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From: "howl dog" <howldogg@yahoo.com>
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Wings was great, altho Macca sort of lost me with Silly Love songs, because
at the time, I felt like the radio indeed was filled up with stupid love
songs. Its a nice song tho. I especially liked Uncle Albert and My Love,
with that bitchin guitar lead, and Let em In. Band on the Run is a real
masterpiece. Macca is a really unusual talent, to be able to play bass like
that and sing lead at the same time, is a superior musical skill. Very very
difficult and he makes it look so easy.
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Funny you mention that. A friend of mine from years ago once said that
playing bass and handling vocals was something to be admired. He was/is a
bass player in a local band and has does not handle any vocal work at all.
He was commenting on Geddy Lee at the time. He was not a Rush fan
whatsoever, but gave Lee props for what he was doing.
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Has anybody ever watched the TV show That 70s Show? theres that scene they
show over and over, where the teens are sitting around in Erics basement,
high as a kite, talking about silly stuff, the camera pans around to all
their faves. On the wall, in the background of one of the shots, is a big
rock band poster, the huge things they used to sell here in the states in
the 70s, I had three or four of them, different bands. The one on the TV
show is usually obscured, but, a friend tells me he thinks its a Wings
poster. Anybody confirm?
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I used to watch that show and I can't recall a Wings poster at all. I do
recall a Kiss poster in Eric's bedroom that my brother owned. I liked the
fact that they used vintage stuff. Those huge posters were great, my brother
(again) had the Alice Cooper version of those beasts.
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My favorite Beatle solo albums were always by Harrison, especially All
Things Must Pass, his first i think, might be wrong. I think that blew a lot
of minds, how good it was, and the early Macca and Lennon albums fell way
short of Georgie's mark, in my opinion. Macca eventually recovered of course
and went on to dominate the airwaves. Lennon was so out of it and
disinterested that he stopped recording for several years. I did like his
Phil Spector thing, Rock and Roll, but I often wondered how much Lennon had
to do with it... Maybe he just showed up and sang, dont know.
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I had that Rock n Roll album on cassette from a cut out bin. Never cared for
it. Seemed a bit mechanical, but then again I probably didn't give it a fair
amount of listens.
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Lennon's an extremely odd case. According to most accounts I've read, he was
a social rebel thru and thru, and the more successful the Beatles became,
the less he wanted to do with music in general. The Beatles book by Bob
Spitz, which is really good and almost exhaustive, paints Lennon as a bit of
a thug.
Ringo, I dont think I ever heard one of his all the way thru, in spite of
the fact that he was my favorite Beatle. In the movies anyway.
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Favourtie Lennon quote when asked if Ringo was the best drummer in the
world: In the world? He's not even the best drummer in the Beatles..
Clint
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