Thursday, February 25, 2016

Born Seventy-Three Years Ago Today





I've always loved George best. People can vouch. All Things Must Pass must be my second most listened to album.



   
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It's also Ric Flair's birthday, but the motherfucking McMahons claimed copyright and the My Shoes Cost More Than Your House youtube, a staple of this shitty blog for eleven years, is now blocked, so fuck them all.




 
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The only two Beatles songs I don't play just in my head. Whoops! iTunes grabbed The Beatles albums and - presumably - killed the following two George songs - Northern Song and All Too Much - on youtube.

On the other hand, Apple is standing up - at least as I type this - for privacy rights, so as always, fine metaphors abound.




 
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And the best Travelling Wilbury's song is a George song:




                 
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4 comments:

  1. Much as I think about Lennon (partly because of the way he was removed from our midst), George always seemed the Beatle whose music was connected directly to his heart. He was direct but playful, not much a showman, and less full of himself than his Mates.

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  2. You know, the Wilburys should've been so much bigger. I mean, think about that line-up—each a superstar in his own right. One of the greatest combos of all time.

    Oh, and keep Kayfabe. It's the silly season.

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  3. i saw a jeff lynne concert video on tv a couple days ago - filmed several years ago, i believe, with a large outdoor audience in london - he did 'handle me with care'

    as i watched the video of 'this song' this morning, an incongruous detail that bothered me, rather than amused me, was the bewigged judge next to the u.s. flag

    and here's my 'autographed beatles ticket' story about the only time i saw george harrison in person - in 1966 i went to see the beatles perform in dc stadium, before it was renamed rfk stadium - this was in the pre-ticketron era and the ticket had a photo of the fab four printed on it

    that ticket was autographed after the show, and became a treasured keepsake which was in my wallet for thirty years - i would tell people about the occasion as i fished it out

    when they got the ticket from me and turned it over to see WHO had autographed it, they were surprised - and sometimes amused - to see that it was MY autograph on the ticket

    i lost my wallet in the late 1980s - now all i have is the story

    all things must pass - all things must pass away



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    1. i had ticket for TWENTY years, not thirty - like everyone else i have tendency to try to improve story - but with that correction, now all details are accurate

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