Red Mosquito

stip wrote:okay: long and winding road


I gotta be honest, I wanted to turn this off the second McCartney started singing.

this is way too saccharine for me.

So this is what 'drenched in strings' sounds like. It's sopping.

This was a test. And you passed with flying colors. How does this version strike you?

stip wrote:okay: long and winding road


I gotta be honest, I wanted to turn this off the second McCartney started singing.

this is way too saccharine for me.

So this is what 'drenched in strings' sounds like. It's sopping.

Just to assuage those out there who think all Beatles fans are mindless drones who believe they can do no wrong, The Long And Winding Road is a prime example of exactly what they're capable of doing wrong. In my humble opinion, of course.

Gotta Get You Into My Life:

I liked this one. I liked the brass and the energy. It feels very 60s in a good way. I like the lazy delivery in the lyrics (other than the end of the lines) and how it is juxtaposed with the music.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:okay: long and winding road


I gotta be honest, I wanted to turn this off the second McCartney started singing.

this is way too saccharine for me.

So this is what 'drenched in strings' sounds like. It's sopping.

Just to assuage those out there who think all Beatles fans are mindless drones who believe they can do no wrong, The Long And Winding Road is a prime example of exactly what they're capable of doing wrong. In my humble opinion, of course.

Yeah, I've never really liked that song.

I'm Only Sleeping

No thank you. The harmonies, the guitar tone, the melody, this is like everything I find boring about the beatles distilled into 3 minutes. Not bad, just uninteresting. Hypnotic, in a way, but not a good way

Fuck, this goes on for two more minutes.

I can't imagine there's not better examples of every part of this song in some other Beatles song

That blurry distorted sound that cuts through occasionally is pretty annoying


Actually at the very end it was kinda cool

This feels mean.

stip wrote:I'm Only Sleeping

No thank you. The harmonies, the guitar tone, the melody, this is like everything I find boring about the beatles distilled into 3 minutes. Not bad, just uninteresting. Hypnotic, in a way, but not a good way

Fuck, this goes on for two more minutes.

I can't imagine there's not better examples of every part of this song in some other Beatles song

That blurry distorted sound that cuts through occasionally is pretty annoying


Actually at the very end it was kinda cool

Okay, now compare it to this one:

cutuphalfdead wrote:

I like the rhythm guitar in this one. I don't always like the guitar playing over it. I like the melody in the verses. I didn't like the bridge.

This wasn't bad.

theplatypus wrote:This feels mean.

He hasn't said anything worse than what Lennon as said about most of these songs.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:So this is a Beatles highpoint, is it? This is as good as rock music gets?

I'd argue this is as good as rock music gets:

no. I think it gets at least slightly better.



oh good, they're using their deep voices.

This chorus is annoying. Fortunately it's a small part of the song.

I actually like the guitar part that gets played after the 'don't let me down' lyric. Otherwise I could leave pretty much this whole thing

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:So this is a Beatles highpoint, is it? This is as good as rock music gets?

I'd argue this is as good as rock music gets:

no. I think it gets at least slightly better.



oh good, they're using their deep voices.

This chorus is annoying. Fortunately it's a small part of the song.

I actually like the guitar part that gets played after the 'don't let me down' lyric. Otherwise I could leave pretty much this whole thing

It's my single favorite song in the whole world.

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:This feels mean.

He hasn't said anything worse than what Lennon as said about most of these songs.

"We're not being mean. Let me illustrate this truth by comparing him to an insecure, self-absorbed walking heroin processing plant. See how not mean we are?"

Farmer John wrote:

who is that second vocalist?

Is this one of the songs that is supposed to show off their amazing guitar skills?


I get under






























whelmed







(the nursery rhyme stuff at the end is kinda neat)

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:This feels mean.

He hasn't said anything worse than what Lennon as said about most of these songs.

No, I mean we're making him listen to all these songs he's not gonna like, and then we're laughing at what he says about them.

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:okay: long and winding road


I gotta be honest, I wanted to turn this off the second McCartney started singing.

this is way too saccharine for me.

So this is what 'drenched in strings' sounds like. It's sopping.

This was a test. And you passed with flying colors. How does this version strike you?

well I don't like listening to Paul McCartney, but it certainly benefits from the more stripped down presentation here.

theplatypus wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:This feels mean.

He hasn't said anything worse than what Lennon as said about most of these songs.

No, I mean we're making him listen to all these songs he's not gonna like, and then we're laughing at what he says about them.

Yeah. It's great.

theplatypus wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

theplatypus wrote:This feels mean.

He hasn't said anything worse than what Lennon as said about most of these songs.

No, I mean we're making him listen to all these songs he's not gonna like, and then we're laughing at what he says about them.

Oh, I see. Yes. Well, for my part, I'm actually trying to pin down some songs that he might actually like. This is science, bitch!

stip wrote:who is that second vocalist?

Is this one of the songs that is supposed to show off their amazing guitar skills?

It's all Paul.

I don't know about showing of their amazing guitar skills, but it does show off
Paul's amazing bass skills.

stip wrote:

durdencommatyler wrote:

stip wrote:okay: long and winding road


I gotta be honest, I wanted to turn this off the second McCartney started singing.

this is way too saccharine for me.

So this is what 'drenched in strings' sounds like. It's sopping.

This was a test. And you passed with flying colors. How does this version strike you?

well I don't like listening to Paul McCartney, but it certainly benefits from the more stripped down presentation here.

Good. Good.