The assassination of Kennedy must've been huge for you old enough to remember it. I wasn't born, but that is just a huge moment in history. I visited the site in the 90's, on one of my many American trips, and the whole strip looked so "tiny and narrow".... Like, how could that happen here!... Just a shocking time in history.... That being said, I will never ever forget 9/11... that was my JFK moment.... I was watching a sports show on television in Australia, close to midnight, and it was interrupted by breaking news.... And whilst I was watching, the second plane went through. I saw the second plane LIVE on TV.... I thought I was watching a replay or some phucking movie.... Devastating.... I thought the world will never ever be the same again after that. Devastating. It took me a long time to give a shite about anything after that happened.

As for Oswald... I hope we find out one day. (I am a conspiracist).

@njr said in What albums do you listen to most?:

@toris I still have THREE working VHS players! I have a boatload of stuff I recorded off the TV about the Beatles! (since 1983 until about 2018 I stopped) Some I’ve replaced over the years with professional VHS tapes, then DVDs when they came out (like The Anthology) My friend Jennifer makes DVDs for me of stuff she gets from a friend. Every Christmas I get a nice surprise. She says I don’t have to get her anything, but I’m getting her the new Rolling Stones album that Paul is on. (You think I’M a completist? She is the ultimate completist!) Her mom is getting her the Dolly Parton album that Paul & Ringo are on!

Was I dreaming, or did I just last night listen to Let it Be, by Dolly, with Paul and Ringo on there?... I fluked it, on my You Tube journey.... I love You Tube!.... I've got my Anthology... cost me heaps on VHS. No longer viable. Of course, I replaced it on DVD. I just hope DVDs don't get made obsolete any time soon!... ps. Dolly was good.

@njr said in What albums do you listen to most?:

@toris If you get any Ringo album, get “Ringo” because all 4 Beatles are on it (although never all 4 together)
I’m guilty of not listening to my large collection of solo albums at all since they were released (except some of Paul’s like Band on the Run, Wings Over America, Venus & Mars, Flaming Pie and others when the Remasters came out)
Unfortunately I spend too much time on the internet or watching TV (I guess I like to see new things - I’ve always been more of a “visual” person) I have a good friend who is the opposite - she listens to The Beatles channel on Sirius XM and Joe Johnson’s Beatle Brunch constantly and hardly any TV unless it’s Beatle/Paul related!

I'm finding myself these days watching all the stuff on You Tube....God, I wish it was around all those years ago!... I could spend a month of Sundays over the next four hundred years and still not get through it all. One of the best things of technology.... So much stuff out there.... back in the old days, I'd have to buy a VHS/DVD special that cost thirty bucks and only went for an hour. VHS dead (BETA died first)... I just hope DVD's don't get usurped.

This thread has ignited me to listen to some more Paul.... Chaos and Creation in the Backyard... haven't listened to it for awhile.... A sort of dark album... But quite brilliant.,,, the real McCartney 3.... It is quite magnificent.

Sorry, guys.... I'd still far prefer Little Lamb Dragonfly!

Well, without doubt, the two albums I have listened to most through the decades are Press to Play and Pipes of Peace. But, that is because those albums were released 'live' as I was vigorously still getting on board the Paul, John and Beatles' train. Still building my collections, as a young fella, I was.

Yankee, I must admit I don't have any Ringo albums. And I love Cloud Nine! And the Wilburies!

These days... I think I've been listening more to the anthologies and new collections. From Paul and John and George and the Beatles. Always love to listen to Wings Over America. Had a listen to Memory Almost Full the other day, and really enjoyed it.

Back in the old days, we had to get off our butts and put a record on the turntable. It was easier to listen to the same album repeatedly. These days, I flip around on the I-Phone, and one minute I am listening to Egypt Station, flipping through songs, and then moving on (or back) to another album, from another era. I'm just navigating through whatever I feel like listening to. A sign of the times, but I don't often listen to just one album all the way though.... I must say, I miss that experience! Nothing better than saving up money from a newspaper round, buying an album and listening to it ad nauseum for months on end!

@eeee-cor-blimey said in Paul McCartney Says He Used AI to Produce a “Final” Beatles Song:

@oobu24 said in Paul McCartney Says He Used AI to Produce a “Final” Beatles Song:

Now And Then - Full 2023 Version with missing bridge

Great stuff! But how did they get drums and guitar to fit the original bridge? Cut and paste from other songs, or played by a tribute band, or what?

That bridge.... even if it was only for 20+ seconds would really have enhanced the song. I don't care if it was seen to be poor quality audio (although it sounded fine to me... I am no expert on sound). I think that bridge should've been included. Just an extra dimension. A wasted opportunity, on what is nevertheless a treat of a song.

@njr

Yoko could probably shed some light on the origins of the song. But I don't think she is all that well. Plus, her version of events may be grainy. Sean is doing a great job in keeping his father's light alive. Does he know who it was written for?... Neither saying anything. Sadly - And I may have missed something - but I haven't heard anything from Julian. He has every right to comment on the song as much as anyone.... Have I missed something? Haven't heard from him.... Or, have I just missed it?

ps. I think Cynthia and Julian are wonderful. Put up with a lot of shite! Julian would've loved his Dad, from a distance, but his Mum was the REAL HERO in bringing him up. And he knows that. She was a real mother.... Women usually are the real heroes.

I digress.... and clamp my lips for the rest of the night.

@bruce-m said in Paul McCartney Says He Used AI to Produce a “Final” Beatles Song:

Something I haven't seen remarked on (though maybe I've just missed it): The cassette with John's demo of "Now and Then" was in an envelope he'd marked, "For Paul." We'll never know what John was thinking when he wrote the sone, but it certainly could certainly be taken as a message to Paul. Given that it was written at a time when they were getting along better after a few difficult years, that intuitively makes sense.

Now imagine you're Paul McCartney. After being traumatized by your close friend's death and having written a song, "Here Today," that was in essence a deeply personal letter to John, a dozen years later you hear John's voice from beyond the grave singing astonishingly similar sentiments, apparently addressed to you. I don't know about you, but if I were Paul I think I'd have cried for a week.

No wonder he was so determined to get this out into the world.

I also thought the song might have been written for Paul, cos of the handwritten envelope "For Paul". And the lyrics fit beautifully well with that sentiment. I have read elsewhere that it was a song for Yoko, but I don't think the critics know. I'd like to think it was for Paul. It does make sense. John tucked the demo away, didn't revisit it for Double Fantasy because those songs were for Yoko (and Sean). Not including Now and Then. 'Cos it was not written for Yoko? (Then again, he may have just thought the song didn't fit)

So, it could very well have been written to and for Paul. And it makes the song and lyrics even more beautiful.

@yankeefan2 said in Setlists:

@b-j-conlee

Wonderful dream setlist but we all know it is just a dream -lol. Even if I was to make a dream setlist I would be fine with Beatle/Wings heavy show, they still are fun songs to listen to and bring back great memories. I would just mix up the remaining songs to include things I would love to hear and remove some songs because they have been around too long, or they are just ones I don't care to hear live anymore. Some changes in my dream setlist compared to yours would be the following. Finally, I know he could not sing some of these songs that well anymore but it is a "dream" setlist.

1. Replace "Let Em In" with "Beware My Love"
2. Replace "Blackbird" with "Bluebird"
3. Replace "Here Today" with "Early Days"
4. Replace "My Valentine" with "Anyway"
5. Replace "Something" with "All Things Must Pass"
6. Replace "Love Me Do" with "Long Tall Sally"
7. Replace "New" with "Seize The Day"
8. Replace "Dance Tonight" with "Run Devil Run"

I certainly concur with much of that, Yankee Fan!!!....

I would love Beware My Love, but not at the expense of Let Em in..... So, let's just jettison Come on To Me.

Bluebird! Absolutely!

I think he will stick with Here Today.

Anyway... Yep, very happy to include that ahead of My Valentine.

Yep, All Things Must Pass... another tick.

I'd prefer Love Me Do to be replaced with a non-cover.... unless it was Til There Was You.

I'm happy for neither Dance Tonight or Run Devil Run..... I was never a fun of the latter. Happy to get rid of both of them, along with Fuh You.

That leaves room for Rocky Raccoon and Beautiful Night!