gjeeg wrote:

Well said.

I think I blew my speakers....oh never mind, they meant for that sound....Genius!

So, I'm in the middle of a very deep description of why the death penalty is both good and bad (bad because taxpayers still have to pay for death-row inmates' three-free; good because it eliminates that taxpayer-thing; bad because what if the guy being condemned to death is innocent; good because... well that emptying of cell-space...)

And then this comes on, and I totally forget what my case was, and I cranked up the stereo. And then, my case didn't even matter. Life happens, death happens, injustice and justice happen, but there's this <b>music</b> that has documented the generations, and suddenly, I realize that there are good points to living in the moment.

I still care about the death-penalty and those jerks who think they're above the law (and they probably are), but I have this circle of influence around me. I can make certain changes in my life, and everything outside my encircled arms is pretty much out of my control. I sorta trust in a higher power to make the big ugly decisions I can't bring my conscience to make, so I guess it's faith? Whatever the case, life and death go on, and one of the things we have as a distraction is music.

I vote for the Beatles - individually and collectively. They were so far ahead of their time - I wish they'd started their collective career just a little bit later, so they could have been prepared for the media-frenzy and the subsequent backlash. No wonder they chose the paths they took.

Guh.

azdcryan wrote:
Yeah — He sure wrote a few good tunes eh ; -))) Unbelievable variety.

Now we be rocking... just turned the volume wayyyy up... awesome... love it...

gjeeg wrote:
Now that is truly amazing! Thanks for the subtle reminder of their genius, gjeeg.

LastChance wrote:
Ney, it is all 'bout saturating the mikes and input line.

saw paul last night in AZ...lovely evening

Venus And Mars Rock Show Jet All My Loving Got To Get You Into My Life Highway Let Me Roll It/ Foxy Lady (Jimi cover tease outro) The Long And Winding Road Nineteen Hundred And Eighty Five (I Want To) Come Home My Love I'm Looking Through You Every Night Two Of Us Blackbird Here Today Dance Tonight Mrs. Vandebilt Eleanor Rigby Something Letting Go Sing The Changes Band On The Run Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da Back In The USSR I've Got a Feeling Paperback Writer A Day in the Life / Give Peace a Chance Let It Be Live And Let Die Hey Jude Encore: Day Tripper Lady Madonna Get Back Encore 2: Yesterday Helter Skelter Sgt. Pepper's (Reprise) The End

Overrated....just kidding!

It is soooo true that this song is soooo timeless... love it...

LastChance wrote:
Those Punks!!

I am 9 yrs old in the summer of 1970 and my mom gives me a buck for the snack shop at the local community pool. I get change for my buck and pump 4 quarters into the jukebox and select Revolution 4 times. That was the day I learned a jukebox of that vintage could not play a song more than once in a row. I was one bummed out kid that afternoon.

I understand that the way they got the guitar to sound that way was to kick some holes in the speakers and then crank the volume all the way up.

So it was circa 1970 and my buddy "Chip" would get out his sister's stack of 45's and we would sit and listen to them. He would play the short guitar intro of Revolution over and over, but never the whole song. Dambit Chip! Why? I never was clear on that.

Antigone wrote:
I just experienced the same thing.

I bought the white album for this song. Oh well, I found a lot to love on it anyway. Still one of my favorites of any band at any time.

Funny true story:

The Beatle's Yellow Submarine was on the radio at work. A very young kid was on the computer at his cube, listening. He then said, "These are the dumbest lyrics I've ever heard. Who IS this group?" Ah..the generation gap.

Papernapkin wrote:
romeotuma wrote:

Papernapkin wrote:

That's not so true...

romeotuma wrote:
It's either timeless or not, but not so timeless.