O/T - The Beatles

[mickd1961]

Paul McCartney is indeed a very talented musician and songwriter but I thought that he did not do justice to his talents in Wings. Wings, were, in my humble opinion, absolutely awful. How on Earth he managed to go from the Beatles and sink into Wings I really don’t know!

Sometimes there can be a bit of music snobbery on here Kets.

Not all of us have the same musical intellect as yourself and Lloyd and a few others.

Maybe playing an instrument to a good standard leads to a greater dissection of a track or an Album.

Although I’m no McCartney lover perse, I do admire the fact he went away and did something completely different with Wings.

Amongst the lads I was at school with in that 73-78 era Wings were really popular, far more so than The Beatles so I think it’s generational to some degree.

If you were born mid 40’s to early 50’s you were there at the birth of The Beatles so I get the pull and the admiration of them.

Same way my generation felt about Punk, most of you ilk thought it was garbage but I still love it now.

I was 14 when “New Rose” by The Damned hit the charts and I was 15-16 when S e x Pistols and The Clash broke through……it was OUR music and it always will be, we were first to spot it and get into it.

I don’t ever remember going around a mates house and seeing a Beatles record in their collection and I myself have never bought a single or album of theirs so I accept I’m a heathen.

At mates houses though, their parents almost all had Beatles records, that’s because in 75 when we were 14 most parents were 35 to 40 years old.

My mum and dad loved them and were born in 35 and 38.

That said, they both loved Bill Hailley and all rock and roll above The Beatles, because they were their got the birth of it in 54-55 when they were t e e n a g e r s and it was music that belonged to THEM!

Back to Wings, Band On The Run and Listen To What The Man Said and Live And Let Die are classics in my eyes and I love them as much today.

I just don’t think you can look past what hits a new generation, it’ll always be the same I think.

[BaggieSingh]

I'm 40 now and I remember being a 5 or 6 year old kid, rummaging through a cupboard and finding a big, heavy, orange box that had a handle and catches like a briefcase.

I remember opening it up with my mom and finding said box to be a dusty portable turntable/record player. Further in the cupboard was a collection of about 200 records ranging from the 50s up to the early 80s. Once the valves had warmed up I was away with the fairies.

I was hooked. I would spend hours listening to this old music. I remember "Brown Girl in the Ring" (steady on!) by Boney M was one of my favourites at the time.

I remind you I was 5 or 6 at the time and i still love "old" music. Going through my ****s and 20s people 2 or 3 times my age would ask me how I knew of artists and music well before my years.

Your little girl will be similar I'm sure BS.

Kids that age are incredibly impressionable and their imagination get captured by all sorts. My son is now at this age and is completely besotted with architecture. Big Ben, Buckingham Palace...all the London stuff and Lichfield cathedral more locally are his favourites. Anyone who dares to question his interests are often given the sharp edge of my tongue.

Thanks and great post BarB it’s funny what kids get into and I agree you should just let them do whatever they like
I also remember listening to all my dads LPs as a kid he had a very wide ranging collection BoneyM, John Michel Jarre, He had a couple of Beatles albums and western film soundtrack albums, the wall by Pink Floyd he had about 40-50 English albums and about 200 Punjabi ones which I didn’t much care for

[WBA1955]

Lennon and McCartney were chalk and cheese, one wrote mostly wrote hard aggressive song's while the other liked pretty sing a long ditties. Harrison did the mystic experimental stuff. This is why they gelled so much.
It also led to fall outs, such as McCartney's Hello Goodbye, and Lennon's I Am the Walrus. Lennon wanted I Am the Walrus as the A side but McCartney prevailed. There is a clip on YouTube with them performing it with McCartney bouncing around and Lennon rolling his eyes to Ringo. To be fair Hello Goodbye was a more catchy tune. McCartney was asked in an interview how he went about composing, he said say something to me. The interviewer said Hello and Paul said goodbye. Lennon was lying in bed when a police car went past and it inspired him to write I Am the Walrus, you can hear the police car all through it.

[Leicesterbaggie]

No matter which musical genre we favour I think that all of us agree that it’s whatever was in vogue when we were in our t e e n a g e years. Agreed, we like some of the stuff from different eras but basically it comes down to that.

[Albionic68]

BarBaggies and BS's daughter would probably dispute your theory LB given they were/are 5 to 6 and 9 years old respectively 😊 .

[Leicesterbaggie]

BarBaggies and BS's daughter would probably dispute your theory LB given they were/are 5 to 6 and 9 years old respectively �� .

I take your point ‘68 as there will always be anomalies but as a general rule I think that what I have said is more often the case.

[Albionic68]

I take your point ‘68 as there will always be anomalies but as a general rule I think that what I have said is more often the case.

Nice sweeping generalisation there if you don't mind me saying LB. A bit like stating everyone on here reads the Daily Mail when they don't (or might not 😊 ) .

[mickd1961]

Nice sweeping generalisation there if you don't mind me saying LB. A bit like stating everyone on here reads the Daily Mail when they don't (or might not 😊 ) .

In regards to the Daily Mail…….my old dear is an avid reader of said publication, what with her being 84, white and both a casual a also a rabid racist (you have to be of course if you read this publication!)

When we’re away with her on holiday it’s always a nightmare getting a copy of it by mid morning, it always seems to sell out first.

I don’t know what the daily publication figures are for each national newspaper these days, it always used to be that The Sun outsold all other papers by some margin?

I’d wager that The Sun and Daily Mail must be the two best selling papers by far in the U.K.

It’s good to see that the paper form of media is still so well supported by s e x I s t s, misogynists and racists both casual and rabid,

[Leicesterbaggie]

Nice sweeping generalisation there if you don't mind me saying LB. A bit like stating everyone on here reads the Daily Mail when they don't (or might not �� ) .

I don’t mind you saying so at all ‘68. In the scheme of things it isn’t that important as both of us realise. Just an interesting discussion.

[boingy]

Incredible song writing team. Unlike many bands who use three chords and just change the words. Constant stream of very different songs. That's creativity. The only people who don't connect with them have a particular sound and vibe that they like and won't shift from it. And that's ok. We are all different.