Jake in the desertI love songs by millionaires telling us we can't always get what we want, or that love is all we need
Dan Kletter 🥑@jake4480 ALL WE ARE SAYIN’…
Alison Wilder@jake4480 @soundclamp I rarely boost without alt text but more people should see this, lol
John Lennon was such a blatant hypocrite. As anyone who is that preachy usually is.
@alisynthesis @soundclamp ha! I should've alt texted, I usually do. Not usually with replies. Yeah, I liked Lennon as a kid, but later, became a Paul guy. Lennon had many issues. He later apologized for Jealous Guy, etc. I even read his books. But yeah. Super problematic.
The Other Brook@jake4480 @alisynthesis @soundclamp As a reasonably well-off kid from a dysfunctional family, Lennon is unfortunately more relatable to most people with the surplus cognition to call themselves Beatles fans than the three poor kids who were in the band with him. "Revolution" is such a radical statement in defense of not upsetting the status quo.
As I've gotten older I've found myself respecting George more than either John or Paul. Not that he didn't have his own bullshit (like, couldn't he have just murdered Eric Clapton and made the world a better place?) but he has a naked honesty in his work that they rarely, if ever, achieved.
@theotherbrook @jake4480 @soundclamp yeah I would pick George if I had to pick a Beatle.
But honestly, I would pick Ray Davies.
@theotherbrook @jake4480 @soundclamp they really were. Although the best best beatles were The Better Beatles
(I have no idea where I heard about this back in the day, but do NOT sleep on The Better Beatles.)
The Better Beatles - Mercy Beat 1981 (full album, 2007)
@jake4480 @theotherbrook @soundclamp yeah you're all welcome. the better beatles are CRAZY cool. I actually just looked them up for the first time, and they were about what you would think. I love punks.
@theotherbrook @jake4480 @soundclamp it is legitimately fun and cool music and I would choose to listen to these versions over the originals 9/10 times.
Beatles songs are mostly very child-like imo, and they somehow really work in this setting.
(I feel kinda like @theotherbrook about the Beatles. They're just way too much at this point.)
@alisynthesis @theotherbrook @soundclamp I mean, those Beatles influenced most every great artist after, though. Sabbath, Motorhead, Nirvana, Beck, the list goes on. THAT is my takeaway from it.
@jake4480 @theotherbrook @soundclamp truth. And the recordings were pretty much revolutionary. To me, that's the real legacy of the Beatles, not the songs so much.
@alisynthesis @jake4480 @soundclamp I wouldn't casually dismiss the songs either though. They did some incredibly great work, though at times John's feel like a put on and Paul's can be too mannered. But it's a much more consistent songwriting catalog than the Beach Boys who I love for many of the same reasons I love the Beatles.
Needless to say my relationship with The Beatles is complicated. But my bigger problem is with the role they've been assigned in the culture.
Sometimes I've tried to write about the first time I remember consciously listening to music. Bear with me as I try to do it briefly here...
@theotherbrook @alisynthesis @soundclamp yes. This is huge. And psyched to read, as I've been working on a blog post on creativity through (recent) history, kinda (will be mostly about songwriting haha)