owchita
| | Posted: Nov 09, 2012 - 08:38 | |
I don't want to take anything away from this song, but the stripped version on "Let It Be - Naked" is far better - a 10 to this ones' 9.8
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martinc
(Ottawa Canada) | | Posted: Jun 26, 2012 - 06:33 | |
westslope wrote:Let's get one thing clear. Lennon was NOT a revolutionary. Revolution inevitably requires violence. Lennon sought peace. No doubt he was a man of peace. Not so sure you can't be revolutionary while at the same time advocating peaceful, non violent tactics. Maybe along the way violence occurs as part of the breakdown of existing norms but I think there can still be those inspiring the change but who recoil at the violence. |
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westslope
(BC coast) | | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:47 | |
sunward wrote:Someone (Haretic?) said: "Lennon was a liberal..." John would be turning in his grave at such a thought. He was the most political of Beatles—but "revolutionary" would be a be a better descriptor of his politics. Though this is not my idea of a political song. Let's get one thing clear. Lennon was NOT a revolutionary. Revolution inevitably requires violence. Lennon sought peace. |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: May 25, 2012 - 09:44 | |
bobzane wrote:I think you need to add an "11" rating. I agree... |
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bobzane
| | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 16:16 | |
I think you need to add an "11" rating.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 23, 2012 - 16:14 | |
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Decoy
(Milliway's, the Restaurant at the End of the Universe) | | Posted: Jan 19, 2012 - 11:39 | |
I do like the Fiona Apple version of this song too.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Dec 18, 2011 - 18:36 | |
Everybody in my hotel room loves this song...
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Sep 14, 2011 - 22:22 | |
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sunward
(British Columbia) | | Posted: Jun 14, 2011 - 14:43 | |
Someone (Haretic?) said: "Lennon was a liberal..." John would be turning in his grave at such a thought. He was the most political of Beatles—but "revolutionary" would be a be a better descriptor of his politics.
Though this is not my idea of a political song.
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sunward
(British Columbia) | | Posted: Jun 12, 2011 - 13:09 | |
Someone (Haretic?) said: "Lennon was a liberal..." John would be turning in his grave at such a thought. He was the most political of Beatles—but "revolutionary" would be a be a better descriptor of his politics.
Though this is not my idea of a political song.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: May 11, 2011 - 22:06 | |
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Apr 10, 2011 - 07:48 | |
haretic wrote:
romeotuma wrote:
This is such a magnificent liberal song... love it...
I never thought of this song as a political statement, romeotuma. Is it the "nothing's going to change my world...?" Care to drop a hint? "Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my open ears exciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe Jai guru deva om..." literally timeless. 10
Yes, this song is timeless... those are fair questions... I perceive it as loaded with liberal love— not a political statement— just liberal as a mode of perception... Lennon was a liberal...
Pools of sorrow waves of joy
are drifting thorough my open mind...Limitless undying love which
shines around me like a million suns...
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haretic
(toward Abad, just south of Maitri) | | Posted: Mar 09, 2011 - 19:41 | |
romeotuma wrote:
This is such a magnificent liberal song... love it...
I never thought of this song as a political statement, romeotuma. Is it the "nothing's going to change my world...?" Care to drop a hint? "Sounds of laughter shades of life are ringing through my open ears exciting and inviting me Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns It calls me on and on across the universe Jai guru deva om..." literally timeless. 10 |
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mirland
(Denmark) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 04:19 | |
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Ubaldo
(Hurricane Alley, FL -- Inside the Cone) | | Posted: Jan 06, 2011 - 04:18 | |
One of the best of the best of the best.
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helgigermany
(Germany) | | Posted: Oct 03, 2010 - 05:52 | |
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Proclivities
(Carrboro, NC) | | Posted: Sep 01, 2010 - 06:00 | |
kevinc wrote:
I don't recall exactly which version this was (been a few hours since I heard it at work), but I think this was, more or less, the version that was released prior to Let It Be. Regardless, the Let It Be version was the same take as the original release, slowed down, without some of the sound effects that were added to the original. i don't recall Yoko on any version, including this one. The only Beatles song that I remember hearing Yoko on is Bungalow Bill.
from Wikipedia: The basic track was successfully recorded on 4 February. Along with the basic rhythm track of acoustic guitar, percussion and tambura, it featured an overdubbed sitar introduction by George Harrison. According to Lennon, McCartney persuaded Lennon to call in the services of Lizzie Bravo and Gayleen Pease, two of the so-called Apple scruffs (the female fans who collected outside the studio), to add harmony vocals. " There was a whole crowd of girls outside and Paul went out to find a couple of suitable ones. They were so excited. They couldn't believe they'd actually been invited by Paul - not just inside the building but into the studio itself, to sing with The Beatles. " - Martin Benge, engineer |
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kevinc
(Richardson, TX) | | Posted: Jun 29, 2010 - 19:37 | |
gjr wrote:sorry, like the "let it be" version better............yoko KILLS this one
I don't recall exactly which version this was (been a few hours since I heard it at work), but I think this was, more or less, the version that was released prior to Let It Be. Regardless, the Let It Be version was the same take as the original release, slowed down, without some of the sound effects that were added to the original. i don't recall Yoko on any version, including this one. The only Beatles song that I remember hearing Yoko on is Bungalow Bill. |
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calypsus_1
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ICHawk
| | Posted: May 28, 2010 - 12:48 | |
gjr wrote:sorry, like the "let it be" version better............yoko KILLS this one
That isn't Yoko. |
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gjr
(boston, ma) | | Posted: Mar 26, 2010 - 05:12 | |
sorry, like the "let it be" version better............yoko KILLS this one
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(former member)
| | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 15:30 | |
The song is OK, but they should've edited out that drowning cat that comes into the audio mix periodically. Then I might like it more.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Feb 22, 2010 - 15:27 | |
This is such a magnificent liberal song... love it...
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shawshank
(Maryland) | | Posted: Jan 22, 2010 - 05:13 | |
Timeless....  |
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Pyro
| | Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 09:10 | |
I prefer the original, but still think this song is incredible.
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(former member)
(hotel in Las Vegas) | | Posted: Nov 20, 2009 - 09:09 | |
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Dave_Mack
(Five bus, Jive bus!) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 08:53 | |
ICHawk wrote:I believe this is the first version of this song, which was recorded and released on a non-Beatles album that was used as a fundraiser for a wildlife cause. The shrill female voices you hear are actually 2 "apple scruffs" or female fans that hung out by the Apple Studio doors and were pulled in to sing on this track....more or less as a laugh.
Thanks for that info; I never would have known. I really love AtU, but the backing vocals really spoil this version. |
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teadye
(St. Petersburg, FL) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 08:53 | |
Is this the Chipmunks version? To my ear it comes across as soul-less and shallow.
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Mugro
(Lane Village, Red Sox Nation) | | Posted: Sep 18, 2009 - 08:50 | |
I don't like this version.
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