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orinoco
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The "Free as a Bird" item
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Nov 21 21:08 UTC 1995 |
So...what does everyone think? Has anyone heard it? Does anyone care?
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robh
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response 1 of 20:
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Nov 21 22:56 UTC 1995 |
Sadly, to me it sounds exactly like someone found a tape of
John Lennon singing and dubbed music over it.
I do like the video, though. I only wish that during the
pan through the graveyard, they'd shown an open grave
with three men dragging a corpse out of it. >8)
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omni
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response 2 of 20:
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Nov 22 07:32 UTC 1995 |
At first I hated it. Then it grew on me. I love it, annnd I think that I
might be buying the Anthology CD's.
It's interesting to note that there was a shot in the Savoy hotel, which
has Indian bellhops, and there against a pillar is Ravi playing his sitar.
If that IS him, he has lost a lot of hair, but he's 74, so it's natural.
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bmoran
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response 3 of 20:
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Nov 23 06:22 UTC 1995 |
Right behind Ravi is one of the Maharishi, speaking to (I think) Albert
Einstein. Lots of cool video tricks in that, eh? I like the tune, but I
can't help but think that the music sounds a little 'dated', something
that the Beatles would never have allowed.
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orinoco
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response 4 of 20:
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Nov 23 14:51 UTC 1995 |
I like it...it's not what I would have expected to find on a Beatles
album, and its definitely not as good as anything off, say, Abbey Road
or Revolver, but it is a nice tune...'nother new song came out last
night..."real love", i think...haven't heard it yet
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katie
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response 5 of 20:
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Nov 24 00:26 UTC 1995 |
I don't hear anything special in it, or eben remarkable.
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aholzman
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response 6 of 20:
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Nov 24 13:31 UTC 1995 |
Hi...I aggree with you, Katie. Maybe the media rage will die out after a few
weeks... aggree?
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rlawson
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response 7 of 20:
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Nov 24 20:03 UTC 1995 |
I heard it and wasn't real impressed. I *am* only 15 so maybe that has
something to do with it but I like most all other Beatles songs. <shrug>
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orinoco
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response 8 of 20:
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Nov 24 21:04 UTC 1995 |
True, it's nothing amazing, but it is a pretty lil' tune
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wyatt
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response 9 of 20:
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Nov 26 00:27 UTC 1995 |
i really thought, in a melancholy sort of way that it was what we deserved
after waiting for a Beatles reunion for 25 years. i liked it though.
McCartney, my favorite, has gone by the wayside of late, Harrison is still
humming My Sweet Lord and Ringo, well....It was nice to hear something that
the Travelling Willburys would have loved to record.
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orinoco
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response 10 of 20:
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Dec 2 16:21 UTC 1995 |
My personal favorite is Harrison, do you know if "all things must pass"
is any good?
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bruin
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response 11 of 20:
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Dec 2 17:26 UTC 1995 |
BTW, guess which CD debuted on the Billboard Top Pop Album charts at #1. If
you guessed "The Beatles Anthology Volume 1," <ding ding ding ding ding> you
are correct, Ringo. And the Beatles have never debuted at #1 on Billboard
during their active years.
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krj
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response 12 of 20:
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Dec 5 03:29 UTC 1995 |
Probably nobody debuted at #1 back then.
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bmoran
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response 13 of 20:
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Dec 5 05:15 UTC 1995 |
Re: all things must pass Pretty good, usual Harrison stuff, but the
"jams" at the end are really good. Sorta Pink Floydy, kinda, I guess.
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orinoco
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response 14 of 20:
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Dec 8 21:55 UTC 1995 |
hmm...sounds...sorta....well....<orinoco drools>
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jor
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response 15 of 20:
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Dec 18 14:28 UTC 1995 |
I immediately liked the guitar. I liked the simplicity of the drums,
but towards the end, that drum fill is a low point.
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steve
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response 16 of 20:
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Dec 20 15:15 UTC 1995 |
I was surprised to find that the "new Beatles" stuff was a single
song. I'm not a wild fan of them, so I didn't pay much attention to
the news hype for the release of it 'till it started to sound like
the release of WIndows 95, and then I couldn't help but hear about it.
I'd thought that there was a set of Lennon songs that the Beatles
had worked on, rather than just one measley song. And I think it's
measley. I wasn't impressed at all. Well thats not quite right;
the last 30 seconds was somewhat interesting.
All in all, More Hype.
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carson
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response 17 of 20:
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Dec 23 03:34 UTC 1995 |
re #12: Very true. With the changes Billboard has made to more accurately
judge sales, it happens more often now. The first album to debut
at #1 on Billboard's Top 100, I believe, was Ice Cube's _Predator_
album.
The neat thing about the change was the way rap albums suddenly
started to appear nearer the top. For example, NWA's _Elif4zaggin_
debuted at #2 and hit #1 the following week. That album was
released maybe a week or two after Billboard made the big change,
and the album really wasn't promoted much beyond a single or two.
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freedom
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response 18 of 20:
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Dec 23 05:07 UTC 1995 |
I dont care for it muh! er much! too fluffy for my likings!
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bruin
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response 19 of 20:
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Dec 23 11:34 UTC 1995 |
RE #17 Actually, the first album to debut at #1 on Billboard's Top 200 album
charts was _Captain Fantastic & the Brown Dirt Cowboy_ by Elton John in 1975.
Also, before 1995, the Beatles had the highest debuting single on Billboard's
Hot 100 ("Let It Be" debuted at #6). This year alone, four singles have
debuted at #1 on the Hot 100 (Michael Jackson, Mariah Carey (twice, the second
time with Boyz II Men), and Whitney Houston).
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orinoco
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response 20 of 20:
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Dec 27 15:27 UTC 1995 |
actually, steve, there is a second song, "real love", even worse than the
other
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