Plastic Soul Man:
Wings
Snap!...I love loads of different bands/artists from the 60/70s but after the beatles its Wings! I mean that in the chronological sense. The Beatles and Wings are tied favourites overall.
Plastic Soul Man:
Wings
Snap!...I love loads of different bands/artists from the 60/70s but after the beatles its Wings! I mean that in the chronological sense. The Beatles and Wings are tied favourites overall.
Yeah I know. I emailed them because you can buy a ticket for the Sat night now but its not very clear what its for as in the whole wkend or just one event. They said that the sat night is all you pay for and the rest is just simply turn up and if your early enough you'll get in. Might work but might not i suppose.
Think Im going to head up for it. You only need to buy a ticket for the Saturday night everything else is free but on a first come first serve basis. Plus its only an hour up the road!
Well we were suppose to be seeing 6 albums 'coming soon' when BOTR was released. Its a very laboured process. It would be good if they atleast had a schedule for these 6. Im not going to be buying them all but I was looking forward to V&M/WOA/Ram.
luigiram:
SusyLuvsPaul:
Still a bit mystified by this topic. I wracked my brains and still can't recall any examples of George bad mouthing Paul, and there are supposed to be so many. And I've read a mountain of Beatle books and articles. You guys must be exaggerating a lot. Course out of all that material I read nobody could remember a great deal or even much of it, unless they have a photographic memory.
Suzy, here is an example on You Tube,
, granted the ahole interviewer baited him a bit, but he got a kick out of it too...
Ive seen that before but forgot how snide & vile George comes across in that video. George was talented but his jealousy shows through in that so much. I mean George has wrote some good music but he's not even in the same Galaxy as Paul. Admin Edit: Please Note: Certain previous posts have been removed from this thread. We ask that all members treat each other with respect without resorting to insults and name calling. Please respect each other's opinions and do not resort to group intimidation of members. Anyone continuing to conduct themselves in this way will receive a Warning. See the Forum Guidelines for clarity if unsure: http://maccaboard.paulmccartney.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=14764 thanks, Admin
luigiram:
CMackbird:
Macsback:
high_wilusa:
Yeah but to be honest I can't see much in George's criticism that is at all useful. I don't think it was a good, even if harsh, kind of criticism, I think it came from a place of jealousy/resentment.
your spot on with your jealousy/resentment comment, George may have wrote, Something, WMGGW etc but no way does that put him in the same bracket as Lennon & McCartney, his continuing pettiness towards Macca, long after The Beatles split, was that of a man, who as you say, was jealous, the question we've got to ask ourselves is, why didnt he show the same resentment in public towards John? could it be that he jumped on the "lets slag off Paul bandwagon" and didnt know how to get back off again? it must have fecked him right off when he had to kowtow and do the Beatles Anthology, Paul done the project for all the right reasons while George had no choice but to do it because of his money troubles. The main thing is, all four Beatles eventually made peace with each other, the John/Paul feud was over after a few years and if it wasnt for Yoko, I have no doubt, The Beatles would have done something together again. Yoko even to this day, still likes to stick the boot into Macca, personally I wouldnt give that woman light of day on this site. on finishing, I can understand George having some resentment towards Paul, considering they were mates before meeting John, its probably not a nice feeling being pushed into the background and this more than likely bugged George for years, my only gripe about it all, is, he (George) kept it going far to long and its to Paul's credit, he never openly came out to defend himself by slagging his old mates off.
Good post Macs...I reckon without Yoko John & Paul would have been a lot closer again in the 70s and possibly even writing again. They were best friends at the end of the day. That's Paul for you, it shows his class for not slagging folk off in public and that s the way it should be. At the end of the day without Paul George wouldn't have been a beatle.
Right on CM, even listen to John and Yoko during this clip talking about Paul and Wild Life from 1972 and John isn't snide or looking to kick Paul in the head like George liked to in the previous video I posted, he was straight forward and really respectful and it shows.. he wasn't baited
Yeah exactly. Like Paul has said numerous times alot of it was a front with John and not to appear weak infront of the public but I bet privately he missed the beatles and he missed his best friend. I can't stand Yoko for that....I don't mind that she got together with John its the fact she kept him from Paul and I would put money on it that she was the one who shopped Paul to the police in Japan. Nasty piece of work.
Macsback:
high_wilusa:
Yeah but to be honest I can't see much in George's criticism that is at all useful. I don't think it was a good, even if harsh, kind of criticism, I think it came from a place of jealousy/resentment.
your spot on with your jealousy/resentment comment, George may have wrote, Something, WMGGW etc but no way does that put him in the same bracket as Lennon & McCartney, his continuing pettiness towards Macca, long after The Beatles split, was that of a man, who as you say, was jealous, the question we've got to ask ourselves is, why didnt he show the same resentment in public towards John? could it be that he jumped on the "lets slag off Paul bandwagon" and didnt know how to get back off again? it must have fecked him right off when he had to kowtow and do the Beatles Anthology, Paul done the project for all the right reasons while George had no choice but to do it because of his money troubles. The main thing is, all four Beatles eventually made peace with each other, the John/Paul feud was over after a few years and if it wasnt for Yoko, I have no doubt, The Beatles would have done something together again. Yoko even to this day, still likes to stick the boot into Macca, personally I wouldnt give that woman light of day on this site. on finishing, I can understand George having some resentment towards Paul, considering they were mates before meeting John, its probably not a nice feeling being pushed into the background and this more than likely bugged George for years, my only gripe about it all, is, he (George) kept it going far to long and its to Paul's credit, he never openly came out to defend himself by slagging his old mates off.
Good post Macs...I reckon without Yoko John & Paul would have been a lot closer again in the 70s and possibly even writing again. They were best friends at the end of the day. That's Paul for you, it shows his class for not slagging folk off in public and that s the way it should be. At the end of the day without Paul George wouldn't have been a beatle.
kapoo:
CMackbird:
Ram is my favourite album but Im not a huge fan of Wild Life so with that I would go with Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus & Mars as his strongest 3 consecutive albums.
I?m right there with you CMack! RRS, BOTR and V&M are simply impeccable, and very kick arse. McCartney was literally the man for those 2 yrs, no one doing it better, no one cooler. (Linda's awesome!) .
Too true Kapoo!...The Pics are brilliant.
Ram is my favourite album but Im not a huge fan of Wild Life so with that I would go with Red Rose Speedway, Band On The Run, Venus & Mars as his strongest 3 consecutive albums.
Im thinking about it but its the day after im seeing Bon Jovi at Murrayfield so might not be able to get more time off. Plus I would rather wait and see what chat we get from Macca this summer! And then the beatles weekend aswell.
Macsback:
CMackbird:
Macsback:
DCBeatle64:
Macsback:
You women and your football duh!!!
Are you Andy Gray?
you know i'm Andy Pandy doh!!
I wonder if he'll ever be invited onto Loose Women
WHO? Andy Pandy?
I think that might be beyond even the powers of Kate Thornton!
Macsback:
DCBeatle64:
Macsback:
You women and your football duh!!!
Are you Andy Gray?
you know i'm Andy Pandy doh!!
I wonder if he'll ever be invited onto Loose Women
Macsback:
You women and your football duh!!!
Didn't know you were a fishing fan
milcon1998:
I hope the Scots will qualify for Euro 2012. What teams did they already play against? I notice the score is: 1 Spain 3 - 9 2 Czech Republic 3 - 6 3 Scotland 4 - 4 4 Lithuania 3 - 4 5 Liechtenstein 3 - 0
Drew 0-0 Lithuania (away) Won 2-1 Lichtenstein (home) lost 1-0 Czech Republic (away) lost 3-2 Spain (home) I think the defeat in the Czech Republic could make it impossible now. The manager should have resigned after that game.
That is a very impressive photo ( A moment in time!). Typical Scotland tho...defeat France home & away and still fail to get through the group!
The day of the concert was quite possible the best day of summer last year. Weather was perfect and the show was incredible! He need's to do another Scottish show.
Macsback:
CMackbird:
whobeatle:
Well one of the Beatles, liked my work, and once told me to keep up the good work. But maybe I should take your opinion over his? Hmm I think not It wasn't Harrison by the way who said it. Although he and Jeff Lynne once let me use their guitars and amps to record one day. very nice gesture on their part, I guess they thought it was okay I was doing music too. What do you do bathe in a vat of Scotch whiskey and insult people? You think McCartney is the moon and Harrison was just a lucky mediocre guy on his coattails. I get your view. I don't think its accurate or well informed, but I understand what your saying. In my view you are a McCartney-ista, a rabid illogical defender of someone who is not being attacked, in the first place, at least not by me. I Love McCartney's work, and Lennon's and Harrisons, and think it is a unique situation in the history of rock, I don't believe there has ever been three songwriters of that talent in one group, before or since. You disagree with that view. So be it. I think George Harrison might have been better served on the one hand to be more polite in some of his public remarks about Paul McCartney post 1970, however, I think the majority here would sleight and short shrift him, regardless of that, to those actually offeneded by Harrisons remarks,, thats one thing, But I think for some its just an excuse to pile on. McCartney doesn't need to be defended, his work speaks for itself and he is quite capable of defending himself when he see's fit. I think Harrison did have cause for resentment, but I think many of his remarks are taken out of context, though (some) not all imply a sense of bitterness stemming from the sixties. Finally in regards to whether the USA charts are more significant than the UK or other European charts, I would say yes, only because they account for the majority of the English speaking world. The Beatles did after all sing in English, and more people speak English in the USA than anywhere else, therefore if you sell records or cds here, you are reaching the biggest market. I certainly don't think the American charts are more highbrow or have better taste, than the European charts or Canada or wherever. I do think probably, the Beach Boys are more loved in the UK< and the Beatles are more loved in the USA. But thats a generalization only. Sometimes people love the band from afar more than the band at home. As we witness with the brutal take on Harrison from many of our UK posters.
The majority of people are of the opinion that although Harrison was good Lennon/McCartney were on a different level. For every classic from George theres atleast 5 from Lennon and McCartney. Paul is a perfectionist and although that is probably overbearing he made the effort during tough times to get not only his own songs on the money but John & George's too! Your probably right with your viewpoint on the charts. Theres 5x the population of Britain in America so I get that. But also you can't really quote who was more popular unless you go with sales per head of population. However, what was the need in this comment!.."What do you do bathe in a vat of Scotch whiskey and insult people?"
The insults have been against every single person who dissagrees with Who-beatle, christ!!! just because he held Jeff Lynne's guitar, he thinks he's some kinda super guitar holder for the stars....
I know!!...I just thought that remark was bordering on (I wont play the card because i dont want to label people but you know what i mean). Maybe he's paul!....continually backing George so that gets us to big up the man.
whobeatle:
Well one of the Beatles, liked my work, and once told me to keep up the good work. But maybe I should take your opinion over his? Hmm I think not It wasn't Harrison by the way who said it. Although he and Jeff Lynne once let me use their guitars and amps to record one day. very nice gesture on their part, I guess they thought it was okay I was doing music too. What do you do bathe in a vat of Scotch whiskey and insult people? You think McCartney is the moon and Harrison was just a lucky mediocre guy on his coattails. I get your view. I don't think its accurate or well informed, but I understand what your saying. In my view you are a McCartney-ista, a rabid illogical defender of someone who is not being attacked, in the first place, at least not by me. I Love McCartney's work, and Lennon's and Harrisons, and think it is a unique situation in the history of rock, I don't believe there has ever been three songwriters of that talent in one group, before or since. You disagree with that view. So be it. I think George Harrison might have been better served on the one hand to be more polite in some of his public remarks about Paul McCartney post 1970, however, I think the majority here would sleight and short shrift him, regardless of that, to those actually offeneded by Harrisons remarks,, thats one thing, But I think for some its just an excuse to pile on. McCartney doesn't need to be defended, his work speaks for itself and he is quite capable of defending himself when he see's fit. I think Harrison did have cause for resentment, but I think many of his remarks are taken out of context, though (some) not all imply a sense of bitterness stemming from the sixties. Finally in regards to whether the USA charts are more significant than the UK or other European charts, I would say yes, only because they account for the majority of the English speaking world. The Beatles did after all sing in English, and more people speak English in the USA than anywhere else, therefore if you sell records or cds here, you are reaching the biggest market. I certainly don't think the American charts are more highbrow or have better taste, than the European charts or Canada or wherever. I do think probably, the Beach Boys are more loved in the UK< and the Beatles are more loved in the USA. But thats a generalization only. Sometimes people love the band from afar more than the band at home. As we witness with the brutal take on Harrison from many of our UK posters.
The majority of people are of the opinion that although Harrison was good Lennon/McCartney were on a different level. For every classic from George theres atleast 5 from Lennon and McCartney. Paul is a perfectionist and although that is probably overbearing he made the effort during tough times to get not only his own songs on the money but John & George's too! Your probably right with your viewpoint on the charts. Theres 5x the population of Britain in America so I get that. But also you can't really quote who was more popular unless you go with sales per head of population. However, what was the need in this comment!.."What do you do bathe in a vat of Scotch whiskey and insult people?"
beatles1909:
Macsback:
CMackbird:
Most people are given him his due as a talent. He's not on the same level as Lennon/McCartney tho because nobody is.
George had a great talent, nobody would dispute that but to put him in the same league as Lennon & McCartney is total nonsense.
Because he never showed it. Im not saying he is or isnt as good but I dont think he ever had as much chance to shine with the beatles like Lennon and McCartney. He had his moments but he could of had more but was pushed back.
If his songs were good enough they would have made the album. Lennon/McCartney - Champions League Harrison League 1
Most people are given him his due as a talent. He's not on the same level as Lennon/McCartney tho because nobody is.