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Originally posted by Marlow
I agree. There really was some nice stuff later shoved aside by the psycedelic phase and resultant controversy, plus Lennon's "Bigger than Jesus" quote and the fascination with Harrison's embracing of Indian teachings/Transidental Meditation.
I've always thought "P.S., I Love You" was as sweet a song as I would ever hope to write for a wife or girlfriend.
"In My Life" was so universal, even Johnny Cash covered it before he died. ["The Man Comes Around"/American Records.]
Not sure who else is doing this, but I'm purchasing the entire series of albums. Never had the chance to hear "the lads"--as George Martin continually referrred to them--on anything even remotely good (stereo-wise). Had many albums on vinyl, cassette and CD of their individual efforts, but never liked the Mono recordings of the group itself, so previously shied away from buying anything. I'm buying the new CD collection two at a time and playing each at least 2-4 times over a two-week period before getting the next ones. Sort of soaking in each part of the group's development, in my own way.
Not all of us could hang out in some Hashbury attic in '68 listening to the original vinyl "White Album", like gh! ["Have you met my friend Charlie? He's like one of the family..."]
Just kidding, gh; don't know if you had even escaped the Palouse by then.
Speaking of their individual efforts, as much as I like certain McCartney and Harrison songs--and pretty much all of Lennon's stuff--Starr had a couple of fantastic tunes with "It don't Come Easy" ["Got to pay your dues if you want to sing the blues"--great line!] and "Photograph."
In fact, I don't believe many exclusively pop songs can capture that sense of regret and yearning better than "Photograph." An earlier bit of the type of stuff that made Bob Seeger ["Night Moves"; "Main Street"; etc.] and Don Henley (as a solo artist) ["Boys of Summer"; Heart of the Matter"; etc.] famous.
So when are these Beatles guys going to have a reunion tour and new CD...?
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