidence I was researching American slang terms from the 1920s & 1930s....I knew a lot of the terms, from decades ago, from old Marx Brother movies , or my grandparents, many i'd never heard of before however, until I read them yesterday,
To my knowledge Nikh33 knows his Beatles sh!t & is usually accurate, he knows lots of stuff because he saw it happen in real time in the 60s for one thing. I'm glad he's here to chime in."
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Post by respiratoryproblems on May 7, 2020 16:37:47 GMT
I'd say Ian MacDonald provided the finest and most accurate answer on this topic about 20 years ago: "Lennon made no secret of his aversion to the Catholic priests who abused many a child in Strawberry Fields and Penny and when he heard this track during the 31st January session cruelly asked McCartney 'Are we supposed to giggle during the solo?' Yet somehow they’ve convinced themselves that contrary to every single Beatles scholar (shudder, though I still like that Ian MacDonald book) it’s a made up word because otherwise it’ll spoil their image of John and Paul Friendz 4Eva.
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Post by Felonious Spunk on May 7, 2020 17:46:44 GMT
Well, Urban Dictionary says giddle means testicles, so I think that settles that.
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Post by banana on May 7, 2020 18:20:08 GMT
My grandfather, who was born and lived all his life in Birkenhead (directly across the River Mersey from Liverpool), used to say "giddle" instead of giggle. It's just a Northern dialect thing. Both words mean the same thing.
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Post by braindead on May 7, 2020 19:40:13 GMT
Their "logic/reasoning/stupidity" is beyond belief. I've always thought the dead one said "giggle"....it seems to me that every Beatard over there who has some sort of Beatle related username is just a fucking idiot.
Oh the irony if Yoko Ono or Olivia Harrison was left in charge of the holy catalogue.
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Post by respiratoryproblems on May 8, 2020 10:54:37 GMT
Something must've set them off because NikH's posts about it have all disappeared.
Ha ha ha.
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