Abbey Road - Side A - Round 2

Abbey Road - Side A - Round 2

Poll ended at 02 Feb 2021, 10:57am

"Come Together"
0
No votes
"Something"
7
41%
"Oh! Darling"
3
18%
"Octopus's Garden"
5
29%
"I Want You (She's So Heavy)"
2
12%
 
Total votes: 17

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Abbey Road - Side A - Round 2

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With Maxwell's Silver Hammer gone, this side now becomes very difficult for me.
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Maxwell is 2x the song Something is
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Silent Majority wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 11:17am
Maxwell is 2x the song Something is
Seconded.

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That stupid little melodic motif on Something sucks.
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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matedog wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 11:59am
That stupid little melodic motif on Something sucks.
Frank Sinatra, the senile bully, described it as the finest love song of our time.
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Something is overrated. I'm not saying it's a bad song - it has some solid moments...but it is overrated.
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You guys just don't like Something because it's a sappy love song. :shifty:

I like it.

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Mimi wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 1:05pm
You guys just don't like Something because it's a sappy love song. :shifty:

I like it.
I tell you, it was a good day when I realised that loving the sound of sappy love songs didn't mean I also had to break my heart or expect a partner to be the thing that solved all my problems or made me happy every day!
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I actually like Sinatra's version of something, because it fits his (by then) conservative style and outlook so well. Let's bounce it.
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Flex wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 1:19pm
I actually like Sinatra's version of something, because it fits his (by then) conservative style and outlook so well. Let's bounce it.
Better him than George Harrison.
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Flex wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 1:19pm
I actually like Sinatra's version of something, because it fits his (by then) conservative style and outlook so well. Let's bounce it.
That's actually not so bad. The motif is less grating when it's orchestral.
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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I'm not happy about OG getting so many votes. Endearing song, great band performance and lovely backing vocals. I find I Want You a bit heavy going.but I voted for Something.
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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I Want You is great. It's the Lover's Rock of their catalog.
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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matedog wrote:
01 Feb 2021, 3:24pm
I Want You is great. It's the Lover's Rock of their catalog.
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