Think of it as being the "Rev9" of this album...
― Mark G, Friday, 2 November 2012 11:50 (eleven years ago) link
Anyone else hear similarities between 'Beware of Darkness' and McCartney's 'No More Lonely Nights'?
― make like a steak and beef (dog latin), Friday, 2 November 2012 11:55 (eleven years ago) link
I've always thought Wah-Wah is, probably intentionally ironically, the most McCartney-esque song on here. it's got that oom-pah music-hall rhythm Macca is so fond of, including a pounding "banan-finger" piano part and characteristically fluid bassline
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 November 2012 17:59 (eleven years ago) link
I love that, at the Concert For George, Paul had to play a bunch of ATMP songs that either he'd rejected for the Beatles, or were digs at him for rejecting those songs.
― 5-Hour Enmity (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Friday, 2 November 2012 18:05 (eleven years ago) link
I wonder if Paul really DID buy George his wah-wah? And then refuse to let him use it at all during the "Get Back" sessions...
― Faster than food (Myonga Vön Bontee), Friday, 2 November 2012 19:45 (eleven years ago) link
Some of this is a bit cool http://bigozine2.com/roio/?p=461
― insert witticism here (hypehat), Friday, 2 November 2012 20:08 (eleven years ago) link
Paul had to play a bunch of ATMP songs that either he'd rejected for the Beatles, or were digs at him for rejecting those songs.
It's documented somewhere that he, in particular, rejected a bunch of those songs? And that some others are digs at him? Missed it if so.
Paul singing ATMP was one of the best parts of that concert.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:13 (eleven years ago) link
In an interview with Crawdaddy magazine, Harrison explained: "That was the song, when I left from the Let It Be movie, there's a scene where Paul and I are having an argument, and we're trying to cover it up. Then the next scene I'm not there and Yoko's just screaming, doing her screeching number. Well, that's where I'd left, and I went home to write 'Wah-Wah.' It had given me a wah-wah, like I had such a headache with that whole argument. It was such a headache."
― Force Boxman (Shakey Mo Collier), Friday, 2 November 2012 22:16 (eleven years ago) link
Yeah, I remember that story. Not about to weigh in on who was the villain in their argument or something. McCartney has been dumped on to a ridiculous degree over the years.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 22:20 (eleven years ago) link
He has, but also, if you watch Let It Be, the thought of being in a band with Paul McCartney takes on a shitty new meaning.
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Friday, 2 November 2012 23:00 (eleven years ago) link
Don't remember it that way, but I haven't seen it in decades. And anyone can have a bad day, etc.
Do remember that people seemed to view Paul's perspective on those sessions more favorably when this book came out.
― timellison, Friday, 2 November 2012 23:09 (eleven years ago) link
i regret i didn't vote for wah wah
― nostormo, Monday, 5 November 2012 18:36 (eleven years ago) link
wah wah
― Doctor Casino, Monday, 5 November 2012 19:36 (eleven years ago) link
Is it just me or does Harrison sound like he's singing "I love dick" in the second verse of 'I Dig Love'?
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Friday, 11 October 2013 05:39 (ten years ago) link
Let it roll is my fave Harrison song ever. Is it controversial to say this record is my favourite Beatles associated album
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:07 (six years ago) link
I’ll see your Let it Roll and raise you Run of the Mill
― calstars, Thursday, 12 April 2018 02:12 (six years ago) link
It doesn't get any better than the funky ass intro to 'Art of Dying'!
― Le Baton Rose (Turrican), Thursday, 12 April 2018 16:45 (six years ago) link
I don't think I've told this story before: when I was a teenager my cousin and I made several short movies with my dad's 8mm camera and editor. One was called "The Art of Dying," and the soundtrack (on cassette!) was segments of Harrison's Electronic Sound. The plot was mostly a ripoff of the TV series "Kung Fu," with my cousin and I in our karate uniforms. After fighting his "deadly" german shepherd we died in a field. The End.
― No energy, only great chaos (Dan Peterson), Thursday, 12 April 2018 17:17 (six years ago) link
(:
― timellison, Thursday, 12 April 2018 21:50 (six years ago) link
i'm with ross
"behind that locked door" is number two
― brimstead, Thursday, 12 April 2018 22:05 (six years ago) link
wait sorry i'm with ross in that 'let it roll' is my fav off this album
i'm in ross in that he seems like a really nice guy too!
― brimstead, Thursday, 12 April 2018 22:06 (six years ago) link
with
Hey brimstead I appreciate that :) I enjoy your posts
― Droni Mitchell (Ross), Thursday, 12 April 2018 23:42 (six years ago) link
09. Run Of The Mill 108. Let It Down 1
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― flamenco drop (BradNelson), Monday, 21 May 2018 22:16 (five years ago) link
― Dog Man Star took a suck on a pill... (Turrican), Friday, October 11, 2013
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 2 January 2020 18:48 (four years ago) link
apparently George offered "Isn't it a Pity" to Frank Sinatra
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 4 March 2020 19:41 (four years ago) link
"Let it Down" is pretty much Spiritualized 30 years before Spiritualized.― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:11 PM
― Emperor Cos Dashit (Adam Bruneau), Sunday, October 28, 2012 11:11 PM
Too bad nothing on Let It Come Down is as good as this.
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 February 2021 20:36 (three years ago) link
Also I think I've finally come around to this album. Hearing the 2010 mix has made all the difference.
― pomenitul, Friday, 19 February 2021 20:37 (three years ago) link
Did they dick about with the mixes for the CD reissue/s?
― piscesx, Saturday, 20 February 2021 00:54 (three years ago) link
.. as in, the 2000 version.
― piscesx, Saturday, 20 February 2021 00:55 (three years ago) link
It's a lossless release that you could download straight from the official website and that has since been withdrawn but if you can get your hands on it, I'd say it's very much worth your while. It sounds a lot more natural and less Spector-esque to my ears. Even the folks over at Steve Hoffman agree that it's the ideal way to hear All Things Must Pass.
― pomenitul, Saturday, 20 February 2021 01:03 (three years ago) link
Never much liked the echo-laden mix, but don't especially like most of the songs either. Harrison's 70s decline is over-emphasized, there are as many good songs on Extra Texture as on All Things Must Pass (three or four). I'd have voted "What is Life".
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 20 February 2021 14:09 (three years ago) link
what are your big 3 or 4?
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 February 2021 14:16 (three years ago) link
"What is Life", "I'd Have You Anytime", "Beware of Darkness", maybe "Isn't It a Pity" or "My Sweet Lord". Most of the remaining songs just don't get over melodically or lyrically, and the Apple Jam album is junk.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 20 February 2021 14:35 (three years ago) link
"Apple Scruffs" slaps.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 February 2021 15:17 (three years ago) link
I love ATMP - except for the "jam" disc, it's always been an excellent album to me, and I don't even consider that third disc to be part of the album anymore. (When George promoted the reissue in 2000, he stated in a Billboard interview that "For the jams, I didn't want to just throw in the cupboard, and yet at the same time it wasn't part of the record; that's why I put it on a separate label to go in the package as a kind of bonus." There's at least one interview from 1970 where Harrison basically said the same, adding that he was annoyed that the list price was also raised accordingly because he was under the impression that Capitol would price it as a double LP per his request.)
"You" has been the only track I ever liked from Extra Texture, but if there's something else on there that I should revisit, I would definitely give it another listen.
― birdistheword, Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:18 (three years ago) link
Harrison otm about its "grotty" self-production. His singing is worse than on Dark Horse.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:25 (three years ago) link
“let it roll” ffs people
― brimstead, Saturday, 20 February 2021 18:27 (three years ago) link
yeah, important to point out that halfway is totally wrong because he doesn’t include beware of darkness or let it roll or let it down
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 February 2021 20:13 (three years ago) link
I did mention "Beware of Darkness". "Let It Roll" is a quirky song I can understand liking, "Let It Down" is woefully overblown.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:39 (three years ago) link
oh I see beware of darkness, i don’t understand digging that one and not digging “run of the mill,” which feels of a piece
― tiwa-nty one savage (voodoo chili), Saturday, 20 February 2021 22:48 (three years ago) link
It's vaguer musically and lyrically.
― Halfway there but for you, Saturday, 20 February 2021 23:03 (three years ago) link
Behind That Locked Door is gorgeous imo.
― JoeStork, Saturday, 20 February 2021 23:56 (three years ago) link
^^^^^YES
― brimstead, Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:53 (three years ago) link
great slow dance song <3
awwww i didn't know until now it was a song of encouragement to dylan <3 <3 <3
― brimstead, Sunday, 21 February 2021 19:54 (three years ago) link
Yeah, it is a beautiful song, even before they added Drake's pedal steel part.
― birdistheword, Sunday, 21 February 2021 20:03 (three years ago) link
Who’s getting the gnomes?
https://store.georgeharrison.com/collections/all-things-must-pass-50th-anniversary/products/uber-deluxe/
― JoeStork, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:31 (two years ago) link
Holy shit, $1000? I don't think I love any album *that* much.
Looks like the original album mixes aren't a part of this (aside from the 'bonus' jams that had been included with the original triple-LP set). It'll be interesting to hear a new mix, but despite Harrison's reservations about it, Spector's original LP mix may still be the mix for me.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 10 June 2021 16:40 (two years ago) link