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Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 6:42pm
by Heston
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:56pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:15pm
Democracy blows. Stalin would have had a clear winner without all this nonsense, plus exiled or murdered a tenth of the board just because.
Flip your coin back and we could’ve avoided this.
If Heston hadn't shown up after skipping the first vote, it would have worked. Maybe the trick is I don't vote on the third try.
Yep, I levelled it just before close of play with a spite vote. Payback time.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 6:45pm
by Dr. Medulla
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:42pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:56pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:52pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 5:15pm
Democracy blows. Stalin would have had a clear winner without all this nonsense, plus exiled or murdered a tenth of the board just because.
Flip your coin back and we could’ve avoided this.
If Heston hadn't shown up after skipping the first vote, it would have worked. Maybe the trick is I don't vote on the third try.
Yep, I levelled it just before close of play.
Why must you introduce so much chaos into god's harmony?
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
by Wolter
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
by Heston
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
by Dr. Medulla
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:35pm
by Wolter
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
It absolutely isn’t.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:36pm
by Heston
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
They sound like a band at least, not a collection of po-faced solo songs and half formed ideas.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:41pm
by Wolter
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
They sound like a band at least, not a collection of po-faced solo songs and half formed ideas.
A middling band making forgettable music.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:42pm
by Dr. Medulla
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
They sound like a band at least, not a collection of po-faced solo songs and half formed ideas.
The band divisions are no better nor worse in either set of sessions, but the approaches and execution on the White Album are vastly superior. Your own style of reasoning has to bow to the fact that one set of recordings got immediate release and the other was regarded by all involved as not worth it until they decided to pack it in.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:45pm
by Dr. Medulla
I will accept that "We Built This City" is genius subversive satire* before I accept that Let It Be is better than the White Album.
* I will never accept that "We Built This City" is genius subversive satire.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 7:57pm
by WestwayKid
Flex wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 6:07pm
maybe they should both just advance
There really are not any set rules...so I'm going to consider this.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 8:06pm
by WestwayKid
I've always felt that the final production on Across the Universe was shit. I've also always felt the lyrics represented Lennon at his hippy dippy worst. That said, I like the song. I just like Get Back better. It's funky. The lyrics are silly, but they sound like a band. It's not an overdubbed mess. Go watch the rooftop version of Get Back: they're having fun. It rocks. Ringo is wearing a red raincoat. The original Get Back songs (before Spector messed them up) are a reminder that after everything...after Beatlemania and Sgt. Pepper and the Maharishi and Magic Alex and everything else...they were a great fucking band. Get Back has that feel.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 8:07pm
by Heston
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:42pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Wolter wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:27pm
Or neither. Let’s be honest: this album is subpar.
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
They sound like a band at least, not a collection of po-faced solo songs and half formed ideas.
The band divisions are no better nor worse in either set of sessions, but the approaches and execution on the White Album are vastly superior. Your own style of reasoning has to bow to the fact that one set of recordings got immediate release and the other was regarded by all involved as not worth it until they decided to pack it in.
Bands are never the best judges of their own work.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 8:18pm
by Dr. Medulla
WestwayKid wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 8:06pm
I've always felt that the final production on Across the Universe was shit. I've also always felt the lyrics represented Lennon at his hippy dippy worst. That said, I like the song.
I've always liked the ambiguity of "nothing's gonna change my world." Is that a statement of confidence and autonomy, or disillusionment of how the horrible weaknesses and evils will never be overcome? Who cares what Lennon might have meant, but it's a wonderful open question for the listener.
Re: Take 2 - Semifinal - Let It Be
Posted: 27 Mar 2021, 8:20pm
by Dr. Medulla
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 8:07pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:42pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:36pm
Dr. Medulla wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:33pm
Heston wrote: ↑27 Mar 2021, 7:32pm
Better than your beloved White Album.
Now *this* might be the craziest thing you've ever put forth.
They sound like a band at least, not a collection of po-faced solo songs and half formed ideas.
The band divisions are no better nor worse in either set of sessions, but the approaches and execution on the White Album are vastly superior. Your own style of reasoning has to bow to the fact that one set of recordings got immediate release and the other was regarded by all involved as not worth it until they decided to pack it in.
Bands are never the best judges of their own work.
Maybe. But band + critics + fans judgement suggests yours is a burn-at-the-stake heresy.