Come and Get It
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I heard him perform it a year and a half ago in Stockholm, I was so surprised I could barely speak when he started playing it..
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ooo ooo ooo ooo fool and his money.. SONNY!
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Danish Macca:
I heard him perform it a year and a half ago in Stockholm, I was so surprised I could barely speak when he started playing it..
Bet that was pretty cool !! Now if he ever did "On The Wings Of A Nightengale" which he wrote for the Everly Brothers, I would fall down in shock. IMO - that would be a great song for acoustic set.
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Teddy Boy22:
beatlesfanrandy:
I heard No Matter What on the radio yesterday. A classic for sure. And their version of Nilsson's Without You is one of the best covers ever! They were so talented and could have been one of the greatest bands ever. Instead they are one of the most tragic stories in Rock.
Umm. Badfinger actually wrote 'Without You.' Nilsson covered them!!!
Yes you are right. Nilsson covered it, as well as Mariah Carey. Her version was No. 1 in many countries. Such a great song. Makes their story even more tragic.
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i will be glad to go get it . Couldn't resist it. love doris
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Bruce M.:
hoodatnva:
Thanks. I'm starting to get a different picture in my head about some of these songs and the Beatles break-up. So many great PM songs, written in 67-68-69, that never made it to vinyl back then. It seems clear clear to me that Paul only had one topic -- love, and optimism. The others were a bit darker, and got annoyed with PM's peppy attitude. His music was clever, catchy, ingenious, and they couldn't keep up. Is it any wonder now, that PM had no big hits coming off of "Abbey Road"? He had all those songs, like "Singalong Junk" , and "Come and Get IT", in the drawer, and the rest of them didn't want to record them? I hate to the first to say it, and maybe I'm not the first...PM was out-pacing them, and they didn't like it. I love them all, but it's starting to make more sense about how the break-up happened behind closed doors. Is this a unique perspective? I don't know. Certainly didn't seem so at the time. George had mega success with "All Things Must Pass".....Ringo seemed to be delivering a hit every week (though he never wrote them)....and John was still in his frump stoic mood and writing his cerebral stoic stuff with occasional airplay. So, there you have it, why they were so great together: Cynicism Stoicism Optimism Charm Ladies and gentleman I give you, the Beatles!
Seems pretty odd to see "Come and Get It" as an example of Paul only writing about "love and optimism." The film the song was written for, "The Magic Christian," was a satire about greed (and pretty good, too), and the song was perfect for it. It's definitely not about love and optimism.
You've mixed the dichotomies. "Come and Get It" is just an example of a great song, written during Beatles times, that Beatles didn't want to participate in. A gem in PM's pocket. My analogy of cynicism, stoicism, and optimism was a general observation of their entire career. Still, I see "Come and Get It" as an optimistic piece of music.....I remember it was used as a Navy recruiting commercial back in the 70's. It was enticing, optimistic -- reach for the olive branch.
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beatlesfanrandy:
Teddy Boy22:
beatlesfanrandy:
I heard No Matter What on the radio yesterday. A classic for sure. And their version of Nilsson's Without You is one of the best covers ever! They were so talented and could have been one of the greatest bands ever. Instead they are one of the most tragic stories in Rock.
Umm. Badfinger actually wrote 'Without You.' Nilsson covered them!!!
Yes you are right. Nilsson covered it, as well as Mariah Carey. Her version was No. 1 in many countries. Such a great song. Makes their story even more tragic.
well I don't know about Mariah, but Nilsson took that song and did it like it should be done. I bet Mariah covered Harry's version, thats the one you'd want. In that Apple: Strange Fruit movie, one of the guys comments how that was actually a big contribution for Apple publishing, having all of Harry's Schmilsson albums and that songs single.