I think it’s a shame Boys has had such a poor showing. I’ve always viewed it as a mini statement of intent of the Beatles. I think it is almost the birth of pop music. There was no chin rubbing - are we blues enough, they liked a record and made their version of it. It was about teenage emotions in a basic simplistic form.
It took a black record and arranged it for a white guitar group and not in a Pat Boone way. It was inclusive and not elitist. Even by the fact they had the drummer singing rather than one of the front line showed how everyone could have a go and the experience was more important than the expertise.
Music should be about being lost in the moment rather than looking for immortality. Even the slight sexual ambiguity of keeping the gender was a subconscious part of inclusivity, girls will be boys, and boys will be girls long before Lola.
Bop shuop, m'bop bop shuop
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As solid an argument for "Boys" as you're going to find. But something has to be pushed and, well, Ringo.ArmagideonTim wrote: ↑12 Oct 2020, 3:45amI think it’s a shame Boys has had such a poor showing. I’ve always viewed it as a mini statement of intent of the Beatles. I think it is almost the birth of pop music. There was no chin rubbing - are we blues enough, they liked a record and made their version of it. It was about teenage emotions in a basic simplistic form.
It took a black record and arranged it for a white guitar group and not in a Pat Boone way. It was inclusive and not elitist. Even by the fact they had the drummer singing rather than one of the front line showed how everyone could have a go and the experience was more important than the expertise.
Music should be about being lost in the moment rather than looking for immortality. Even the slight sexual ambiguity of keeping the gender was a subconscious part of inclusivity, girls will be boys, and boys will be girls long before Lola.
Bop shuop, m'bop bop shuop
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Chains. Never cared for that song.
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Boys kinda rocks. It's a shame there is such drummer jealousy on this board that it'll be the first to go. I've only heard Standing before, so I need some time with these.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Wait, you've never heard Please Please Me before?
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Ah, I didn't realize that was still side A. I had to have heard PPM before, but it's not ringing a bell.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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Pity and jealousy are not interchangeable words."Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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I think the board hates bass more than drums.
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well, bassists anyways
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a bowl of soup
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
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Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a rolling hoop
Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle like a ton of lead
Wiggle - you can raise the dead
Pex Lives!
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Again, it's pity more than hate or jealousy. The latter two concepts might contain respect or a sense of equality.
"Grab some wood, bub.'" - Richard Nixon, Checkers Speech, abandoned early draft
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Is there anything drum related that is obnoxious as bad bass slapping?
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.
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A drum solo that goes on longer than the time it takes to go take a piss and return?
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Rototoms maybe. A gong.
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The loudness of them. If the song hasn't started do not touch your fucking drums.
There's a tiny, tiny hopeful part of me that says you guys are running a Kaufmanesque long con on the board
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Both are amazing. Going to have to disagree.
Look, you have to establish context for these things. And I maintain that unless you appreciate the Fall of Constantinople, the Great Fire of London, and Mickey Mantle's fatalist alcoholism, live Freddy makes no sense. If you want to half-ass it, fine, go call Simon Schama to do the appendix.