I don't think that is slightly relevant. Fly, Plastic Ono Band, her tracks on Double Fantasy and The Paths are all fantastic. I don't think that she should have to seamlessly fit in with her husband's music.
― I know, right?, Thursday, 31 May 2007 12:43 (seventeen years ago) link
"What do you call a pig with Wings?" . I once heard a guy from the Moody Blues say that with mock horror - like, "How could anyone say such a cruel and sexist thing?" - when you know he'd been chuckling about it for years...
― Tom D., Thursday, 31 May 2007 12:46 (seventeen years ago) link
The thing that always annoys me is that she always gets compared to other women artists even though the link between her and Kate Bush, Alanis, Bjork etc, seems fairly negligable. Public Image and James Chance seem like much more obvious comparisons
― I know, right?, Thursday, 31 May 2007 12:49 (seventeen years ago) link
don't think that is slightly relevant. Fly, Plastic Ono Band, her tracks on Double Fantasy and The Paths are all fantastic. I don't think that she should have to seamlessly fit in with her husband's music
But I wasn't referring to their music at all! Besides, Linda's no musician! As a muse/inspiration, Linda had a more salutary effect on Paul than Yoko did on John; that's all I meant.
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Thursday, 31 May 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link
The Beatles were the most important musicians of the 20th century. In 500 years, they will be seen as just as important as Mozart and Bach.
-- Geir Hongro, Thursday, 31 May 2007 11:20 (16 minutes ago) Bookmark Link
Yes, they will all be forgotten about by then!
― Mark G, Thursday, 31 May 2007 14:21 (seventeen years ago) link
Linda was probably a very nice lady who loved Paul very much (a lovely couple, in a non-sickening way), but come on. No Yoko, no B-52s. And no Death Of Samantha. And no POB/Fly/Approximately Infinite Universe etc. Which would be a bad thing.
And if she DID "break up the Beatles": Well done, getting a great band to quit at the last minute before suckage commmences, leaving behind a pristine back catalog unsullied by crap like "Free As A Bird".
― Myonga Vön Bontee, Thursday, 31 May 2007 15:30 (seventeen years ago) link
Geir Hongro posts: your fertiliser of choice.
― Frogman Henry, Thursday, 31 May 2007 23:56 (seventeen years ago) link
Obviously not. Unless you think the entire European cultural heritage will be gone forever. Which is of course not the case.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 1 June 2007 01:24 (seventeen years ago) link
Why not? You guys aren't exactly reproducing very successfully.
― theboyqueen, Friday, 1 June 2007 04:32 (seventeen years ago) link
It kind of confirms my point upthread that everyone is still wanking on about the Beatles and Bach.
― I know, right?, Friday, 1 June 2007 10:12 (seventeen years ago) link
They will. Forever. Deal with it.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 1 June 2007 12:48 (seventeen years ago) link
Oi, bossy.
― Pashmina, Friday, 1 June 2007 12:54 (seventeen years ago) link
If I actually believed it were the case then I could.
But revisionism happens all the time, things go radically out of fashion. What Pashmina says about the baby boomer generation definitely rings true for me. Anything supposedly innovative that the Beatles did, barely stands out from the rest of their proto indie hum-a-longs.
― I know, right?, Friday, 1 June 2007 13:12 (seventeen years ago) link
In 500 years, the entire European cultural heritage will be mostly influenced by the works of Ned's Atomic Dustbin.
― King Boy Pato, Friday, 1 June 2007 13:17 (seventeen years ago) link
Anything supposedly innovative that the Beatles did, barely stands out from the rest of their proto indie hum-a-longs.
There's so many other important aspects out there besides innovation.
― Geir Hongro, Friday, 1 June 2007 23:32 (seventeen years ago) link