Wow, is that really a painting by Hitler? *fires a gun into the air next to it*
I forget who said it, but someone once pointed out, "If Hitler had been a better artist, we might never have had World War II."
Oh, dear. I'd better play some Beatles quick, to cheer me up!
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
Wow, is that really a painting by Hitler? *fires a gun into the air next to it*
I forget who said it, but someone once pointed out, "If Hitler had been a better artist, we might never have had World War II."
Oh, dear. I'd better play some Beatles quick, to cheer me up!
He applied for acceptance to The Vienna Acadamey but was rejected. Old Adolf was bit of a bohemian before WW1 - hung out in Vienna, did paintings for tourists, hung out in coffee bars talking with other artists. He didn't smoke or drink and was a vegetarian, loved children and animals, enjoyed movies and the opera. Germany was awash with radical left and right wing parties after the war. Even the maligned Weimar Government's stated aim was to undo the injustices of Versailles. War in Europe at some point was probably a certainty. The blaming of the war soley on Hitler and letting the German State off the hook as being tricked is generally out of favour with modern historians.
Spector was & still is a Looney! I've never been a big fan of the Let It Be album myself though it does have some great songs on it (long & winding road, I Me Mine, Two of Us & the title track itself). Paul was writing great stuff at this period. why maggie Mae & the short Dig It are on the album, i don't know!
It's been a Hard Days Night & i've been working like a dog!
The blaming of the war soley on Hitler and letting the German State off the hook as being tricked is generally out of favour with modern historians.
That makes sense to me. Hitler could have been saying, "Let's invade Poland, c'mon, c'mon," and if nobody went with him, he wouldn't have got very far. *holsters weapon*
Does anyone know where I can find a "Naked" version of LIB to download, so I can compare it to the old one? Thanks!
All you've got to do is choose love. That's how I live it now. I learned a long time ago, I can feed the birds in my garden. I can't feed them all. -- Ringo Starr, Rolling Stone magazine, May 2007
For all I know, Ringo might be a yogi disguised as a drummer! - George Harrison
One of the comments made about Hitler's art is how little the people are. Not alot of portrait work. Landscapes, cityscapes. He was technically competent, but I doubt if he'd been a success that Europe and the world would have avoided a Second World War. I think the Treaty of Versailles and the end of Colonialism put the world on a collision course.
I also think of the present Islamic fundamentalism wars are essentially as a reaction to colonialism. What is Bin-Laden preaching? The reestablishment of the Caliphate that the Mongols destroyed in 1200s. He wants his old empire back. Just like Hitler wanted to reestablish the German Reich.
I like the album and the production.The songs are very good. Let it be, long and winding road, two of us, get back,across the universe, i me mine.And it sounds uptodate to me.
And in the end the love you take is equal to the love you make
I like the album and the production.The songs are very good. Let it be, long and winding road, two of us, get back,across the universe, i me mine.And it sounds uptodate to me.
Agreed. There are some excellent songs on this album. Though I think I Me Mine is one of George's worst Beatles songs. I like the addition of stuff like Dig It, and Maggie Mae; they're throaway bits of fun. I've always thought the album should have contained more of this interspersed within the actual songs - The Beatles at play - as it was meant to be. I do like the inclusion of Don't Let Me Down on 'Naked', but otherwise it is everything that Let It Be was not meant to be.
I just want you to reassure him - talk to him, make him see the error of his ways. Then I'll hit him.
While George Martin worked with the guys (as the Fifth Beatle - he did orchestration o SFF & Walrus at John's request), Spector, as eccentric, did everything on his own. But, like I said, I like orchestrated songs and I skip the others: I've Got A Feeling, I Dig A Pony, One After 909 (version from the 60s is sooooo much better), For you Blue...
I've got a feeling, a feeling deep inside. Words Of Love
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I think Spector did a great job producing Let It Be, it could have been better possibly, but overall I think he did alright. I don't understand why Paul hated the orchestration on The Long & Winding Road, since he does that version live more than the one in the LIB documentary.
I want you, I want you so bad babe. I want you, I want you so bad. It's driving me mad, it's driving me mad.
I think Spector did a great job producing Let It Be, it could have been better possibly, but overall I think he did alright. I don't understand why Paul hated the orchestration on The Long & Winding Road, since he does that version live more than the one in the LIB documentary.
He doesn't do it live with orchestration though, does he?
I just want you to reassure him - talk to him, make him see the error of his ways. Then I'll hit him.
I just listened to the Let It Be album, from front to back, for the first time ever, and I have to say...it's great!!! It feels totally live in the studio (even though I know some tracks are from the Rooftop concert and some from the studio), and practically all four Beatles are playing with one another, as opposed to doing their work in separate studios (like the White Album).
I love the chatter, gives for a more 'live feeling,' and the songs are "rough," which is what the Beatles wanted in the first place, isn't it? A get back to basics album? Sure there's some orchestration, but to me it sounded very, very subtle. You almost have to listen carefully to hear it (you ask me).
What was at first odd was listening to the album version of the Let It Be song. I knew the single version was produced by George Martin, and that the album version was by Phil Spector, so I knew the version I was going to hear would be different. And while I did like it for its rock sensibility, I noticed that all the harmonizing by John and George were edited out! Instruments were filled in instead.
I was never sure what happened to George Martin during all this. I suppose he refused to work with them after what he went through on the White Album. He "fired" the Beatles, in essence.
Glyn Johns became their producer, and he worked on the album for them. His work was refused by the Beatles, so the album was shelved.
Phil Spector then became their producer, and he worked on the album for them. His work was refused by Paul McCartney, but the album was not shelved. Why was that? How could it be that they could refuse one producer's work, but not another's?
And how did the singles Let It Be and The Long And Winding Road get produced by George Martin? And if Martin was willing to do the single, why couldn't he be swayed to finish the rest of the songs?
I think Phil Spector did an admirable job, doing what I think came the closest to what the Beatles had in mind from the get-go: rough and tumble live in the studio.
Final analysis: an excellent 'live' back-to-basics rock 'n roll record.
I forget who said it, but someone once pointed out, "If Hitler had been a better artist, we might never have had World War II."
No, that's wrong. We still would have had World War II because of the japanese bombing Pearl Harbor.
What's strange is that the United States didn't act or get involved in Hitler's invasions. We only entered the war because of what happened at Pearl Harbor.
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