10-10-2011, 07:30 AM
>>yet another attempt to dilute attention given to Lennon in his pathetic campaign to prove he was the most important Beatle.
If there is such a campaign, it's the result of being dissed for a decade after John was killed, to make him the irrelevant one. Look at your "1" album. Count the songs. Who wrote what? It's damned near even, and that competition they had, like players on the same team, made them far more creative trying to impress each other, than any solo efforts to impress only themselves or critics.
As Paul himself said, "I was the person he chose to compose with... from 1957 to 1969, and I guess that means I was no slouch either. We wrote everything in the early days 'nose to nose'."
John agreed in an earlier interview that the term 'nose to nose' indeed was what they did. I think it unfortunate Paul felt he had to remind anyone of this.
The very genius of Lennon was the outlet of pain. The very genius of Paul was the outlet for his enthusiasm. Both embraced the notion of an almost "Jesuit Love" for all -- and while Lennon's positive tone works were 'dreamy' and less concrete, Paul's were upbeat and more tangible. One's Strawberry Field became more tangible as a result, and the other's Penny Lane became more like a playful daydream as a result.
The very fact that Paul helped John turn Help! from a slow crying out into a movie theme is not a coincidence. The fact that John found "fun" in certain Paul songs that he thrived upon (stoned or not) such as his entry to #2 that day... slamming out the intro to Ob-La-Dee --- (where there was none) - demonstrated that he both added and needed the upbeat influence to his swinging moods and internal confusion of where his place in the world really was...
Ringo says and so did George in a documentary, that "John may have been the LEADER, but it was Paul who was always pushing us to our next album, our next concept, and the next level of 'perfectionism'."
(I just watched parts of that documentary again, 5 days ago... the quotes are fresh in my head)
That both Paul and Yoko use "Hey Bulldog" (the video) as an example of how much they spontaneously contributed to each other's work -- and did so innately, is like the proverbial couple that finishes each other's sentences.
The fact that it was Paul who left London on his own initiative, visited Yoko, to then go rescue John from The Lost Weekend, because he felt the need, that he knew it was time for an intervention (after all... he had far more time with John than Yoko did at that point), shows a lack of understanding on the part of all who limit their view of the two of them to just that which is "The Beatles." Only recently did she admit that "Paul saved our marriage..." by that act. In fact - she said it A YEAR AGO... October 9th, 2010
The birthday coincidence is puzzling... however, the Daily Mail noted that Sir Paul said he was going to debut a new song written for Nancy, that evening at the reception - "on what would have been John's 71st birthday."
If you want links on the "Yoko/Paul saved our marriage" item... I've got the saved page from that day it was in the news. I never say what I don't know to be true. Never have - anywhere else or in the semi-permanance of the Forum. The link is below.
“I want the world to know that it was a very touching thing that he did for John,” Yoko tells London’s Times newspaper.
He stepped in and brought the two back together. John and Yoko met backstage at an Elton John concert in November 1974, which led to their reconciliation.
“He was genuinely concerned about his old partner. Even though John was not even asking for help; John, Paul, all of them, were too proud to ask anything. He helped. John often said he didn’t understand why Paul did this for us, but he did.”
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1386777/Yoko.webarchive
There is a gap below the pic of white space. be sure to scroll down. The above file will download on click. It is a SAFARI webarchive - only viewable in Safari. So when you double-click on it, it will open in Safari. It will NOT open if you are already using Safari when you click. It's an "archive" not html. The JPGs are embedded in the file, so even in Safari, it downloads first, then opens in Safari. A method of SAVING second only to using a PDF for a web page archive.
If there is such a campaign, it's the result of being dissed for a decade after John was killed, to make him the irrelevant one. Look at your "1" album. Count the songs. Who wrote what? It's damned near even, and that competition they had, like players on the same team, made them far more creative trying to impress each other, than any solo efforts to impress only themselves or critics.
As Paul himself said, "I was the person he chose to compose with... from 1957 to 1969, and I guess that means I was no slouch either. We wrote everything in the early days 'nose to nose'."
John agreed in an earlier interview that the term 'nose to nose' indeed was what they did. I think it unfortunate Paul felt he had to remind anyone of this.
The very genius of Lennon was the outlet of pain. The very genius of Paul was the outlet for his enthusiasm. Both embraced the notion of an almost "Jesuit Love" for all -- and while Lennon's positive tone works were 'dreamy' and less concrete, Paul's were upbeat and more tangible. One's Strawberry Field became more tangible as a result, and the other's Penny Lane became more like a playful daydream as a result.
The very fact that Paul helped John turn Help! from a slow crying out into a movie theme is not a coincidence. The fact that John found "fun" in certain Paul songs that he thrived upon (stoned or not) such as his entry to #2 that day... slamming out the intro to Ob-La-Dee --- (where there was none) - demonstrated that he both added and needed the upbeat influence to his swinging moods and internal confusion of where his place in the world really was...
Ringo says and so did George in a documentary, that "John may have been the LEADER, but it was Paul who was always pushing us to our next album, our next concept, and the next level of 'perfectionism'."
(I just watched parts of that documentary again, 5 days ago... the quotes are fresh in my head)
That both Paul and Yoko use "Hey Bulldog" (the video) as an example of how much they spontaneously contributed to each other's work -- and did so innately, is like the proverbial couple that finishes each other's sentences.
The fact that it was Paul who left London on his own initiative, visited Yoko, to then go rescue John from The Lost Weekend, because he felt the need, that he knew it was time for an intervention (after all... he had far more time with John than Yoko did at that point), shows a lack of understanding on the part of all who limit their view of the two of them to just that which is "The Beatles." Only recently did she admit that "Paul saved our marriage..." by that act. In fact - she said it A YEAR AGO... October 9th, 2010
The birthday coincidence is puzzling... however, the Daily Mail noted that Sir Paul said he was going to debut a new song written for Nancy, that evening at the reception - "on what would have been John's 71st birthday."
If you want links on the "Yoko/Paul saved our marriage" item... I've got the saved page from that day it was in the news. I never say what I don't know to be true. Never have - anywhere else or in the semi-permanance of the Forum. The link is below.
“I want the world to know that it was a very touching thing that he did for John,” Yoko tells London’s Times newspaper.
He stepped in and brought the two back together. John and Yoko met backstage at an Elton John concert in November 1974, which led to their reconciliation.
“He was genuinely concerned about his old partner. Even though John was not even asking for help; John, Paul, all of them, were too proud to ask anything. He helped. John often said he didn’t understand why Paul did this for us, but he did.”
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1386777/Yoko.webarchive
There is a gap below the pic of white space. be sure to scroll down. The above file will download on click. It is a SAFARI webarchive - only viewable in Safari. So when you double-click on it, it will open in Safari. It will NOT open if you are already using Safari when you click. It's an "archive" not html. The JPGs are embedded in the file, so even in Safari, it downloads first, then opens in Safari. A method of SAVING second only to using a PDF for a web page archive.