"Double Fantasy" wins Album Of The Year GRAMMY '81
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Not gonna touch that one. Too many comedic possibilities there.
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Sorry, but I think Double Fantasy is one of the most overrated albums of all time. With the exception of Watching the Wheels and possibly Starting Over I find the album terribly bland and uninspired, including John's songs. I'm not a Yoko hater but listening to I'm Your Angel literally makes me want to punch something, with those annoying "tra la la la" lyrics. Grrrr. For me, Double Fantasy is easily one of the worst albums released by an ex-Beatle between 1970 and '80. I can understand appreciating the album for sentimental reasons but it does annoy me a bit that it's now considered a classic album and among the best solo Beatles albums. Even McCartney II, released the same year, is vastly superior and would have been a more worthy winner of Album of the Year.
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its funny cause i just had bought this one at the swapmeet this past weekend for 2 dollars (cd) not a bad price wasnt gonna pass it up that cheap in good condition i thought this album was licenced under geffin records and the cd says capitol :
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blue jay hey:
its funny cause i just had bought this one at the swapmeet this past weekend for 2 dollars (cd) not a bad price wasnt gonna pass it up that cheap in good condition i thought this album was licenced under geffin records and the cd says capitol :
Wasn't aware of that switch, but after this much time I'm not really too surprised.
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Ane:
Sorry, but I think Double Fantasy is one of the most overrated albums of all time. With the exception of Watching the Wheels and possibly Starting Over I find the album terribly bland and uninspired, including John's songs. I'm not a Yoko hater but listening to I'm Your Angel literally makes me want to punch something, with those annoying "tra la la la" lyrics. Grrrr. For me, Double Fantasy is easily one of the worst albums released by an ex-Beatle between 1970 and '80. I can understand appreciating the album for sentimental reasons but it does annoy me a bit that it's now considered a classic album and among the best solo Beatles albums. Even McCartney II, released the same year, is vastly superior and would have been a more worthy winner of Album of the Year.
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oobu24:
toris:
John's songs on Double Fantasy are awesome.... Woman, Watching the Wheels, Beautiful Boy... all of them.... all of the songs of his on that album are A1. But I can't get over Yoko's contribution. Terrible. And worse, given I bought it when only records existed, if I wanted to skip Yoko's songs I had to get up and lift the needle. And that damn song of hers, the one where she moans and groans, and was quite happy for everyone to know she lay down on the studio floor and "entertained" herself to perfect the effect.... her presence did nothing to enhance what could've been John's greatest album. Imagine Yoko's songs been left off, and others like Nobody Told Me, Grow Old With Me, Life Begins at Forty, for starters, being included instead. That would've made my day.
Had to get up & lift the needle...that's the equivalent to telling your kids you had to walk 5 miles uphill to school. Good one!
Well, toris, there's always Disc 4 of this set: Or make your own disc, if that's not too taxing!
Yep, I've got that box set at home, given Disc 4 many a listen. The Lennon Anthology disc of that time is exceptionally awesome as well.
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oobu24:
toris:
John's songs on Double Fantasy are awesome.... Woman, Watching the Wheels, Beautiful Boy... all of them.... all of the songs of his on that album are A1. But I can't get over Yoko's contribution. Terrible. And worse, given I bought it when only records existed, if I wanted to skip Yoko's songs I had to get up and lift the needle. And that damn song of hers, the one where she moans and groans, and was quite happy for everyone to know she lay down on the studio floor and "entertained" herself to perfect the effect.... her presence did nothing to enhance what could've been John's greatest album. Imagine Yoko's songs been left off, and others like Nobody Told Me, Grow Old With Me, Life Begins at Forty, for starters, being included instead. That would've made my day.
Had to get up & lift the needle...that's the equivalent to telling your kids you had to walk 5 miles uphill to school. Good one!
That, and a fleeting memory of black and white television, are perhaps the greatest indications of my age. And I recall when Beta was king over VHS!
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toris:
oobu24:
toris:
John's songs on Double Fantasy are awesome.... Woman, Watching the Wheels, Beautiful Boy... all of them.... all of the songs of his on that album are A1. But I can't get over Yoko's contribution. Terrible. And worse, given I bought it when only records existed, if I wanted to skip Yoko's songs I had to get up and lift the needle. And that damn song of hers, the one where she moans and groans, and was quite happy for everyone to know she lay down on the studio floor and "entertained" herself to perfect the effect.... her presence did nothing to enhance what could've been John's greatest album. Imagine Yoko's songs been left off, and others like Nobody Told Me, Grow Old With Me, Life Begins at Forty, for starters, being included instead. That would've made my day.
Had to get up & lift the needle...that's the equivalent to telling your kids you had to walk 5 miles uphill to school. Good one!
That, and a fleeting memory of black and white television, are perhaps the greatest indications of my age. And I recall when Beta was king over VHS!
Me too...although I don't remember B&W TV.
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Never understood why Beta-max machines cost twice as much as VCRs.
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audi:
Never understood why Beta-max machines cost twice as much as VCRs.
Beta was the first video tape format and it was challenged by VHS. Both were VCR's, meaning video cassette recorder. VHS won the battle on the home front, but Beta was better quality. Sony made Beta machines primarily for TV stations and video production companies, and it was the preferred video format of professionals for many years. Because of this, the machines and camera equipment tended to cost much more than equipment for the consumer driven mass-produced VHS market.
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beatlesfanrandy:
audi:
Never understood why Beta-max machines cost twice as much as VCRs.
Beta was the first video tape format and it was challenged by VHS. Both were VCR's, meaning video cassette recorder. VHS won the battle on the home front, but Beta was better quality. Sony made Beta machines primarily for TV stations and video production companies, and it was the preferred video format of professionals for many years. Because of this, the machines and camera equipment tended to cost much more than equipment for the consumer driven mass-produced VHS market.
and staying off topic (sorry) my 1st stereo VHS player/recorder cost over $1000.00. Now there are DVD players for $19.00. Oh my how times have changed.
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I remember when I finally got a hi-fi VCR. I was Mr. Big Time that day.
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Yep Mr Kool!
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From what I've read over the years, John Lennon was very much into the latest techie stuff (typical of Libra males). I'm sure he had the best Beta around.
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Here's a funny story...when my buddy Tom (huge Beatles fan) and his brother bribed their way into sitting in Lennon's limo at the Dakota back in the 70s, he said when they went into the back seat that Lennon had a fold down turntable in the back I thought this was a bit odd for a car. He did say it was kind of cheapie/plasticy though. You'd think a guy like that would have had a custom mounted Marantz 6300 or something high end. But then again a turntable in a car?? It wasn't like casettes weren't around then and certainly with his money he could have mounted a reel-to-reel unit. Still can't believe he was able to get into that car!
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Maybe he had a turntable for listening to acetates? Just guessing, though.
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beatlesfanrandy:
audi:
Never understood why Beta-max machines cost twice as much as VCRs.
Beta was the first video tape format and it was challenged by VHS. Both were VCR's, meaning video cassette recorder. VHS won the battle on the home front, but Beta was better quality. Sony made Beta machines primarily for TV stations and video production companies, and it was the preferred video format of professionals for many years. Because of this, the machines and camera equipment tended to cost much more than equipment for the consumer driven mass-produced VHS market.
And tough luck finding a decent range of movies on BETA back in the early 80's...overwhelmingly it was VHS format.
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toris:
oobu24:
toris:
John's songs on Double Fantasy are awesome.... Woman, Watching the Wheels, Beautiful Boy... all of them.... all of the songs of his on that album are A1. But I can't get over Yoko's contribution. Terrible. And worse, given I bought it when only records existed, if I wanted to skip Yoko's songs I had to get up and lift the needle. And that damn song of hers, the one where she moans and groans, and was quite happy for everyone to know she lay down on the studio floor and "entertained" herself to perfect the effect.... her presence did nothing to enhance what could've been John's greatest album. Imagine Yoko's songs been left off, and others like Nobody Told Me, Grow Old With Me, Life Begins at Forty, for starters, being included instead. That would've made my day.
Had to get up & lift the needle...that's the equivalent to telling your kids you had to walk 5 miles uphill to school. Good one!
That, and a fleeting memory of black and white television, are perhaps the greatest indications of my age. And I recall when Beta was king over VHS!
I had a home video recorder manufactured by Philips back in 78/79. It took a square shaped video cassette (top loaded) and the recording capacity was just 60 minutes. Around that time many schools/libraries had the U Matic system too, which of course was the TV station's animal, but the Philips was developed for home use.
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moptops:
toris:
oobu24:
toris:
John's songs on Double Fantasy are awesome.... Woman, Watching the Wheels, Beautiful Boy... all of them.... all of the songs of his on that album are A1. But I can't get over Yoko's contribution. Terrible. And worse, given I bought it when only records existed, if I wanted to skip Yoko's songs I had to get up and lift the needle. And that damn song of hers, the one where she moans and groans, and was quite happy for everyone to know she lay down on the studio floor and "entertained" herself to perfect the effect.... her presence did nothing to enhance what could've been John's greatest album. Imagine Yoko's songs been left off, and others like Nobody Told Me, Grow Old With Me, Life Begins at Forty, for starters, being included instead. That would've made my day.
Had to get up & lift the needle...that's the equivalent to telling your kids you had to walk 5 miles uphill to school. Good one!
That, and a fleeting memory of black and white television, are perhaps the greatest indications of my age. And I recall when Beta was king over VHS!
I had a home video recorder manufactured by Philips back in 78/79. It took a square shaped video cassette (top loaded) and the recording capacity was just 60 minutes. Around that time many schools/libraries had the U Matic system too, which of course was the TV station's animal, but the Philips was developed for home use.
In fact I taped the original 1979 airing of Wings Over The World, with an intro from 3XY's Greg Evans!!!