The Mighty Musical Observations Thread

[weller259]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.
It was 56 years ago today that the Beatles played their final official live concert in San Francisco.
For those who don't truly appreciate the very greatness of them, mainly people younger than 35, here's a small fact from Billboard.

[Dr. Medulla]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.

You can just paste the url and it'll display automatically.

It was 56 years ago today that the Beatles played their final official live concert in San Francisco.
For those who don't truly appreciate the very greatness of them, mainly people younger than 35, here's a small fact from Billboard.

What's hard to imagine about that last tour was how flat and dispiriting it was. That was the summer of John's "bigger than Jesus" comment, which led to protests, record burnings, and assassination threats. Between that and the music no longer in the Beatlemania vein, neither the band nor much of the audience found the shows that appealing. Ticket sales were way down. The notion that people were getting tired of the Beatles is fucking nuts, yet there was truth to it.

[oliver]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.
It was 56 years ago today that the Beatles played their final official live concert in San Francisco.
For those who don't truly appreciate the very greatness of them, mainly people younger than 35, here's a small fact from Billboard.

I can't be the only one here who can not name or even hum a single Drake song.

[Dr. Medulla]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.
It was 56 years ago today that the Beatles played their final official live concert in San Francisco.
For those who don't truly appreciate the very greatness of them, mainly people younger than 35, here's a small fact from Billboard.

I can't be the only one here who can not name or even hum a single Drake song.

I know who he is, but gun to my head I couldn't identity his music.

[revbob]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.
It was 56 years ago today that the Beatles played their final official live concert in San Francisco.
For those who don't truly appreciate the very greatness of them, mainly people younger than 35, here's a small fact from Billboard.

I can't be the only one here who can not name or even hum a single Drake song.

I can say that for like 7 of those listed

[Flex]

I can recognize a Garth Brooks song but only because he does that tasty cover of Hard Luck Woman

[weller259]

I don't know how to embed tweets to here so I took a screen shot.

You can just paste the url and it'll display automatically.

Oh sure, its that easy. lol. Thank you sir!

What's hard to imagine about that last tour was how flat and dispiriting it was. That was the summer of John's "bigger than Jesus" comment, which led to protests, record burnings, and assassination threats. Between that and the music no longer in the Beatlemania vein, neither the band nor much of the audience found the shows that appealing. Ticket sales were way down. The notion that people were getting tired of the Beatles is fucking nuts, yet there was truth to it.

The whole Jesus thing was ridiculous to anyone with a functioning brain, not unlike today's republican ridiculousness, and to be fair to the Beatles, they didn't need to tour to make money or get exposure to their music, they hadn't needed to tour after 1964 really, and certainly after 1965's stadium shows they had nothing left to gain from live shows other than money so I totally understand them not wanting to do it anymore and not being very into doing it in 1966. Disinterested guys playing shows that the paying crowd came to see, not hear, trying to play new songs that weren't conducive to 1966-era sound technology, that last tour was definitely a mess. Still, I would have loved to see them. Hearing them would have been cool too.

[matedog]

I’m actually most surprised by Elvis as his career peak was well before the modern album format.

And Drake has some tasty tunes.

[Dr. Medulla]

The whole Jesus thing was ridiculous to anyone with a functioning brain, not unlike today's republican ridiculousness, and to be fair to the Beatles, they didn't need to tour to make money or get exposure to their music, they hadn't needed to tour after 1964 really, and certainly after 1965's stadium shows they had nothing left to gain from live shows other than money so I totally understand them not wanting to do it anymore and not being very into doing it in 1966. Disinterested guys playing shows that the paying crowd came to see, not hear, trying to play new songs that weren't conducive to 1966-era sound technology, that last tour was definitely a mess. Still, I would have loved to see them. Hearing them would have been cool too.

It was, in retrospect, pretty radical for them to quit touring. I mean, that’s what pop acts did. You made a record, you toured the fuck out of it, you took a short vacation, and repeat. The idea of not playing live anymore just wasn’t done, except for, say, Elvis, who’d started a new career. Even if we can see the pointlessness of touring now, for them to realize it and act on it was bold. It also really fucked up Brian Epstein because now, well, what exactly does he do? He books the tours (and skims like crazy). Hard not to see him spiralling downward because of all that.

[weller259]

The whole Jesus thing was ridiculous to anyone with a functioning brain, not unlike today's republican ridiculousness, and to be fair to the Beatles, they didn't need to tour to make money or get exposure to their music, they hadn't needed to tour after 1964 really, and certainly after 1965's stadium shows they had nothing left to gain from live shows other than money so I totally understand them not wanting to do it anymore and not being very into doing it in 1966. Disinterested guys playing shows that the paying crowd came to see, not hear, trying to play new songs that weren't conducive to 1966-era sound technology, that last tour was definitely a mess. Still, I would have loved to see them. Hearing them would have been cool too.

It was, in retrospect, pretty radical for them to quit touring. I mean, that’s what pop acts did. You made a record, you toured the fuck out of it, you took a short vacation, and repeat. The idea of not playing live anymore just wasn’t done, except for, say, Elvis, who’d started a new career. Even if we can see the pointlessness of touring now, for them to realize it and act on it was bold. It also really fucked up Brian Epstein because now, well, what exactly does he do? He books the tours (and skims like crazy). Hard not to see him spiralling downward because of all that.

Yes, exactly. It was the people around them that wanted the touring to continue because that meant $$$ not to mention that they actually sold massive amounts of records so they truly didn't need to tour anymore. And yes, that basically was the Epstein story, he did manage other groups but he really was the one who lost the most from it. The Beatles loved him so they didn't stop touring to hurt him in any way, he just lost himself. The Beatles were bold and they wrote their own rules but that is much easier to do when you have tons of money and worldwide admiration and fans who can't wait to buy your next album/single/book/movie. They did have the goods though.

[weller259]

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[Dr. Medulla]

“It was nice to have some time off, it really was,” said frontman Chad Kroeger. “But now it’s great that there’s this new excitement. I keep seeing things on the internet like, ‘You know what the world needs? A new Nickelback record.’ I’m like, really?”

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huge-fan-turnout- ... -1.6049390

Citation required, assclown.

[Flex]

“It was nice to have some time off, it really was,” said frontman Chad Kroeger. “But now it’s great that there’s this new excitement. I keep seeing things on the internet like, ‘You know what the world needs? A new Nickelback record.’ I’m like, really?”

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huge-fan-turnout- ... -1.6049390

Citation required, assclown.

Based on the quote, it seems like even he doesn't really believe it.

[matedog]

“It was nice to have some time off, it really was,” said frontman Chad Kroeger. “But now it’s great that there’s this new excitement. I keep seeing things on the internet like, ‘You know what the world needs? A new Nickelback record.’ I’m like, really?”

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huge-fan-turnout- ... -1.6049390

Citation required, assclown.

Speaking of, June started Kindergarten a few weeks ago and they had a welcome bbq thing last weekend. DJ or playlist or whatever included "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "How You Remind Me", and Usher's "Yeah!" amongst other songs. I then realized these were now parent songs and I was like,

[Dr. Medulla]

“It was nice to have some time off, it really was,” said frontman Chad Kroeger. “But now it’s great that there’s this new excitement. I keep seeing things on the internet like, ‘You know what the world needs? A new Nickelback record.’ I’m like, really?”

https://bc.ctvnews.ca/huge-fan-turnout- ... -1.6049390

Citation required, assclown.

Speaking of, June started Kindergarten a few weeks ago and they had a welcome bbq thing last weekend. DJ or playlist or whatever included "Smells Like Teen Spirit", "How You Remind Me", and Usher's "Yeah!" amongst other songs. I then realized these were now parent songs and I was like,

I get that all the time in my rock class. Students will be talking about the music their parents listened to in high school, and I immediately default to The Beatles or The Who, and they come back with REM, The Cure, GNR, or Nirvana. I know that I'm the same age as their parents, but it's still a bit of cold water every time.