Did John write "Working Class Hero"? I think I just have one version of that song by someone else....
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Buffista Music III: The Search for Bach
There's a lady plays her fav'rite records/On the jukebox ev'ry day/All day long she plays the same old songs/And she believes the things that they say/She sings along with all the saddest songs/And she believes the stories are real/She lets the music dictate the way that she feels.
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2007 5:36:00 am PDT #5901 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2007 5:54:34 am PDT #5902 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Did John write "Working Class Hero"?
Yes, it's on his (as opposed to Yoko's) Plastic Ono Band LP.
I will also go on record and say that Yoko's POB has one awsome song, "Why", which sounds like she and John invented skronk almost ten years earlier than anyone else. She's doing her horrific tuneless caterwauling thing, but, in the context of John's gnarly guitar abuse and the thud/bash/throb of Ringo and Klaus Voorman, for once it works.
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2007 6:33:46 am PDT #5903 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
"Why" Rocks! I've played it on my radio show several times. First time I heard it I thought, "That's where the Butthole Surfers got their sound!"
Frankenbuddha - Jun 20, 2007 6:59:11 am PDT #5904 of 10003
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
"Why" Rocks! I've played it on my radio show several times. First time I heard it I thought, "That's where the Butthole Surfers got their sound!"
Heh. I wouldn't be surprised if I heard "Why" on your show. I KNOW I heard it on MBR (that's the station, right?) when I heard it the first time, and it grabbed me by the throat and slammed me around my cubicle (back when I could listen to music at my desk - one of the few things I miss about that job). I wouldn't say it's worth price of the whole album for anyone else necessarily, but it was worth it for me.
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2007 7:25:34 am PDT #5905 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
I KNOW I heard it on MBR (that's the station, right?)
Yep. It was probably me. I don't know anyone else who's played it. Neat!
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2007 7:28:15 am PDT #5906 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Hey Jon - did you ever find the Freezepop song "Melonball Bounce" at MBR?
Jon B. - Jun 20, 2007 7:41:31 am PDT #5907 of 10003
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!
No! We didn't get it. Grrrrr!
tommyrot - Jun 20, 2007 7:42:22 am PDT #5908 of 10003
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
OK. I think I'll try to grab it from the mp3 stream then.
Sean K - Jun 20, 2007 8:01:16 am PDT #5909 of 10003
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
My favorite post-Beatles John Lennon song wasn't actually recorded by John Lennon. (The song is NSFW).
Scola, thanks for that link. That MP3 was awesome, and it was good to hear it again. I used to have that entire National Lampoon album, and I miss it frequently.
"Turn left at Iceland!"
Fiona - Jun 20, 2007 8:56:17 am PDT #5910 of 10003
I love the Beatles. They're B's favourite band now, too, and it's been wonderful watching him discover them. He started with the Red Album, and asked for the Blue Album for his fifth birthday. Sometimes we have to pretend to be the Beatles, and strum our imaginary guitars or drum - he's either Paul or Ringo - and (after I showed him some clips on YouTube) bow neatly at the end.